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A: Was our bid accepted ?
B: No ,I ‘m sorry .it wasn‘t .
A: Can you tell me why ?
B: Sorry ,but I‘m not at liberty to reveal that information.
A:我们得标了吗？
B:抱歉，没有。
A:能告诉我什么原因吗？
B:对不起，我示能随意泄露情报。
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A: Congratulations ! your bid has won .
B: I‘m glad to hear that .
A: When can you come around to discuss some details with us ?
B: I‘ll be there next Monday at noon .
A:恭喜！你得标了。
B:真是好消息，
A:什么时候可以过来和我们讨论细节呢？
B:下个星期一中午吧。
(38)
A: What is your best price on this item ?
B: $24.95 per hundred pieces
A: That will be fine with us .
B: Fine . I‘ll start the paperwork for your order right away .
A:此一品目的最低价是多少？
B:一百个美金二十四块九毛五。
A:这价钱还可以。
B:好啊，那我立刻就为你们的订单作准备了。
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A: Can we expect the same price as last time ?
B: Oh ,yes ,no problem about that.
A: Good ,we‘ll be ordering in just a few days.
A:价钱能够和上次的一样吗？
B:哦，可以。没问题的。
A:很好，两三天内我们就会下订单。
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A: This price is quite a bit higher than it was last time .
B: We‘re sorry ,but we ‘ve had a slight price increase here .
A: Slight ?I wouldn‘t call this slight .
B: We‘ve had to increase our prices on this item by just 8%.
A:这次的价格比上次要贵了一些。
B:真抱歉，不过我们出只涨了一点点而已。
A:一点点？这叫一点点？！
B:这一种我们不得已也只加了8%而已。