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The British vegetables is generally accepted celebrity big vegetables in the world on the food, its history is long, the craft is fashionable, getting people of this world favor very much.And this is related, British also pays attention to very much on the dining.Usually is four meals for general British family a day:Breakfast, lunch, noon pastry and dinner.The person who has very separately region still wants after 9:00 P.M. to add again one meal.
The English is fastidious the taste lightly, the cooked food request nature good quantity essence, the pattern is changeable, attention nutrition ingredient. They like eating the beef, the mutton, the birds and beasts class, sweet snack, fruit food and so on the egg class. Summer likes eating each kind of water fruit jelly, the ice cream, winter likes eating each kind of hot pudding. Dines when generally first drinks the beer, but also likes drinking hard liquor and so on whisky.
Chinese tea-leaf streams into ever since that time England for 17 centuries, the then British doesn''''t know and take tea, being swallowed as nice dish the belly to tea-leaf unexpectedly.But after they understand, then knotting with tea to descend the good luck done not understand, a correct the mistakes the habit which drink beverages, such as coffee and beer...etc. to.
Now, real Britishs all have to drink "bedding tea" in the morning, the afternoon drinks the habit of"afternoon tea".Regard black tea as principle generally also.British''''s breakfast usually between 7-9:00, they are necessary to drink a brose, still having foods, such as salty meat, egg, bread and jam...etc. in ad***ion.Lunch usually a little or so in afternoon.There is foods, such as various familiar meat, salad, bread, biscuit, cream cheese and butter...etc..Think afternoon the most people still needs to work, so great majority person not while having meal drink violent wine, dinner generally between 7-8:00 P.M..The main food is soup, fish, meat, vegetable, pudding, butter, dessert, fruit and various wet goods and coffee.This is one meal which extremely pays attention to, as a result time is also a little longer, as for noon pastry generally and all in afternoon.
In many European countries it is normal to have a long break in the middle of the day when all members of the family return to their houses to eat together. This is not very common in Britain because normally it is a long way from the place of work or school to the home. Consequently the Britsh people tend to have a big breakfast before they go to work and the meal at midday is not spent with the members of the family but with workmates or schoolmates. Lunch is normally eaten between 12.30 pm and 1.30pm. Most people finish work at five thirty. It often takes at least an hour to get home from the school or workplace so people tend to eat their evening meal or "dinner" between 6.30pm and 8pm.
On Sundays people don''''t have to work so they take the opportunity eat together with their family. Sunday lunch is usually the best meal of the week and many of the meals which are considered typically British are eaten for Sunday lunch. For example roast beef and yorkshire pudding.
This is a typical British family eating together on Sunday.
After lunch the father will smoke his pipe and read the newspaper sitting on his favourite armchair
while his wife washes the dishes. The children will play tra***ional English games such
as hopscotch, skipping or doctors and nurses.
Although everyone in Britain understands that "breakfast" is the first meal of the day. There is a lot of confusion about the words for other meals such as "dinner, lunch, tea, high tea , elevenses, brunch, supper" and if you ask a British person what these words mean, most of them will give you a different answer according to what part of the country they are from or from what social class they are from. Another example of this is the pronunciation of the word "scones" ( a type of cake eaten with Devonshire clotted cream, strawberry jam and cups of tea, known as a "cream tea")
Breakfast.
Generally speaking the British breakfast is much bigger than in most other countries. Many people like to have a fried breakfast which can consist of fried bacon and eggs with fried bread and possibly fried tomatoes or black pudding. Of course not everybody wants to eat a lot early in the morning and many people prefer to just eat toast and marmalade with tea or coffee. Cereals are also very popular. The most common is cornflakes. They are made with different grains such as corn, wheat, oats etc. If you go to a Britsh supermarket you will see that there are many types of cereals available. In Scotland many people eat "porridge" or boiled oats. Porridge is very heavy but in the winter it will keep you warm on your way to school.
