
考试模块:商务英语谈判 考试时量:150分钟
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二、考试要求
(一)国际商务信息检索
1、阅读并理解所给信息;
2、检索并筛选有效信息;
3、填写并翻译所需信息。
(二)外贸业务谈判
1、了解谈判双方背景,合理设计谈判对话;
2、熟悉外贸业务流程和专业术语,灵活运用谈判策略;
3、语言表达到位,交流畅通,环节紧凑。
(三)外贸英语函电撰写
1、理解命题要求,确定函电性质;
2、函电格式正确,字数达标;
3、表达流畅,文字通顺,逻辑合理。
(四)商务谈判案例分析
1、阅读并理解所给案例;
2、熟悉进出口业务流程,并运用跨文化交际技巧分析案例;
3、借鉴国际贸易惯例,解决所给案例问题。
三、考试资料
(一)出口方基本情况
| Company | Hunan Provincial Light Industrial Products Corporation Ltd. |
| Url | http://www.chinavista.com/business/500/ch188.html |
| Office Address | No.4 East Wuyi Road, Changsha, Hunan, China |
| Zip code | 410001 |
| Phone | 86-731-8 4447135 |
| Fax | 86-731-8 4447844 |
| Company | TJ Morris Ltd. |
| Url | http://www.tjmorris.co.uk/ |
| Office Address | Axis Business Park, Gilmoss, Liverpool, Merseyside L11 0JA, U.K. |
| Phone | 0151 530 2920 |
| Fax | 0151 530 2922 |
After more than 30 years of great pains-taking development, the business of Hunan Provincial Light Industrial Products Corporation Ltd. (LIPC) has been increasingly enlarged. Now, its trade relations cover more than one hundred countries and regions; its total value of import and export reaches above 100,000,000US dollars. It has been awarded the honorable title of one of “the First 500 Enterprises in China” for four years continually.
Comprising twelve business departments, five branch companies, four factories and six Sino-overseas joint ventures, LIPC’s main business line includes: light industrial products, general merchandise, hardware, technology, porcelain, building material, textile and mechanism. Besides, LIPC also acts as an agent, under-taking processes with supplied samples, supplied drawings, or materials and compensation trade.
Recent years saw LIPC introducing technology, updating equipment, developing new products and improving the quality of products. “DH”, “DEYI” shoes, “FEITIEN” bags and cases, balls, “SEA GULL” batteries, “JIN BAO” tissue, “LOTUS” thermos etc. are greatly welcome by customers all over the world.
四、抽考试题
Section I国际商务信息检索 (30%)
Directions: Read the following brief introduction to TJ Morris Ltd. from the official website of the company.
A Brief Introduction to TJ Morris Ltd.
TJ Morris Ltd. was established over 30 years ago by Tom Morris. Tom comes from a retailing family that has run shops for three generations. Following the family tradition, TJ Morris Ltd. remains a family-run and family-owned business. The business operates on one key principle: to sell branded goods at the lowest prices possible. The company now boasts over 250 stores and employs more than 7,000 staff. Its primary business is in its UK based Home Bargains stores, formally known as Home & Bargains. Home Bargains stores have red and sky blue branding. They can usually be found in major shopping streets as well as in shopping centers and arcades. They are well known for being bright, attractive and welcoming and our friendly staff are always on hand to serve your needs.
Since opening his first store in Liverpool, Tom has grown the business organically to become one of the biggest privately owned companies in the UK. It is widely regarded as one of the largest businesses in Merseyside and is the third largest independent grocer in the country according to The Grocer Magazine. It is the most profitable of any of the listed grocers by an impressive margin. The retailer actually holds one third of the entire profit of the sum of the companies on the list. It carries a wide range of top quality brands—from health and beauty products to household goods, food, toys and so much more—all at prices that other retailers struggle to match.
(11)Over the next six months, the company is investing £15 million in opening 30 new stores across the country, creating 1,200 new jobs for the U.K. It intends to double its business in the next three to four years. By 2015, it expects to hit its billion pound turnover target, grow the number of stores nationwide to 350 stores—with the potential for 600 across the UK; and employ more than 10,000 staff. Work is almost completed on the company’s £35 million distribution centre at the Axis Business Park in Liverpool—which will enable it to grow its 170-strong store network and further increase its turnover and create 800 new jobs for Merseyside. The company’s ongoing success comes as a number of major high street retailers announce slumps in sales, shock profit warnings, and sliding share prices.
