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参考答案 第一章 1.7.1 Compare the following pairs of sentences to see why sentence B is better.（略） 1.7.2 Rewrite the following sentences to make them clearer and simpler. Please tell us your address. We are waiting for your early response. Please send us your latest price-list at once. Please consider our proposal. Please let us know whenever we can be helpful to you. Thank you very much for your help. To maintain your credit standing, please remit the payment within a week. We have enclosed a brochure outlining our company’s goods available for export. We specialize in the export of Chinese textiles and wish to build a business relationship with you. We hope you will be interested in any of the items and send us a specific enquiry. 1.7.3 The following letter is a letter of rejection. The meaning of the letter is clearly expressed but the way to present the bad news may irritate the reader. Rearrange the letter to make it more acceptable. You may change some of the expressions if necessary. Dear Sir, Thank you for your prompt quotation of January 7th, 2012. But it’s a pity that we cannot work on your price because it is too high for us. I think it’s known to all that prices for furniture paint have been declining in recent years. An American company, which also specializes in the production of furniture paint, has quoted us a price approximately 20% lower than that of yours. Although the quality of their products does not measure up to that of yours, we still think that the price gap between yours and theirs is too wide for us. Because we are keen to trade with you, we hope you can reduce your price by 15% so that we can promote the sale of your paint in our country more smoothly. We wish we can receive your favorable reply as soon as possible. Yours sincerely, 1.7.4 Correct the mistakes in spelling, grammar, punctuation, or capitalization in the following sentences. Our company is one of the major importers of h