English Correspondence of Business
Chapter One Basic Knowledge of Business Letter Writing Section Nine Exercises 练习
I. Translate the following expressions into English:
Keys: https://www.doczj.com/doc/a12705837.html,mercial Councellor
2.import and export
3.export list
4. enquiry
5.sample
6. price list
7.catalogue
8. Chamber of Commerce 9. market price
10. agreement 11.clients/customers
12. commodities fair 13. competitive price
14. EMP(European Main ports)
15. deal exclusively 16. manufacturer
17. article number 18. delivery
19. specification 20. trial order
II. Please improve the following sentence to them more idiamotic
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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 May
5.
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.
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Unit 2 Establishing Business Relations & Inquiring Credit Reference I. Translate the following sentences into English. 1. We are one of the leading importers dealing in electronic products in the area, and take this opportunity to approach you, in the hoping 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 airmail the catalogue and price list of the goods available at present. 5. For our credit standing, please refer to the Bank of China, Shanghai Branch. II. Write a letter Dear Sirs, We have obtained your name and address from the Commercial Counsel of your Embassy in Beijing and are pleased to write to establish business relations with you. We are informed that you are in the market for Chinese Cotton Piece Goods, and this item falls with the scope of our business activities. To acquaint you with our goods available for export, we are enclosing a catalogue and price list. We are looking forward to your early reply. Faithfully yours, Unit 3 Enquiries and Replies II. Translate the following sentences into English. 1. Please quote us your best price CIF Shanghai, including our 3% commission. 2. Should your price be found competitive, we intend to place an order with you 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.
外贸函电翻译参考答案 HEN system office room 【HEN16H-HENS2AHENS8Q8-HENH1688】
Lesson 2 1. We avail ourselves of this opportunity to introduce to you as a foreign-invested corporation specializing in arts and crafts. 2. We want to acquaint ourselves with the supply position of steel products。 3 We are enclosing a cope of pricelist. have 28 distributors across the world. 5. We are one of the leading exporters of Chinese industrial products and are desirous of entering into business relations you. Lesson 3 are a dealer in Egypt.。 2. I have?2 years of?follow-up purchase orders and shipping experience 3. We have pictures of sports shoes selling well in UK. 4. We are sending some samples and brochures under separate cover for your reference. 5. We are interested in the electric appliance in your sample. Please kindly send your quotations to us. 6. We’d like to inform that you’ll find our new products are at Stand 16. Lesson 4 1. We are looking for a reliable supplier who can provide us the laptop.
浙江省2018年7月高等教育自学考试 外贸函电试题 课程代码：00094 一、单项选择题(在每小题的四个备选答案中，选出一个正确答案，并将正确答案的序号填 在题干的括号内。每小题1分，共20分) 1. ( ) the delay on the part of the suppliers, we must ask you to extend the date of shipment from July 11th to August 12th. A. Owing to B. According to C. In order to D. So as to 2. The buyer made a bid ( ) $600 per ton for peanut meat. A. in B. at C. for D. with 3. So far we ( ) business relations with the firms in more than one hundred countries in the world. A. are established B. have established C. had established D. shall establish 4. ( ) the goods under Contract No.1986 are ready for shipment, please rush your L/C with the least possible delay. A. If B. Unless C. Although D. As 5. Under separate cover, we have already sent you samples of ( ) sizes of shoes. A. varying B. various C. variable D. variant 6. We shall be glad to send you the necessary information about our machine tools on ( ). A. reply B. order C. request D. call 7. We wish to ( ) that this is the best price we can quote, and therefore any counteroffer from you cannot be considered. A. point at B. point to C. point of D. point out 8. We find your price is rather on the high side. We wonder ( ) you can do better in the near future. A. if B. why C. what D. as 9. All the cases are strongly packed ____compliance _____ your request.( ) A. for...with B. in...with C. for...in D. in...for 10. Please ( ) that the letters of credit are established with the least possible delay. A. see to them B. see them C. see it D. see 11. Can you offer us machine tools with the following ( ). A. informations B. messages
外贸函电英语课后练习 I. Put the following Chinese into English: 询盘 报盘 报价 订单 传真 电子邮件 电子商务 互联网 交货期 目录 文档 支付 结帐 余额 客户 国民经济 市场经济 营销 2.This is possible because of the continuous advance of our national _____. 3.They have been in the wool _____ for quite a number of years. 4.During the past few years the course of world _____ has been marked by a succession of dramatic developments. 5.The damaged goods are hardly _____. 6.The tourist _____ is the country’s main source of income. 7.We must make out a _____ research report in two weeks. 8.An increasing number of European firms are _____ with China. 9.They counted on imports to stimulate their _____.
