Business-English-Writing-Chapter-7-Informational&A

BusinessEnglishWriting外国语学院10级英语（商务方向）本科3班梁健Chapter7Informational＆AnalyticalReportsBusinessReportsInformationalReportsAnalyticalReportsByFunctionInformationalReports•PeriodicReports[,piəri'ɔdik]•SituationalReports•InvestigativeReports7.2.3InvestigativeReports•Investigativereportsarewritteninresponsetoarequestforinformation.•Thepurposeofsuchareportistoprovidedataforaspecificsituation.•Aninvestigativereportisadocumentthatismeanttoprovideinformationonacertaintopicthatisnoteasilyobtained.Itismeanttopresentthereaderwithawealthofeasilyunderstoodinformationandusuallycontainsafewinterviewsonthesubject.Inordertowriteasuccessfulinvestigativereport,onemustconductafairamountofresearchandprovidethereaderwithawealthofinformationsothatheorshecanmakeaninformedchoiceontheirviewofthesubject.•Youshouldidentifythepurposeandthescopeoftheinvestigationintheintroductionpart.•Thebodyofthereportmayincludethefactsandfindings.Youcanthenendthereportwithasummary.Noconclusionsorrecommendationsarerequiredforinvestigativereports,unlessyouareaskedtodoso.To:QingWuping,PresidentFrom:StudentUnionDate:March30,2007Subject:SurveyonStudent’sSatisfactionwithCurriculumSampleP110ThePurposeAttherequestoftheAcademicAffairsDepartment,theStudentUnionconductedaninvestigationtodeterminewhetherthestudentsweresatisfiedwiththecoursesofferedbytheUniversity.Thisreportgivestheresultoftheinvestigation.ScopeoftheInvestigation调查人群Weinterviewed500fromtheeightcollegesoftheUniversity....MethodsofInvestigation调查方式Weconductedtheinvestigationthroughthreemethods:interviews采访，questionnaires问卷调查，andthestudent’scourseevaluations课程评估.Wesentout400questionnairesand200studentsrespondedtothem.100studentschosenrandomly['rændəmli]任意地,随便地fromstudentIDnumberswereinterviewed.FindingsStudentscommentedonthedesignofthecurrentcurriculumandontheindividualcoursesaswell...Merits:Weakness:SummaryAllthestudentsparticipatingtheinvestigationaresatisfiedwiththecoursestheyhavetakenandtheyaresuretheycandobetterastheUniversityimprovesthecurriculum.To:From:Date:Subject:ScopeoftheInvestigationMethodsofInvestigationFindingsSummary•标准版式商务英语报告写作的总体原则•在撰写商务英语报告时，应确保报告内容准确无误（Accurate）、简明扼要（Brief），结构清晰（Clear），建议明确果断（Decisive），故简称ABCD原则。具体内容如下：•内容准确无误：报告的正确性不仅仅是指英语语法、标点符号和拼写，更重要的是其内容要叙述的正确。报告的事实陈述部分既不能因哗众取宠而夸大其词，也不能因其涉及的令人不愉快的消息而低调陈述。实事求是、准确无误是报告写作的重要原则。•内容简明扼要：报告的长短一般取决于报告的内容及其正式程度。正式报告篇幅一般较长，而非正式报告则较短。不论何种报告，报告的语言必须简洁、流畅，切忌陈词滥调。一份拖沓冗长的报告不仅写时费力，对方阅读更浪费时间。撰写商务英语报告时要尽量避免罗嗦，用尽可能较少的文字，完整、清楚地表达需要表达的意。••结构清晰明了：用数字、符号标明段落、层次、要点等，加强逻辑性，使读者一目了然。•建议明确果断：多数报告都有结论和建议部分，是报告的核心。撰写时，应确保报告的结论和建议是经过充分论证而得出的，而且应明确果断，切忌模棱两可。