商务英语写作基础知识

使用日常讲话的方式来写作

Pedantic学究式的Readable日常可用的ascertain find out (发现) aforementioned these (这些)

is a result of because (因为)

at this point in time now (现在)

before long soon (不久)

cease stop (停止)

commence start, begin (开始) compensate pay (报酬) correspondence letter (信函) demonstrate show (表现)

desire want (需要)

due to the fact because (因为)

during the time that while (当……的时候)

elect choose (选择)

facilitate ease, help (方便)

for the purpose of to (为了)

give consideration to consider (考虑)

implement do (完成)

in close proximity near (靠近)

in the future soon (不久)

in the event that if (如果)

indebtedness debt (欠债)

indicate show (表现)

in the view of the fact that since (由于)

locate find (发现)

numerous many (许多)

on condition that provided (如果)

prior to before (在……之前) purchase buy (购买)

rapid fast (快速)

reason is because reason is (因为)

residence address (住址)

subsequent to after (在……之后) subsequently later (之后)

sufficient enough (足量)

terminate end (结束)

utilize use (使用)

vehicle car, tool (汽车，工具)

标点的使用

逗号

逗号是标点中最广泛使用和滥用的。以下是具体的指导：

1．在长的引导句或短语后加逗号。

Contrary to common belief, English women do not ware tweed nightgowns.

不同于通常的观念，英国妇女不穿苏格兰粗呢睡衣。

I’ve been on so many blind dates, I should get a free dog.

我已经相亲许多次了，应该已经找到合适的人了

如果引导句是短的，就不需要逗号了。

After the dinner I went home.

晚饭后,我回家了

2. 使用逗号避免混淆。试着不看逗号朗读这句话,你会听出问题来的。

Once you understand, the reason is clear.

一旦你理解了，理由也很清楚了。

If he chooses, William can take over the company.

如果威廉愿意的话，他可以接管公司。

3. 使用逗号来分开所列的项目。

The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like, and do what you’d rather not do.

让你健康的唯一方法是去吃你不想吃的食物，去喝你不喜欢的东西，去做你不想做的事4. 用逗号来分割有and, but, for, or, nor, yet, 或so连接词的完整的句子。

The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible times, and the pessimist fears this is true.

乐观主义者声称我们生活在最好的年代里，而悲观主义者都可以认为这不是事实。

Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.

每个人都在谈论天气，但是没人有所作为。

5. 用逗号来把不重要的短语和句子的其他部分分离开来。逗号间的词语可被删除，同时这

句话仍然通顺。

Unlike Andy Rooney, who puts out a book every year, I at least have the courtesy to wait two years before I offer something new.

和每年出书一本的安迪不同，我在拿出新作品之前至少要恭恭敬敬地等待两年。

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

一旦你习惯于悲观主义，它就像乐观主义一样让人愉快。

6．当你要直呼某人时，使用逗号。

Reader，suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you are a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.

读者们，无论你们把自己当作是傻瓜，还是议会一员，我总是重复同样的话。

Dr. Livingstone, I presume?

我猜您是里文史通博士？

7．在正确的名称和标题或说明性短语逗号（同位语）间加逗号。同位语就是在名词或短语后做进一步解释的词语。它们和插入语一样对于句子结构并不是必须的，但是能提供给读者一定的信息。

Bill Gates, Chairman of Microsoft, spoke in Las Vegas last month.

微软总裁比尔.盖茨上周在拉斯维加斯发言。

My son, the orthodontist, sent me flowers for my birthday.

我的儿子是位牙齿整形专家，在我生日那天，他送来鲜花贺岁。

Let us be grateful to Adam, our benefactor. He cut us out of the "blessing" of idleness and won for us the "curse" of labor.

让我们感谢恩人亚当，他除去我们安逸的“保佑”，为我们赢得了劳作的“诅咒”。