外贸英语函电课后答案
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外贸英语函电答案外贸函电答案Keys to the exercisesUnit 23.(1) We are one of the leading importers dealing in electronic products in the area, and take this opportunity to approach you in the hope of establishing business relations.(2) We have been engaged in handling importing and exporting of machinery and equipment for many years, and our products have enjoyed great popularity in many countries.(3) We owe your name and address to the Commercial Counselor’s office of our Embassy in Beijing.(4) We are given to understand that you are a manufacturer of daily chemicals. One of our clients intends to buy cosmetics from your country. We will appreciate it highly if you can airmail the catalogue and the price list of your products available at present.(5) For our credit standing, please refer to the Bank of China, Shanghai Branch. Unit 32.1. Pease quote us your best price CIF Shanghai, inclusive of our 3% commission.2. Should your price be found competitive, we intend to place with you an order for 300,000 yards of Cotton Cloth.3. One of our customers is now interested in the Qingdao Haier Refrigerator made in your country. Please offer CIF London for 400 sets to be delivered in April.4. To enable you to have a better understanding of our products, we are sending you by air 5 copies of our catalogue and 2 sample books.5. In reply to your enquiry dated April 28, we are now sending you our latest price list for your reference.3．Dear Sirs,We learn from a friend in Shenzhen that you are exporting light industrial products, especially electric appliances. There is a steady demand here for the above-mentioned commodities of high quality at moderate prices.Will you please send us a copy of your catalogue, with details of your prices and terms of payment. We should find it most helpful if you could also supply samples of these goods.Y ours faithfully,4. Dear Sirs,RE: Haier RefrigeratorWe are in the market for refrigerators. Please send us your latest catalogue and details of your specifications, informing us of your price CIF Guangzhou, please also state your earliest possible delivery date, your terms of payment, and discount forregular purchase. If your prices prove reasonable and satisfactory, we shall soon place a large order with you.外贸英语函电答案Y ours faithfully,5. Dear Sirs,We welcome you for your enquiry of May 5 and thank you for your interest in our products. We are enclosing some copies of our illustrated catalogues and a price list giving the details you ask for. Also under separate cover, we are sending you some samples.Please note that payment should be made by irrevocable L/C payable at sight against presentation of shipping documents. We allow a proper discount in view of this first business between us. We await your acceptance by fax.Y ours faithfully,Unit 42．(1).We are studying the offer and hope that it will keep open till the end of the month.(2). We believe that you will place a large order with us owing to the high quality and reasonable price of our products.(3). We will allow you 10% discount if you purchase 5000 dozens or more.(4). As to terms of payment, we often require a confirmed, irrevocable letter of credit payable by draft at sight.(5). Y ou are cordially invited to take advantage of this attractive offer. We are anticipating a large order from the United States, and that will cause a sharp rise in price.(6). We will send you a firm offer with shipment available in the early May if you order reaches us before March 10.(7). Because there is a brisk demand for the goods, the offer will be open only for 5 days.