商务英语教学课件chapter2d.ppt

Chapter2DictionEffectiveSentencesLearningObjectivesChoosewordsprecisely.Choosebetweenactiveandpassivevoice.TolearnhowtoChoosewordswithappropriateconnotations.Varysentencepatterns.010305020406

Chapter2DictionEffectiveSentencesDictionisthechoiceanduseofwords.Inbusinesswriting,useconcrete,specifictermswheneverpossible;useabstractionsonlywhennecessary.Example,insteadofreferringto“asizableloss”,talkabout“alossof$32million”.WordChoiceUseshort,familiarwords.Occasionallyneedalongoranunfamiliarwordbecauseitistheonly12345

Wordthatexactlyconveysyourmeaning.Wheneveryoucanchoosebetweentwowordsthatmeanthesamething,usetheshorter,morecommonone.Examples:Commence-----beginReside--------liveSubsequently------laterUtilize-----useRemittance-----check,payment

Comparethefollowingsentences:ThisletterisaconfirmationofthedetailsofourmeetinglastTuesday.ThisletterconfirmsthedetailsoflastTuesday’smeeting.Preparationofanagendashouldbedonebeforeameeting.Prepareanagendabeforethemeeting.

A.Itappearsthefiguresareinaccurate.B.Thefiguresareinaccurate.Itwassuggested,itseems,itappears,weshouldconsider,weseemtobeinfavor,itmaybethat…Atyourearliestconvenience,Avoidusingtheseweakexpressions:Alsoavoidusingcliches(套话)Atanearlydate,(ifyouhaveadate,giveit.)

1Thankingyouinadvance.2Better:Thankyoufor…3Attached/Enclosedpleasefind/Youwillfind/PleasefindenclosedtwocopiesofourinvoiceNo.456.4Better:Attached/Enclosed/Hereis/aretwocopiesofourinvoiceNo.456.

ReducingsexualbiasinbusinesswritingNonsexistlanguagetreatsbothsexesneutrally.Usingnonsexistlanguageisagoodideaforatleastthreereasons.First,thelanguageweusereflectsandrevealsourunderstandingoftheworldaroundus.Anorganizationthattreatspeoplefairlyshoulduselanguagethattreatspeoplefairly.Asecondreason