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PAGE PAGE 9 Unit 2 Business Emails商务邮件写作 第2单元 商务邮件写作 1. Getting Started 课前活动 【练习参考答案】 Activity 1 Work in pairs. Discuss the following questions with your partner. 1 People prefer to use emails in business because: Emails are quick. It almost costs nothing to send an email. Emails can be sent to different people at the same time. Emails can be sent with attachments. The senders may know whether the mail is received or not. Emails can be sent both day and night. Emails can be both formal and informal. It is easy to store emails and keep them in order. Emails can be sent as “priority” You almost never fail to deliver an email except if they are caught in a spam filter.. 2 The general format of a business email: Letterhead (i.e. senders address contact information) Inside address (i.e. the receiver’s address) Salutation Body Closing Senders signature Senders title bcc: blind carbon copy . It is used where discretion is required. People can themselves see others in the To and cc: but not the bcc: Activity 2 Label the following objects with the words from the box. D E F C E Activity 3 Listen to the email and fill in the blanks with what you hear. Answer Key: 1. cotton 2. quotations 3. catalogue 4. expand 5. suppliers 6. price 7 decision 8 inform 9. conditions 10. earliest Script: Dear Peter, Yesterday we saw your advertisement in the China daily. We would like you to send us the latest price list for the cotton shirts as soon as possible, with the lowest quotations, and an illustrated catalogue. As we are about to expand our export operation, it is essential that our suppliers be competitive in terms of price. We will be interested in discussing the details with you when the final decision is made. Could you please inform us of your best terms and conditions? I look forward to receiving your earliest reply. Yours sincerely Jane Activity 4 Steven, sales manager of Emily Clothing Company, is answering questions from the audience at th