Lunch
If you go to Britain to study English and you stay with a family you will almost certainly be given a "packed lunch" to eat for your midday meal. Some factories and schools have canteens where you can eat but the packed lunch is the most common thing to eat. A packed lunch normally consist of some sandwiches, a packet of crisps, an apple and a can of something to drink, for example, coca-cola. The contents are kept in a plastic container and you take it with you when you go to school or work. The quality of the packed lunch can vary from terrible to very good, it all depends on who makes it.
Dinner
Things are changing and most British people eat meals from many different countries for example spagetti or curry. In fact you could even say that the British don''''t eat much British food. However the most typical thing to eat for dinner is "meat and two veg". This consists of a piece of meat accompanied by two different boiled vegetables. This is covered with "gravy" which is a sauce made with the juice that was obtained when the meat was cooked. One of the vegetables is almost always potatoes. The British eat a lot of potatoes.
Glossary of typical English food.
Baked Beans
Baked beans are beans cooked in a tomato sauce. They come in cans and are normally eaten on toast. The Britsh are very fond of baked beans.
Bangers and Mash.
This is mashed potatoes with sausages.
Black Pudding.
A thick sausage made with blood and fat.
Yorkshire pudding.
A batter made with flour, eggs and milk and cooked in the oven. This is most often eaten with roast beef for Sunday lunch. (Batter is the same mixture that is used to make pancakes)
A Ploughman''''s Lunch
This is a very popular thing to eat if you go to eat in a "pub" at midday. It normally consists of a bread roll with a piece of cheese and a pickled onion. By the way there are many very good pickles that you can buy at the supermarket for example "branston pickle". Branston Pickle is not sold in any other countries but it is the perfect companion to cheese. (I always buy a jar when I go to England) British cheeses are very good. The most famous is Cheddar. Most of the cheeses are named after the region from where they come from eg. Red Leicester, Cheshire etc. There is a very good British blue cheese called Stilton although it can be rather expensive.
Haggis.
This is only normally eaten in Scotland. It is sheep''''s intestine stuffed with meat and vegetables.
The Fish and Chip shop.
You will almost certainly go to a fish and chip shop when you visit Britain. It is a shop which cooks fried potatoes called chips. They are usually accompanied by fish, pies, mushy peas, etc. The chips used to be wrapped in newspaper but now white paper is used. They often ask if you want salt and vinegar to be sprinkled over your chips. Be careful because sometimes they give you too much!
Pie
A pie is some food surrounded by pastry (pastry is a mixture of flour and butter). It is normally baked in the oven. The content of the pie can be sweet or savoury. Typical examples of pies are "steak and kidney pie" or "apple pie". There are variations of the pie such as cornish pasties. Pasties were originally invented so that working men could take their food to work with them. Someone told me that miners in the Cornish tin mines invented the cornish pastie. I suppose that if you work in a mine it is too much trouble to come to the surface to have lunch.
Bread and Butter
When the British eat bread they almost always cover it with butter or margarine. It is very common to see a plate of bread and butter on table when you eat. You can use it to soak up the gravy or juices left on your plate.
British Bread.
British bread is very good and if you go to the baker there are many different types of bread to choose from. However, although the bread is very good, the most popular type of bread in Britain is sliced white bread. This is sold in plastic packets and is not half as good as the bread which you must cut yourself.
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This article traces the history of New York City, New York.
The region was inhabited by about 5,000[1] Lenape Native Americans at the time of its European discovery in 1524 by Giovanni da Verrazzano, an Italian explorer in the service of the French crown, who called it "Nouvelle Angoulême" (New Angoulême).[2] European settlement began with the founding of a Dutch fur trading settlement, later called "New Amsterdam," on the southern tip of Manhattan in 1625.[1] Dutch colonial Director-General Peter Minuit purchased the island of Manhattan from the Lenape in 1626. Legend, now disproved, gives the price as $24 worth of glass beads.[3][4] It is very likely that, unlike their European counterparts, the Lenape saw the deal as combination of a protective alliance and a land sharing pact, with a few actual goods exchanged to formalize the agreement.[5] In 1664, the English conquered the city and renamed it "New York" after the English Duke of York and Albany.[6] At the end of the Second Anglo-Dutch War the Dutch let the British keep New Amsterdam (New York) in exchange for the more valuable Run in the East Indies. By 1700, the Lenape population was diminished to 200.[7]
New York City grew in importance as a trading port while under British rule. In 1754, Columbia University was founded under charter by King George II as King''''s College.[8] The city emerged as the theater for a series of major battles known as the New York Campaign during the American Revolutionary War, serving for more than seven years as the main base of British operations in North America (1776-1783). The Continental Congress met in New York City and in 1789 the first President of the United States, George Washington, was inaugurated at Federal Hall on Wall Street.[9] New York City was the capital of the United States until 1790.
