Part One Listening and SpeakingCHAPTER 1 Daily Life 3
Unit 1 Talking about the News 3
Unit 2 Talking about the Weather 6
Unit 3 Asking for Information 10
Unit 4 Making Appointments 14
Unit 5 Shopping 18
Unit 6 Small Talks 21
CHAPTER 2 Public Relations 26
Unit 1 Job Interview 26
Unit 2 Invitation 32
Unit 3 Introduction 38
Unit 4 Courtesy 43
Unit 5 Welcome Party 50
CHAPTER 3 Foreign Trade Affairs 55
Unit 1 Traveling by Air 55
Unit 2 Meeting Potential Customers 64
Unit 3 At the Hotel 70
Unit 4 At the Restaurant 78
Unit 5 Making Telephone Calls 84
Unit 6 Asking for Directions 91
Unit 7 Sightseeing 97
Unit 8 Drawing Up the Agenda 103
CHAPTER 4 Business Negotiation 111
Unit 1 Inquiries and Offers 111
Unit 2 Price 118
Unit 3 Terms of Payment 124
Unit 4 Shipment 130
Unit 5 Packing 135
Unit 6 Insurance 141
Unit 7 ComPlaints and Adjustments 146
Unit 8 Signing a Contract 153
CHAPTER 5 Trade Show 159
Part Two Writing 167
CHAPTER 1 Individual Paperwork 167
Unit 1 Résumé 167
Unit 2 Application 171
Unit 3 Cards 176
CHAPTER 2 General Business Paperwork 179
Unit 1 Notes 179
Unit 2 Notices 182
Unit 3 Reports 184
Unit 4 Secretary Documents—Invitation 187
Unit 5 Secretary Documents—Certificates 191
Unit 6 Secretary Documents—Thanks 194
Unit 7 Secretary Documents—Apologies 197
Unit 8 Secretary Documents—Memorandums(Memos) 200
Unit 9 Secretary Documents—Minutes 203
Unit 10 Secretary Documents—Graphics 207
CHAPTER 3 Foreign Trade Paperwork 210
Unit 1 Commercial Advertisements 210
Unit 2 Business Letters—Establishing Business Relations 213
Unit 3 Business Letters—Recommendations 217
Unit 4 Business Letters—Enquiries and Offers 220
Unit 5 Business Letters—Order Letters 224
Unit 6 Business Letters—Terms of Payment 227
Unit 7 Business Letters—Complaints and Adjustments 231
Part Three Interpretation 237
CHAPTER 1 Interpreting Interactive Conversations 237
Unit 1 Entertaining Customers(English-Chinese Interpretation) 237
Unit 2 Business Management(English-Chinese Interpretation) 243
Unit 3 A Wish to Invest (English-Chinese Interpretation) 249
U nit 4 Establishing a Joint Venture(English-Chinese Interpretation) 254
CHAPTER 2 Interpreting Ceremonial Speeches 260
Unit 1 Euro-Asian Cooperation(English-Chinese Interpretation) 260
Unit 2 An Opening Speech(English-Chinese Interpretation) 266
CHAPTER 3 Interpreting Informative Speeches 271
Unit 1 Restaurant Etiquette (English-Chinese Interpretation) 271
Unit 2 A Place to Stay(English-Chinese Interpretation) 277
Unit 3 The Information Age (English-Chinese Interpretation) 282
Unit 4 Bilateral Relations (English-Chinese Interpretation) 287
Unit 5 Traditional Holidays(Chinese-English Interpretation) 292
Unit 6 An Ambitious Conglomerate(Chinese-English Interpretation) 297
Unit 7 Acquiring a Second Culture(Chinese-English Interpretation) 302
Unit 8 On Culture Clashes(Chinese-English Interpretation) 307
CHAPTER 4 Interpreting Business Speeches 312
Unit 1 Risk Management(English-Chinese Interpretation) 312
Unit 2 Currency Policies(English-Chinese Interpretation) 317
Unit 3 Foreign Trade Reform (Chinese-English Interpretation) 322
Unit 4 The Growing Financial Industry(Chinese-English Interpretation) 327
Part Four Written TranslationCHAPTER 1 English-Chinese Translation 335
Unit 1 A Sales Report from LOUIS VUITTON 335
Unit 2 Cooperation between Visa International and People's Bank of China 340
CHAPTER 2 Chinese-English Translation 345
Unit 1 China International Consumer Goods Fair 345
Unit 2 Introduction of"Bird" 350
Part Five Business Audio TypingCHAPTER 1 Business Audio Typing 357
Unit 1 Memos and Notices 357
Unit 2 Business Letters 365
Unit 3 Minutes 375
Unit 4 Business Reports 382