(8). We are giving you a firm offer, subject to your reply here by 5 p.m. our time, Tuesday, July 10.3.Dear sirs,In reply to your letter of May 5, we are giving you a firm offer, subject to your reply here by 5 p.m. our time, Thursday, October 15, 2008, as follows:Commodity: Boots for ladiesSpecifications: more than 20 assortments with new designs of brown or red colors (detailed in catalogue)Quality: the leather used is of superior qualityPrice: CIF Guangzhou US$ 95 to 300 according to various designsPayment: Confirmed, irrevocable letter of credit payable by draft at sight to be opened 30 days before the time of shipment.Packing: at the buyer’s optionShipment: September.Unit 53.1). We shall place a trial order with you for 500 sets if you will give us a 5% commission.2). We are working on your Order No. 678 at present and please believe that we will effect the外贸英语函电答案shipment within the time you stipulated.3) Owing to heavy commitments, many orders haven’t been made, we can only accept orders for October shipment.4) Our stock is exhausted and we are not in a position to accept fresh orders. However, we will contact you as soon as new supplies are available.5) Shipment should be made during August to October in three lots, with 100 tons each.4.Dear Sirs:We are pleased by your prompt reply to our inquiry of July 10, 2008 and now wish to order from you as our Order No. 321 enclosed.Y ours faithfully,XI’AN INTERNATIONALCOMMERCE CORPORATIONTel:2365474 Fax: 654789321ORDER FORMOrder No. 321 July 20, 2008Messrs. JB SIMPSON &CO. LTD.18 Deansgate BlackpoolPlease supply the following itemsDescription: A: SA-135 Video RecorderB: VT-462 Video TapeC: RC-A43 Mini Radio Cassette RecorderQuantity: A: 1000B: 1000C: 5000Unit Price: FOB Xin Gang inclusive of our 5% commissionA: US$ 600 eachB: US$ 10 eachC: US$ 20 eachPayment: L/C at 90 days’sight to be opened 30 days before shipment Package: By standard export casesDelivery Date: Before the end of August in one/two lots.6.Dear Sirs:We are pleased to have received your Order by fax dated March 10 for 500 sets of knitting machinery. Thanks.We have immediately contacted the manufacturer. But they refused our request politely since the machines sell well, and there is a great shortage of raw materials and still a large number of orders. After our repeated negotiations, they finally promised to accept the order and to make delivery of 100 sets each month, beginning from next January.We are aware that you are in urgent need of the products, but uncertain whether you will agree on the above delivery date. We are making contact with manufacturers elsewhere and will let you。
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外贸英语函电课后习题的参考答案
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 credit information.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 ; some governmental or oganizational websites, such as ; 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。
《外贸英语函电》(第二版)习题答案
《外贸英语函电》（第二版）习题答案Chapter 1 key to exercises1. Translate the following terms.（1）inside address 封内地址（2）salutation 称呼（3）complimentary close 结尾敬语（4）Ref. No. 参考编号（5）enclosure 附件（6）P.O.Box 邮箱（7）postscript 附言（8）full block style 齐头式2. Answer the following questions.（1）How many formats of business letters do we use today? What are they?Three formats are used in writing business letter. They are full block style, modified block style and indented style.（2）What are the standard parts of a business letter?There are seven standard parts which includes letterhead, date, inside address, salutation, body of the letter, complimentary close and signature.