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3Orderinggoodandcashflow

学习重点

1．    HomeworkReview

2．    Placinganorder

3．    Discussingandconfirmingchanges

4．    Managingcashflow

5．    Improvingcashflow

6．    ReadingPassasge

7．    Vocabularyconsolidationonunit3aand3b

8．    Homework

I.HomeworkReview

参考答案一：

DearMr.Johnson

Re:

RepairofTashitaCassettePlayer

Thankyouforyourletterof12September1997inrespectofyourTashitaCassettePlayer.

Iwishtooffermysincereapologiesforthelongdelayinreturningthemachinetoyou.Infact,ourtechnicianwassick,butweshouldstillhavekeptyouinformed.

Unfortunately,weareunabletorepairthetwofaultsbecause:

1.     Thevolume-controlneedsreplacingandthispartisnolongeravailable.

2.     Theon/offswitchcanbereplaced,butwethinkthecostwouldbeprohibitive.

Themajorproblemisthatthemanufacturers,Tashita,havebeenoutofbusinesssince1990andpartsforyourplayer（manufacturedin1985）werealmostimpossibletofind.

Wearereallysorrythatwecannothelpyouonthisoccasion,butwehopewecanbeofassistanceinthefuture.

Yourssincerely

（137words）

参考答案二：

DearMr.Johnson

Re:

RepairofTashitaCassettePlayer

Thankyouforyourletterof12September1997concerningyourcassetteplayer.

Isincerelyapologizeforhavingyourplayerinourshopforoveramonthbecauseourtechnicianwasinhospitalforovertwoweeks.

Unfortunately,weareunabletorepairyourplayerforthefollowingtworeasons.Firstly,thevolumecontrolneedsreplacingbutthepartisnotavailable.Secondly,eventhoughitispossibletoreplacetheon/offswitch,itwillcostyoutoomuchmoney.

Themajorproblemisthatyourplayer,madein1985,isveryoldandthemanufacturer,Tashita,havebeenoutofbusinesssince1990.Therefore,itisimpossibletofindtherelevantpartsinthemarket.

Wearereallysorrythatwecannothelpyouonthisoccasion.Ifwecanbeoffurtherassistance,pleasedonothesitatetocontactusagain.

Yourssincerely

（144words）

II.Placinganorder

Unit3aOrderinggoods

Question:

Howmanywaysdoyouhavewhenyoubuyclothes?

Suggestions:

inaclothesshop;inadepartmentstore;atamarket;inasupermarket;overtheInternet,bymailorder,etc.

hamburg-based总部位于德国汉堡

mailordernoun[uncountable]

amethodofbuyingandsellinginwhichthebuyerchoosesgoodsathomeandordersthemfromacompanywhichsendsthembypost邮购

bymailorder

ItisavailablebymailorderfromGreenLifeProducts.你可以通过邮购方式获得“绿色生活产品”。

amailordercatalogue邮购目录

比较finalize和complete

finalizeverb

tofinishthelastpartofaplan,businessdealetc

completeverb[transitive]

tofinishdoingormakingsomething,especiallywhenithastakenalongtime

Thestudentshavejustcompletedtheircourse.Thebuildingtooktwoyearstocomplete.

collection

▶FASHION◀

[countable]theclothesdesignedbyafashioncompanyforaparticularseason某一季服装公司设计的所有时装

DonnaKaren'snewspringcollection多纳凯瑞春季新时装发布

catalogue1noun[countable]

