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1、Unit11 ShipmentTextATherearemanymeansoftransportation,andeachhasitsadvantagesanddrawbacks.Goodscanbetransportedbyatrain,atruck,aplane,ashiporthroughapipeline.Themethoduseddependsontimeandcost.Trainsareusuallyusedtotransportbulkproductsthatarelowinvalueandmusttravelgrea
2、tdistances.Truckscanstopwithinacityanddelivergoodsdirecttothemarket.Atruckcanstartassoonasitisloaded.Itismostlyusedtotransporthigh-valuegoodswhichtravelshortdistances.Airfreightisquickalthoughitisexpensive.Whenspeedistakenintoconsideration,thismethodwillbemoreeffective
3、.Foodandsomeurgentlyneededgoodsareusuallydeliveredbyairfreight.Shipshavelongbeenusedfortransportation.Theyarestillthemostimportantmeansoftransportationininternationaltradenow.Commoditiessuchascoal,grain,chemicalsandironoreareoftenshippedbythismeans.Althoughitisalittles
4、lower,itismuchlessexpensive.Sofar,mostofourexportgoodshavebeentransportedbyship.SinceChinabeganitsreform,wehavehadmanybusyportswithgreathandlingcapacity.Almost80%ofourimportandexportgoodsarehandledthroughtheseports.Pipelinesareaspecialformoftransportation.Thisformisbei
5、ngusedfortransportinggasoline,crudeoil,andnaturalgas.Evensomesolidscanbemovedbypipelines.Withtheexpansionofinternationaltrade,thecontainerservicehasbecomepopular.Theuseofcontainersprovidesahighlyefficientformoftransportbyroad,railandair,whichhasbeenregardedasamodeofmor
6、eefficientshipment.TextB(A)DearSirs,WehavereceivedyourletterofOctober1,askingustomodifythepreviousarrangementsfortheshipmentofthecaptionedgoods.WeunderstandthatinsteadoftwoequalshipmentsinJanuaryandFebruarynextyear,younowwishtohave80%ofthegoodsshippedinNovemberandtheba
7、lanceinDecemberthisyear.Inreply,wewishtoinformyouthatalthoughweareinapositiontosupplyyouwiththegoodsagainsttheaboveorderfromstockweareadvisedbytheshippingcompanythatbecausedirectvessels,whetherlinerortramp,sailingforyourportarefewandfarbetween,theshippingspacehasbeenfu
8、llybookeduptotheendofNovember.Inthecircumstances,weregretbeingunabletomeetyourrequest.However,ifyouwouldallowtransshi
