【正文】 作“通知”解, advise(us of)the name of your “通知”解經(jīng)常用在商務(wù)英語函電中, have the honour to inform you that........本人榮幸地通知貴方......notify是個更正式的詞,、 notify the staff to meet in my office at 8:00 tomorrow “通知”解多用作名詞,指書面通知。14 affiliated pany, associated pany, branch, subsidiary affiliated pany指部分或全部為其他公司所擁有,翻譯成漢語為“關(guān)系公司、聯(lián)號、分公司、聯(lián)營公司”,但在法律上和經(jīng)濟(jì)上是獨(dú)立的；associated pany翻譯成漢語為“聯(lián)營公司、聯(lián)號”,其股票至少有20％,但不到50％或51％為其他公司所有；branch作為分公司在經(jīng)濟(jì)上和法律上不是獨(dú)立的,沒有自己的公司章程,它以總公司的名義,根據(jù)其委托進(jìn)行商務(wù)活動,只是一個下屬公司；subsidiary指分公司,也可翻譯成“女兒公司”,因為這種公司的活動受母公司(holding pany)(affiliates)。margin指成本與售價的差額、賺頭、“保證金”的意思，如：narrow/thin margin 薄利。profit多指現(xiàn)金、物質(zhì)上的“利潤、好處”,且常用復(fù)數(shù)形式。10 branch, subsidiary, outlet, divisionBranch 指“銀行或其他組織的分支，部門，支部等/（屬于某大公司或機(jī)構(gòu)的）地方辦事處或分店”，如：a branch post office 郵局的分局；subsidiary 指“子公司或附屬公司”；outlet 指“商店：出售特定制造商或批發(fā)商的貨物的商店，代銷店或經(jīng)銷店”，可譯為“代銷店，專賣店”；division 指“部門：政府或公司的一個部分，屬一行政或功能單位”，如：sales division of our pany本公司的銷售部，accounting division 會計部門。conservative 多為貶義，意為“保守的，守舊的” 5 keep, maintain, retain, stayKeep 是一個常用單詞，表示“保持”，很普遍；maintain表保持，維護(hù)時常常與抽象名詞搭配，如：maintain health保持健康，但表示供養(yǎng)時可說maintain a family；retain可與抽象和具體名詞搭配；stay 常常與形容詞搭配使用，或與名詞形成固定搭配，如：stay healthy, stay in contact。3 cost, rate, overheads, tariff, fee, fare, chargeRate 作“比率”解，如：interest rate利息率, insurance rate保險費(fèi)率；也可指“價格、費(fèi)用，特制針對某項服務(wù)的具體收費(fèi)”，但多用復(fù)數(shù)，如：telephone rates電話費(fèi)用，postal rates 郵資，rate for babysitters 臨時保姆費(fèi)用。第一篇：BEC商務(wù)英語近義詞辨析近義詞辨析facility, plant, works, functionFacility 指“能夠或易于做某事的環(huán)境、設(shè)備等”；plant等同于factory，意為“工廠、車間”, 多用于美語，尤為工業(yè)加工者；works指“較大的建筑物群及其機(jī)器設(shè)備，一般并不生產(chǎn)成品”，如：a gasworks煤氣廠, an ironworks鋼鐵廠；function 指“重大的社交聚會、宴會”。Infrastructure 指“基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施：社會或社區(qū)正常運(yùn)作所需要的基本設(shè)施，服務(wù)和安裝設(shè)備等，如交通與通信系統(tǒng)，水與電力供給線，以及學(xué)校、郵局和監(jiān)獄等公共機(jī)構(gòu)”。conventional多為中性詞，意為“按慣例辦事的，傳統(tǒng)的”。bonus, premium, benefit，allowanceBonus 著重指“在原有工資基礎(chǔ)上額外給予的獎金，紅利”；premium指“付給某人的額外的獎金或保險費(fèi)”，如：a productivity bonus生產(chǎn)獎金，May Day’s bonus 五一節(jié)獎金；prize指“在競賽或游戲中得勝所得的獎金”；benefit 指“（生病、年老、失業(yè)等時的）救濟(jì)金，補(bǔ)助費(fèi)”；allowance指“在定期的間隔或為特定目的而給予的某物，如津貼，補(bǔ)貼”，如：travel allowance 差旅津貼 9 entitled, authorized, entrustedEntitled 指“有權(quán)（得到）”，authorized 指“有權(quán)（批準(zhǔn)），受委托代表??（行使權(quán)力）”，entrusted 指“被委托（管理錢物）等”。12 advantage, benefit, profit, margin advantage通常指處于優(yōu)勢而獲得的“利益”.I don’t see much advantage in raising the price of the product 。如果profits和benefit越多,可能就會有advantage。完成,使生效”等意思，如：SARS had a serious effect on our business last ，effect an insurance policy 取得保險單。16 essential, indispensable, necessary essential “主要的，核心的，本質(zhì)的，必不可少的”, 該詞還能作名詞，表示必需品，常用復(fù)數(shù)，如：The essential point is we must do what the contract ；indispensable強(qiáng)調(diào)客觀上是必不可少的，否則就無法維持生命或做不成某一件事，如：Warm clothing is indispensable in cold ，厚衣服是必不可少的；necessary是一般用語，強(qiáng)調(diào)從主觀上看是必須的，不可避免的。setup表示“創(chuàng)立、建立、設(shè)立”，它除了指建立企業(yè)，還經(jīng)常用來指設(shè)立機(jī)構(gòu)、組織、制度等，如：setup of a government(mittee, hospital, clinic)建立一個政府（委員會、醫(yī)院、診所）等。Average 一詞的確切含義為“通常的、尋常的”，強(qiáng)調(diào)其特征平常、不突出。25 sector, divisionsector 意為“國民經(jīng)濟(jì)的一個部分或分支”，divisions指“按行政管理來劃分的部門”或“一個公司里的某個部門”。