在国际贸易中应该怎么样询问商品状况和联系业务呢？从业务部的贝蒂同世界计算机企业的拉尔夫之间的对话，大家可以知道一些。
Betty: Hello. Sales Department. This is Betty Fields speaking.
喂，业务部，我是贝蒂菲尔兹。
Ralph: Hello, Ms Fields. This is Ralph Peterson at World Computers.
嗨，菲尔兹女性。我是世界计算机的拉尔夫彼得森。
Betty: Yes, may I help you?
好的，我能为你效劳吗?
Ralph: I'm interested in a couple of items1 in your new catalog2, and I would like to know the prices.
我对你们新目录里的几项商品有兴趣，我想了解它们的定价。
Betty: Great. We're offering3 a special promotional price on a few of the items. Which items did you have in mind?
好的。大家目前有几项商品特价。你对什么商品感兴趣?
Ralph: We're particularly interested in your new RS-five sound card shown on page five of your catalog. I would also like more details about the model RS-four card on page seven.
大家对目录第五页里的新型RS-5 的声卡特别有兴趣。我还想更多认识一下第七页里的RS-4 型声卡。
Betty: OK. The price on the RS-five is forty-five U.S. dollars for quantities up to five hundred units. Then we offer quantity discounts for larger orders.
好的。订购数目达到五百片的话，RS-5 的价格是四十五USD。很多定购的话大家还有打折。
Ralph: And the price on the RS-four?
那RS-4 的价格呢？
Betty: The RS-four is one of our promotional items this month. For orders received by the end of the month, the price is thirty-three dollars each. That price is good on any size order.
RS-4 是大家本月的营销商品之一，本月底前收到的订单，单价是三十三USD。不管定单数目多少都是这个价格。
Ralph: That price sounds good. Could you send me more details about the RS-four, including the specifications4?
这个价格听起来很好。你可以寄给我更详细的RS-4的资料和说明书吗？
Betty: Certainly. I can fax or e-mail that information to you this afternoon.
当然。我可以在今天下午把资料传真或email给你。
Ralph: Terrific5. I'll get back to you after I've reviewed the details. Thank you. Good-bye.
太好了。我看完详细资料后会打电话给你。谢谢你，再见。
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