商务英语教程答案UNIT
Unit 2 THE ORGANIZATION OF WORK
2.1 Vocabulary
Exercise A
Exercise B
Exercise C Exercise D
Exercise E
Exercise H
Exercise F
Exercise H
2.2 Reading Exercise A
Exercise B
Exercise E
2.3 Extending skills Exercise A
Exercise B
Exercise C
2.4 Extending skills Exercise A
Exercise B
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Reference Keys Unit 2 Establishing Business Relations 学学练练 I. 1. d 2. c 3. a 4. b 5. h 6. f 7. e 8. g II. 1.供你方参考 2. 期望，盼望 3. 供应中 4. in the hope of/that 5. establish business relations 6. fall within the scope of III. 1. desirous to 2. in the line of 3.give you a general idea 4. covering 5. in the market 6.refer to 7.be informed IV. 1. appreciate 2. in, for 3.upon 4. to 5. informed 6. with 7.enclosed 8. in 9. desire 10. for 实操练习 I. 1.Through the courtesy of ABC company, we have your name and address. 2. We would like to inform you that we could supply various types of men’s leather shoes. 3. We have established business relations with more than 50 countries in the world, on the basis of equality, mutual benefit and exchange of needed goods。 4. Specializing in the export of Chinese bicycles, we express our desire to trade with you in this line. 5. In order to promote business between us, we shall airmail you some samples for your reference. 6. We enclose a copy of catalog and a sampl e and are sure that you will be satisfied
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商务英语阅读习题及答案一.doc
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商务英语函电课后答案
Dear Sirs, We obtain your name and address from the internet, and we are writing you in the hope of establishing direct business relations with you. We’re one of the importers of Beddings with years’of experience in this line. At present, we’ll be pleased to get the samples for your bed-sheets. Thank you for your cooperation. Yours sincerely, \\ 2 Dear Sirs, Your company has been introduced to us by FMC Company, Sydney, Australia, who has informend us that you are interested in electric goods . As we have been in this line for years, we are writing you in the hope of establishing business relations with you. In order to give you a rough idea of our products available for export at present, we are sending you under separate cover the latest catalogues. Looking forward to your early reply. Yours faithfully Dear Sirs, We learn from the internet that you are in urgent need of a large quantity of Children’s Sport Shoes. We’re writing you in the hope of entering into long-term business relations with you. We have been handling the export of various kinds of textiles and shoes for many years, and our products are very popular in the American and European markets for their good quality and reasonable prices. We also have kept close connections with the local shoe manufacturers, and can ensure the steady source and quality. In order to give you a rough idea of our products, we are sending you our latest catalogues and price lists for Children’s Sport Shoes for your reference. If you are interested in any of the items, please let us know. We await your early reply. Yours faithfully,
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Unit 1 Introductions and Greetings I: Listening & Speaking Task Two :Listen to the dialogue again and fill in the missing words. 1. boss 2. meet 3. lot 4. business 5. seat 6. card 7. mine 8. Coffee Task Three: Listen to the dialogue twice and decide “T” or “F”. 1. T 2. F 3. T 4. T Practice Comprehension of the Text I. Read the passage and decide whether the following statement are True or False. 1. F 2. F 3. T 4. F II. Translate the following sentences into Chinese. 1.恰当的介绍是以后沟通的好的开端。 2.握手是显示你对另一方的信任和尊敬。 3.一旦你被介绍，你将引起别人的关注。 4.通过重复另一方的名字来问候对方。 Word Study III. Give the English words or phrases for the meanings provided. 1.customer 2. communication 3. attract 4. custom 5. company 6. request 7. respect 8. proper IV. Fill in the blanks with the words or expressions given below. 1. respect 2. requested 3.look forward to 4.introduce 5. heard of 6. communication 7. respond 8. customer Grammar Exercises V. Complete the following sentences with the words in blanks. 1. When people meet for the first time 2. First, names and positions 3. a secretary 4. three basic rules 5. the beginning of the first meeting VI. Choose the best answer.
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Exercises I．Fill in the following blanks. 1. importance; urgent; advance; co-operation 2. circumstances; compelled; an alternative/alternatives; 3. extended; expired 4. pleasure; informing 5. in duplicate II．Translate the following sentences into Chinese. 1．我们很高兴在此通知，贵方所订的车灯模具已由“魅力”号货轮发出，将于5月15号抵达宁波。 2．我们很奇怪至今尚未收到于8月1号所订的螺钉，我方客户要求予以解释，因为他们急需此批货物。 3．由于交货长期延误，给我们带来不便。我们要求立即发货，否则，我们将不得不按合同规定取消订单。 4．请尽快安排装运我方所订的货物。 5．这艘货船将于7月20号左右驶往上海。 III．Translate the following sentences into English. 1. Upon receipt of the L/C, please effect shipment of the goods booked by us as soon as possible. 2. We are informed by ABC shipping company that S.S. “Beauty” is due to sail from your city to our port on or about 6th this month. 3. We are very much obliged for your kind cooperation. 4. We hope that these goods will reach you in time and turn out to your entire satisfaction. 5. We are in urgent need of the goods and have to request you to ship them without any further delay.
