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。