Other buyers are satisfied with it, but we could delay it if you could pay 40 percent up front.
其他买主对这货物很满意,但如果你能先付40%货款,我们可以延迟交运。
The conditions of society are such that skills have to be paid for in the same way that goods are paid for at a shop.
社会上的情况就是如此,技术是必须付钱去买的,就像在商店里要花钱买商品一样。