《商务英语写作》课件Lecture 2 homework and keys.pptVIP

Lecture 2 Effective Business Writing Questions What are Five Cs Principles of Business Writing Five-C Principles of Business Writing To achieve effective business writing, it is advisable to follow 5Cs , 1. Clarity 清楚/concreteness具体 2. Correctness准确 3. Conciseness简明 4. Completeness完整 5. Courteousness礼貌 Practice Five Cs Principles of Business Writing Try to improve the sentences according to the Five-C principle 1. Please send me your catalogs on clothes 2. We will furnish all the required documents. 3. Consequent upon the changes made, you will be in charge of the financial department. 4. Mangers of all departments will meet at 9:30 on Monday. 5. We have received your order of a large volume. Practice II. Try to improve the sentences according to the Five-C principle 6. In the event that we can’t meet the deadlines, we will refund your money. 7. We have duly received your remittance dated March 11, for which please accept our thanks. 8. We are reluctant to commit to that date to the fact that our company will be on vacation from November 16 to 23. 9. This email is to inform you of an important change in our policy concerning transportation. 10. You obviously made a mistake by sending us the wrong goods. Keys to Practice II 1. Please send me your catalogs on suits. We are interested in suits for young men. Clarity: a large company may have several catalogs about different kinds of clothes and is not likely to send all. 2.We will give /provide all the required documents. Clarity: the jargon like furnish(给房间放置家具)should be avoided in business writing. Keys to Practice II 3.As a result of the changes made, you will be in charge of the financial department. Clarity: “Consequent upon” is more complicated than “as a result”. 4.Managers of all departments will meet at 9:30 on Monday, May 29, in Conference Room B. Completeness: we must give exact fact: figures, details, explanation