Homework review
学习重点
1. Homework review
2. Vocabulary study
3. Visions
4. Predictions
5. Reality
6. Oral practice
7. Business passage reading
8. Homework
I. Homework review
1.
(1)
Dear Mr Zhang
Thank you for your letter dated 9 October, outlining the initial plan of our exhibition “IKEA: Funiture for Better Life”.
We appreciate your dedication to the plan and are deeply impressed by its highlighted inspirations. Unfortunately, your work will be replaced by our department. In fact, it is desirable if we capitalize on this opportunity to hone our skills in dealing with trade fairs. Then, the board has approved the change and the role was allocated to me to finalize establishing a specialized fair-dealing team in our department last week. More importantly, due to the recent fall in turnover, we find it hard to earmark 50,000RMB for your tailor-made plan. Thus it is definitely unfair if you continue the work and get underpaid in the end.
Despite the alteration, your dedication is by no means a waste. The retainer is guaranteed, which will be transferred, together with a special bonus of 2.000RMB to your bank account in this week.
In addition, I would be very grateful if you share with me the latest development about the exhibition, including the location of the stands and some relevant charges, or can you possibly tell me how to contact people from the organizing committee?
No words can fully extend my apologies for the inconvenience caused by the change.
Should you have any further problems, please do not hesitate to phone on 3456789.
Yours sincerely,
Hu Yiting
Assistant Manager of Marketing Department
(2)
Dear Mr Brown
Further to the organization of our product exhibition, I regret to inform you that we have to terminate our cooperation.
For one thing, the fresh products to be launched are the result of our recent research with top-drawer technology in the market. Therefore, we have to keep all information about the products within the company, ensuring that our competitors have no access to it before the show and we can enjoy a big edge over rivals. Accordingly, I am assigned to take over full responsibility to organize the exhibition instead of you.
For another, the budget on products exhibition has been reduced, which was due to our sizeable investment on research of the new products. We have to do much work by ourselves to reduce the costs. However, I can assure you that you will get full payment for the great efforts you have made on this work.
I am sorry again for any inconvenience this has caused. Besides, I would be grateful if you could offer me information about current situation of the arrangement. Would it be possible for you to tell me how many stands you have booked and their sizes?
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Yours sincerely
Mary Li
Marketing Department
2.
Channels of Distribution of our Products for 1994 and 1995
The two pie charts show the proportions of the sales three types of shop handled in 1994 and 1995.
In 1994, 48.1% of our products were sold by large Supermarkets/Hypermarkets, 46.5% by small, family-run shops, and 5.4% through other outlets.
In 1995, the Supermarket/Hypermarket share increased by some 11% to 59.6%. The small, family-run shops share decreased by just over 11% to 35.3% and the other outlets held more or less steady, with a drop in share of only 0.3%.
The figures show that the large Supermarkets/ Hypermarkets took more of our goods than our other retailers and their sales represented well over 50% of our total sales.
Vocabulary Study
组合词的学习
in-
in-flight adjective [only before noun] provided during a plane journey 飞机上提供的
in-flight entertainment 飞机上的娱乐节目
in-house adjective, adverb
working within a company or organization 公司、组织内部的
We have an in-house training unit. 我们有一个内部培训组织。
in-service adjective
in-service training/courses etc
training etc that you do while you are working in a job 在职培训/课程
-free
-free suffix [in adjectives and adverbs]
without something that you do not want 免除
a trouble-free journey 没有后顾之忧的旅行
duty-free cigarettes 免税的香烟
a salt-free diet 没有盐的饮食
They live in the house rent-free. 他们住在不用交租金的房子里。
duty-free adjective
duty-free goods can be brought into a country without paying tax on them 免税的
duty-free cigarettes 免税香烟
the duty-free shop 免税商店
ￚduty-free adverb
risk-free
sugar-free
-proof
-proof suffix
1 [in adjectives] used to describe something which a particular thing cannot harm or pass through, or which protects people against that thing 在形容词中使用：防止的;耐….的; 有耐力的; 不能透入的
a bulletproof car 防弹车
a waterproof jacket 防水夹克
2 [in adjectives] used to describe something which cannot easily be affected or damaged by someone or something 在形容词中使用：坚固的
a childproof container 不易被儿童弄坏的容器
vandal-proof 防止破坏公共财物的
3 [in verbs] to treat or make something so that a particular thing cannot harm it or pass through it, or so that it gives protection against it 在动词中使用：使(某物)禁得住….
soundproof a room (=so that sound cannot get into or out of it) 让这间屋子隔音
shock-proof 防震的
foolproof adjective
a foolproof method, plan, system etc is certain to be successful 万无一失的
ￚ同义词 infallible
a foolproof way of preventing credit card fraud 一种万无一失的预防信用卡诈骗的方法
environmentally friendly adjective
also environment friendly
products that are environmentally friendly do not harm the environment when they are made or when you use them 环保的
ￚ同义词 eco-friendly
environmentally-friendly/ozone-friendly/eco-friendly etc
not harmful to the environment, ozone layer etc
eco-friendly washing powder
user-friendly/customer-friendly etc
not difficult for particular people to understand or use
a user-friendly computer program a customer-friendly shopping mall
-on
on-board adjective [only before noun] carried on a ship, plane, car etc 飞机上的、船上的、汽车上的
an on-board computer
-bound
bound adjective [no comparative]
▶LIKELY◀ be bound to
to be very likely to do or feel a particular thing 很有可能的
Don’t lie to her. She’s bound to find out about it. 不要对她撒谎。
When you are dealing with so many patients, mistakes are bound to happen. 当你在接诊这么多的病人时，错误难免会发生。
▶TRAVELLING TOWARDS◀
bound for London/Mexico etc
also London-bound/Mexico-bound etc
travelling towards a particular place or in a particular direction 开往….
We tried to get seats on a Rome-bound flight. 我们希望在飞往罗马的航班上找到座位。
northbound/southbound/eastbound/westbound
All eastbound trains have been cancelled due to faulty signals. 所有向东开去的火车由于信号错误而均被取消。
snow-bound/strike-bound/tradition-bound etc
controlled or limited by something, so that you cannot do what you want or what other people want you to 受到…限制的
a fog-bound airport 收到浓雾限制的
people who are wheelchair-bound 坐着轮椅行动不便的人