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《电子商务专业英语》课程教学大纲 课程代码：040942002 课程英文名称：English for E-Commerce 课程总学时：32 讲课：32 实验：0上机：0 适用专业：电子商务 大纲编写（修订）时间：2017.6 一、大纲使用说明 （一）课程的地位及教学目标 本课程是电子商务专业的一门专业选修课程。适用于学习过“大学英语”课程的学生。本课程既是专业知识的学习又是英语的学习，具有双重意义。学生通过对有关本专业英语原著的学习，了解、熟悉本专业常用英语词汇及相关的语法和习惯表达方式；提高英语阅读能力，使外语达到实用的水平，能够从外文资料中获取知识，为工作和继续学习打好基础；通过本课程的学习，了解掌握一门专业知识。 （二）知识、能力及技能方面的基本要求 通过本课程的教学，使学生达到下列基本要求： 1、采用老师讲授和学生翻译相结合的方法，注意培养学生的自学能力。 2、专业阅读能力要求:能读懂中等难度的电子商务专业英语文章，了解作者的观点和态度。阅读速度为每分钟120—160个单词，理解准确率在75%以上。 3、专业写作能力要求：能够运用所学语言知识，写出符合电子商务惯例、格式规范的一般性商务报告等。要能够做到中心思想明确、结构合理、语言得体。 4、词汇要求：认知词汇达到8,000左右单词，熟练掌握其中约4,000个词。 5、综合素质要求：要求学生具有乐观、积极、向上的心理素质和勇于创新、不断更新自身知识体系的精神。 （三）实施说明 本课程注重培养学生的英语能力和英语水平，增强他们对于本专业的英语词汇的理解和运用能力。本课程是一个不断发展和完善的理论体系，按学时情况及学科发展可适当调整讲课内容并进行充实和完善。 （四）对先修课的要求 《大学英语》、《电子商务概论》 （五）对习题课、实践环节的要求 扩充知识点和本专业词汇量，新增本专业的经典阅读文章；增加用英语写小论文来回答相关专业知识问题。 任课教师认真执行实践环节中课时计划。课堂上尽量培养学生的英文口语表达能力,锻炼学生的用英文写小论文的能力; （六）课程考核方式 1.考核方式：考查 2.考查目标：考核学生对于电子商务专业英语知识的掌握情况。 3.成绩构成： 总成绩由二部分构成，总成绩=专业论文翻译或大论文成绩+平时成绩。其中，专业论文翻译或大论文成绩占40-60%，平时考核（包括平时出勤、作业、小测验、提问等）占40-60%，教师可酌情考虑。课程的成绩可以采用百分制整数形式，也可采用优良制形式。
Unit4InformationTechnology高级商务英语课后答案
Unit 4 Information Technology Text A I.Reading Comprehension https://www.360docs.net/doc/991551053.html,plete the following passage with the information you get from the text. 1) co-founder 2) value/significance 3) drop-out 4) engineering 5) titans/giants 6) attention 7) floundering/struggling 8) surpassed 9) technology 10) daunting 2.Essay Questions 1)As a touch-screen computer without a keyboard, iPad is a ground-breaking new product. Extending the iPhone’s innovations of a more versatile screen and lightweight applications designed for specific tasks, it points to a future beyond the computer mouse – and a world without Windows. 2)Apple has released Ping, a social network similar to Facebook for iTunes users. And it will counter Google’s smaller 7-inch tablet computer with a similar gadget of its own. 3)His strong spiritual aspiration, relentless ambition and obsessive attention to details. 4)No fixed answer. 5)No fixed answer. II.Blank-filling: Complete the following sentences with the words given in the box. Change the form when necessary. 1) rebuttal 2) sideline 3) stir up 4) rankle 5) write off 6) obsessive 7) surpass 8) culmination 9) fledgling 10) rudimentary III.Paraphrasing 1.Rewriting: Rewrite the underlined part of each sentence in your own words. 1) More than ten years ago, it was highly speculated that both Mr. Job’s career and Apple, the company he had co-founded would fail in the competition, their relevance to the future of technology written off both in Silicon Valley and on Wall Street. 2) Mr. Gates himself championed a tablet computer nearly a decade ago, however it was not well-received by the market due to its need of a stylus to write on its screen and the PC-like interface. 3) A spirituality guided by his training in Zen Buddhism has played a central part in his life, and with such spiritual belief he even avoided using medical treatment for a period while struggling against pancreatic cancer. 4) Compromise seems too strong a word, but now as a world leader in this business, Apple has become more pragmatic. 5) After antitrust authorities took an interest this year, Mr. Jobs backed off a requirement that forced developers to use Apple’s software tools to create apps,