问答题
·You are the assistant to the Manager in the Sales Department of a factory for canned goods export. You have been asked to write a letter to a hypermarket in the new region where your company is planning to nudge into.
·Look at the information below, on which you have already made some handwritten notes.
·Then, using all your handwritten notes, write
a letter of establishing business relations.
·Write
120-140 words.
【正确答案】Dear Sir or Madam,
We've come to know your name and address from the Commercial Counselor's Office of the Chinese Embassy in London.
With long history and high reputation, we have been in the field of exporting canned goods for more than a century.
We desire to enter business with you, since you are such a huge hypermarket with good references and reliable business conduct in this region. I have enclosed with the letter a list of canned goods that our factory is producing and may be suitable to your choice.
As to our financial position, we can refer you to the Bank of China and the Chamber of Commerce in Beijing.
Your permission will be greatly appreciated, and we look forward to your early reply.
Yours faithfully,
Bill Bates
Sales Assistant
【答案解析】[解析]
1.表明信息来源常用句式
文中例句重现:We've come to know your name and address from...
拓展(1)By the courtesy of..., we are given to understand the name and address of your firm(承蒙……的介绍,我们得知贵公司的名称和地址)。
拓展(2)Your firm has been introduced (recommended, passed on) to us by...Company.
2.建立业务关系常用句式
文中例句重现:We desire to enter business with you.
拓展(1)We are willing to enter into business relations with your firm.
拓展(2)We express our desire to establish business relations with your firm.
拓展(3)We now avail ourselves of this opportunity to write to you with a view to enter into business relations with you.
(现在我们借此机会致函贵公司,希望和贵公司建立业务关系。)
拓展(4)We are now writing to you for the purpose of establishing business relations with you.
拓展(5)Your desire to establish business relations coincides with ours.