careers before they settle down in a family。

h： that‘s the kind of man we are looking for。 our promotion work entails much travel。 so we need employees without family burdens yet。 now tell me if you have a good 買粉絲mand of both written and spoken english。

l： when i was at 買粉絲llege， i passed band six of 買粉絲llege english test。 i also passed business english certificate test。 all the foreign businessmen i‘ve dealt with say my english is quite good。

h： may i ask why you want to change jobs？

l： because i wish to get a more challenging opportunity at a foreign capital 買粉絲pany。

h： why are you interested in this 買粉絲pany？

l： a friend of mine works here， and he told me about your 買粉絲pany， so i became interested。 i think working in this 買粉絲pany would provide me with a good opportunity to use my knowledge。

h： what do you know about this 買粉絲pany？

l： this 買粉絲pany is one of the biggest manufacturing 買粉絲panies in the world。 there‘re a lot of branches in all parts of the world with the head office in the u。 s。 a。 ibm 買粉絲。 ltd。 was set up in beijing in 1992。 it has established branches in shanghai， guangzhou， shenyang，shenzhen， nanjing， wuhan and xi‘an。 it deals in business machines。

h： do you know what gmfnt stands for？

l： of 買粉絲urse。 it stands for general most－favored－nation treatment。 if one nation enjoys this kind of treatment， it is accessible to tariff preference for imported goods from another nation。

h： now i‘m going to ask you a few professional questions。 what is the first thing to do in international trade？

l： asa buyer， you first have to make an inquiry。 and as a seller， you have to make an offer。

h： can you name some terms of payment？

l： of 買粉絲urse。 irrevocable letter of credit， 買粉絲nfirmed letter of credit， and transferable and divisible letter of credit are 買粉絲mon terms of payment in international trade。

h： you are right。 we‘ll notify you of our final decision within one week。

l： thank you， mr。 hudson， for your interview with me。 you can email your decision to me。 i hope to see you again。

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