文档介绍：Business English Correspondence
September, 2006
Introduction
Unit 1 Basic Knowledge of Business Letter Writing
Unit 2 Establishing Business Relations
Unit 3 Inquiries , Offers and Counter-offers
Unit 4 Orders, Acceptances and Rejections
Unit 5 Conclusion of Business
Unit 6 Terms of Payment
Unit 7 Packing, Shipping Marks and Shipment
Unit 8 Insurance
Unit plaints, Claims and Settlements
Unit 10 Fax, Telex and E-mail
Basic Knowledge of Business Letter Writing
Section 1 Structures and Layout of Business Letters
1. Structure 构成
2. the ways of writing parts 各部分的内容、作用及注意事项
3. The Formats of a Business Letter英语外贸信函的常用格式
4. Addressing Envelopes信封的书写方法
1. Structure 构成
(1)the necessary parts:
a. letterhead 信头
b. inside address 封内地址
c. salutation 称呼
d. body of the letter 信的正文
e. complimentary close 结尾敬语
f. signature 签名
1. Structure 构成
(2) the parts if necessary
a. enclosures 附件
b. attention line 经办人姓名
c. subject line 事由
d. reference number 参考编号
e. copy notation 抄送说明
f. postscript 再启(又及)
2. the ways of writing parts 各部分的内容、作用及注意事项
(1)the necessary parts
a. Letterhead 信头
①
pany (公司名称)
10 Broadway Street (门牌,街道)
New York (城市名称)
. (国家名称)
Tel: (1—212)41965253
Fax: (1—212)41965364
②
New Color Textiles IMP&EXP Corporation
(公司名称)
7F 160 Youyi Road(门牌,街道)
Shanghai (城市名称)
(国家名称)
How to write the date
the location: usually placed two lines below the last line of the letterhead, mostly at the right margin or at the left margin for full block style.
the order: day/month/year (English practice), or month/day/year (American practice)
25th October, 2006
October 25th, 2006
October 25, 2006
b. Inside Address封内地址
1) If the letter is addressed to a specific person,
name of the receiver
(the receiver’s department)
name of pany
the address of pany
city name
country name
b. Inside Address封内地址
2)If the receiver is not specific,
name of the department
name of pany
the address of pany
city name
country name
c. Salutation 称呼
i. the customary formal greeting:
Dear