During the 19th century, when the city was transformed by immigration, by a visionary development proposal called the Commissioners'''' Plan of 1811 that expanded the city street grid to encompass all of Manhattan, and by the 1825 opening of the Erie Canal, which connected the Atlantic port to the vast agricultural markets of the North American interior.[10][11] In 1831, as the city continued to expand, the University of the City of New York, now New York University, was founded at Washington Square in Greenwich Village.
Local politics fell under the domination of Tammany Hall, a political machine supported by Irish immigrants.[12] Public-minded members of the old merchant aristocracy pressed for Central Park, which became the first landscaped park in an American city in 1857.
Anger at military conscription during the American Civil War (1861?"1865) led to the Draft Riots of 1863, one of the worst incidents of civil unrest in American history.[13] In 1898, the modern City of New York was formed with the consolidation of Brooklyn (until then an independent city), Manhattan and outlying areas.[14] The opening of the New York City Subway in 1904 helped bind the new city together. Throughout the first half of the 20th century, the city became a world center for industry, commerce, and communication.
In the 1920s, New York City was a major destination for African Americans during the Great Migration from the American South. By 1916, New York City was home to the largest urban African diaspora in North America. The Harlem Renaissance flourished during the era of Prohibition, coincident with a larger economic boom that saw the skyline develop with the construction of competing skyscrapers. For a while, New York City became the most populous city in the world, starting in 1925 and overtaking London, which had reigned for a century (its current position is between 11th and 17th, depending on source[15]). The difficult years of the Great Depression saw the election of reformer Fiorello La Guardia as mayor and the fall of Tammany Hall after eighty years of political dominance.[16]
Returning World War II veterans and immigrants from Europe created a postwar economic boom and the development of huge housing tracts in eastern Queens. New York emerged from the war as the leading city of the world, with Wall Street leading America''''s ascendance as the world''''s dominant economic power, the United Nations headquarters (built in 1952) emphasizing New York''''s political influence, and the rise of abstract expressionism in the city precipitating New York''''s displacement of Paris as the center of the art world.[17] Yet like many large American cities, New York suffered a decline in manufacturing and rising crime rates, race riots, and white flight in the 1960s. By the 1970s, the city had gained a reputation as a crime-ridden relic of history.
In the 1980s, a resurgence in the financial industry improved the city''''s fiscal health. By the 1990s, racial tensions had calmed, crime rates dropped dramatically, and waves of new immigrants arrived from Asia and Latin America. Important new sectors, such as Silicon Alley, emerged in the city''''s economy and New York''''s population reached an all-time high in the 2000 census.
