A：依据当日市场，我们应提高2美元的报价。但为了能达成协议，我们的报价将保持不变。希望您也能给予支持。

B：非常感谢，我们也收到了现在的价格。但按长期上涨的幅度来看，我认为这属于正常波动，或许明天价格又会下降。实际上，原来你所给出的报价都已超过了市价，即使你再不加价，我也不愿欣然接受。

A：你是说即便在行情上涨的情况下，我们的价格也得往下降？这不符合逻辑。当我给你们报价的时候，就很清楚的表明，如果市场有什么变化，我们的价格也随之变化。而现在其实是行情上涨了，可我们的报价却没有变。这就意味着我们的报价确在下降。

B：的确如此。但与市价相比，您的报价还是很高。

A：那么你的意思是你们的价格应该是实际交易的价格了,不能动了，是吗? 如果那样的话，我们的谈话是很难进行的。

B：先不要急着得出结论。我的意思是我们的价格不会变,即使有变化,你们也不会接受的,因为我们在价格上的分歧太大了

A：无论有多大的分歧，都希望你有所变动，你不能只让我们退步啊？希望我们都各让一步。

B：好吧，我再增加50美分。

A：According to today’s market, I should’ve increased my price by two dollars. But in order to come to an agreement, our original quote remains unchanged. Hope you can make more efforts.

B：Thanks. I’ ve received current market price, too. Judging its increase margin, I thinking it’s a normal fluctuation. Perhaps its price will come down tomorrow. What I want to point out is that your original price exceeded the market price already. Even if you do not increase it, we cannot accept it.

A：You mean we’ll have to lower our price though the market price is going up? This works against common sense, doesn’t it? We made it very clear when we quoted you the price that if there’s change on the market, our quote will follow. But what has happened now is that the market price has gone up and our quote has not changed. This means our price has actually decreased, right?

B：True. But compared with the real market price, your quote is still too high.

A：You’re saying your price should be the actual deal price then. You can’t make any move? In that case, it’ll be very difficult to proceed with our talk.

B：Let’s not rush to conclusion yet. All I’m saying is my price will not change; even if it does, you won’t accept it anyway, because the difference between us is too great.

A：But no matter how great the difference is, you’ll have to move. Both of us move, and move together ,okay? You can’t expect me to make the move alone.

B：Alright then. I’ll add 50 cents.