新编剑桥商务英语高级第三版第7273.docx

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新编剑桥商务英语高级第三版第7273

Reportwriting

WRITING

Abusinessreport

1Thisquotationcouldapplytoanykindofbusinesswriting.What

doesitmeantoyou?

‘Ihavemadethisletterlongerthanusual,onlybecauseIhavenot

hadthetimetomakeitshorter.’

BlaisePascal（FrenchMathematician）

2Apartfromconciseness,whataretheotheringredientsofagood

businessreport?

Workwithapartnermakeitlist.

3Thebusinessreportbelowwaswritteninresponsetothe

followingrequest.Makeanoteofthereport’sgoodpointsand

badpoints.

Request

HiDavina

Johnisaskingmeforaprocessreportonthedocumentaryfilm

aboutGreenland.

Canyoupleasesendmeaformalreportoutlining:

•thereasonformakingthisdocumentary

•howfaryouhavegotwiththeproject

•anyproblemsexperienced

•theschedulefromnowuptocompletion

Thanks

Paula

Report

ProgressreportonGreenlanddocumentary

Thisisjusttobringyouuptodayonthedocumentarywestartedlast

May,toletyouknowwhatwehavesofarandwhenweexpecttobe

finished.

WedecidedtomakeadocumentaryaboutGreenlandbecausefirst,

no-oneelseisdoingoneatthemomentandsecondly,becauseitis

goodplacetoseetheeffectsofglobalwarming,whichweallknow

isatopicalsubjectjustnow.

We’veshotaboutfivehoursofmaterialandhavesomegreatshots

ofwildlife-especiallypolarbears-andsomereallyinteresting

interviewswithlocalpeople.

It’stakenabitlongerthanexpectedbecausetheweatheriskindof

unpredictableandwe’vespentquitealotoftimewaitingaroundfor

ittochange.Anotherproblemhasbeengettingpermissionstoshoot

upinthenorth.It’saconservationareaandtheauthoritieshavebeen

prettytightlettingusfilm.

Wereckonthatweonlyhaveanotherfoursweeksfilmingtodoand

thenit’sbacktotheeditingroomtotrytodistilitalldowntoonlyan

hour.

Onethingthatwe’renotreallysureaboutistheanglethatyou’dlike

totakeonthis.Isitjustawildlifefilm?

Shoulditbeaboutglobal

warming?

Shoulditfocusmoreonthepeople?

It’dbenicetohave

yourviewsonthisbeforewegettothecuttingroom.

4Rewritethereport,improvingitinthewaysyouhaveAgreed.

VOCABULARY

Linkingphrases

5linkingideasisanimportantpartofreportwriting.Rewriteeach

sentenceusingthewordsorphrasestogiveyouthesamemening.

1He’srich,buthe’sunhappy.

0Althoughhe’srich,he’sunhappy.

aInspiteof/Despite_________________.

b________________.Nevertheless________________.

2It’scomplexandexpensive.

aInadditionto________________.

bAswellas_______________.

c__________________.Furthermore_______________.

3Theywillproduceareportwhentheyhavegatheredallthe

evidence.

aAfter_________________.

b__________________.Subsequently,________________.

4Thecompanywentbankruptbecauseitwaspoorlymanaged.

a__________________onaccountof________________.

b__________________.Consequently,_________________.

WRITING

Areportonemployeetraining

6Solartechisacompanythatmakessolarpanels.Demandforthis

technologyisgrowingfastandinthelasttwoyearsthecompany

hasemployedtwentynewpeopleinthesalesdepartment.The

companyisconcernedthatthesenewrecruitseitherlacksales

experienceordonothaveagoodtechnicalunderstandingofthe

product.Itwouldlikeareportonthissituationassoonas

possible.

Writeareportdescribing:

•thescopeofyoursurvey.

•howmanynewrecruitsarenotperformingwellandwhattheir

problemare.

•anypositivefinding.

•recommendationsforremedyingthesituation.

ExamSuccess

Alwaysreadyourfinishedpieceofwritingbacktoyourself.First

checkitflowslogically.Thenlookforerrorwithtenses,subject-verb

agreementandspellings.

ReadingTest:

PartTwo

EXAMFORMAT

ParttwooftheReadingTestconsistsofatest400-500wordslong,

commentingonsomeaspectofbusinessorworkinglife.The

passagewillbetakenformanewspaper,businessmagazine,

managementguideorcompanyreport.

APPROACH

Followthesesteps.

•Readtheinstructionstwiceandmakesureyouunderstandthe

contextofthepassageandwhatyouarebeingaskedtodo.

•Readthepassagethroughquickly（twominutes）.Whatisthe

Subject?

Whatisthemainargument?

•Re-readthepassagetothefirstgapandstudycarefullythe

sentencesbeforeandafterthegap.Whatinformationdoyouexpect

tobeincludedhere?

•Findthesentencefromthelist（A-H）thatbestfits.

•Repeatthisprocessfortheothergaps.

•Readthewholetext（withthegapsfilled）backtoyourselfquicklyto

makesureitmakessense.

KEYSKILL

Cohesion

1Lookatthispassage.Predictwhatkindofinformationthe

missingsentenceislikelytocontain.

Accordingtolegend,inventorshave