（3）What kinds of information should be written on an envelop? And what are their positions?The information of the sender and the receiver should be written on an envelop. The information of the sender is at the top-left corner, while the information of the receiver is almost in the middle of the envelop.3. Complete the structure of the following business letter which is with full block style and write down the names of the missing parts in the boxes.Date Body of the letter Complimentary closeChapter 2key to exercises1.Translate the following terms.(1) 传真信号; (2) 传真机储存器已满; (3) 电子邮件; (4) 通信错误，传输信号不好;(5) 接收方传真机忙，传真机重拨2.Translate the following sentences into English.(1)We have to apologize to you for not answering your letter in time.(2)Please confirm the order and e-mail a shipping schedule.(3)As soon as the goods are available, we’ll inform you by fax.(4)If you find our offer acceptable, please fax us for confirmation.(5)We are e-mailing you to enquire whether you’d be willing to establish business relation s with us.3.Translate the following sentences into Chinese.(1)如果存取文件有任何问题请和我联系。
《外贸英语函电》课后题答案
Unit 1一、英译汉1.It was a pleasure to receive your letter of 2nd and to learn that you are making plans for yourMr.Chadwik to visit our country in October.有幸收到阁下5月2日来函，得悉阁下正计划安排维克先生于10月访问我国。
2.If Mr.Mike so wishes we can also introduce him to some of our sister corporations with whom you may like to do business.要是迈克先生想同我们兄弟公司洽谈业务，我们也可为他引见。
3.Please let us know the time of your arrival. We will then arrange to meet you at the airport and drive you to your hotel.请告诉我们你到达的时间，届时安排去机场迎接并驾车送你到宾馆。
4.We used to import machines from England but now we wish to establish business relations with you.我们过去通常从英国进口机器，但现在想同你们建立业务关系。
5.I am making for Mr.Brown to have a discussion with Director Wang.我即将安排布朗先生和我公司的王经理会谈。
6.It gives us a great pleasure to introduce to you by this letter Mr.Ma,a manager of HongKong Huarun company.我们十分高兴地通过刺心向你介绍香港华润公司的马经理。
徐美荣外贸英语函电(第二版)课后练习参考答案完整版
外贸英语函电课后练习参考答案（中英文对照版）名词解释二、Establish business relations建立商务关系Import进口Export出口Importer进口商Exporter出口商Commercial counsellor’s office商务参赞处Chamber of commerce商会Credit standing资讯状况三、Inquiries询价First inquiry初次询价General inquiry一般询价Specific inquiry具体询价Commission佣金Delivery交货Effect delivery装运All necessary information所有必要的信息Delivery date装运期四、Quote报价Offer报盘Voluntary offer主动报盘Free offer虚盘（自由报盘）Firm offer实盘Pro forma invoice形式发票Import licence进口许可证Catalogue目录Under cover随函附上Supply from stock供现货五、Counteroffer还盘Be on the high side偏高Regret遗憾Be in line with与。
相符Reduce减少、降低Make a reduction ofThe prevailing market行市六、Accept接受Acceptance接受Confirmation of order订单的确认Sales contract销售合同Purchase contract购买合同Sales confirmation销售确认书Purchase confirmation供货确认书Sign签名Signature签名Counter-signature会签七、Payment terms支付条款Modes of payment支付方式Remittance汇付Telegraphic transfer (T/T)电汇Mail transfer (M/T)信汇Demand draft (D/D)票汇Collection托收Documents against payment (D/P)付款交单Documents against acceptance (D/A)承兑交单八、Kinds of L/C信用证种类Sight L/C即期信用证Term L/C远期信用证Establish L/C开立信用证Amendment to the L/C修改信用证Extension of the L/C展延信用证Check the L/C检查信用证With the terms of contract按合同九、Pack包装Packing requirements包装要求Shipping instructions装运指示Shipping marks唛头Shipping advice装运通知Modes of transportation运输方式Time of shipment装运期Destination目的地Partial shipment分批装运Transshipment转运十、Insurance保险Risk风险Average海损Cover投保Coverage承保范围Open policy预约保单Premium保险费翻译：Chapter Two1.我们从中国驻东京大使馆商务参赞处得知贵公司的行名和地址，并了解贵公司是经营家用电器产品有经验的出口商We obtained your name and address from commercial counsellor’s office of the Chinese embassy in Tokyo. They have informed us that you are experienced exporter in the market for home electrical appliances.2.我们的一个客户对你们的新产品感兴趣One of our customers is interested in your new production.3.我们的一个日本客户想要购买中国红茶One of our customers in Japan wants to be in the market for black tea.4.如你所知，我们的外贸政策是在平等互利的基础上与各国人民做生意As you know, our policy is to trade with merchants of various countries on the basis of equality and mutual benefit.5.我们希望你方尽最大努力促进业务又增进友谊。