The city was one of the sites of the September 11, 2001 attacks, when nearly 3,000 people died in the destruction of the World Trade Center. The Freedom Tower will be built on the site and is scheduled for completion in 2012.[18]
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The White House is the official home and principal workplace of the President of the United States. Built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the late Georgian style, it has been the executive residence of every U.S. President since John Adams. When Thomas Jefferson moved into the home in 1801, he, with architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe expanded the building outward, creating two colonnades which were meant to conceal stables and storage.[1]
In 1814, during the War of 1812, the mansion was set ablaze by the British Army in the Burning of Washington, destroying the interior and charring much of the exterior walls. Reconstruction began almost immediately and President James Monroe moved into the partially reconstructed house in October 1817. Construction continued with the ad***ion of the South Portico in 1824 and the North in 1829. Due to crowding within the executive mansion itself, President Theodore Roosevelt had nearly all work offices relocated to the newly-constructed West Wing in 1901. Eight years later, President William Howard Taft expanded the West Wing and created the first Oval Office which was eventually moved as the section was expanded. The third-floor attic was converted to living quarters in 1927 by augmenting the existing hip roof with long shed dormers. A newly constructed East Wing was used as a reception area for social events; both new wings were connected by Jefferson''''s colonnades. East Wing alterations were completed in 1946 creating ad***ional office space. By 1948, the house''''s load-bearing exterior walls and internal wood beams were found to be close to failure. Under Harry S. Truman, the interior rooms were completely dismantled, resulting in the construction of a new internal load-bearing steel framework and the reassembly of the interior rooms.
Today, the White House Complex includes the Executive Residence (where the First Family resides), the West Wing (the location of the Oval Office, Cabinet Room, and Roosevelt Room), and the East Wing (the location of the office of the First Lady and White House Social Secretary), as well as the Old Executive Office Building, which houses the executive offices of the President and Vice President.
The White House is made up of six storiesõ?"the Ground Floor, State Floor, Second Floor, and Third Floor, as well as a two-story basement. It is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. As the Executive Office of the President of the United States, the term "White House" is regularly used as a metonym for the Executive Office of the President of the United States and for the president''''s administration and advisors in general. The property is owned by the National Park Service and is part of the President''''s Park. In 2007, it was ranked second on the American Institute of Architects''''s "List of America''''s Favorite Architecture."
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A hot dog is a type of fully-cooked, cured and/or smoked moist sausage of soft, even, texture and flavor. It is usually placed hot in a soft, sliced Hot dog bun of approximately the same length as the sausage, and optionally garnished with condiments and toppings.
The flavor of hot dog sausages varies widely by region and by personal preference, as do the accompaniments. The flavor of the sausage can resemble a range of similar meat products from bologna on the bland side to the German bockwurst in the spicier varieties.
Hot dogs are tra***ionally made from beef, pork, or a combination. Kosher hot dogs are also available, usually all-beef. Unlike many other sausages (which may be sold cooked or uncooked), hot dogs are always cooked before being offered commercially. Unless they have spoiled, hot dogs may be eaten safely without further cooking, although they are usually warmed before serving. Vegetarian hot dogs and sausages, made from meat analogue, are also widely available in most areas where hot dogs are popular.
Hot dogs are also called frankfurters, or franks for short, named for the city of Frankfurt, Germany where sausages in a bun originated, similar to hot dogs, but made exclusively of pork. Another term for hot dogs is wieners or weenies, referring to the city of Vienna, Austria, whose German name is "Wien", home to a sausage made of a mixture of pork and beef. Hot dogs are sometimes called tube steaks.[1] In Australia, the term frankfurt is used rather than frankfurter. In the German speaking countries, except Austria, hot dog sausages are generally called Wiener or Wiener Wẳrstchen (Wẳrstchen means "little sausage"). In Swiss German, it is called Wienerli, while in Austria the terms Frankfurter or Frankfurter Wẳrstel are used.
In the United Kingdom the term hot dog refers to the combination of sausage and bun, with the terms frankfurter or ''''hot dog sausage'''' being more common terms for the sausage itself. As such hot dogs are sometimes made with British sausages, typically cooked by grilling or frying. When prepared using a frankfurter they may be sold and marketed as German or American-style hot dogs.
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Pretty Woman is a 1990 romantic comedy film. The film centers around the titular character, down-on-her-luck prostitute Vivian Ward (Julia Roberts) who is hired by a wealthy businessman and corporate raider, Edward Lewis (Richard Gere) to be his escort for several business functions, and their developing relationship.
