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BEC考官教你商务英语写作 第一章非正式文体:Unit 4 传真(Fax)写作

fax的定义
英文定义是a letter or message that is sent in electronic form down a telephone line and then printed using a special machine。在公司里,人们经常使用传真传送邀请函及回复来函、报价、订货、询问信息和确认电话订单等。大多数公司有专门的传真用纸,上面印有公司的名称、标识、地址和电话号码等细节。请看图例:

officeleader plc
48a whitestone road
haidian district,beijing
tel:6219xxx

fao:reinhard sano,deputy manager
to:abc ltd.
from: officeleader plc
date: 3 april 2003
subject: confirmation on renting office space
pages:1of1

dear ms. sano,

i have received your fax of 13 april and would like to thank you for your inviation.

i would be delighted to give the talk at the meeting on 16 july and i will take about some business negotiation skills, would you please let me know where the meeting will be held?

i look forward to your early reply.

yours sincerely

(大意: 我已收到您4月13日发来的传真,感谢您对我的邀请。 我非常高兴在7月16日作报告,我讲座有关商务谈判技巧的报告。您能否告诉我会议在哪里开?盼望收到您的回复。)
plc:= public limited company 公共有限公司
delighted [dɪ'laɪtɪd] adj. 高兴的;欣喜的[(+at/with/by)][+to-v][+(that)]
negotiation [nɪgəʊʃɪ'eɪʃ(ə)n]n. 谈判;转让;顺利的通过[pi][(+with)]

传真的格式:
fao: for the attention of 意为请某人亲启,后面往往跟人名
to:后面可以跟部门、公司名称,也可以跟人名。有的传真没有fao这项,那么to后面跟人名即可。
from:指这个传真是谁写的。
date:指些这个传真时的日期。
subject:指这分传真的主题,即传真的主要内容是什么。
pages: 指传真的页数。传真通常会标识页码。传真通常在第1页标示出总共有多少页,并在后面每一页中标示出页码。比如 1 of 3 表示总共有3页,本页为第1页。

传真根据实际情况可分为正式和非正式,比如你可以用传真传送正式的信件,也可以用传真传送一些留言等。

bec 考试中对fax的考核
fax在bec初、中级写作考试中经常考到。对于初级考生来说应该熟悉其格式,而对于中级考生来说就必须掌握其格式,考试的时候一定要把格式写出来。

practice练习
the chairman of your company wants the sales figures for last month and he will present them at a shareholder's meeting. write a fax to the sales manager, alex: telling him to prepare the sales figures
explaining why the chairman needs them
saying when and where he should sent them