实用外贸英语函电教程第二版 课后答案
实用外贸英语函电教程第二版课后答案1、--Whose _______ are these?? ? ? --I think they are John·s. [单选题] *A. keyB. keyesC. keys(正确答案)D. keies2、There is a bank ______ the street. [单选题] *A. on the end ofB. in the end ofC. at the end of(正确答案)D. by the end of3、There _______ some milk in the glass. [单选题] *A. is(正确答案)B. areC. haveD. has4、Once you get on the road, here are some traffic _______ to remember. [单选题] *A. problemsB. positionsC. rules(正确答案)D. points5、4．—Alice’s never late for school.—________. [单选题] *A．So am I.B．So was I.C．Neither am I. (正确答案)D．Neither have I.6、Li Jing often helps me ______ my geography.（）[单选题] *A. atB. inC. ofD. with(正确答案)7、Jim is a(n) _______. He is very careful and likes to work with numbers. [单选题] *A. secretaryB. tour guideC. accountant(正确答案)D. English teacher8、He was proud of what he had done. [单选题] *A. 对…感到自豪(正确答案)B. 对…感到满足C. 对…表示不满D. 对…表示后悔9、I will _______ at the school gate. [单选题] *A. pick you up(正确答案)B. pick up youC. pick you outD. pick out you10、Nowadays schools should care for the full _______ of a student’s talents. [单选题] *A. satisfactionB. development(正确答案)C. communicationD. preparation11、I could ______ control my feelings and cried loudly when I heard the bad news. [单选题] *A. hardly(正确答案)B. ?reallyC. clearlyD. nearly12、56．Sam is in a hurry. Maybe he has got ________ important to do. [单选题] * A．everythingB．nothingC．anythingD．something(正确答案)13、While studying abroad, he financially depended（）his wife. [单选题] *A. on(正确答案)B. ofC. toD. from14、The manager isn’t in at the moment. May I _______ a message? [单选题] *A. take(正确答案)B. makeC. haveD. keep15、Sam is going to have the party ______ Saturday evening. （）[单选题] *A. inB. on(正确答案)C. atD. to16、Three ______ died of water pollution last winter. [单选题] *A. hundreds of villagersB. hundred villagers(正确答案)C. hundreds villagersD. hundred of villagers17、I knocked on the door but _______ answered. [单选题] *A. somebodyB. anybodyC. nobody(正确答案)D. everybody18、It is an online platform _____ people can buy and sell many kinds of things. [单选题] * A．whenB. where(正确答案)C．thatD．which19、The boy’s mother always _______ him a story before he goes to bed. [单选题] *A. saysB. speaksC. tells(正确答案)D. talks20、Ordinary books, _________ correctly, can give you much knowledge. [单选题] *A. used(正确答案)B. to useC. usingD. use21、They lost their way in the forest, and _____ made matters worse was night began to fall. [单选题] *A. thatB. itC. what(正确答案)D. which22、--Jenny, what’s your favorite _______?--I like potatoes best. [单选题] *A. fruitB. vegetable(正确答案)C. drinkD. meat23、We need two ______ and two bags of ______ for the banana milk shake.（）[单选题]*A. banana; yogurtB. banana; yogurtsC. bananas; yogurt(正确答案)D. bananas; yogurts24、If the manager had to choose between the two, he would say John was _____ choice. [单选题] *A. goodB. the bestC. betterD. the better(正确答案)25、The book is _______. You’d better buy it. [单选题] *A. useful(正确答案)B. uselessC. useD. careful26、The car _______ after forty minutes driving, so he didn’t have the interview on time. [单选题] *A. broke down(正确答案)B. broke inC. broke outD. broke up27、I will _______ from Hunan University next year. [单选题] *A. learnB. studyC. graduate(正确答案)D. come28、Boys and girls, please _______ your favorite book here and show it to us next class. [单选题] *A. bring(正确答案)B. sellC. buyD. take29、Mary _______ a small gift yesterday, but she didn’t _______ it. [单选题] *A. accepted; receiveB. received; accept(正确答案)C. receives; acceptedD. accepts; received30、There _____ wrong with my radio. [单选题] *A. are somethingB. are anythingC. is anythingD. is something(正确答案)。
