《商务英语精要 英文版·第8版》

PART 1ENGLISH FOR BUSINESS COMMUNICATION1

Unit 1 The Sentence and Other Units of Thought1

Unit 2 Nouns—Plural Forms7

Unit 3 Nouns—Possessive Case21

Unit 4 Personal Pronouns—Nominative and Objective Cases27

Unit 5 Personal Pronouns—Possessive Case and Compound Forms33

Unit 6 Indefinite Pronouns41

Unit 7 Relative and Other Pronouns50

Unit 8 Verbs57

Unit 9 Tenses of Verbs67

Unit 10 Mood and Voice of Verbs76

Unit 11 Troublesome Verbs80

Unit 12 Subject and Verb Agreement83

Unit 13 Subject and Verb Agreement(Continued)89

Unit 14 Infinitives,Gerunds,and Participles96

Unit 15 Adjectives101

Unit 16 Adverbs109

Unit 17 Prepositions116

Unit 18 Conjunctions121

PART 2STYLE IN BUSINESS WRITING127

Unit 19 Capitalization127

Unit 20 Abbreviations137

Unit 21 Numbers142

Unit 22 The Period,Question Mark,and Exclamation Point152

Unit 23 The Comma156

Unit 24 The Comma(Continued)163

Unit 25 The Semicolon and The Colon171

Unit 26 The Dash,Parentheses,and Apostrophe174

Unit 27 Quotation Marks,Underscores,and Hyphens178

PART 3WORD SKILLS FOR BUSINESS COMMUNICATION182

Unit 28 Dictionary Usage and Word Division182

Unit 29 Spelling189

Unit 30 Words Often Confused and Misused196

Unit 31 Synonyms and Antonyms203

Unit 32 Word Choice and Thought Expression206

PART 4APPLICATIONS OF COMMUNICATION SKILLS211

Unit 33 Effective Business Writing211

Unit 34 Editing and Proofreading215

Unit 35 Parts and Formats of Business Letters219

Unit 36 Request Letters and Acknowledgments230

Unit 37 Order Letters and Acknowledgments234

Unit 38 Claim and Adjustment Letters238

Unit 39 Public Relations Letters242

Unit 40 Memos245

Unit 41 The Résumé249

Unit 42 Employment Letters251

Checkpoint Answer Key257

Worksheets273

1 The Sentence and Other Units of Thought273

2 Nouns—Plural Forms275

3 Nouns—Possessive Case277

4 Personal Pronouns—Nominative and Objective Cases279

5 Personal Pronouns—Possessive Case and Compound Forms281

6 Indefinite Pronouns283

7 Relative and Other Pronouns285

8 Verbs287

9 Tenses of Verbs289

1O Mood and Voice of Verbs291

11 Troublesome Verbs293

12 Subject and Verb Agreement295

13 Subject and Verb Agreement(Continued)297

14 Infinitives,Gerunds,and Participles299

15 Adjectives301

16 Adverbs303

17 Prepositions305

18 Conjunctions307

Review of Part 1309

19 Capitalization313

20 Abbreviations315

21 Numbers317

22 The Period,Question Mark,and Exclamation Point319

23 The Comma321

24 The Comma(Continued)323

25 The Semicolon and The Colon325

26 The Dash,Parentheses,and Apostrophe327

27 Quotation Marks,Underscores,and Hyphens329

Review of Part 2331

28 Dictionary Usage and Word Division335

29 Spelling337

30 Words Often Confused and Misused339

31 Synonyms and Antonyms341

32 Word Choice and Thought Expression343

Review of Part 3345

33 Effective Business Writing349

34 Editing and Proofreading351

35 Parts and Formats of Business Letters353

36 Request Letters and Acknowledgments355

37 Order Letters and Acknowledgments357

38 Claim and Adjustment Letters359

39 Public Relations Letters361

40 Memos363

41 The Résumé365

42 Employment Letters367