Pretty Woman was initially intended to be a dark drama about prostitution in Los Angeles but was reconceptualized into a romantic comedy. The film was a critical success and became one of 1990s highest grossing films, and today is one of the most financially successful entries in the romantic comedy genre, with an estimated gross of $464 million USD.[1] Roberts received a Golden Globe Award for her role, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress. Screenwriter J. F. Lawton was nominated for a Writers Guild Award and a BAFTA Award. The film was followed by a string of similar romantic comedies, including Runaway Bride, which teamed up Gere and Roberts under the direction of Garry Marshall once again.
As a child she dreamed of becoming a veterinarian, but now realizes the fame (according to Entertainment Weekly, 2000 issue) as the highest paid actress in the world, commanding $20 million a film - surpassing even Jodie Foster.
She now ranks with the multi-million dollar men''''s club of Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson, Jim Carry and Will Smith.
Julia Fiona Roberts, born October 28, 1967, in Atlanta, Georgia, to a vacuum cleaner salesman and a church secretary was destined for dreams that few will ever realize.
Her father, Walter Roberts, met and married her mother, Betty Lou Bredemus, in 1955. Both were in the Air Force entertaining military troops in a traveling play George Washington Slept Here. The play was directed by Rance Howard (the father of the astounding director Ron Howard).
Both her parents were thespian actors and had conducted many workshops for actors and playwrights prior to Julia''''s birth. Her father, Walter, was the founder of the Atlanta Actors and Writers Workshop.
Julia, was raised in Smyrna, Georgia but was born into an acting family - her sister, Lisa Roberts (Billingsley, actress, 1965), her brother, Eric Roberts (actor, 1956), her destiny was charted.
Her parents divorced in 1972 when Julia was four, and her father was remarried to Eileen Sellars (1976) who drowned in 1977. That same year Walter died of throat cancer when Julia was nine. Her mother also was remarried to Michael Motes (1972) and she now has a stepsister, Nancy (1976).
Julia, shortly after graduating from Campbell High School, joined her older sister Lisa in New York where her acting career began. In 1987 she landed a part in a small movie called Firehouse, where she played one of three young women on a fire brigade with the worst reputation in town. This film gave her a stepping-stone to others. She signed up with the Click Modeling Agency to meet the bills and enrolled in several acting classes, none of which she completed.
Eric Roberts, her brother, an established actor convinced director Eric Masterson to cast his little sister for a part with him in the drama movie Blood Red (1989), which was shelved and not released till 1990. So her professional debut didn''''t come until 1988 when she appeared on an episode of television''''s Crime Story.
Two movies followed that year Satisfaction (about five teenagers in a band) and the whimsical movie Mystic Pizza (she played Daisy, a Portuguese waitress in a small town pizza parlor in Mystic, Connecticut). From Mystic Pizza, her career was on a mountain climb.
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History
The earliest known precursor to jeans is the Indian export of a thick cotton cloth, in the 16th century, known as dungaree. Dyed in indigo, it was sold near the Dongarii Fort near Bombay. Sailors cut it *****it them.[1]
Jeans fabric was made in Chieri, a town near Turin (Italy), as early as the 1600s. It was sold through the harbour of Genoa, that was the capital of an independent republic, and a naval power. The first were made for the Genoese Navy because it required all-purpose pants for its sailors that could be worn wet or dry, and whose legs could easily be rolled up to wear while swabbing the deck. These jeans would be laundered by dragging them in large mesh nets behind the ship, and the sea water would bleach them white. According to many people the jeans name comes from bleu de Genes, i.e., blue of Genoa. The raw material used to come from the city of N**es (France) de N**es i.e. denim.
Riveted jeans
In the 1850s Levi Strauss, a German dry goods merchant living in San Francisco, was selling blue jeans under the "Levi''''s" name to the mining communities of California. One of Strauss''''s customers was Jacob Davis, a tailor who frequently purchased bolts of cloth from the Levi Strauss & Co wholesale house. After one of Davis''''s customers kept purchasing cloth to reinforce torn pants, he had an idea to use copper rivets to reinforce the points of strain, such as on the pocket corners and at tof the button fly. Davis did not have the required money to purchase a patent, so he wrote to Strauss suggesting that they both go into business together. After Strauss accepted Davis''''s offer, on May 20, 1873, the two men received patent #139,921, a patent for an "Improvement in Fastening Pocket-Openings," from the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Jeans in popular culture
Blue jeans
Copper rivets for reinforcing pockets are a characteristic feature of blue jeans.