外贸英语函电课后答案
外贸英语函电课后答案【篇一：外贸英语函电【课后答案】】port and export 3.export list 4.enquiry5.sample6. price list7.catalogue8. chamber of commerce9. market price10. agreement11.clients/customers12. commodities fair 13. competitive price14. emp(european main ports)15. deal exclusively16. manufacturer 17. article number18. delivery 19. specification 20. trial order 1. we are sending you the information you asked for in your letter of june 4.2. we have received your letter of may 10.3. we are pleased to tell you that your order 167 was dispatched yesterday.4. we sent you this morning our latest catalogue you requested in your letter of may5.5. we hope you will consider our proposals.6. we hope to hear from you soon.7. you informed us in your letter that you could not offer us gallnuts as they were out of stock.8. in reply to your letter of the 23rd last month, we are pleased to confirm the following order.9. please take note of the lot number of bales so that theparcel may not be mixed up on landing.10. samples will be sent and offer made upon receipt of your specific enquiry.11. in reply to your letter 23rd may, we regret to inform youthat we are now not in a position tooffer you the quantity as required.12. thank you for your quotation dated september 5, 2007. we intend to place a trial order withyou.13. you will no doubt open the relevant l/c at the end of may.14. we feel sure that you will be entirely satisfied.15. will you please send us your latest catalogue and pricelist?16. we wish you could effect insurance on the goods with picc.17. please send me a copy of the agreement.18. your products are not up to our standard.19. i regret i cannot agree to your suggestions.20. we have semimonthly direct sailings from hong kong tosan francisco.a.b. c.mr. hey taylorlondon city bank mr. john smith150 bench street12 queen street 16 front streetlondon, e. c. 3 london, e.c.5 liverpool l6 3fyenglandenglandshanghai light industrial products corp.11 jiefang roadshanghaitel: 021—43715589oct.28, 2008the pacific trading inc.87 broadway st.new york, ny10408dear sirs,thank you for your interest in our products. in reply to your request, we enclose our illustrated catalogue and a pricelist showing details of our products.we look forward to hearing from you.yours truly,(signed)wang xiangmanagerencl: as stated. 可以说没有客户，就没有业务，与潜在客户建立业务关系不仅对于新成立的公司很重要，对于那些想要扩大业务范围，增加营业额的公司来说，同样很重要。
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English Correspondence of BusinessChapter One Basic Knowledge of Business Letter WritingSection Nine Exercises 练习I. Translate the following expressions into English:Keys: mercial Councellor2.import and export3.export list4. enquiry5.sample6. price list7.catalogue8. Chamber of Commerce 9. market price10. agreement 11.clients/customers12. commodities fair 13. competitive price14. EMP(European Main ports)15. deal exclusively 16. manufacturer17. article number 18. delivery19. specification 20. trial orderII. Please improve the following sentence to them more idiamoticKeys:1. We are sending you the information you asked for in your letter of June 4.2. We have received your letter of May 10.3. We are pleased to tell you that your Order 167 was dispatched yesterday.4. We sent you this morning our latest catalogue