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Unit 4 Contract
目录/Content
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Professional Preparation
Professional Conversation
Reading
Grammar
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6
Writing
Culture Extension
Unit Objectives
After studying this unit, you are able to:
define and understand legal terms around a contract
define and understand basic elements of a contract
define and understand how to manage a contracting business for success.
Unit 4 Contract
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Professional Preparation
Signing the Contract
Mr. Wang: The contract is ready. Will you please check up the items and see if
everything is OK?
Tom Black: Well, everything is all right. There’s only one thing I would like to
point out. It is timely delivery. You know, our customers are in urgent
need of the goods. If you fail to deliver the goods at the time written
in the contract, they may find elsewhere for substitution. In that case,
we just can’t stand the loss.
Professional Preparation
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Tom Black: You are assured that the shipment will be duly delivered. We must
have your L/C at least two months before the time of shipment.
Mr. Wang: Of course. When I go back I'll open an L/C for the whole
quantity as soon as possible.
Tom Black: All right. Are there any questions?
Mr. Wang: No, nothing more.
Tom Black: Good, shall we sign the contract now?
Mr. Wang: With pleasure.
(After sign the contract)
Tom Black: I’m happy that our negotiation has come to a successful
conclusion. I hope we can keep a long and stable relations between us.
Mr. Wang: I hope so, too.
Professional Preparation
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★Practical Scene Sentences Patterns
*If both sides don’t agree to update the contract at its expiration, it will
automatically be no longer in force.
如果双方在合同到期时都不更新合同,则合同自动失效。
*Before signing the contract tomorrow morning, I think we had better go over
final details.
在明天上午签合同之前,我觉得我们最好再过一遍最后几个细节。
*We hope tha