Listen to a passage and fill in the blanks. In our (1. ) business, we require payment by (2. ) in our favor, available against draft (3. ) , reaching us (4. ) and remaining valid for negotiation at our counter till (5. ) after the latest date of shipment. Of course, other modes of payment, such as documents against payment, documents against acceptance, (6. ) , and a bank’s letter of guarantee are sometimes used as well. However, for each transaction, (7. ) is to be decided upon in accordance with its specific conditions (8. ) between the parties concerned. On the other hand, payment for (9. ) is usually made by (10. ) . But many foreign firms, out of their confidence in the foreign trade corporations of our country, have shown willingness to accept (11. ) .