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    【大綱詳解】
    一、Sea Transportation海運(yùn)概述
    1．課文：Shipping constitutes the principal mode of international transport and is estimated to carry about 90 percent of international trade in terms of volume．
    注釋：
    constitute：構(gòu)成，相當(dāng)于
    principal：重要的，首要的
    estimate：估計(jì)
    in terms of：就　　來說
    volume：量，額
    譯文：海運(yùn)是國(guó)際運(yùn)輸?shù)闹匾绞?，預(yù)計(jì)其承擔(dān)了90%的國(guó)際貿(mào)易量。
    2．課文：Consequently，it is very important for the freight forwarder to be able to identify the formalities relating to carriage of goods by sea to be able to provide all efficient service．
    注釋：
    consequently：所以，因此
    freight forwarder：貨運(yùn)代理人（行）
    identify：認(rèn)出，識(shí)別，確定
    formality：手續(xù)，例行公事
    carriage：運(yùn)輸
    譯文：因此對(duì)于貨運(yùn)代理人來說，熟悉海洋貨物運(yùn)輸?shù)氖掷m(xù)是非常重要的，這樣才能提供有效的服務(wù)。
    二、Transport Geography 運(yùn)輸?shù)乩?BR>    1．課文：An international freight forwarder should be familiar with international trade routes.
    注釋：
    be familiar with：熟悉
    trade route：貿(mào)易線路
    譯文：國(guó)際貨運(yùn)代理應(yīng)熟悉國(guó)際貿(mào)易線路。
    2．課文：He or she should have knowledge of main traffic routes, location of ports, trans-shipment points and inland centers.
    注釋：
    knowledge：知識(shí) （have knowledge of: 具備...知識(shí)，可以引申為“了解，熟悉”）
    traffic routes：運(yùn)輸線路
    location：位置
    trans-shipment points：轉(zhuǎn)運(yùn)地
    inland center：內(nèi)陸中心、
    譯文：他（她）應(yīng)該熟悉主要的交通線路，港口的位置，轉(zhuǎn)運(yùn)地和內(nèi)陸中心。
    3．課文：A freight forwarder should also have a general idea of the pattern of international trade and its changing trends.
    注釋：
    idea：概念，注意，明白
    pattern：型式，模式
    trend：走向，方向，趨勢(shì)，傾向
    譯文：貨運(yùn)代理人還應(yīng)該對(duì)國(guó)際貿(mào)易的格局和變化趨勢(shì)有一個(gè)整體的概念。