1acompletelistofthingsthatyoucanlookat,buy,oruse,forexampleinalibraryoratanartshow产品目录

amailordercatalog邮购产品目录

anonlinecatalogue网上产品目录

2catalogueofmistakes/crimes/crueltyetc

aseriesofmistakes,crimesetcthathappenoneaftertheotherandneverseemtostop一系列的错误、犯罪

acatalogueofterroristcrimes一系列的恐怖犯罪活动

anappallingcatalogueoferrors令人震惊的一系列错误

itemnoun

1[countable]asinglething,especiallyonethinginalist,group,orsetofthings一件物品

Heopenedthecardboardboxandtookouteachitem.他打开纸盒子，把里面的东西一一拿了出来。

Thestoreishavingasaleonfurnitureandhouseholditems.这家商店正在出售家具和其他家用物品。

itemontheagenda/list/menu会议议程/单子/菜单上的内容

Wewentontothenextitemontheagenda.我们探讨议程上的下一个问题。

itemofclothing/furniture/jewelleryetc一件衣服/一件家具/一件首饰

（=asinglepieceofclothing,furniture,jewelleryetc）

Theoriginal1965bottleisnowacollector'sitem（=oneofasetofobjectspeopleliketocollectbecausetheyareinterestingorvaluable）.

2[countable]asingle,usuallyshort,pieceofnewsinanewspaperormagazine,orontelevision一条新闻消息，报道

IalsosawthatnewsitemintheSundayTimes.我在星期日泰晤士报上也看到了这条消息。

articlenoun[countable]

▶NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE◀

apieceofwritingaboutaparticularsubjectinanewspaperormagazine报刊上发表的文章

articleon/about

anarticleonenvironmentalissues有关环境问题的报道

Thepaper'sleadingarticle（=themainarticle）describedthegovernmentasweak.报纸上的头版消息把该届政府描述成懦弱的政府。

▶OBJECT◀

formalathing,especiallyoneofagroupofthings物品

ￚ同义词item

householdarticles家用物品

Sheonlytookafewarticlesofclothingwithher.她随身只拿了几件衣服。

▶LAW◀

apartofalaworlegalagreementthatdealswithaparticularpoint法律条款

Article1oftheconstitutionguaranteesfreedomofreligion.宪法的第一条保证公民信仰自由。

▶GRAMMAR◀冠词

technicalawordusedbeforeanountoshowwhetherthenounreferstoaparticularexampleofsomethingortoageneralexampleofsomething.InEnglish,'the'iscalledthedefinitearticleand'a'and'an'arecalledtheindefinitearticle.

cancelverb

pasttenseandpastparticiplecancelledpresentparticiplecancellingBritishEnglish

pasttenseandpastparticiplecanceledpresentparticiplecancelingAmericanEnglish

1[intransitiveandtransitive]tosaythataneventthatwasplannedwillnothappen取消

Ourflightwascancelled.我们的航班被取消了。

I'mafraidI'llhavetocancelourmeetingtomorrow.对不去，我不得不取消我们明天的会议。

2[intransitiveandtransitive]toendanagreementorarrangementthatyouhavewithsomeone取消协议、安排

Iphonedthehoteltocancelmyreservation.我打电话给饭店取消预定。

Thebankagreedtocancelallthecompany'sdebts.银行同意取消该公司的所有债务。

3[transitive]tosayofficiallythatadocumentcannolongerbeusedornolongerhasanylegaleffect正式宣布某文件作废

Iphonedthebanktocancelthecheque.我打电话给银行声明该支票作废。

判断下列说法正确与否。

1.F2.T3.F4.F5.T

Reading2

respectivelyadverb

inthesameorderasthethingsyouhavejustmentioned分别地

Thecupsandsaucerscost£5and£3respectively.杯子和茶碟分别售价5英镑和3英镑。

slitnoun[countable]alongstraightnarrowcutorhole狭长的缝隙

lightshiningthroughaslitinthedoor从门缝中射出一缕淡淡的光线

askirtwithaslituptheside从边上开缝的裙子

vendornoun[countable]

