新职业英语_经贸英语Unit2 (1)

Unit 1

Business Relations

本单元结合国际经贸业务中的典型工作流程、工作场景，概述国际贸易中建立业务联系之后的一个重要环节——“背景调查”：

●背景调查综述：介绍背景调查在国际贸易业务中的重要地位，以及调查所需

要涉及的主要昂面和方法（Reading A），为进行实际调查工作提供方法指导；

●布置调查任务：在建立业务联系之后，公司领导委托下属对潜在合作方进行

调查（Listening & Speaking & Writing），学习如何以书面和口头形式布置工作任务；

●搜集相关信息：下属通过各种方式了解前爱合作方信息，并在其过程中与相

关人员进行讨论(Listening & Speaking)，以熟悉背景调查报告所设计的主要内容和方法；

●形成报告：提供报告的样本(Reading B & Writing)，熟悉报告的各项内容。Unit Objectives

After studying this unit, you are able to:

●Understand what a business background report covers

●Know how to conduct a business background report

●Make phone calls for information regarding business background check

●Write and answer emails for back ground information

1.Warming-up

Task 1

Talk about what aspects should be covered in the business background check.

Task 2

Discuss with your classmates to arrange the above aspects in the order of priority.

2.

Reading A

Background Information

A

business background check

is a process that allows

potential customers,

investors, and partners to become acquainted with pertinent information about the

history of the company. At the same time, running a background check on a corporation will reveal or verify data about the current status of the business. This data includes financial data that would be important to know before investing in the company or entering into a partnership with the corporation.

Conducting a business background check involves looking into a number of

different types of public records in order to get a true picture of the history and present status of the company.

Task 1

Before reading the passage, see how much you know about business background check by answering the following questions.

1. Why do companies need to conduct business background checks?

Just as you don’t want to make friends with peo ple who might fool you, you want to enter into business with partners whom you can rely on. Business world is more complicated than personal life. There are news and stories widely spread that how a company has been framed by its partners and the consequence can be fatal. As a result, one must be careful about whom to cooperate with and be sure that the company is reliable. The most common way to do so is to conduct a business background check.

2. What do you think is the most important part of a business background check?

W ell, that is not an easy question. If I have to choose which part is the most important, I would like to choose “criminal records”. Nobody likes to do business with a company that has been sued many times or has been involved in business criminals. It is just too dangerous. Dealing with a small company or company with ill reference, one might run into the risk of poor goods or service quality, while working with a big company with criminal records, one might be dragged into lawsuits or put into prison.