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1、汇丰银行商务写作教程（1）这是汇丰银行内部培训员工用的写作课程。它把写作分为五步：计划、组织、草稿、修改和编辑。分成 8 章讲解。讲解的时候举具体的例子做示范，对提高商务写作能力很有帮助。今天我们先来了解一下教程的体系和学习计划。 HSBC Writing Course-“Writing for Results“ Chapter 1 Plan your writingChapter 2 Organise your writingChapter 3 Draft and revise your writing to make it completeChapter 4 Revise your wri

2、ting to make it cohesiveChapter 5 Revise your writing to make it clear and conciseChapter 6 Revise your writing to make it courteousChapter 7 Structure difficult lettersChapter 8 Edit your writing Introduction Welcome to “Writing for Results“, a course that can help you enhance your English writing

3、skills. HSBC has designed this course for its staff in the Asia Pacific region. HSBC staff study this course to improve the e-mails, memos, faxes and letters they write at work.If youve never written business documents before, youll find this course extremely useful. Even if youre familiar with busi

4、ness writing, this course can still help you. “Writing For Results“ will help you write in a modern style. By the end of this course youll be able to write business documents that are: better organized, more complete, clearer and more concise, more courteous, more correct. The most important feature

5、 of the Writing Process is its five stages: plan-organize-draft-revise-edit Good writers follow the five stages of the Writing Process to-meet their readers expectations-get the results they want. （来源：中国物流论坛 实习生江巍 英语点津 Annabel 编辑）汇丰银行商务写作教程（2）开始写作之前要有个计划，这样在写作的时候才会知道自己要写什么、写作的目的是什么，才能更好的考虑用什么样的写作方式。

6、Chapter 1 Plan Objectives:By the end of this chapter, youll be able to plan your writing. Youll do this by deciding:-why you are writing-how you want your reader to respond-what you want your reader to knowWhy do you plan?What is the value of planning? Think about this.Have you ever sat at your desk

7、 not knowing how to begin? Very often, you may find writing difficult because you start writing right away. In other words, you overlook the importance of planning before you write. Unfortunately, “if you fail to plan, you plan to fail.“ So you need to plan your writing . and then write according to

8、 your plan. If you plan well, your writing is more likely to get the results you want.How can you plan your writing? Effective writers use 3 strategies.WHY are you writing?WHAT do you want the reader to do?WHAT does the reader need to know?These 3 questions provide a good framework for planning. Let

9、s look at them one by one.Why are you writing?The business world is full of busy people. They dont want to waste time reading meaningless letters, memos, faxes and e-mails. They dont want to guess why youre writing to them. Thats why its very important for you to state your purpose for writing very

10、clearly at the beginning. Look at the following letter:20 September 200XMr Robert Roman13/F 151 Gloucester RdWan ChaiHong KongDear Mr RomanHSBC CREDIT CARD 5411 8001 7633 8766 Thank you for your letter dated 18 September 200X.We would advise that the card fee would be automatically billed to your ca

11、rd account annually despite your renewed card is remained uncollected. However, annual fee can be refunded provided that the card is uncollected within a certain period and is returned to the Card Centre for cancellation.Please therefore pick up your renewed card at your earliest convenience. We are

12、 pleased to be of service. Yours sincerely S TSE Simon Tse Customer Service OfficerCard Centre Simons letter is not as effective as it could be. Its actually quite difficult to identify his purpose. You may have had to guess.Simon probably wanted to do two things:-to ask Mr Roman to collect his cred

13、it card and-to explain how the annual fee for credit cards is charged. So, you need to identify your purpose for writing. Your readers need to know why you are writing to them. Therefore, you should state your purpose for writing very clearly at the beginning. You can do this by writing a sentence w

14、hich begins with a set phrase followed by a verb. For example, Im writing to / I would like toexplain / requestWhen you use this method to state your purpose, the verb you choose is very important. Why? Because it helps your reader understand why you are writing.Here are some of the verbs you can us

15、e: announce, complain, confirm, explain, inform, notify, propose, request and suggest.WHAT do you want the reader to do?After you decide why you are writing, you need to determine your readers response.Your readers need to know exactly what you want them to do. Therefore, you should be very specific

16、 when determining your readers response. Compare the following two sentences:1. Please therefore pick up your renewed card at your earliest convenience.2. Please pick up your new card at our Central branch by 31 May.Sentence 2 is more specific than sentence 1.Remember: when you decide what you want

17、your reader to do, you need to be as specific as possible.WHAT does the reader need to know?So far, youve learned how to determine your purpose for writing and your readers response. But how can you determine what your reader needs to know? The answer depends on:-why you are writing and-what you wan

18、t the reader to do.Look at the letter again:20 September 200XMr Robert Roman13/F 151 Gloucester RdWan ChaiHong KongDear Mr RomanHSBC CREDIT CARD 5411 8001 7633 8766 Thank you for your letter dated 18 September 200X.We would advise that the card fee would be automatically billed to your card account

19、annually despite your renewed card is remained uncollected. However, annual fee can be refunded provided that the card is uncollected within a certain period and is returned to the Card Centre for cancellation.Please therefore pick up your renewed card at your earliest convenience. We are pleased to

