任务二 The Useful Sentences of Business Letters

➲ Classic Sentence Recitation

1. According to a recent survey, four millions people die each year from diseases linked to smoking.

依照最近的一项调查，每年有4,000,000人死于与吸烟有关的疾病。

2. The latest surveys show that quite a few children have unpleasant associations with homework.

最近的调查显示相当多的孩子对家庭作业没什么好感。

3. No invention has received more praise and abuse than Internet.

没有一项发明像互联网一样同时受到如此多的赞扬和批评。

4. People seem to fail to take into account the fact that education does not end with graduation.

人们似乎忽视了教育不应该随着毕业而结束这一事实。

5. An increasing number of people are beginning to realize that education is not complete with graduation.

越来越多的人开始意识到教育不能随着毕业而结束。

6. When it comes to education, the majority of people believe that education is a lifetime study.

说到教育，大部分人认为其是一个终生的学习。

7. Many experts point out that physical exercise contributes directly to a persons physical fitness.

许多专家指出体育锻炼直接有助于身体健康。

8. Proper measures must be taken to limit the number of foreign tourists and the great efforts should be made to protect local environment and history from the harmful effects of international tourism.应该采取适当的措施限制外国旅游者的数量，努力保护当地环境和历史不受国际旅游业的不利影响。

9. An increasing number of experts believe that migrants will exert positive effects on construction of city. However, this opinion is now being questioned by more and more city residents, who complain that the migrants have brought many serious problems like crime and prostitution.

越来越多的专家相信移民对城市的建设起到积极作用。然而，越来越多的城市居民却怀疑这种说法，他们抱怨民工给城市带来了许多严重的问题，像犯罪和卖淫。

10. Many city residents complain that it is so few buses in their city that they have to spend much more time waiting for a bus, which is usually crowded with a large number of passengers.

许多市民抱怨城市的公交车太少，以至于他们要花很长时间等一辆公交车，而车上可能已满载乘客。

➲ Useful Sentences in Foreign Trade

1. They mainly trade with Japanese firms.

他们主要和日本商行进行贸易。

2. For the past five years, we have done a lot of trade with your company.

在过去的五年中，我们与贵国进行了大量的贸易。

3. Our trade is conducted on the basis of equality.

我们是在平等的基础上进行贸易。

4. There has been a slowdown in the wool trade with you.

和你们的羊毛贸易已有所减少。

5. Our foreign trade is continuously expanding.

我们的对外贸易不断发展。

6. Trade in leather has gone up (down) 3%.

皮革贸易上升（下降）了百分之三。

7. Trade in general is improving.

贸易情况正在好转。

8. Our company mainly trades in arts and crafts.

我们公司主要经营手工艺品。

9. They are well-known in trade circles.

他们在贸易界很有名望。

10. We trade with people in all countries on the basis of equality and mutual benefit.

我们在平等互利的基础上和各国人民进行贸易。

11. To respect the local custom of the buying country is one important aspect of China's foreign policy.

尊重买方国家的风俗习惯是我国贸易政策的一个重要方面。