已于2000年開考的、由英國劍橋大學(xué)考試委員會與中國全國高等教育自學(xué)考試指導(dǎo)委員會聯(lián)合推出并頒發(fā)證書的“商務(wù)管理”、“金融管理”兩個專業(yè)指定BEC為其英語課程。全國已有26個省、直轄市、自治區(qū)的34個城市設(shè)有58個考點(diǎn)。第三篇：商務(wù)英語BEC教案Unit 1 a Teamwork Teaching aims and requirements: To enable students to talk about teams and teamwork To practise reading for gist and specific information To enable students to make and change arrangements Important and difficult points:Important words, the useful phrase to make an arrangement Teaching content: Assessing teams Speakingrank requirements for successful teamwork and then decide if they work in good 1read through an article and decide how Cussons improved teamwork at its Polish then read the text again and match endings with sentence match verbs, preositions and nouns from the text, then summarise what happened at discuss how teamwork can help their class prepare for the Cambridge BEC 1 b Communication Teaching aims and requirements: To enable students to take and leave telephone massages To raise awareness of clarity in spoken language To practise reading for gist and specific information To practise listening for gist and specific information Important and difficult points:Listening skills Teaching content: Keeping in touch Speakingfind out about each other’s use of various forms of munication Readingread for gist through an article on English for international business and give each paragraph a then answer prehensiong discuss the difficulties of understanding spoken voice mails Listening 1listen to five voice mails and match each with its students then identify which of the calls they find difficult to understand and focusfocus on clarity in messages and phrases for leaving answer machine reformulate one of the voice mails to improve its 2 a Entertaining a Client Teaching aims and requirements: To raise awareness of and practise techniques for encouraging conversation To practise speaking about general topics in preparation for the Speaking Test To practise reading for specific information Important and difficult points:How to encourage conversation Teaching content: Choosing a restaurant Reading 1look at a customer satisfaction form and choose the three most important criteria for judging a good students ask each other about the last restaurant they visited using the criteria from the formReading 2read an advertisement for Porters restaurant to find which criteria are discuss the suitability of the restaurant for particular the most memorable restaurant they have been 2 b Corporate Hospitality Teaching aims and requirements: To enable students to talk about corporate hospitality To raise awareness of formal versus informal language in letters To review language for making and dealing with invitations To practise writing a letter of acceptance Important and difficult points:How to mix business with pleasure Teaching content: Mixing business with pleasure Speakingread miniprofiles and choose suitable ways of entertaining corporate guestsReading 1scan an article about a course on business socialising to find ways of entertaining corporate paragraph heasing with paragraphs and then match endings with sentence discuss the advantages and disadvantages of m