Client:I wonder if u could allow us any discount for this commodity. It's the general practice that the wholesalers usually get some discounts from manufactures or suppliers.
顾客:我想知道你方能不能就这批商品打打折。通常批发商都能从制造商或者供应商那拿到些折扣。
They shouldn't get carried away, however, because their own stock markets were showing earlier this week what could happen to European and Asian economies if the U. S. heads into recession.
然而他们不该高兴过头,因为他们自己的证券市场本周早些时候一直显示:如果美国进入衰退,欧洲和亚洲的经济将会发生什么。
If that were to happen it could potentially pave the way for the abandonment of U. S. generally accepted accounting principles, the foundation of the U. S. financial reporting system.
若果真如此,则可能为美国公认会计准则退出舞台铺平道路,而该准则正是美国财务报告体系的基础。
Yet the Fed's credibility could be at stake if it allowed itself to be bullied into a late U-turn that is not clearly justified by the data.
不过,如果美联储让自己屈从压力,在最后关头完全改变立场,而这种改变又没有确凿数据的支撑,那它的信誉也就岌岌可危了。
If the debt ceiling is not raised by Tuesday, Americans could face rising interest rates and the value of the U. s. dollar may drop compared to other currencies, among other problems.
如果周二之前债务上限仍未上调,美国人将面临利率上调、美元贬值及其他问题。
Before you go on. Ms Yang, could you tell us if the original EBP sold well in the U. S.?
杨女士,您能否先告诉我们,旧款的EBP在美国是否卖得很好?
It is unclear what retaliatory steps Mexico could take if the border tax is approved, because exports to the U. S. are essential to the Mexican economy.
目前还不清楚如果边界税的措施被批准,墨西哥会采取什么样的报复行动,因为向美国出口是墨西哥经济的重要来源。
If I could be any letter in the alphabet, I'd choose "V" so I can be next to "U";
如果我能变成字母表中的任何一个字母,我会选择“V”,因此我可以靠近你。
The U. K. bailout plans are expected to change as details are worked out, but if arguments balloon they could threaten the tenuous confidence that the bailout aims to foster.
预计英国的救助计划将随着细节的不断确定而发生调整,不过如果争议扩大的话,可能会威胁到救助计划意在培养的微弱信心。
Such changes, if they arrive quickly enough, could help China endure a more severe slowdown in the U. s. and European economies.
如果改变及时的话,或许能有助于中国承受住美国和欧洲经济恶化带来的影响。
If anything, the klieg lights on the U. s. -british relationship could mean that little will change on the surface even if there is a shift behind closed doors.
如果说有什么的话,照在美英关系上的强弧光灯可能意味着即使禁闭的门后发生转变,表面上也不会有什么变化。
OPEC's talk could end up as a failure if shale oil producers resumed drilling activities fast, and U. S. oil production continued increasing like how it did last week.
如果页岩油生产商继续快速增加钻井作业活动,美国的原油产量继续像上周一样持续增加的话,OPEC的冻产对话可能以失败告终。
But even if the test fails, U. S. officials said the company could use the same cap to capture all of the oil flowing from the well by the end of the month.
但即使测试失败,美国官员说英国石油公司到月底前也可利用这种防漏罩控制所有从油井中漏出的石油。
The u. s. crude market could tighten rapidly particularly if currently unfavourable price differentials continue to hamper imports.
美国原油市场可能迅速吃紧,特别是如果目前不利的价差状况继续抑制进口的话。
Investigators are trying to recover those to see if they hold any clues, though it could be just another dead end. U.
调查人员们正试图恢复那些数据以找到是否留有任何线索,尽管这可能只是另一个死胡同。
If it succeeds, it could be the largest Internet IPO in U. S. history.
如果成功,可能就是美国历史上最大规模的互联网IPO。
If that is true, then the representations and interpretations of China's adoption of anti-secession law in the U. S. press could be reflective of the views held by U. S. policy makers.
如此,美国报刊对中国反分裂法的报道就可能反映出其决策者在这一事件上的态度和观点。
Second, it tells us that perhaps the U. s. could make the program even more successful-and profitable-if they followed Britain and shortened the wait times.
其次,它告诉我们,美国或许可以使这一项目更加成功,更加有利可图,如果它追随英国,缩短等待时间的话。
If Congress fails to raise the ceiling by August 2nd, U. S. sovereign debt could be cut to the lowest level ever.
如果美国国会不能在8月2日之前提高额度,主权债务将被削减至历史最低水平。
Northwestern University Economics Professor Paola Sapienza says any savings from budget cuts could become irrelevant, if the U. S. defaults on its debt, or receives a credit rating downgrade.
西北大学经济学教授Paola Sapienza表示,如果美国拖欠债务,或者债务信誉等级降低,任何预算削减都是不可能的。
If the dollar continues to strengthen, the boom in exports that the U. S. has experienced in recent years could end as U. S. -made goods get more expensive.
如果美元继续走高,美国造商品的价格随之上扬,美国在最近数年所经历的出口繁荣将不复存在。
If the U. S. Federal Reserve becomes concerned about the inflation resulting from higher import prices, it might raise interest rates, which could lead to another severe hit to the economy.
如果美联储开始关心由于通货膨胀产生的输入高价,可能提高利率,那样将更沉重的打击经济。
If there's a silver lining, it's that the market's moves-including lower oil prices and lower yields on government bonds, which push down mortgage rates-could end up helping the U. S. economy.
如果说还有好的一面的话,那就是当前的市场动向(包括油价走低、有助于压低抵押贷款利率的国债收益率下行等)可能最终会给美国经济带来帮助。
If there's a silver lining, it's that the market's moves-including lower oil prices and lower yields on government bonds, which push down mortgage rates-could end up helping the U. S. economy.
如果说还有好的一面的话,那就是当前的市场动向(包括油价走低、有助于压低抵押贷款利率的国债收益率下行等)可能最终会给美国经济带来帮助。
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