金融英语学习：商场对话过招（六）

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　　Robert在前面的谈判最后提出签约十年的要求，Kevin会不会答应呢？如果答案是否决的话，Robert又有何打算？他一心为公司的利益打算，极力争取技术转移地协定，而对方会甘心出让此项比金钱更珍贵的资产吗？请看以下分解：
　　K： We can't sign any commitment for ten years. But if your production quality is good after the first year, we could extend the contract and increase our yearly purchase.
. [5 J$ V! |1 E+ f　　R： That sounds reasonable. But could you shed some light on（透露）the size of your orders？
　　K： If we are happy with your quality, we might increase our purchase to 100,000 a year, for a two-year period.
7 H* [, H+ y3 I3 n$ A3 o9 n% y6 e2 c　　R： Excuse me, Mr. Hughes, but it seems to me we're giving up too much in this case. We'd be giving up the five-year guarantee for increased yearly sales.
　　K： Mr. Liu, you've got to give up something to get something.
' ]2 l: U4 [. ?2 E7 Z, U& W　　R： If you're asking us to take such a large gamble（冒险）for just two year's sales, I'm sorry, but you're not in our ballpark（接受的范围）。
　　K： What would it take to keep Pacer interested？
　　R： A three-year guarantee, not two. And a qualilty inspection（质量检查）tour after one year is fine, but we'd like some of our personnel on the team.
# q7 b/ L; r  F- D0 ^# U　　K： Acceptable. Anything else？
　　R： We'd be making huge capital outlay（资本支出）for the production process, so we'd like to set up a technology transfer agreement, to help us get off the ground（取得初步进步）