20、 be of service. Yours sincerely S TSE Simon Tse Customer Service OfficerCard Centre IF Simon -wants to explain the charges (writers purpose)-expects Mr Roman to understand the charges (readers response) THEN Mr Roman needs to know (readers information)-WHAT the charges are-WHY the charges are applie

21、d-WHO to talk to if he has questions IF Simon-wants to ask Mr Roman to collect his credit card (writers purpose)-expects Mr Roman to collect his credit card (readers response)THEN Mr Roman needs to know (readers information)-HOW to collect his credit card-WHERE to collect his credit card-WHEN to col

22、lect his credit card He needs to know WHO? WHAT? WHY? WHERE? WHEN? and HOW? Some professional writers call these the five Ws and the one H. You can use the “5WIH“ questions when you plan the readers information. If you do this, you will ensure that your reader has all the necessary information.Summa

23、ryIn this chapter, youve learned the three strategies used in planning. Planning is a key to success in writing. “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.“Before you start to write, you have to plan what to write. You then write according to your plan. When you plan, you need to consider the following

24、:-the writers purpose-the readers response-the readers information. In other words, you can help your reader by stating very clearly why you are writing and how you expect your reader to respond. The 5W1H questions (who, what, why, where, when and how) help to ensure you have included all the necess

25、ary information. Then, you can provide the information your reader needs to know.（来源：中国物流论坛 实习生江巍 英语点津 Annabel 编辑）汇丰银行商务写作教程（3）汇丰银行商务写作教程（3） Welcome to Chapter 2. In Chapter 1 you learned how to plan a business letter. In this chapter, youre going to look at the second stage of the Writing Process:

26、Plan to Organise.OrganiseThis course is based on the Writing Process, a step-by-step procedure for producing effective correspondence. Therefore, HSBC recommends that you study each chapter of this course in order, beginning with the introductory chapter “Getting Started“. ObjectivesBy the end of th

27、is chapter youll be able to organise your writing. Youll do this by preparing a clear outline arranging the contents to fit the outline.Planning: A Quick ReviewIn Chapter 1, you learned about the planning stage of the Writing Process. Before you can organise your writing, its important that you have

28、 planned. Do you remember the three things you need to plan before beginning to write?Strategies DescriptionWriters purpose Why you are writingReaders response How you want the reader to respondReaders information What you want the reader to knowOrganising: Why Do ItA well-organised letter, memo, fa

29、x or e-mail is easy to read and understand. If you organise the contents of your correspondence well, you are more likely to get the results you want.So, organising is just as important as planning.In fact, the second stage of the Writing Process is closely related to the first. In the organising st

30、age, you arrange what youve planned to write. In other words, you make an outline.Organising: How To Do ItHow do you organise what you have planned? Do you need to use a different outline for every letter, memo, fax and e-mail that you write?Not at all! For some special situations, youll need specia

31、l outlines. Youll look at those in Chapter 7. However, for most of your written correspondence, you can follow a standard outline. Youll learn that outline in this chapter.But before you learn how to organise the contents of your correspondence, you should look at the various types of correspondence

32、 you may have to write.下一节我们将继续讲述 Organising: Types of Correspondence，不要错过哦！（来源：中国物流论坛 实习生江巍 英语点津 Annabel 编辑）汇丰银行商务写作教程（4）今天我们来继续上次学习的内容：商务写作中的 organization。Organising: Types of CorrespondenceHow many types of correspondence do you need to write?Basically, two:internal correspondence (the messages y

33、ou write to colleagues)external correspondence (the messages you write to customers).However, when you write to colleagues or customers, you can use a variety of documents.Do you know which types of documents you can use when you write to colleagues? And which types you can send to customers?For int

34、ernal correspondence, you can use e-mail, fax and memo. For external correspondence, you can use e-mail, fax and letter. The way you organise the content of most e-mails, faxes, letters and memos is similar. However, the format - or layout - of these documents is different. Can you recognise the for

35、mats of the documents you write?Below, you will see samples of four documents.MemoFaxLetterE-mailThe way you organise the contents of most documents is similar. Try to discover the basic outline you can use in most of your correspondence.Read through the memo below and try to identify what type of c

36、ontent each of the four paragraphs contains.The HSBC Group MEMOTo: All Staff Date: 20 July 200XFrom: General Manager ReferenceSubject: Dress Code As you know, we have always enforced a strict dress code. We have now revised this code. I would like to inform you of the changes.The code for branch sta

37、ff and office staff is different. As Im sure you will appreciate, there are no changes for branch staff. All branch staff must wear the correct uniform at all times. On the other hand, if you work in the office, you may wear smart-casual wear. However, on any day that you do meet people from outside

38、 the company, please ensure you are dressed in a business-like manner.Please adopt the new dress code from 1 September. If you have any questions, please call Annie Wong on 2344 7765.Answers: Paragraph1: backgroundParagraph2: writers purposeParagraph3: readers information Paragraph4: readers respons

39、e Now read through the letter below. Identify the type of content in each of the five paragraphs in the spaces provided.29 May 200X 34D Scenic LaneDiscovery BayLantau IslandDear Ms HuiClassic Visa Card: Annual FeeThank you for your letter of 5 November. In the letter, you mentioned that you had sent a cheque to settle your Visa Card Annual Fee.I would like to explain the situation.We have checked our records carefully. Unfortunately, we have not yet received the