以上是英语商业书信的基本结构，其中第1、2、4、5、7、8、9等七个部分是最常用的。但各信的格式不尽一致，有些项目是否要用应视具体情况而定。 下面就以上格式中13个项目逐一介绍： （1）信头（Heading） 商业信函的信头一般印在信笺上端中央，也可在右边或左边。信头中含有发信人公司名称、地址、邮编、电话号码、传真号码、电子信箱等信息资料。 （2）日期（Date） 地址下面写发信日期，次序是月、日、年，如Feb.27，2005；或日、月、年，如27 Feb.，2005 （3）信函编号（Reference Number） 信函编号是为了信件归档、查找之用，通常有我方编号（Our Ref.）和对方编号（Your Ref.）组成，如： Our Ref.：CS 49/77005 Your Ref.：2005/IB318 （4）信内地址( Inside Address) 现代商业信件，通常把收信人姓名和地址打在信上，这样可以保持函件的完整，并便于归档立卷。 如收信人为某公司，而寄信人要求该公司某特定人收阅和经办，则可写上Attention (缩写为Attn.)，格式如下： Pacific Marine Insurance Company 643 Powell St. San Francisco, Ca. 94108 Attention：Mr. H. S. Kennedy （5）称呼(Salutation) 常见的正式称呼有：Dear Mr Smith, Dear Mrs Black, Dear Miss Brown, Dear Ms. White。Ms.用于不知是否已结婚的女子姓名之前。若称呼多个男性，则在姓名前用Mr.的复数形式Messrs。Mrs没有复数形式，若称呼多个女性，则在姓名前用Mmes.，如Mmes. White and Gray。 写给一个公司时，可以用Dear Sirs, 也可以用Gentlemen, 美国人一般用Gentlemen。称呼后用冒号或逗号均可，但前
国际商务英语函电答案【篇一：世纪商务英语外贸函电(第二版)课后习题答案】 letter 1.at, of, with, in, for letter 2.from, into, with, of, to p40 https://www.doczj.com/doc/a12705837.html,rming, interesting, dealing, sample, details, quality, prices, applied, items, inquiry unit 3 p55 letter 1.from, for, by, with, on letter 2.with, in, of, in, from p56 2.referring, established, cost, quality, opinion, responsibility, part, satisfied, information, decision unit 4 p71 letter 1. to, of, at, in, by letter 2.with, in, with, for, with p73 2.advertisement, leading, interested, details, dealers, line, market, replying, over, item unit 5 p88 letter 1.for, with, at, by, to letter 2.for, for, by, at, by/under p89 2.inquiring, quotation, receipt, subject, confirmation, discount, catalogue, brochure, separate, appreciate unit 6 p105 letter 1.of, on, in, with, to letter 2.of, in, by, for, at p106 2.offer, regret, price, sold, level, difference, transaction, counter-offer, samples, acceptance unit 7 p122 letter 1.to, of, of, in, for,
2002年4月全国高教自考外贸函电试题 一、单项选择题(本大题共20小题，每小题1分，共20分)在每小题列出的四个选项中只有一个选项是符合题目要求的，请将正确选项前的字母填在题后的括号内。 1. Fifty cases of Green Tea you sent us were found to be badly damaged. This was apparently attributable to _____ packing.( ) A. inferior B. superior C. faulty D. mistake 2. We trust you will do your best to have this matter _____ right away.( ) A. settle B. to settle C. settling D. settled 3. By joint efforts we can _____ both friendship and business.( ) A. increase B .promoted C .expand D. extend 4. We _____ you for the special offer you send us.( ) A. thank B. appreciate C. be grateful D. beindebted 5. We are looking forward to _____ your L/C for Order No 123.( ) A .receive B. receiveing C. be received D. be receiving 6. This is our best price, _____ which we have concluded many orders with other buyers in your city.( ) A. on B. for C. by D. at 7. As it involves only a small _____, we hope you will have no difficulty on promotion.( ) A. quality B .figure C. quantity D. number 8.Our payment terms(付款方式)are _____, irrevocable letter of credit for the full invoice value.( )
