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1、PartIBUSINESSLETTERS商务函电WiththerapiddevelopmentofChina’sinternationaltradeandtheconstantincreaseofothereconomicactivitieswithforeigncountries,businessesinChinahavestrengthenedthetieswithforeigncompanies.Businesslettersareoneofthemostimportantandconstantlyusedmeansofcommunication.Its
2、mainfunctionistoinformorremindthecounterpartorthepublicofacertainthingandalsoaskthemtoactaccordingtotheruleswrittenintheletters.Althoughnowadayspeopletendtouselessconventionalandmorefriendlystyleinbusinessletterwriting,thelayoutstillfollowsinsomewaytheusualpracticeininternationalbus
3、iness.Soitisimportanttolearnthesetpatternsoastobemoreflexibleinfuturewriting.1.Contentsandwaysofwriting(主要内容和写法)Therearesevenpartsinanordinarybusinessletter:1---letterhead2---referencenumberanddate3---insidenameandaddress4---salutation5---massage6---complimentaryclose7---signatureSo
4、melettersmaycontainoneormoreofthefollowing,whichdependonthedifferentsituationofeachwritingrequirement:8---referencenotation9---attentionline10--subjectline11--enclosure12--carboncopy13--postscript1)letterhead(信头)Letterheadsusuallyincludetheessentialinformationaboutthewriter---name,a
5、ddress,cableaddress,telexnumber,etc.ThewritingoftheaddressshouldbestressedasitistotallydifferentfromChineseones.Thenumberandthestreetshouldbeputatthebeginningwhilethecityandcountrybeputattheend.Forexample,"中国广东省广州市天河街14号”shouldbetranslatedinto“No.14TianheStreet,Guangzhou,GuangdongPr
6、ovince,China”.2)date(日期)Asforthedate,itisusuallyputoneortwolinesundertheletterheadontherightforthepurposeoffilingorchecking.Simplewaysofwritingare:March4,2005/March4th,2005/4thMarch,2005/4March,2005.Avoidusing“8/28/05”or“2005.8.28”.3)insidenameandaddress(封内名称和地址)Itwillbethesameasint
7、heenvelope,whichshallbethenameandaddressofreceiver.Butwhensomecompaniesusenameoftheowneraspartofthecompanyname,“Messrs”willbeaddedbeforethename,forexample,“MessrsBob&MichaelTradingCo.”4)salutation(称呼)SalutationinbusinessletterisdifferentfromthatinChineseorordinaryEnglishletters.“Dea
8、r”isusedtoexpressre