商务英语口语实训 (4)

• E-commerce can be divided into: • E-tailing or "virtual storefronts" on websites with online
catalogs, sometimes gathered into a "virtual mall“ • Buying or Selling on various websites and/or online
network storage from my office computer. • 我想将资料从办公室电脑转送到计算机中
心网络的储存中。
merchandise ['mə:tʃəndaiz; -dais]
n. 商品
• general merchandise 日用商品 • merchandise trade 商品贸易 • merchandise sales 商品销售 • merchandise on hand 现货；库存商品 • purchase of merchandise 商品进货
• E-mail and fax and their use as media for reaching prospective and established customers (for example, with newsletters)
• Business-to-business buying and selling • The security of business transactions • Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_commerce
bargaining n. 讨价还价
• bargaining power 议价能力 • bargaining chip 谈判的筹码 • The women are bargaining with the
• Electronic commerce is generally considered to be the sales aspect of ebusiness. It also consists of the exchange of data to facilitate the financing and payment aspects of business transactions. This is an effective and efficient way of communicating within an organization and one of the most effective and useful ways of conducting business.
marketplaces
• The gathering and use of demographic data through Web contacts and social media
• Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), the business-tobusiness exchange of data
Unit 4 E-commerce
Part One Warm-up
• Do you know international e-commerce?
• Discuss this question with your partners in groupBaidu Nhomakorabea.
Key to the Question in Warm-up
ownership ['əunəʃip] n. 所有权
• state ownership 国家所有制 • private ownership 私人所有制 • land ownership 土地拥有权 • The matter in dispute is the ownership of
the house. • 眼下的纠纷是这所房子的所有权问题
Electronic commerce, commonly known as e-commerce or eCommerce, is a type of industry where the buying and selling of products or services is conducted over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks. Electronic commerce draws on technologies such as mobile commerce, electronic funds transfer, supply chain management, Internet marketing, online transaction processing, electronic data interchange (EDI), inventory management systems, and automated data collection systems. Modern electronic commerce typically uses the World Wide Web at least at one point in the transaction's life-cycle, although it may encompass a wider range of technologies such as e-mail, mobile devices, social media, and telephones as well.
Part Two Situational Dialogues Dialogue 1
storage ['stɔridʒ] n. 存储
• data storage 数据存储 • storage system 存储系统 • storage space 贮存面积 • I want to upload data to the computer