you requested in your letter of May5.5. We hope you will consider our proposals.6. We hope to hear from you soon.7.You informed us in your letter that you could not offer us Gallnuts as they were out of stock.8. In reply to your letter of the 23red last month, we are pleased to confirm the following order.9. Please take note of the Lot Number of bales so that the parcel may not be mixed up on landing.10. Samples will be sent and offer made upon receipt of your specific enquiry.11. In reply to your letter 23rd May, we regret to inform you that we are now not in a position to offer you the quantity as required.12. Thank you for your quotation dated September 5, 2007. We intend to place a trial order with you.13. You will no doubt ope the relevant L/C at the end of May.14. We feel sure that you will be entirely satisfied.15. Will you please send us your latest catalogue and pricelist?16. We wish you could effect insurance on the goods with PICC.17. Please send me a copy of the agreement.18. Your products are not up to our standard.19. I regret I cannot agree to your suggestions.20. We have semimonthly direct sailings from Hong Kong to San Francisco.III. Arrange the following in proper form as they should be set out in a letterKeys:OpenV. Point out the mistakes in the following addresses and rewrite them.Keys:A. B. C.Mr. Henry Taylor London City Bank Mr. John Smith150 Bench Street 12 Queen Street 16 Front StreetLondon, E. C. 3 London, E.C.5 Liverpool L6 3FYEngland EnglandVI. Please write a letter according to the following particulars:Keys:Shanghai Light Industrial Products Corp.11 Jiefang RoadShanghaiTel: 021--43715589The Pacific Trading Inc.87 Broadway ST.New York, NY10408Oct.28,2008Dear Sirs,Thank you for your interest in our products. In reply to your request, we enclose our illustrated catalogue and a pricelist showing details of our products.We look forward to hearing from you.Yours truly,(signed)Wang XiangENCL: as stated.Chapter Two Establishing Business RelationsSection One Introduction 概述可以说没有客户，就没有业务，与潜在客户建立业务关系不仅对于新成立的公司很重要，对于那些想要扩大业务范围，增加营业额的公司来说，同样很重要。
如果一家新公司，既我方一家公司，想要在国外打开市场，买入或者卖出产品，那么，他首先必须做的就是他要明白与谁做业务，通常，这类信息可以通过以下渠道获得：1）通过写信交流；2）参加出口商品交易会；3）出席国内外举办的展览会；4）互派贸易代表团。
上述所有途径中，写信使用最为广泛。
通过写信可以从银行﹑杂志﹑报纸电视广告﹑业务关系介绍﹑市场调查﹑商务参展﹑商会﹑商务参展﹑中间人﹑自我介绍等等来获取所需要的所有信息。
从上述任何渠道获得想要得到的公司名称和地址之后，就开始着手写信与之联系。
这类信是第一次寄出去的信，也可称之为“初次询盘”。
通常这类信函最初告诉阅信人他的信息来，主要包括下列内容：1）信息来源；2）意向；3）经营范围和子公司、分公司，如有的话；4）公司的财经和成信情况。
如果想要进口买入，可以要求看样品，价格单等。
写信人可以简明扼要地说明想要购买和想要买出何物。
结尾时，通常要表达想要合作和期待早日答复的原望。
收到这类信函后要立即回信，不能延误，并写得有礼貌，以便给对方留下一个良好的印象。
这就是外贸业务信函最重要的功能。
对于外贸公司来说业务往来非常重要，因此，交易商不仅要尽力巩固与已有客户的业务关系，也要不断寻求新的客户。
Section Two Specimen Letters （12封信）信函范文Specimen Letter 1 Wishing to establish relations敬启者：我们从中国对外贸易杂志上得知贵公司名址，我公司是一家国营企业，力求扩展海外贸易。
然而，我们在南非还没有任何业务往来，对你方提出的任何建议我们都会认真考虑。
随函所附我们最新的插图目录和最新价目表及有关的销售条款，供你方参考，我们将很高兴办理你方对我们产品的具体询盘。
如你方需要进一步了解有关我们公司或我们的有关产品的情况，也务必请来信。
盼即复。
......启Specimen Letter 2 Writing self-introduce letters敬启者：承新加坡中国商务参赞陈华先生介绍，得知你号专营各种电器产品的出口业务，并力求扩展对外贸易。
为此特联系你方，以便在我地市场推销你们的产品。
我号经营进口业务以达二十多年，在新加坡各地有广泛的业务关系。
目前我处对电器产品的需求不断增长，相信你号在我地的成交数字，将会相当可观。
当前我们对电动缝纫机尤感兴趣，请寄这类商品的最新目录、价目表，并请告知有关的销货条款，不胜感激。
盼早复，希望收到你方好消息。
......启Specimen Letter 3 Importer writes to exporter敬启者：事由：缝纫机我方对你们去年在斯里兰卡中国经济贸易展览会上展出的电动缝纫机留有深刻的印象。
据告这类产品是由你们公司出口的。
我公司有一客户拟购一批缝纫机，为此，请寄上开400台三斗缝纫机的形式发票一份，并请报包括佣金在内的最低价，回信时，请说明最早交货期，以供参考。
盼早复。
......启Sepcimen Letter 4 Exporter writes to importer (1)敬启者：我们从你刊登在"对外贸易"杂志上的广告得悉你公司名称，特此去函，望与你公司建立业务关系。
我公司专门中国轻工业产品的出口，这些产品在世界市场上久享盛誉。
兹附上目录单一份供你参考。
如有兴趣，请即与我公司联系。
......启Sepcimen Letter 5 Exporter writes to importer (2)敬启者：承科伦坡商会介绍，得悉你号名址，并获悉你号拟进口中国生产的轻工产品。