金融英语辅导：商场对话过招5

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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：
4 `% h* m" C+ w  M    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.
$ p) ~  T( a% B0 h    r： that sounds reasonable. but could you shed some light on（透露）the size of your orders？
5 O9 g# s! O$ h/ T) @    k： if we are happy with your quality, we might increase our purchase to 100,000 a year, for a two-year period.
    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.
5 ~8 Z4 o9 X" ^+ }    k： mr. liu, you've got to give up something to get something.
    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？
7 v& D/ J3 J- W3 s    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.
' C* `  A9 w! Y7 G+ Y1 B! m: w0 M# q* y    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）。