Chapter 1 Orientation to Business Report商务报告简介 1
1.1 When do You Write a Report? 1
1.2 What do You Write a Report to Do? 3
1.3 For Whom is a Report Written for? 5
1.4 What is a Business Report? 6
Chapter 2 Classification and Structure of Business Report商务报告的分类和结构 7
2.1 Classification of Business Report 7
2.1.1 Why Classify? 7
2.1.2 Different Classification System 8
2.2 Structure and Elements of Formats of Business Report 12
2.2.1 Report in the Form of Memo 12
2.2.2 Report in the Form of Letter 16
2.2.3 Formally Structured Report 24
2.3 Frequently-Required Business Report 52
2.3.1 Minutes 53
2.3.2 News Release 58
2.3.3 Progress Report 62
2.3.4 Proposal 64
2.3.5 Justification Report 68
2.3.6 Job Description 72
2.3.7 Feasibility Report 75
2.3.8 Policies and Procedures 82
2.3.9 Instructions 96
2.3.10 Annual and Quarterly Report 99
2.3.11 Market Investigation Report 102
2.4 Exercises 104
Chapter 3 Writing Procedures and Developing Strategies for Business Report商务报告的写作程序及展开策略 113
3.1 Three Steps to Complete Business Report 113
3.1.1 Planning 113
3.1.2 Writing 129
3.1.3 Editing and Revision 131
3.2 Developing Strategies of Business Report 135
3.2.1 Definition 135
3.2.2 Process 137
3.2.3 Classification 138
3.2.4 Comparison and Contrast 141
3.2.5 Cause and Effect 144
3.2.6 Tables and Graphs 146
3.3 Exercises 160
Chapter 4 Style and Language of Business Report商务报告的风格和语言问题 170
4.1 Style of Business Report 170
4.1.1 Qualities of an Effective Business Report 173
4.1.2 Stylistic Features of an Effective Business Report 173
4.2 Linguistic Features of Business Report 181
4.2.1 Linguistic Feature on Lexical Level 181
4.2.2 Linguistic Feature on Syntactic Level 202
4.2.3 Linguistic Features on Paragraphic Level 216
4.3 Punctuation 226
4.4 Exercises 230
习题答案 240