
以往商务英语教材中电报、电传占较大篇幅,现在电报电传已淘汰不用,故本书删除了电报电传的内容,增加了电邮、传真、电子邮件、电子商务、电子数据交换等篇幅。另外,本书按照外贸业务中涉及的各个主要环节的先后顺序来编排各个专题和章节,内容实用、全面。书后还附有各个章节的练习答案、外贸英语口语试题以及外贸英语试题,可供学生自我测试和学习。
本书可供外贸专业的学生使用,也可供外贸、经贸实务工作者及自学人员参考
前 言
本书最早出版于2006年元月,按照外贸的环节和顺序,以及外贸书信实例进行编写,既介绍了外贸业务中的各个环节,也提出了商务英语的重点和难点,做到理论和实际兼顾。至今本书已重印了七次,而且收到了一定的教学效果,但在教学实践中仍感到由于篇幅的限制,一些有关商务英语方面的知识及要点还叙述得不够,对于没有学习过国际贸易实务的读者来说具有一定的困难,通过在课堂上抄笔记或口头讲解都不便于教与学。所以编者决定对本书进行改版,对每一章的理论知识部分进行了加强,使读者在中英文的阅读和理解方面得到更为丰富的认识和提高,尤其在某些章节突出了重点内容,并进行补充说明,使读者在阅读本书后能够较为迅速地成长为具有实际能力的商务人才。
本书对询盘、报盘、还盘信的写法,信用证的审核,支付的方法与工具,FOB及CIF的术语变形,以及E-mail和合同的语言特点等也进行了较为丰富的补充。希望读者在学习本书后在商务专业及商务英语两方面都会提高一个层次。
此次改版由于对知识面的大幅度增加和补充,充分做到了理解和实际操作的结合,再加上每封实用书信的语言结构本来就有一定的深度和难度,所以在新版的结尾增添了商务英语汉译英强化训练400题,以使读者在商务英语的汉译英方面有所提高。
本书除了适用于二、三年级商务英语专科学生学习外,也适用于三、四年级的本科学生作为国际商务英语及外贸函电的教材使用。
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目 录
Chapter 1 Basic Knowledge of Business Letter Writing商务书信写作基础知识 1
Ⅰ. The Aim of Learning International Business English 1
Ⅱ. The Keys of Learning Good Business English 1
Ⅲ. The Thirteen Trade Terms in International Trade 2
Ⅳ. Structure of Business Letters 3
Ⅴ. The Ways of Using the Writing Parts and Their Standardized Designs
International Laser Machines 4
Chapter 2 Business Writing and Envelope Addressing商务书信和书写信封 15
Ⅰ. The Seven Principles of Writing English Business Letters 15
Ⅱ. The Styles of Business Letters 17
Ⅲ. Ways of Envelope addressing and Their Standardized Designs 31
Ⅳ. The styles of Envelope Addressing 32
Chapter 3 Establishing Business Relations建立业务关系 36
Ⅰ. The Origin of Establishing Business Relations 36
Ⅱ. The Channels of Establishing Business Relations 36
Ⅲ. Learning Some Situations before communicating with the Customers 37
Ⅳ. Letter Examples 38
Chapter 4 Inquiry, Quotation and Counter-offer询盘、报盘及还盘 52
Ⅰ. Inquiry……… 52
Ⅱ. Offer……………… 56
Ⅲ. Non-firm Offer 60
Ⅳ. Counter-offer 62
Ⅴ. Declining the Counter-offer 65
Chapter 5 Placing Orders订货 69
Ⅰ. The General Procedures of Transaction Negotiatings 69
Ⅱ. The Writing and the Requirements of the Ordering Letter 69
Ⅲ. Examples……… 70
Chapter 6 Letter of Credit信用证 82
Ⅰ. The Function of Letter of Credit 82
Ⅱ. The Procedures of Payment Effecting by L/C 84
Ⅲ. Some Main Contents of L/C 84
Ⅳ. The Classification and the Kinds of L/C s 85
Ⅴ. The L/C Checking 88
Ⅵ. Granting Amendment to L/C 89
Ⅶ. Requesting Extension of L/C 91
Ⅷ. L/C Checking and L/C Amending 92
Chapter 7 Shipment 装运 102
Ⅰ. International Goods Transportation and Goods Shipment 102
Ⅱ. Kinds of Transportation in International Trade 103
Ⅲ. Urging the Delivery of the Goods 104
Ⅳ. Shipping Advice 105
