Chapter 3 函电
《国际商务函电双语教程》chapter 3
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Letter of Inquiry
Simultaneously, you also need to comply with the following principles: Before sending inquiry, you need to consider to which you will send inquiries, and how many inquiries you will send in the same regions. After that, you choose carefully several companies instead of all of them, which can avoid suppliers raising the price owning to the thought of you are eager to get products; Express detailed requests but not promise to buy;
Tell any information as much as you can in order to let the supplier know what part he or she can help you.
In order to let the reader get the main point of your letter, you can write the name of product in the subject line, when inquiring.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Inquiry
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外贸英语函电课后习题参考答案外贸英语函电课后习题参考答案（For Reference Only）Chapter 1 Business LetterI.Answer the following questions.1.How many principal parts is a business letter composed of? What are they?Generally speaking, there are seven principal parts of a standard business letter. They are the letter head; the date; inside name and address; saluation; the body of a letter(message); the complimentary close and signature.2. What are the three main formats of a business letter used today? Which format do you like best?There are three main formats of a business letter in use at present: the conventional indented style; the modern block style and the modified block style. I like the modern block style, since it is simple and we can save much time.3. What is P.S.?It is postscript, refers to one or more remarks the writer may add to the core or body of the letter,usually hand-written side by side with or below the signature and enclosure parts, where there is often a large patch of blank space. A postscript can be a sentence or a brief paragraph.II.Choose the best answer1-5 A C A B D 6-10 B D C B A 11-15 B C C D D 16-20 D A C B BIII. Write a letter with the given particulars below, using necessary capitals and punctuation ( in modern block style)CZ Import & Export Corp. Ltd66 Minghuang, Wujin Discrict, Changzhou213164, P.R. ChinaJuly 3, 2007Mr. John MartinSales ManagerLake Circles Inc.56 Y ork Road, ChicagoIllinois, USADear Sir,Yours sincerely,IV. Arrange the following both in a blocked form and indented form as they should be set out in a letter. (ommitted) Chapter 2 Establishment of Business RelationsI.Answer the following questions.1. If you want to open up a market to maintain or expand business actiities what should you do first?If we want to open up a market to maintian or expand business activities, what we should do first is to conduct a market research,from which we shall know thoroughly about your product(s), your present and potential market(s) .2.Before you write letters with some new established firms what had you better do?We had better try to collect as much information as possible about the new established firms, especially about their creditinformation.3. Through what channels can one obtain the desired names and addresses of the companies to be dealt with?We can get the desired names and addresses of the companies through the following channels: Some b2b websites, such as /doc/90b4c9880622192e453610661ed9ad51f11d5403.html ; some governmental or oganizational websites, such as /doc/90b4c9880622192e453610661ed9ad51f11d5403.html ; some news papers or magazines; some yellowpages; some friends or your present customers; or you can get the imformation by using some serach engines such as google or yahoo.4. How to begin with the “First Letter” or circulars to the other party?It should be consisted of the three parts: first, you should say where you have got the information of your potential customer; second you should provide necessary information about yourself; third you should express your wish of writing the letter. 5. How can one create goodwill and leave a good impression on the readers?We should consider the eight “C”s in writing a business letter: clearness; conciseness; correctness; concreteness; cheerfulness; courtesy; consideration and completeness.II.multiple choices.1-5 D C A B A 6-10 C A C B CIII. Translate the following sentences into Chinese.1.我们愿意在平等互利的基础上和贵公司建⽴业务关系。
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3II. Chapter 3-2
BEC
• This means you should know about its reputation, financial status and business mode before conducting a transaction especially the one that requires a large sum of money. Letters of requesting such information are called “credit and status inquiries”.
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BEC
• 4. Include such words as “this information is given without any responsibility” so as to avoid any possible trouble. • e.g. Any statement on the part of this bank or any of its officials as to the standing of any person, firm or corporation, is given as a mere matter of opinion for which no responsibility, in any way, is to attach to this bank or any of its officials.
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BEC
4.1.3 Sources of such inquiries • 1. The companies and banks that have business relations with the company under investigation; • 2. Inquiry agencies and chambers of commerce.
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• Last but not least, when the information you require is received, whether it is favorable or unfavorable, a suitable letter of acknowledgement and thanks should be sent.This is no more than a common courtesy.
email dated Aug.17th, 2011.