1someonewhosellsthings,especiallyonthestreet沿街叫卖的小贩

newsvendor/ice-creamvendoretc卖报纸的小贩/冰激凌的小贩

Heboughtacopyfromanewspapervendor.他在卖报纸的小贩那里买了一份报纸。

theshoutsofstreetvendors小贩们的叫卖声

2formalorlawsomeonewhoissellingsomething正式用语或法律用语：

卖家

leadingsoftwarevendors主要的软件销售商

sortsomething/somebody↔outphrasalverb

1toarrangeororganizesomethingthatismixeduporuntidy,sothatitisreadytobeused安排、组织

Weneedtosortoutourcampinggearbeforewegoaway.我们需要在离开前把我们野营用的装备准备好。

2toseparateonetypeofthingfromanother捡出

I'vesortedoutthepapersthatcanbethrownaway.我已经把需要扔掉的纸都捡出来了。

sortsomething/somebody↔outfrom

Firstsortthewhitethingsoutfromtheotherclothes.首先要把白色的衣服先挑出来。

3especiallyBritishEnglishtosuccessfullydealwithaproblemordifficultsituation处理，解决

Shewenttoapsychiatristtotrytosortoutherproblems.她去找精神病学家去解决她的问题。

I'llbegladtogetthismisunderstandingsortedout.我很高兴看到这次误解得以顺利解决。

4especiallyBritishEnglishtosucceedinmakingarrangementsforsomething成功地做出安排

Haveyousortedoutwhereyou'regoingtoliveyet?

你安排好将要居住的地方了吗？

Sheistryingtosortoutchildcare.她试图安排好照料孩子的事情。

Problemswiththefax

Layout:

Thelayoutistoodenseandthereforeoff-putting.Itmighthelpifthewriterusedheadings,bulletpointsandbrackets.

Paragraphs:

Thetextneedstobedividedintoparagraphstoaidclarityandtoencouragethereadertoactuallyreadthefax.

Connectors:

Itisdifficulttofollowthesequenceofideasbecauseconnectorsarenotusedmuchtomakeitclear（e.g.toshowcauseandeffect）.

Sentences:

Someofthesentencesareextremelylong,makingthetextdifficulttoread.Aimingforoneideapersentenceisagoodidea.

Accuracy:

Asthewriterisanon-nativespeaker,completeaccuracyisperhapsnottobeexpected.However,corewordsforthetopicshouldbespeltcorrectly.Goodpunctuationaidsclarity.

修改稿：

DearKorinna

Re:

OrderforFaci（314739）andCristi（315227）skirts

Thankyouforyourfaxconcerningtheaboveskirts.

TheskirtmadebyFacihasaslitatthebottom,whichmightmakeitdifficultifthecustomerwantedtochangethelengthoftheskirt.Wethereforeagreedthatthevendorwouldhavetosupplytheskirtintwodifferentlengths.

MrHubneralsothoughtitmightbebettertoleavethetwodifferentlengthsoftheCristiskirt.Theskirthasaspecialknittingtechnique;asaresult,itmightbedifficultifthecustomerwantedtoshortenit.

WhenMrHubnerleftItaly,Ithoughtwehadsortedtheproblemout.Iwasthereforesurprisedbyyourfaxcancelingtheothersizes.

Pleaseletmeknowifyoudefinitelywanttocanceltheotherlengthskirts.Asforreducingthetotalquantity,IwillwaitforconfirmationoftheinformationaboutlengthsbeforeIcontactthevendors.

Thanksandbestregards.

III.Discussingandconfirmingchanges

1.     statingthereasonforcalling

I’mringingabout

2.     confirminginformation

Wedefinitelywant…/Sothat’s

3.     Requestingaction

DoyouthinkIcould…

4.     Promisingaction

I’llcallthem

5.     Thanking

Thanksfor…

6.     Referringtofuturecontact

I’llfaxyou…/I’llspeaktoyoulater.

3Functions

Telephone

Letter

Referringtoaletter

Igotyourletterabout…

Furthertoyourletterof…

Suggesting

Whydon’twe…?

Wepropose…

Givinginformation

Here’stheinformationyouwanted.

Itrustyouwillfindthefollowingpointsofinterest.

Askingforconfirmation

Letmeknowwhenyouhaveadefiniteda