1、承蒙新加坡商会告知贵公司名址，并获悉贵号拟进口中国生产的电器用品. We owe your name and address to Singapore Chamber of Commerce who have told us that you wish to import electric goods manufactured in China. 2、我们收到你方十月二十五日对我们洗衣机的询价。 We are pleased to received your enquiry of 25th October for our Washing Machines. 3、很高兴收到贵方3月22日的询盘，得知贵方对我公司产品感兴趣。 Thank you for your enquiry of 22nd March and are pleased to know that you are interested in our products. 4、贵方若能迅速仔细地处理我方对缝纫机的询盘，我们将不胜感激. We would appreciate it if you could give prompt and careful attention to our enquiry for Sewing Machines. 5、你方所需的200台洗衣机目前都有现货可供。 The 200 sets of Washing Machines you want are available from stock. 6、一旦收到你方具体询盘，我们将立即给你们报最优惠的上海到岸价。 Upon receipt of your specific enquiry, we will quote you our best price CIF Shanghai immediately. 7、按照要求，我们报盘三百辆飞鸽牌自行车如下： As requested, we are making you an offer for 300 Flying Pigeon Bicycles as follows. 8、倘若你方电开九百台电扇上海到岸价，我们将不胜感激. We would appreciate it if you could cable us an offer for 900 sets of Electric Fans on CIF Shanghai basis. 9、如果你方认为这一报盘可以接受，请即来电，以便我方确认。 If you find the offer acceptable, please cable us for our confirmation. 10、我方报价合理，相信能为你方所接受。 As the price quoted by us is reasonable, we trust the above will be acceptable to you. 11、按照你们的要求，我们报50公吨绿豆的实盘如下，以一周之内你方复到为准。 As requested, we are making you a firm offer for 50 M/T of Soy Beans, subject to your reply reaching us within one week. 12、兹确认我们今晨给你们电报五十公吨花生的实盘，一周内复到有效. We confirm having making you a firm offer for 50 metric tons of groundnuts by cable, which is subject to your reply reaching us within a week. 13、滋答复你方信函，我方认为你们的价格与市场行情不一致。 In reply to your letter, we find your price out of line with the present market. 14、由于工资和原料价格大幅上涨，很抱歉无法按我方半年前所报价格接受订单。 As wages and prices of materials have risen considerably, we regret we are not in a position to accept the order at the prices we quoted half a year ago. 15、因为订单过多，我们只能接受11月船期的订单。 Owing to heavy orders, we can accept orders for shipment in November only. 16、我们对贵方产品的价格和质量都很满意，现寄上订单一份订购下列产品。 We find both the price and the quality satisfactory and are pleased to send you an order for the following goods. 17、滋谈及你放一^月四日的来信，很高兴通知你方我们已接受你方1000台闹钟的订单。 We refer to your letter of the 4th November and have pleasure in informing you that we have accepted your order for 1,000 Alarm Clocks. 18、我方确认接受你方订购5公吨新椒干，每公吨C&F伦敦价80英镑，5月装船。 1. We confirm having accepted your order for 5 M/T Drie\d Chillis, New Crop at 80 per M/T C&F London for shipment in May. 19、兹附寄第345号销售合同书一式两份，请签退一份以便存档。 We are enclosing our S/C No. 123 in duplicate, one copy of which please sign and return to us for our file 20、我们男衬衫的包装为每件套一塑料袋，五打装一纸箱。内衬防潮纸，外打铁箍两道。 Our men' s shirts are packedone piece to a plastic bag and five dozen to a carton lined with waterproof paper and bound with two iron straps. 21、绿茶100克装1听，50听装1纸箱。 Green tea is packed 100 grams to a tin and 50 tins to a carton. 22、钢笔10只装一盒，50盒装一纸板箱。 Pens are packed 10 pieces to a box and 50 boxes to a carton. 23、男士衬衫用纸板箱包装，纸板箱内衬防潮纸。 Men' s shirts are packed in cartons lined with dampresisting paper.