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Task 5 Making a Credit ＆ Status Enquiry
• As we have never done any business together before, perhaps you will kindly agree to provide us with your trade reference, or the name of the bank to which we may refer for further information about your company.As soon as these enquiries are satisfactorily settled, we shall be delighted to send you a sales confirmation and we can assure you that the shipment will be effected punctually.
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chapter 3 Enquiries 《外贸英语函电》PPT课件
plicated color expressions
1）修饰法 adj.+color表示颜色的浓、淡、明、暗 deep/dark blue深蓝色 light/pale yellow 浅黄色 bright/rich/vivid red/green艳红，翠绿色
2）词缀法 color +ish 表示颜色的浅淡 “微带……色” whitish sky 微白的天空 yellowish leaves 淡黄的树叶 reddish face 微红的脸 greyish ashtray 淡灰色的烟灰缸
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3.数量的表示
dozen=12 score=20 gross=144/12 dozen dozens of…数十个 3 score and ten =70 years old death pays all scores 一了百了 gross negligence 重大疏忽
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3.数量的表示
249684 亿 twenty-four trillion nine hundred and sixty-eight billion four hundred million
56957 亿 five trillion six hundred and nety-five billion and seven hundred million
2077 亿 two hundred and seven billion and seven hundred million
3531 万 thirty-five million three hundred and ten thousand
Buyer –make enquiries Letters of Request/ Letters of Enquiries Supplier– answer the enquiries Letters of response or Letters for answering enquiries
Chapter 3 函电
Because of their softness and durability, our all cotton bed-sheets and pillowcases are rapidly becoming popular and after studying our prices you will learn that we are finding it difficult to meet the demand. But if you place your order not later than the end of this month, we would ensure prompt shipment. We invite your attention to our other products such as table-cloth and table napkins, details of which you will find in the catalogue, and look forward to receiving your first order. Yours Sincerely
Inquiry: (1)Supposing that the enquiry is the first letter, the enquirer should tell the receiver how and by whom he was introduced or from where the enquirer got the supplier’s name and address. (2)If the enquiry is a response to a letter from the addressee party (the supplier), thanks should be expressed first. (3)The company’s line of business. What commodities it intends to buy and the types, quantities and specification of them. (4)Asking for the trade terms, such as the quotation/offer, terms of payment, package, insurance etc.,telling the supplier the terms he wishes to have.
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Would you please send us details of your various ranges, including sizes, colors, prices, and samples of the different qualities of material used? We are a large dealer in textiles and believe there is a promising market between us. If your prices are competitive and your goods up to standard, we shall order on a regular basis.
10.Please let us know on what term you can give us some discount.
11.For information about our company please refer to/contact ABC Co. 12.In order to make us familiarized with your products, we shall appreciate your giving us the technical details of them. 13.If the goods come up to our expectations, we would expect to be place regular order. 14.If your prices are competitive and your goods up to standard, we shall order on a regular basis. 15.We trust that you will send us your reply as soon as possible.
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3.3.1 A reply
4.Feel free to let us know Please don’t hesitate to let us know.
5. Satisfy you to the best of our ability尽可能地满足贵方 6. see that …请注意… 请贵方务必在3月底前发送此批货物。
3.3.2 General enquiry and reply
Under separate cover单独邮寄，另邮寄 Craftsmanship工艺水平 Appeal to对…有吸引力 Sight draft即期汇票
我们另邮寄样品一批（a batch of），深信 一旦你们有机会查看样品，定会承认该货品 质优良，工艺精湛，价格合理。
3.3.3 Specific Enquiry and Reply
A ready market有市场 Be given to understand了解到… Have confidence in … Agree with the taste of …适合…的口味 Feel confident of placing a trial order 有信心下试订单
3.3.1 A reply
7.L/C reaches us at least 30 days before…
即期信用证务必至少在装运期前30天送达我公 司。 因为全棉质地的衬衫经久耐穿，越来越受到市 场的青睐。我们不得不扩大生产，以满足市场 不断增长的需求。
3.3.1 A reply
请把贵公司的最新样品寄给我们并附上最优 惠的价格，不胜感激。
3.3.2 General enquiry and reply