1)A first enquiry
Dear Sirs,
We have learned from Smith and Company of Birmingham that you manufacture a range of high-fashion handbags in a variety of leathers. arVF9En。
We operate a quality retail business and although our sales volume is not large , we obtain high prices for our goods. Dlv2oKv。
Would you please send me a copy of your handbag catalogue with details of your prices and payment terms? yUIqWJ8。
We would find it most helpful if you could also supply samples of the various skins from which the handbags are made. NEeqfOV。
Yours faithfully,
Sandra Jones
Manager
====================================
A first enquiry
第一次询价
Dear Sirs,
执事先生:
We have learned from Smith and Company of Birmingham that you manufacture a range of high-fashion handbags in a variety of leathers. lP2bfMs。
从伯明翰.史密斯公司!获悉贵公司制作了一系列款式新颖的皮革手提包.
We operate a quality retail business and although our sales volume is not large , we obtain high prices for our goods. 6kq2nSu。
本公司经营高档零售业务,虽然销量不多,但货品属优质高档.
Would you please send me a copy of your handbag catalogue with details of your prices and payment terms? rFQE3YN。
现恳请惠寄货品目录、价格表和付款方式细则.
We would find it most helpful if you could also supply samples of the various skins from which the handbags are made. GYlSg7C。
此外,如蒙提供各类皮革样本,不胜感激.
Yours faithfully,
Sandra Jones
Manager
==========================================
Useful phrases
1.We have learned from ... that you
从…获悉贵公司…
2.We operate a quality retail business
本公司经营高档零售业务
3.Would you please send me a copy of your handbag catalogue NNRh00V。
现恳请惠寄货品目录…
4.We would find it most helpful if you could also supply samples of pD5duAK。
如蒙提供各类…样本,不胜感激
=======================================
Notes段意解说
1.Say how you obtained the company's address and indicate what you are interested in. XO3zKik。
各知如何取得收信人地址及发信原因．
2.Introduce yourself and describe your field of activity. dTQ66YU。
自我介绍有关经营的业务范围
3.Make your main request.
提出请求
4.The second request is going to cost the company more. Make it tactfully. UmaEYEF。
第二个请求花费较大，需要得体地提出．
=====================================
Alternative phrases替代用语
We have learned from Smith and Company of Birmingham that you manufacture a range of high-fashion handbags in a variety of leathers. WdSswfS。
(I have been told by/I have heard from...)
(...handbags in several different leathers...)
We operate a quality retail business and although our sales volume is not large , we obtain high prices for our goods. VPoVJLe。
Would you please send me a copy of your handbag catalogue with details of your prices and payment terms? kZQ0nBd。
We would find it most helpful if you could also supply samples of the various skins from which the handbags are made. IYp1k9h。
(It would be very helpful if...)
(...from which you make the handbags.)
============================================
Comments 评注
The enquiry is brief and to the point, telling the reader exactly what the enquiry is about. It requests the usual free literature and politely asks for an additional item:samples. XZW7BxD。
这封信简明扼要，让收信人确切清楚查询内容．先要求索取赠阅目录，再礼貌地要求提供样本
(2) Reply to a first enquiry
Dear Ms Jones,
Thank you for your enquiry of 16 July. We are pleased to hear that you are interested in our products. qh22puC。
We are sending you a copy of our latest catalogue under separate cover, together with samples of some of the skins we regularly use in the manufacture of our products. sAa6Vvp。
I regret to say that we can not send you the full range of samples. You can be assured , however, that such skins as crocodile and ostrich, not include in the watch, are of the same high quality. 17ZAu9r。
Mrs Angela Wane, our European Sales Manager, will be in the UK next month and will be pleased to call on you. She will have with her a wide range of our products. When you see them, we think that you will agree that only the best quality materials are used, and that the high standard of workmanship will appeal to the most discriminating buyer. M3bM59f。
We also manufacture a wide range of leather belts and gloves in which you may be interested. They are fully illustrated in our catalogue and are of the same high quality as our handbags. Mrs