选择题 第二单元：询价与回复 一：1.You name D. has been recommended to us by the Chamber of Commerce in New York.. 2. Our market survey informs us that you are A. in the market for Audio and Electronic Equipment. 3. We should be pleased to receive you’re A. illustrated catalogue and price list. 4. We are B. well-established exporters of all kinds of Chinese good. 5. If your price are competitive, we are confident D. in selling the goods in great quantities in this market. 6. We shall appreciate B. your quoting us FOB Sydney. 7. As we are one of the leading importers in this line, we are B. in a position to handle large quantities. 第三单元：资信调查 一：1.For information D. concerning our credit standing we refer you to Bank of China, Shanghai Branch. 2. We should be grateful if you would say C. whether they are likely to be reliable for a credit up to USS20.000. 3. Any information you kindly give us will be treated in strict confidence and A. without any responsibility on your part. 4. Will you please inform us, B. in confidence, of the extent of their resources and also as to their reputation? 5. D. While appreciating your decision to place regular orders with us, we respectfully request that you furnish us two references for the initial purchase. 第四单元：促销 1.（C、Having made）a special purchase of toys on very favorable terms, we are able to offer to you at the following attractive prices 2 we can only（A、hold open）this very advantageous offer for a few weeks.. 3 the recent advance in the cost of raw materials （B、has compelled）us to make a slight increase in the Prices 4 although costs have been （C、rising）steadily since last October , we have not yet （raised）our prices 5 （B、with a view to ）supporting your sales, we are sending some samples of our new makes. 第五单元：报盘与还盘 1A comparison of your offer （A、with that of ）our regular suppliers shows that their figures are more favorable. 2 If your prices are competitive, we are confident（D、in selling）the goods in great quantities in this market. 3 we confirm our fax just sent （A、offering you firm）these goods. 4 we offer you the following items（D、subject to）your reply reaching here by 4p.m today our time. 5 although we appreciate good quality of your goods, we are sorry to say that your prices appears to be（C、on the high side）. 6 we trust that we may be （C、favored）with a continuance of your valued orders. 7 we hope that you will see your way to （B、grant）us your order, and assure you in advance of its most careful execution 8 not having heard from you since, we should be glad to know whether there is any disadvantage in our terms which we could （B、remove）. 9 you are （C、assured）that we will quote our best prices as soon as we are told what products of ours you need. 10 in all probability this offer will not be （A、repeated）for some time, and we according look forward to receiving an early reply from you. 第六单元: 订单 一、Fill in the blanks with your choices 1.This order the sample you sent us on March 24.（A、is placed on） 2.We hope you will give your usual best attention this order.（B、to the execution of） 3.We have decided to place a trial order for the following stated in your letter.（B、on the terms） 4.we would like to supply you with the product, we are unable to fill your order owing to the heavy backlog of commitments. (B、Much as) 5.We must apologize you being unable to fill your present order.（D、To… for ） 6.We have accepted your Order No.234. Please open the relevant L/C,here two weeks prior to the date of shipment.（A、which must reach） 7.We are enclosing our latest catalogue some of the items may be of interest to you.（C、in the hope that） 8.The order is given strictly on the condition that shipment must be made not later than the first day of May.（B、enclosed） 第七单元：支付 一、单选 1.As requested, we have immediately arranged (A、with) our bankers to extend the expiry date of our L/C for two weeks (up to) 10th March. 2.As arranged, we would ask you to open an irrevocable credit in (C、our) favor and shall hand over shipping documents (against) acceptance of our draft. 