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appointment for 11 a. m. the same day. Thus they met at Mr. Freiser's premises at 11 and after some
preliminaries they got down to business.
Frank: Judging by your early call this morning you have brought us good news, havent'you?
Ivan : That's true. Last night I spoke with my General Director and he gave me the go-ahead to the
purchase. And here is the list of the devices we are interested in.
Frank: And how many devices of each type are you ordering?
Ivan : 5 of each the five types, or 25 all in all.
Frank: It is rather disappointing, I should say.
Ivan : I agree with you here. It's a rather small order. But it's a trial order. If our customers are satisfied
with the devices they will order some more. Meanwhile we'll contact our customers in a few other cities in
Russia. They might be interested too.
Frank: And speaking about your trial order, when do you need the devices?
Ivan: Can you deliver them next month?
Frank: At the earliest we can deliver them during the second half of the month. And how do you want us
to ship the goods?
Ivan: By air, this time. They are not very heavy and besides our customers are impatient to test them as
soon as possible.
Frank: If I understand you properly you would like us to ship them on cif terms by plane. The cif prices
will be much higher than the basic prices stated in our brochures.
Ivan: Then let's discuss the price now.
Frank: Shall we have some coffee or tea first?
Ivan: I don't mind a break at all.
Words and expressions
fact
факт
to report
сообщать
result
результат
survey
[s
've
]
обследование, обзор
preliminaries
[pr
'l
m
n
r
z
]
вступительная беседа,
подготовительные пере
говоры /мероприятия
to judge
[
]
судить
judging by
судя по
news
новости
go-ahead
одобрение
all in all
всего
to disappoint
разочаровывать
I should say
я бы сказал
trial
пробный
trial ordei
пробный заказ
meanwhile
[,m
n'wa
l]
тем временем, пока
to deliver
поставлять
next month
в следующем месяце
at the earliest
самое раннее
to ship
отгружать
air
воздух
by air
самолетом
this time
на этот раз
heavy
['hev
]
тяжелый
impatient
нетерпеливый
to test
испытывать
test
тест, испытание
properly
должным образом
cif (CIF, c.i.f., C.I.F.) =
['si 'ai 'ef]
сиф (стоимость, страхование,