Unit 17 (课件）-《外贸英语口语》同步教学（西南财经大学出版社）

Shipment (装运) Unit Seventeen 1 目录 Directory. Warm-up Key Terms Background Information Dialogues 参考译文 Notes Exercises 2 第一节 Warm-up 3 Warm-up When conducting business negotiations, the buyer and the seller shall reach an agreement on the following issues: time of shipment, port of shipment, port of destination, shipping type and shipping documents, etc., and shall stipulate these issues in the contract. Shipment is the process of goods being delivered by the exporter to the importer according to the stipulations of the contract. Major modes of international transportation include ocean transportation, rail transportation, air transportation, container transportation and international multi-modal transportation. 4 Warm-up On FOB, CIF, CFR prices, the seller loads the goods on the ship according to the provisions stipulated in the contract, and then get the B/L. This procedure is called “voucher”. The date of the B/L being signed is also the date of delivery. Thus “shipment” usually equals to “delivery” on these occasions. Shipping documents must conform to the terms of the L/C. Shipping documents include bill of lading, commercial invoice, insurance policy, certificates of inspection, weight invoice, and packing list. Bill of lading can be classified into many types, including on board B/L, clean B/L, unclean B/L, straight B/L, order B/L, direct B/L, through B/L, etc.　 5 第二节 Key Terms 6 Key Terms port of shipment 装运港 destination /ˌdestɪˈneɪʃn/ n. 目的地,终点 port of destination 目的港 place of destination 目的地 shipping type 运输类型 transportation /ˌtrænspɔːˈteɪʃn/ n. 运输 ocean transportation 海洋运输 rail transportation 铁路运输 air transportation 航空运输 container /kənˈteɪnə(r)/ n. 集装箱 container transport 集装箱运输 international multi-modal transportation 国际多式联运 shipping document 装运单据 voucher /ˈvaʊtʃə(r)/ 凭单交货 commercial /kəˈməːʃəl/ adj. 商业的 commercial invoice 商业发票 insurance /ɪnˈʃʊərəns/ n. 保险 insurance policy 保险单 certificate /səˈtɪfɪkət/ n. 证书 7 Key Terms inspection /