Ⅴ. Booking Necessary Shipping Space in Advance 107
Ⅵ. Shipment Packing and Shipping Marking 110
Ⅶ. Non-delivery of the Metal Box Containing Tool Kit and Accessaries 112
Chapter 8 Payment Effecting付款 117
Ⅰ. The Ways of Payments 117
Ⅱ. Urging Shipment 119
Ⅲ. Asking for Cash Payment 120
Ⅳ. Accepting the Installment Payments 122
Ⅴ. Negotiating Payment Documents 123
Ⅵ. Asking for Deferring Payment 125
Ⅶ. Some Deformations of FOB and CIF Terms 127
Chapter 9 Insurance保险 133
Ⅰ. Cargo Insurance for Ocean Marine Transportation 134
Ⅱ. General Additional Insurance 134
Ⅲ. Special Additional Insurance 135
Ⅳ. Inquiring about Insurance Information 136
Ⅴ. Answering to the Inquiry about Insurance Information 137
Ⅵ. Offering Insurance Coverage 139
Ⅶ. Claiming on Poor Quality 141
Ⅷ. Settling the Claim 142
Chapter 10 International Tendering国际招标 147
Ⅰ.The Processes of Tendering 147
Ⅱ.The Ways of Tendering 148
Ⅲ. Calling for Tenders 149
Ⅳ. Sending the Application for Bidding 152
Ⅴ. Accepting the Tender 153
Ⅵ. Letter of Guarantee for Bid Bond 154
Ⅶ. Qualification Document 156
Chapter 11 Invitation 邀请函 160
Ⅰ. Informing the Visiting Intention 161
Ⅱ. Sending the Invitation Letter 163
Ⅲ. Sending the Delegation Composition List 163
Ⅳ. Itineraries and Programs 165
Ⅴ. Invitation Card 166
Chapter 12 Resume and Job-application Form简历与求职表 171
Ⅰ. Resumes and Job-application Letters 172
Ⅱ. A Resume Written in Items 176
Ⅲ. Hunting for a Provisional Job 178
Ⅳ. Hunting for a New Job 179
Chapter 13 E-mail,Fax,E-commerce and EDI电子邮件、传真、
电子商务及电子数据交换 185
Ⅰ. E-mail……… 185
Ⅱ. Fax……………… 193
Ⅲ. E-commerce and EDI 196
Chapter 14 Specimens of Documents in International Trade外贸单证 200
Ⅰ. The Kinds of Foreign Trade Documents 200
Ⅱ. The Document Making 201
Ⅲ. Bill of Lading 202
Ⅳ. Insurance Policy (Certificate) 203
Ⅴ. Draft(Bill of Exchange) 205
Ⅵ. Certificate of Origin 206
Ⅶ. Shipper Note 207
Ⅷ. Invoice…… 211
Ⅸ. Packing List 212
Ⅹ. Commercial Invoice 213
Chapter 15 Contract合同 215
Ⅰ. The Concept of Contract 215
Ⅱ. The Contents of the Contract 215
Ⅲ. The Requirements of Working out the Contracts and the Styles and
Characteristics of Contract Language 216
Ⅳ. The Main Kinds of Contracts 220
Ⅴ. Kinds of Standard Contracts 221
Ⅵ. Preparing and Filling out the English Sales Contracts 226
Ⅶ. Contract for Processing with Supplied Materials and Assembling with
Supplied Parts 230
Ⅷ. Compensation Trade Contract 234
Ⅸ. Exclusive Agency Agreement 239
Ⅹ. Joint Venture Contract 245
附录1 2000年外贸英语口语试题 264
附录2 2001年外贸英语口语试题 270
附录3 2002年外贸英语试题 276
附录4 2000年外销员从业资格外经贸英语试题 286
附录5 2001年外销员从业资格外经贸英语试题 297
附录6 商务英语汉译英强化训练400题 310
Keys to the Exercises 练习答案 344