3.We inform you that we have opened an irrevocable credit (D、with) the London Bank in your favor. 4.We advised the bank to amend the clause (D、to read)“partial shipment are permitted”. 5.We enclose our cheque for US$ 200 (A、in payment of) your invoice No.D-124. 第九单元：保险 一：选择题 1: please insure the goods (A、against) F.P.A. for US 100,000. 注：against加险别for加保额 2: please effect insurance (D、on) the cargo for US50,000 by S.S.Bright from Tianjin to seattle. 3: we have opened insurance you ordered for US9,000 (D、on) the shipment by S.S.East sun. 4: we wish to renew the above policy (C、for) the same amount and (on)the same terms as before to cover our consignment to be shipped b s.s.bright next month. 5: as requester, we have covered insurance (on) 20,000 DVD players (at) 10% above the invoice value (against) all risks. 6: unless we hear from you (A、to) the contrary before the end of this month, we shall arrange to cover the goods against t p a for the value of the goods plus freight. 7: any additional coverage（险别）other (B、than) ISS shall be for the account of the buyer. 8: we confirm that we hold the consignment covered as (from) today. 9: we have arranged (A、for) surveyor to investigate the extent of the damage and shall forward his report together with our claim. 10: we understand that these terms will apply (C、to)all our shipments of bottled sherry by regular liners to west European ports. 完形填空 第二单元：Fill in each blank in the letter below with a word that fits naturally.
Lesson 2 1. We avail ourselves of this opportunity to introduce to you as a foreign-invested corporation specializing in arts and crafts. 2. We want to acquaint ourselves with the supply position of steel products。 3 We are enclosing a cope of pricelist. have 28 distributors across the world. 5. We are one of the leading exporters of Chinese industrial products and are desirous of entering into business relations you. Lesson 3 are a dealer in Egypt.。 2. I have?2 years of?follow-up purchase orders and shipping experience 3. We have pictures of sports shoes selling well in UK. 4. We are sending some samples and brochures under
separate cover for your reference. 5. We are interested in the electric appliance in your sample. Please kindly send your quotations to us. 6. We'd like to inform that you'll find our new products are at Stand 16. Lesson 4 1. We are looking for a reliable supplier who can provide us the laptop. 2. I would like to buy computers and computer parts. Please send me a detailed pricelist with min. Order and shipping costs. 3 Regarding the model we attached here, our target price is for our market. 4. We allow you a discount of 3% for quantity over 1000 pieces of the offered item. 5. As regards our financial standing, please refer to the Bank of China, Shanghai Branch. Lesson 5
外贸函电期末复习试题及答案 1.We are sending you the samples C＿requested. a.be b.are c.as d.for 2.We trust that you will find our goods D＿. a.attracting b.to be attractive c.attract your attention d.attractive 3.The brochure covers＿B wide range of products we deal in. a.the b.a c.of d.about 4.We would B＿very much if you send us some samples immediately. a.thank
b.appreciate it c.appreciate d.appreciate you 5．We look forward to_A__a trial order． A．receiving B.receive from you C．receipt D．receipt your 6．We_C__some brochures to illustrate the products we manufacture． A．enclose,to you B．enclose,you C．enclose D．enclose, your 7．We shall_D__very much if you will send us a catalogue by air. A．appreciate B．appreciating C．appreciation D．appreciate it 8．We would like to take this_B__to establish business relations with you. A．step B．opportunity C．advantage D．opening 9．The shipment time is June or July at our_A__and the goods will be shipped in one___. A．option，lot B．option，consignment C．choice shipment D．decision，cargo10．The first shipment of pens has turned out to be_B. A．satisfy B．satisfied C．satisfaction D．satisfactory