Copper rivets for reinforcing pockets are a characteristic feature of blue jeans.
Initially, blue jeans were simply sturdy trousers worn by workers, especially in the factories during World War II. During this period, men''''s jeans had the zipper down the front, whereas women''''s jeans had the zipper down the right side. By the 1960s, both men''''s and women''''s jeans had the zipper down the front. In the United States during the 1950s, wearing of blue jeans by teenagers and young adults became symbolic of mild protest against conformity. This was considered by some older adults as disruptive; for example, some movie theaters and restaurants refused to admit patrons who wore blue jeans. During the 1960s the wearing of blue jeans became more acceptable and by the 1970s had become general fashion in the United States, at least for informal wear. Notably, in the mid-1950s the denim and textiles industry was revolutionized by the introduction of the stone-washing technique by GWG (Great Western Garment Co.). Entrepreneur, importer and noted eccentric, Donald Freeland of Edmonton, Alberta, pioneered the method which helped to bring denim to a larger and more versatile market. Denim suddenly became an attractive product for all age groups and Freeland became one of the most important innovators in the history of denim and denim products. It should be noted, also, that Freeland contributed to a variety of other denim textile developments throughout his career with Great Western Garments (GWG)[2] Acceptance of jeans continued through the 1980s and 1990s to the point where jeans are now a wardrobe staple, with the average North American owning seven pairs[citation needed].
Being imported American products, especially in the case of the Soviet Union which restricted hard currency imports, jeans were somewhat expensive. In Spain they are known as vaqueros or "cowboys," in Danish cowboybukser meaning "cowboy pants" and in Chinese niuzaiku (SC: ỗ?>ọằ"ốÊÔ), literally, "cowboy pants" (trousers), indicating their association with the American West, cowboy culture, and outdoors work.
Jeans can be worn very loose in a manner that completely conceals the shape of the wearer''''s lower body, or they can be snugly fitting and accentuate the body. Historic photographs indicate that in the decades before they became a staple of fashion, jeans generally fit quite loosely, much like a pair of bib overalls without the bib. Indeed, until 1960, Levi Strauss denominated its flagship product "waist overalls" rather than "jeans".
Blue jean insulation
Recycled blue jean is becoming a popular insulation material (sometimes called Cotton Batt insulation) used in the construction of houses. Due to its low relative synthetic chemical composition and because it is made of recycled materials, it is gaining prominence in green building circles. Like conventional insulation, it moderates heat transfer and reduces sound transfer between floors or rooms. Blue Jean insulation has an excellent R-Value of 3.7, making it a preferable insulator to typical fiberglass batts even without taking into account the environmental considerations.
Fits
Fits of jeans are determined by current styles, ***, and by the manufacturer. Here are some of the fits produced for jeans:
* Ankle jeans
* Baggy jeans
* Bell bottom/Flares
* Bootcut
* Boy cut or Boyfriend (for women)
* Carpenter jeans
* Classic
* Hip-huggers
* Loose jeans
* Low-rise jeans
* Original jeans
* Overall
* Phat pants
* Relaxed Fit
* Saggy
* Skinny jeans
* Slinkies
* Straight jeans
* Wide leg
* Jorts (Jean shorts)
Rises in jeans (the distance from the crotch to the waistband) range from high-waisted *****perlow-rise (Low rise can be called Low Riders). Jeans for men usually have a longer rise and zipper, whereas women have a shorter rise and zipper, although exceptions do exist and this is largely a function of current trends. In decades past, when high-waisted jeans were popular, it was often the women''''s that featured a longer rise.

UNIT 18
AGENCY ĐẠI LÝ
18.1 OFFERING TO BE AN AGENT
ĐỀ NGHỊ LÀM ĐẠI LÝ
You''re doing a very nicely in our market. But you could be doing better if you developed some kind of sales network there.
