2009年國(guó)際貨運(yùn)代理貨代英語(yǔ)第九章講義
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一、Drawing up Marine Bills of Lading 海運(yùn)提單的起草(考試重點(diǎn))
1-1 課文：A marine bill of lading can be drawn up in a variety of ways, but it is nearly always prepared on a pre-printed form. This form may relate to a specific or to a general cargo trade.
注釋?zhuān)篸raw up: 草擬，起草 variety: 變化，多樣性，種類(lèi) nearly: 幾乎，密切地 prepare:準(zhǔn)備 pre-printed: 預(yù)先印好的 relate to: 涉及
課文意思：一份海運(yùn)提單可以以多種方式起草，但是幾乎都采用預(yù)定格式。這些格式可能涉及到特殊或者一般貨物貿(mào)易。
1-2 課文：Whatever its form, a bill of lading may contain some main elements, such as quantity of cargo, accurate cargo description and condition, date of the bill of lading, names of shipper and consignee, ports of loading and discharging, ship’s name, terms and conditions of carriage and payment of freight.
注釋?zhuān)簑hatever: 無(wú)論怎樣的，無(wú)論哪一種的 contain: 包含 element: 要素，元素，成分 accurate: 正確的，精確的 description：描述，形容 condition:狀態(tài)，情形 payment of freight:運(yùn)費(fèi)的支付
課文意思：無(wú)論格式如何，提單所包含的內(nèi)容大同小異，例如貨物的數(shù)量，貨物確切的品名和狀態(tài)，提單簽發(fā)的日期，托運(yùn)人和收貨人的名稱(chēng)，裝貨港和卸貨港，船名，貨物運(yùn)輸?shù)臈l款和條件，以及運(yùn)費(fèi)的支付。
提單通常包括正面記載事項(xiàng)和背面條款兩個(gè)部分，正面的事項(xiàng)包括：
1. 船名(Ship’s name)
2. 承運(yùn)人(Carrier)
3. 托運(yùn)人(Shipper)
4. 收貨人(Consignee)
5. 通知方(Notify Party)
6. 裝貨港 (Port of Loading)
7. 卸貨港 (Port of Discharging)
8. 貨物的名稱(chēng) (Description)
9. 標(biāo)志 (Marks)
10. 包件的數(shù)量和種類(lèi)(Number and kind of Packages)
11. 重量和體積 (Weight or Measurement)
12. 運(yùn)費(fèi)和其他費(fèi)用 (Freight and other Charges)
13. 貨物外表狀態(tài) (Cargo’s Apparent Order and Condition)
1-3 課文：The ship’s port agent, in fact, may be given the task of drawing up bills of lading. If these are subsequently required for letter of credit transactions, it is useful that the agent be supplied with appropriate details of that letter of credit so that all relevant material can be included in wording.
注釋?zhuān)簆ort agent: 港口代理 task: 任務(wù)，作業(yè) subsequently: 后來(lái)，隨后 letter of credit: 信用證 transaction: 辦理，處理，交易 useful: 有用的，有益的 supply: 提供，供給 appropriate: 適當(dāng)?shù)?relevant: 有關(guān)的，相應(yīng)的 material: 資料，素材 wording: 措詞
課文意思：實(shí)際上，承運(yùn)人可委托港口代理來(lái)制作提單。如果以后的信用證交易也需要使用提單，應(yīng)給代理適當(dāng)提供有關(guān)信用證的消息資料，這樣在提單的措詞中就可以包含所有的相關(guān)資料。
1-4 課文：The main parties on a bill of lading are Shipper, Consignee, Notify Party and Carrier.
提單上主要的當(dāng)事人包括：托運(yùn)人，收貨人，通知方和承運(yùn)人。
1.托運(yùn)人：
課文：The shipper is the person, usually the exporter, who sends the goods. 托運(yùn)人一般為出口商，即發(fā)送貨物的一方。
2.收貨人
課文：Consignee refers to the person entitled to take delivery of the goods. 收貨人是指有權(quán)接受貨物的一方。
3.承運(yùn)人
課文：Carrier is the person or company who has conclude a contract with the shipper for carriage of goods. 承運(yùn)人即與托運(yùn)人就貨物運(yùn)輸事宜訂立合同的人或公司 (conclude a contract: 訂立合同)
4. 通知方
課文：Notify Party is the party that the carrier must notify when the goods arrive at the port of destination. 通知方即在貨物到達(dá)目的港后需要承運(yùn)人告知貨物已到港的一方。(注釋?zhuān)簄otify party: 通知方)
1-5 課文：The carrier issues an Arrival Notice informing the Notify Party about the cargo discharge point, number of packages and other information.
注釋?zhuān)篴rrival notice: 到貨通知 inform: 通知，告知 discharge point: 卸貨地點(diǎn) package:包，包裹
課文意思：承運(yùn)人簽發(fā)貨物到港通知為通知方提供有關(guān)卸貨地點(diǎn)，包數(shù)和其他方面的信息。
1-6 課文：It is important to date bills of lading correctly, and as per the date on which the cargo is actually loaded.
注釋?zhuān)篿mportant: 重要的，重大的 date: 注明…的日期 correctly: 恰當(dāng)?shù)�，正確地
課文意思：正確注明提單的日期是很重要的，并且每個(gè)日期應(yīng)為貨物實(shí)際裝載的日期
1-7 課文：Cargo quantity and condition should also be adequately and correctly described in the bills of lading.
注釋?zhuān)篴dequately: 充分地 describe: 描述，記述
課文意思：貨物的數(shù)量和狀況也應(yīng)當(dāng)充分正確地在提單上載明。
1-8 課文：Relevant comments should be entered in either tally or mate’s receipts, and thereafter in bills of lading.
注釋?zhuān)簉elevant: 有關(guān)的，相應(yīng)的 comment: 注釋?zhuān)u(píng)論，意見(jiàn) enter in: 錄入，進(jìn)入 either … or … : 不是…就是…，…或… tally: 理貨 thereafter: 其后，從那時(shí)以后
課文意思：有關(guān)的批注應(yīng)當(dāng)記入理貨或者大副收據(jù)，并且也應(yīng)在隨后的提單中注明。
