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1、IntroductionNowadays,withtheeconomicglobalizationandChina’sentryintotheWTOtheeconomiccommunicationsbetweenChinaandmanyWesterncountrieshavebeenmorefrequentlythaneverbefore.Atthesametime,therapiddevelopmentofeconomybringsgreatopportunitiestoalargenumberofChinesetohavecontactwithforeigners.Inrec

2、entyears,anincreasingnumberofforeignenterprisesfloodintoChinatohavecooperationwithChinese.MeanwhilemanyChinesebusinessmenexpandtheirproducttotheforeignmarket.Englishasanindispensablelanguagetoolhelpscultureexchangebetweendifferentcountries.AndbusinessEnglish,aspeciallanguage,withitspurposeofb

3、usinessfunctionhasbeenanindispensableelementintheinternationaltrade.Duringtheinternationaltrade,themostimportantpartistoreachanagreement,whichinotherwordscalledbusinesscontracts.Maybemostofpeoplecannotreallyunderstandthebusinesscontracts.ThebusinesscontractsarewritteninbusinessEnglishforitssp

4、ecialfunctionsandpurposes.Businesscontractsarealegaldocumentwhichisusedtostipulatethedutiesandobligationsofthetwoormorepartieswhoareinvolved.ItisaspecialstyleofEnglish.Tobelegallybindingcontractsmustcontainfouressentialelements.Thesefourelementsare:offer;acceptance;intentionoflegalconsequence

5、s;andconsideration.Thefouressentialelementsofcontractscanbebrieflyexplainedasfollows;acontractisformedwhenonepartymakesanofferandthatofferisacceptedbyanotherpartyforanexchangeofsomebenefitorsomethingofvaluebytheparties(thisistheconsiderationelement).Theintentionofthepartiesisthattheyarelegall

6、yboundbythecontracts.MoreandmoreEnglish-majoredstudentswanttofindapositioninforeigncompanies,sohandlingbusinesscontractswellisveryimportant.AgoodtranslationofEnglishisalsoveryimportant.ItisknownthatbusinesscontractsarewritteninbusinessEnglish.Andbusinesscontractsareusuallyregardedasthemostfor

7、malEnglishstyle,thefrozenstyle.Chapter1GeneralIntroductionofBusinessContracts1.1ConceptofbusinesscontractsMaybemostofusjustthinkcontractsasapieceofagreementtobuilduptherelationshipsbetweenbusinessmen,butfeelambiguitythatwhatfunctiondoesithave