国际商务英语第13章.pptVIP

Chapter 13 E-mail,Fax,E-commerce and EDI Learning Objectives: Learn how to write and send an E-mail. Master the way of writing and sending a fax. Know what is E-commerce and what is EDI and know their future development. Ⅰ. E-mail 1. The concept of an E-mail The full name of E-mail is “Electronic mail”. The Chinese translation of it is “电子邮件” or “电邮” for short and its trivial name is 伊妹儿(E sister). The coming out of the internet since 1990s has brought people into the increasing usage of the E-mail system to transmit information, resulting in the gradual formation of a no paper society. E-mail has been promoting the development of E-commerce and the developments of E-commerce and internet have thus been impelling the leaps and bounds of the E-mails. E-mail has changed the models of business operating and office working of the enterprises, and as well has transformed the financial activities and purchasing models. The communicating pattern of E-mail is both fast and cheap and is now obtaining its globalization and popularization to a increasingly widened extent. 2. E-mail Address From (The sender’s E-mail address) To (The receiver’s E-mail address) CC (the receiver’s E-mail address) BCC (blind copy) (The receiver’s E-mail address) Date ( The hour, day and month automatically showed on the E-mail.) The E-mail address of the receiver is to be written in the column of “To” or to be selected from the E-mail Address Book. The receiver’s address is composed of three parts: The receiver’s name + @ (at sign) + the host name connected with the internet The parts of the receiver’s name are composed of the first name (with all of the letters or some of the letters) + the last name (with the first two letters or only the first letter). 2. E-mail Address For example: mingzh @ —— This is composed of 3 parts divided by “. ” (=dot), from the right to the left: . com ——one –level domain name. xianelectric —— the company’s name (Xian Electric Co.). It is the two-level domain