For some time past we have been pressing you for the shipment of

For some time past we have been pressing you for the shipment of these goods, and in our last letter of December 10 we informed you that unless theshipment of this order was already on the way, the parcel would arrive too late for the season and so be of no use to us.
【正确答案】：前段时间，我们一直都在催促你们发货。在 12 月 10 日的信函中，我们已经通报你们：除非是这份订单已在发运途中，否则它会因到货太晚错过时令，没有用途。