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 Consolidated. 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 shipping 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。