Ông đang làm ăn rất tốt trong thị trường của chúng tôi. Nhưng ông có thể sẽ làm tốt hơn nếu ông triển khai 1 mạng lưới bán hàng nào đó ở đó.
We''re also thinking of getting a way to reach all our potential customers.
Chúng tôi cũng đang nghĩ về việc tìm cách để đến với tất cả những khách hàng tiềm năng của chúng tôi.
As you know, we''re a large knitwear importer, a well - established firm in this trade.
Như ông biết đấy, chúng tôi là nhà nhập khẩu hàng dệt kim lớn, 1 công ty được thiết lập vững chắc trong ngành thương mại này.
How long have you been in this business?
Ông hoạt động trong ngành kinh doanh này bao lâu rồi?
For nearly 10 years. We have very good connections with wholesalers, chain stores ad distributors. We bought a lot from you last year, amounting to as much as $500.000. You know that.
Trong gần 10 năm. Chúng tôi có những mối liên kết rất tốt với những người bán sỉ, các chuỗi cửa hàng và các nhà phân phối. Chúng tôi đã mua của ông nhiều hàng năm ngoái, số tiền lên đến 500.000 đôla. Ông biết rồi đấy.
We''re quite satisfied, on the whole, with the way things are going now.
Chúng tôi hoàn toàn hài lòng, nói chung, với cách mà mọi chuyện đang diễn tiến lúc này.
If you appoint us as your sole agent, the turnover will be 3 times what it is today.
Nếu ông chỉ định chúng tôi làm đại lý độc quyền của ông, doanh số sẽ tăng gấp 3 lần so với hiện nay.
We''d like to know more about your proposal before giving an opinion.
Chúng tôi muốn biết nhiều hơn về đề nghị của ông trước khi cho ý kiến.
18.2 DISCUSSING TERMS THẢO LUẬN CÁC ĐIỀU KHOẢN
We want to have an agent to push our products in Australia. Would you like to accept the appointment?
Chúng tôi muốn có 1 đại lý để thúc đẩy sản phẩm của chúng tôi ở Úc. Ông có muốn chấp nhận sự chỉ định này không?
We should be very pleased to represent you, if terms and con***ions are right.
Chúng tôi sẽ rất vui lòng làm đại diện cho ông nếu các điều khoản và điều kiện thích hợp.
What''s the annual order you can guarantee?
Đơn đặt hàng hàng năm mà ông có thể đảm bảo là bao nhiêu?
To stand on the safe side, not less than $200.000 for a start. I needn''t mention that the price you give us must be competitive.
Ở mức khiêm tốn thì cũng không kém hơn 200.000 đôla khởi đầu. Tôi không cần phải đề cập rằng giá cả ông cho chúng tôi phải mang tính cạnh tranh đấy.
Certainly. Terms for our agents are usually the best ones. Now what is the territory to be covered?
Dĩ nhiên. Điều khoản dành cho các đại lý của chúng tôi thường là những điều khoản tốt nhất. Bây giờ khu vực nào mà ông phụ trách được?
The whole of Australia.
Toàn bộ nước Úc.
And the commisssion you expect?
Và khoản hoa hồng mà ông mong đợi?
10% on total sales.
10% trên tổng doanh số.
We can''t go as far as that. We generally allow our agents in this line a commission of 8%.
Chúng tôi không thể đi xa như vậy được. Chúng tôi thường cho đại lý của chúng tôi trong ngành này tiền hoa hồng 8%.
Could we have some subsidy for sales promotion?
Chúng tôi có thể được hỗ trợ chi phí quảng cáo giới thiệu các mặt hàng không?
I''m afraid we can''t pay for your sales promotion.
Tôi e rằng chúng tôi không thể trả cho việc quảng cáo giới thiệu các mặt hàng của ông.
Ịn that case, anything less than 10% is not worth the trouble. You know we have to fight for every dollar we make.
Trong trường hợp đó, bất kì mức nào thấp hơn 10% đều không đáng công chúng tôi. Ông biết đấy chúng tôi phải vất vả cho từng đồng đôla chúng tôi kiếm được.
