本书从以作者为中心的写作过程出发，介绍了商务报告的信息收集方法、分析方法、阐释方法、商务报告中常用的段落展开策略、编辑修订方法等，力图在报告写作的各个环节给予读者最简单实用的指导。除此之外，本书还提供了九种最常见报告的简要介绍和例文，供读者在需要时参考使用。最后，为了帮助读者克服语言上的不足，本书以实例的形式列出了报告写作在选词、造句、成段时的注意事项。

本书详细介绍了三种最为常见的报告形式：备忘录报告、信件报告和规范形式报告，并对每一种形式的构成要素做出了详尽的说明。读者可以将其作为报告写作时的模板，按照每一要素的具体要求模仿写作，即可以保证报告在形式上的专业性。

本书适合于涉外企业文秘人员；大专院校商务、经贸英语专业学生；大专院校英语专业高年级学生；欲毕业后从事涉外商务工作的在校学生；其他需要商业类写作培训的团体和个人。

Preface

Chapter 1 Orientation to Business Report

 1.1 When do You Write a Report?

 1.2 What do You Write a Report to Do?

 1.3 For Whom is a Report Written for?

 1.4 What is a Business Report?

Chapter 2 Classification and Structure of Business Report

 2.1 Classification of Business Report

2.1.1 Why Classify?

2.1.2 Different Classification System

 2.2 Structure and Elements of Formats of Business Report

2.2.1 Report in the Form of Memo

2.2.2 Report in the Form of Letter

2.2.3 Formally Structured Report

 2.3 Frequently-Required Business Report

2.3.1 Minutes

2.3.2 News Release

2.3.3 Progress Report

2.3.4 Proposal

2.3.5 Justification Report

2.3.6 Job Description

2.3.7 Feasibility Report

2.3.8 Policies and Procedures

2.3.9 Instructions

2.3.10 Annual and Quarterly Report

2.3.11 Market Investigation Report

 2.4 Exercises

Chapter 3 Writing Procedures and Developing Strategies for Business Report

 3.1 Three Steps to Complete Business Report

3.1.1 Planning

3.1.2 Writing

3.1.3 Editing and Revision

 3.2 Developing Strategies of Business Report

3.2.1 Definition

3.2.2 Process

3.2.3 Classification

3.2.4 Comparison and Contrast

3.2.5 Cause and Effect

3.2.6 Tables and Graphs

 3.3 Exercises

Chapter 4 Style and Language of Business Report

 4.1 Style of Business Report

4.1.1 Qualities of an Effective Business Report

4.1.2 Stylistic Features of an Effective Business Report

 4.2 Linguistic Features of Business Report

4.2.1 Linguistic Feature on Lexical Level

4.2.2 Linguistic Feature on Syntactic Level

4.2.3 Linguistic Features on Paragraphic Level

 4.3 Punctuation

 4.4 Exercises

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