运输是贸易中的一个大问题。我们来看看海伦和凯文是怎么协定的吧。

Helen: Hello, I'm calling from San Francisco for Kevin Lee.

哈啰，我是旧金山方面的，找李凯文。

Kevin: This is Kevin Lee speaking.

我是李凯文。

Helen: Hi. This is Helen Parker calling.

嗨。我是海伦•派克。

Kevin: Good morning, Helen. What can I do for you?

早安，海伦。有什么我能效劳的吗？

Helen: I'm calling to find out how you would like your order of speakers, by air or by sea?

我想请教你要如何运送你下单的扬声器，空运还是海运?

Kevin: We need part of that order by next week, so we would like to do a partial air shipment.

我们下个星期就要一部分的订货，所以有部份想用空运。

Helen: How much of it do you want shipped by air?

您想要空运多少数量呢?

Kevin: We'd like to ship half the order by air and the rest by sea.

一半用空运，剩下的一半用海运。

Helen: OK. Do you want us to use our freight forwarding agent?

好的。你要用我们公司的货运代理商吗?

Kevin: Actually, we've got a freight forwarder over there--China Consolidated¹. I'll fax you their contact information.

实际上，我们那边自己有货运公司--中国联合公司。我会把他们的联络资料传真给你。

Helen: All right. We can deliver that half to your agent tomorrow morning.

好的。我们明早可以出一半的货给你们的代理商。

Kevin: That would be great.

那太好了。

Helen: I'm not sure what the shipping² schedule will be for the sea freight.

我不确定海运的时间表。

Kevin: No hurry. We're not in a big rush for the second half of the order.

不急。另一半的订单我们不是很急。

Helen: All right. I'll let you know the shipping details later and I'll send you the shipping documents by DHL as soon as I get them.

好的。我稍后再通知你送货细节，我一拿到出货文件就马上用DHL 快递给你。

Kevin: Very good. We'll be expecting to hear from you. And thanks for calling.

很好。我们等你的消息。谢谢你的来电。