Exercise 7

　　I. Translation.

　　1. Translate the following into Chinese.

　　(1) dead freight (2) market share (3) short-established (4) endorser

　　(5) reimbursement (6) accountee (7) bona fide holder (8) seaworthy

　　(9) forwarder (10) exclusive distribution

　　2. Translate the following into English.

　　(1)違反 (2)滿期 (3)賣主 (4)招標(biāo) (5)保稅區(qū)

　　(6)紅利 (7)底價(jià) (8)聯(lián)號(hào) (9)借據(jù) (10)退票

　　Keys:

　　1. (1)空艙費(fèi) (2)市場(chǎng)份額 (3)少開 (4)背書人

　　(5)賠償 (6)申請(qǐng)開證人 (7)合法持有人 (8)適于海運(yùn)的

　　(9)運(yùn)輸商 (10)總經(jīng)銷

　　2. (1) violation / breach (2) expiration (3) vendor (4) bid

　　(5) bonded area (6) bonus (7) base price (8) affiliate

　　(9) debenture (10) dishonor

　　II. Choose the best answer.

　　1. He went to Somerest House _____ looking up the terms of granderfather’s will.

　　a. in the event of b. on account of c. with the purpose of d. with reference to

　　2. Only hotel guests have the _____ of using the private beach.

　　a. occasion b. possibility c. privilege d. permission

　　3. I shall like to rent a house, modern, comfortable and _____ in a quite position.

　　a. before all b. above all c. first of all d. after all

　　4. Income tax rates _____ to one’s annual income.

　　a. related b. dependent c. associated d. adapted

　　5. He acquired a lot _____ buying it.

　　a. in the event of b. with a view of c. with reference d. on account of

　　6. The tenant must be prepared to decorate the property _____ the terms of the agreement.

　　a. with regard to b. in relation to c. in accordance with d. by way of

　　7. He wrote his name _____ and carefully at the top of the paper.

　　a. seriously b. largely c. attentively d. clearly

　　8. As we can wait no longer for the delivery of your order, we have to _____ it.

　　a. postpone b. refuse c. delay d. cancel

　　9. He has to arrange for the _____ of his furniture before he goes abroad.

　　a. sale b. sole c. deal d. veil

　　10. Prices continued to rise while wages remained low _____ the government became increasingly unpopular.

　　a. on condition that b. with the result that c. provided that d. in order that

　　11. I can’t understand how you put _____ these depressing surroundings.

　　a. up with b. out c. forward d. by

　　12. Can you possibly make _____ what he has written here?

　　a. for b. up c. out d. up for

　　13. Now that he has retired, he lives partly on his pension and partly on the _____ on his post office savings account.

　　a. income b. wages c. dividend d. interest

　　14. All you have to do is to knock 10% _____ the price.

　　a. down b. off c. at d. on

　　15. After a _____, we found the amount deficient.

　　a. check-up b. check-in c. check-out d. check

　　16. The firm is quite reliable. It never does business beyond its _____.

　　a. mean b. means c. manners d. attitudes

　　17. Accumulating information is conductive _____ success in business.

　　a. to b. of c. for d. by

　　18. Shipments are arranged at _____ of one month.

　　a. pause b. gap c. space d. interval

　　19. We are agreeable _____ the taste of the market.

　　a. to b. upon c. with d. in

　　20. Should you be able to reduce your price by 2%, we could probably come _____ business.

　　a. for b. into c. to d. from

　　Keys:

　　1-5 ccbab 6-10 cddab 11-15 acdba 16-20 badab

　　III. Fill in the contract form in English with the particulars given below.

　　合同號(hào)：04-488

　　買方：中國(guó)化工進(jìn)出口公司

　　賣方：美國(guó)遠(yuǎn)東進(jìn)出口公司

　　商品名稱及規(guī)格：A9503 Fe

　　數(shù)量：300M/Ts

　　單價(jià)：成本費(fèi)、運(yùn)費(fèi)加保險(xiǎn)費(fèi)每公噸500美元

　　總值：150,000.00美元

　　包裝：標(biāo)準(zhǔn)防水集裝箱

　　付款條件：買方于成交后通過中國(guó)銀行開出賣方為抬頭的不可撤銷的信用證，賣方在貨物裝船起運(yùn)后憑本合同交貨條款3(A)所列單據(jù)在開證銀行議付貨款。信用證有效期為裝船后15天止。

　　保險(xiǎn)：由賣方辦理

　　裝運(yùn)時(shí)間：20_ _年1月25日

　　裝運(yùn)口岸：洛杉磯

　　目的口岸：中國(guó)新港

　　裝船標(biāo)記：每件貨物上應(yīng)刷明貨到口岸，件號(hào)，每件毛重及凈重，尺碼。

　　簽約地點(diǎn)與日期：20_ _年12月20日于北京