Maybe we can come back to this later.
Có lẽ chúng ta có thể quay lại chuyện này sau.
18.3 TALKING ABOUT PROMOTION PLANS
NÓI CHUYỆN VỀ NHỮNG KẾ HOẠCH QUẢNG CÁO
We''d like to have the right of sole distribution oh your sporting goods in our area.
Chúng tôi muốn có quyền phân phối độc quyền hàng thể thao của ông trong khu vực này.
Sporting goods cover too wide an area. May we suggest you try certain articles first?
Hàng thể thao bao gồm 1 phạm vi rộng lắm. Chúng tôi có thể đề nghi ông thử 1 vài mục hàng trước tiên được không?
We''re now working on your sports wear. I''m thinking of expanding into sports equipment. That market, as I see it, has got a lot of potential.
Hiện tại chúng tôi đang làm việc với hàng áo quần thể thao của ông. Tôi đang nghĩ về việc mở rộng vào trang thiết bị thể thao. Thị trường đó, như tôi thấy, có nhiều tiềm năng.
Are you sure you couldn''t be too optimistic?
Ông có chắc rằng ông không quá lạc quan đấy chứ?
No, not in the least. Of course, we''ll have to go all out to promote the sale.
Không, không một chút nào. Dĩ nhiên, chúng tôi phải nỗ lực để quảng cáo giới thiệu mặt hàng.
What''s your plan for promoting our products?
Kế hoạch của ông để quảng cáo giới thiệu sản phẩm của chúng tôi như thế nào?
We have a showroom in the center of the downtown area. We would arrange the best space to display your goods.
Chúng tôi có 1 phòng trưng bày ở khu vực trung tâm thành phố. Chúng tôi sẽ sắp xếp không gian tốt nhất để trưng bày hàng hóa của ông.
Not a bad idea.
Ý kiến không tồi.
We''ll have a booth in the coming International Fair to make your brands known in the trade.
Chúng tôi sẽ có 1 gian hàng tại Hội chợ Quốc tế sắp tới để làm cho các nhãn hiệu của ông được giới trong ngành biết đến.
To impress the buying public, how about the after- sales service?
Để gây ấn tượng cho người mua, dịch vụ hậu mãi sẽ như thế nào?
We will deal with that too. It''s vital to one''s success.
Chúng tôi cũng sẽ giải quyết việc đó. Nó có tầm quan trọng sống còn đối với thành công mà.
18.4 DECLINING A REQUEST TỪ CHỐI 1 YÊU CẦU
It''s in your interest to have an agent to give you an on - the - spot push and to help establish your market channels.
Ông quan tâm đến việc có 1 đại lý để quảng cáo sản phẩm của ông tại chỗ và giúp thiết lập các kênh tiếp thị của ông.
You are right. But on the other hand sales can be increased by distributing products through as many outlets as possible.
Ông nói đúng. Nhưng mặt khác doanh thu cũng có thể tăng bằng việc phân phối sản phẩm qua càng nhiều cửa hàng càng tốt.
Making offers through many channels is, in fact, competing against yourself.
Việc cho giá qua nhiều kênh thì thật sự cạnh tranh với chính ông đấy.
It won''t really matter as long as our people do the job properly.
Sẽ thật sự không sao chừng nào người của tôi làm đúng công việc.
I know your sales force is very professional. You may get big orders now, but in the long run your market will never grow, not until you have an agent.
Tôi biết là lực lượng bán hàng của ông rất chuyên nghiệp. Bây giờ ông có thể nhận những đơn đặt hàng lớn nhưng về lâu dài thị trường của ông sẽ chỉ phát triển khi ông có 1 đại lý.
Thank you for your advice. I quite see your point. We''ll consider your suggestion when a chance serves.
Cảm ơn lời khuyên của ông. Tôi hoàn toàn hiểu quan điểm của ông. Chúng tôi sẽ xem xét đề nghị của ông khi cơ hội đến.

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