上批谷物的轮船运费是多少?
3、The freight must be added to the cost of the goods, that’s why the prices are higher.
运费必须加到货物的价格里面,这就是为什么这些货物价格比较高的原因。
七、postage (n . ) 指 邮费。如:
1、How much postage do I need to send this package?
寄这个包裹须付多少钱?
2、I’ll ask at the post office what the postage is on a letter to the United States.
我去邮局问一下,寄往美国的信要多少邮费。
八、rent (n. ) 土地 、建筑物、房舍、机器等定期的租费。如:
1、The company has to pay a heavy rent for the land if it is located the shopping center of the town.
如果该公司位于城镇的商业区,就得缴付昂贵的土地租金。
2、The student owed three months’rent for my house.
那学生欠我三个月的房租。
九、tip (n.) 通常指对一次性劳务所付的小费。如:
1、I gave my barber a fat tip. 我给理发师优厚的小费。
2、They gave tips to porters, taxi-drivers, bellboys, waiters, and so on. There wasn’t a day when they didn’t tip some one.
他们对搬运工、出租汽车司机、旅馆侍者、服务员等等都给小费。没有一天他们不付给人小费的。