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;Key to exercise 1: 1) You should tell us when you can arrange the shipment. 1)We will appreciate your advising us when we may expect to receive the shipment. 2) We need the report by next Monday. 2) would you please send us the report by next Monday? (We would be grateful if you could send us the report by next Monday.) 3) Your calculations are inaccurate. 3)We feel that perhaps your calculations are not completely accurate. ;4) Your products are too expensive. 4) The price of your products seems to be rather high. 5) We do not permit outside groups to use our equipment except on a cash rental basis. 5)You are welcome to use our equipment on a cash rental basis. ;Exercise 2: rewrite the following sentences in more concise language. 1) Please be good enough to inform us when you will be able to deliver us the goods we have ordered. 2) I have the pleasure in informing you that the goods you require are now available and will be delivered to you within the course of the next few days. 3) I hope that you will be in a position to make a decision within a short time. ;4) We are sorry to have to inform you that we will not be in a position to dispatch the goods at the present moment. ;Exercise 3: revise the following paragraph so that it would be more effective. ; Key to exercise 3: ;Exercises (unit 2) 1.Write correct salutation and complimentary close for letters to: 1) Messrs Miller Sons Dear Sirs or Madams, Yours faithfully, (UK) 2) Frank Jones, Export Manager Dear Mr Jones, Yours sincerely, 3)Ann Ericson, Managing Director of Industrial Engineering PLC Dear Ms Ericsson, Yours sincerely, 4) America Today Inc Dear Sirs or Madams, Truly yours, (US) 5) Mary Watkinson, a good friend of yours Dear Mary, Yours/Best wishes, ;2.Arrange the following in proper form . sender’s name: China National Light Industrial Products Imp Exp Cor. sender’s address: 128