【正文】 We acknowledge with thanks the receipt of your letter of May 15th, 2022 for 300 sets of Butterfly Brand sewing machines at $60 per set CIF Lagos. Part Four Sample 1 (2) We acknowledge with thanks the receipt of your letter of May 15th, 2022 for 300 sets of Butterfly Brand sewing machines at $60 per set CIF Lagos. In reply, we regret to state that your price has been found too high to be acceptable. As you know, the price of sewing machines has gone down since last year. Some countries are actually lowering their price. Under such circumstance, it is impossible for us to accept your price, as the goods of similar quality are easily obtainable at a lower figure1. If you can make a reduction in your price, say 8%2, there is a possibility of getting business done3. We expect your early reply. Sincerely yours, Gillian Reeve, Gillian Reeve Part Four Dongfang Foreign Trading Co. Ltd. 32 Wuyi Road Changsha, Hunan, China Tel： 8607314567893 Fax： 8607315332547 Email: May 22, 2022 Mr. Gillian Reeve Carrol Machinery Trade Co. 657, Lagos Nigeria Dear Mr. Gillian Reeve We have received your letter of My, 18th, 2022 that the price offered by us for the Butterfly Brand sewing machine is found to be on the high side. A Reply to the Letter of Sample 1 Sample 2 (1) Part Four We regret to say that your counteroffer is not in keeping with the current market and it is too low to be acceptable. We have received a lot of inquiries from buyers in other places and we believe our price is fixed at a reasonable level. To be frank with you1, if it was not for our good relations, we wouldn39。 Export Corporation No. 23, Renmin Road, Xigang District, Dalian, China Dear Mr. Cai, Thank you for your letter ofns the 20th it1. offering us 5,000 kilos of Walnutmeat at $5 per kilogram. Sample 3 (1) Buyer’s Counteroffer Part Four We are interested in your product but regret to say that we find your price rather high. We believe that we would have a hard time convincing our clients at your price. There is also keen petition2 from suppliers in South Korea and Thailand. That can not be ignored. Should you be ready to reduce your price by 5%3, we might e to a business4 agreement. We are making this counteroffer based on the longstanding business relationship between us. As the market is declining, we hope you will consider our counteroffer most favourably and cable us as soon as possible. Yours Sincerely, Steve Frank, Steve Frank Sample 3 (2) Part Four Sample 4 (1) A Reply to the Letter of Sample 3 China National Foodstuff Import amp。 (11)There has been a slump in price recently. We believe we39。 (12)We regret that we can’t see our way clear to accept your counteroffer as your price is on the high side. 眾所周知，有些供貨商實(shí)際上正在削價促銷。 Part Five 2. Read the following letters and choose the best one from the given answers for the missing prepositions. to。 of。 in。 for。 into。 by Letter 1 Dear Sirs, Re: chinaware We have noted your fax (1) October 10th, 2022, regarding the captioned goods and regret that our offer has not been accepted. We have to point out that your counteroffer is obviously (2) the low side. The price we offered is entirely (3) line (4) the market level and has been accepted by many other customers. of ___ on ___ in ___ with ___ Part Five 2. Read the following letters and choose the best one from the given answers for the missing prepositions. However, we now agree (5) your interest to renew our offer till the end of this month and remend that you fax us your confirmation without delay. Yours faithfully, to ___ Part Five to。 of。 in。 for。 onto。 by Letter 2 Dear Sirs, We are in possession of your letter dated July 5th, 2022 offering us Jinling Brand automatic washing machine at USD 120 per set FOB Guangzhou inclusive (1) our 5% mission. While appreciating the quality of your lines, we made a careful study of your offer. We find that your prices are too high to be acceptable. In fact, some suppliers are actually lowering their prices to push sales in the past three months. In order to make your product more petitive (2) our market, we suggest that you reduce prices (3) 10%. If you will agree to our countersuggestion, regular orders (4) large numbers will be p