目录

  • 1 第一单元 Introduction to the Course
    • 1.1 Introduction to the Course
    • 1.2 English Business Letters
  • 2 第二单元Presentation of Letters,   Faxes, Emails
    • 2.1 Presentation of Letters  Faxes, Emails
    • 2.2 Guide to Writing about presentation of Letters, Faxes, Emails
  • 3 第三单元 Making (Business) Contact
    • 3.1 Making (Business) Contact
    • 3.2 Useful Expressions
  • 4 第四单元Enquiries and Replies
    • 4.1 Enquiries and Replies
    • 4.2 Useful Expressions
  • 5 第五单元 Quotations, Offers and Counter-Offers
    • 5.1 Quotations, Offers and Counter-Offers
    • 5.2 Guide to Writing
  • 6 第六单元 Placing orders, Acknowledging/Accepting,
    • 6.1 Placing orders, Acknowledging/Accepting,
    • 6.2 Exercises
  • 7 第七单元  Payment
    • 7.1 Payment
    • 7.2 Useful Expressions
  • 8 第八单元Packing
    • 8.1 Packing
    • 8.2 Useful Expressions
  • 9 Chapter 9   Insurance:
    • 9.1 Insurance
    • 9.2 Useful Expressions
  • 10 Chapter 10   Transport
    • 10.1 Transport
    • 10.2 Shipping agent’s enquiry for multimodal transport
  • 11 Chapter 11 Complaints and Adjustments
    • 11.1 Complaints and Adjustments
    • 11.2 Specimen 5-10
  • 12 Chapter 12 Agency Agreements:Proposal, Negotiation and Closure
    • 12.1 Agency Agreements:Proposal, Negotiation and Closure
    • 12.2 Useful Expressions
  • 13 Chapter 13 Other Modes of Trade
    • 13.1 ​Other Modes of Trade
    • 13.2 Specimen6-10
  • 14 Chapter 14 Goodwill Messages
    • 14.1 Goodwill Messages
    • 14.2 Specimen9-13
  • 15 Chapter 16 Business Reports
    • 15.1 Business Reports
    • 15.2 Specimen 3-6
  • 16 专题1
    • 16.1 Enquiries,Offer,Counter offer,Reaction to counter offer
  • 17 专题2
    • 17.1 2.Offer
  • 18 专题3
    • 18.1 Counter offer
  • 19 专题4
    • 19.1 Reaction to counter offer
  • 20 专题5
    • 20.1 ​Payment
  • 21 专题6
    • 21.1 ​package
  • 22 专题7
    • 22.1 The packing must be in line with local market preference.
  • 23 专题8
    • 23.1 Model Essay
  • 24 专题9
    • 24.1 ​Letter of credit
  • 25 专题10
    • 25.1 Insurance
  • 26 专题11
    • 26.1 Common expressions of international business correspondence
  • 27 专题12
    • 27.1 Amendment to L/C
  • 28 专题13
    • 28.1 ​Excercises
  • 29 专题14
    • 29.1 Establish Business Relations
  • 30 专题15
    • 30.1 Establish business relationship
  • 31 专题16
    • 31.1 Usefull expressions Asking for a discount
  • 32 专题17
    • 32.1 Usefull expressions: Order and confirmation
  • 33 专题18
    • 33.1 Usefull expressions: Response to agent request
Establish Business Relations



(1)   Establish Business Relations
                                                         
Dear Sirs,
     Your name and address were______to us ____the London Trade Board ___a large exporter of fabrics of high quality.
     We are importers of quality clothing materials, and have large annual____for our markets____Spain.
     We should be obliged if you would____us your pattern books ____the complete ___of these fabrics, ___with your price list.
     We___________the pleasure of hearing from you soon.
Yours faithfully,

(2)       Acceptance
We have received your cable _____ 15 Oct., ____us 200 Golden Lion Bicycles ___US$68 ____which we thank you.
 We have accepted  the _____offer. We will ____the _____L/C  ____receipt ___the Sales Confirmation ___the signature.

(3)     Complaints and Claims
    Dear Sirs,
We have received your letter ________15th July, informing us that the sewing machines we _________to you arrived in a damaged condition ______account of ___________of our packing.
Upon _________of your letter, we have given this matter our immediate attention. We have studied your surveyor’s report very carefully.
We are convinced that the present ___________was due to extraordinary circumstances __________which they were transported to you. We are ___________not responasible for the damage; but as we do not think that it would be fair to have you _______the loss alone, we suggest that the _________be divided between both of us, to which we hope you will agree.
                               
                                               Yours sincerely

(4)Insurance
Dear Mr. Jacob.
We have received your letter of June 20 in regarding to insurance. Now we would like to ________you of the following :
Normally we ___________insurance WPA and War Risk in the absence of the definite instructions from our customers. If you desire to cover All Risks. We can provide such _________ at a slightly higher ________________. As to the insured value, our general practice is to insure at _________value plus 10%. Any additional premium for insurance coverage over 110% of the invoice _________, if so required, shall be for buyer’s ________.
___________other than All Risks and War Risk can also be covered here, and the ________premium will again be borne ________the buyer.
We hope the above information will serve your purpose.
Yours truly,

5) Asking for Sole Agency
Dear Sir or Madam,
     __________the courtesy of your Commercial Counselor in this country we __________ that you are looking for a firm competent for________the sale of your textile products_________a large scale in our country.
     We would like inform you that we have a well-organized sales network in Japan and numerous _________ with major users throughout the country. We believe there are good prospects of a very profitable _________for your products here and large sales turnover can be fetched on the basis of _________agency. If satisfactory terms could be arranged, we could _________a mutually beneficial trade.
     As to our financial standing and other information about us, please refer to Kyoto Bank and Atx corporation, Los Angeles, who have consented to answer your ___________.
     We look forward to hearing favorably __________you.
     Faithfully yours,

 Establish business relationship
Dear Sirs,
     __________the courtesy _________ our Commercial Counselor’s Office in London, we notice that you are interested in doing _________ with us.
     Our ________ are mainly textiles. We wish to __________ business relations __________the commencement of some practical transactions. To give you a general idea of the various kinds of textiles now _________for export, we are ___________herewith a catalogue and a price list for your examination. We would appreciate receiving your specific _________.
      We look forward to receiving ________you good news.