(12)The company has launched a new corporate website along with the e-commerce site. It has reinforced its ambitious growth plans with the launch of a new e-commerce website, www.homebargains.co.uk. In addition, The company—which recently joined The Sunday Times Top Track 100—will use its £35m distribution centre in Gillmoss to supply online customers, as well as its 250 stores across the U.K.
The website sells many of the same products that are available in Home Bargains stores, including toys and games, homeware, furniture and entertainment. However, shoppers can not yet buy food and drink via the site.
“We are focusing on adding larger high-value products first,” a spokeswoman said. “(13) As the website develops, the range will be expanded to include more items. Smaller items like food and drinks, plus toiletries like mouthwash and shower gel, are all in the pipeline.”
The website also offers “Group Buys”, one-off special deals where there is a limited amount of stock available. Current deals include a Peppa Pig bed for £9.99 offering a saving of £40. The site also advertises the retailer’s “Star Buys” special offers and deals of the week.
The move is TJ Morris’ second attempt at online retail. It launched www.halfpriceorless.com in 2000, and it proved very successful, being voted by customers as runner-up to Easy Jet in the Visa E-tail awards – Best Value Website category. (14)The site ran for just under three years before it was closed, as the company concentrated on further store openings.
Joe Morris, operations director of TJ Morris, comments: “We learned a lot through our initial e-commerce venture 10 years ago. (15)E-commerce is now an indispensable part of the retail landscape and we need to offer our customers this service. Every week we receive customer enquiries asking us when they’ll be able shop online – now they can.”
Task 1: Search for useful information in the passage and complete the summary below. Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS. (15%)
TJ Morris Ltd. Profile
Established over 30 years ago by 1 , TJ Morris Ltd. operates his business on one core principle: to sell branded goods at 2 possible. With more than 3 stores and over 7,000 staff, its main business is in its
| 4 Home Bargains stores, which have red and sky blue branding. It is the third largest independent grocer in the country according to The Grocer Magazine. It is the most profitable of any of the listed grocers by 5 , holding 6 of the entire profit of the sum of all listed companies. It provides a wide range of top quality brands, from health and 7 to household goods, food and toys. By 2015, it expects to reach its billion pound 8 target. Recently, it has launched a new e-commerce website to sell many of the same products that are available in 9 except for 10 . |
11. Over the next six months, the company is investing £15 million in opening 30 new stores across the country, creating 1,200 new jobs for the U.K.
12. The company has launched a new corporate website along with the e-commerce site.
13. As the website develops, the range will be expanded to include more items.
14. The site ran for just under three years before it was closed, as the company concentrated on further store openings.
15. E-commerce is now an indispensable part of the retail landscape and we need to offer our customers this service.
Section II外贸业务谈判 (25%)
Directions: You are required to design a dialogue based on the following situation with at least 250 words and 8 rounds.
| Situation: Mr. Brown (the importer), representative of TJ Morris Ltd., is meeting with Wang Jun (the exporter), Marketing Manager of Hunan Provincial Light Industrial Products Corporation Ltd. in Miss Wang’s office. They have settled the price, quality and quantity on the commodity of Honyar electric switches. Now they are talking about the terms of payment. |
Mr. Brown (the importer), representative of TJ Morris Ltd.
Tasks:
----Invite the counter party to negotiate the payment terms;
----Suggest D/A or D/P;
----Explain L/C will increase the cost of import;
----Insist on D/A or D/P;
----Compromise on other terms if D/A or D/P is acceptable;
----Suggest to pay half of the sales proceeds by sight L/C;
----Accept sight L/C;
----promise to open sight L/C next week;
----Ask for prompt shipment.
Party B:
Wang Jun (the exporter), Marketing Manager of Hunan Provincial Light Industrial Products Corporation Ltd.
Tasks:
----State that you only accept irrevocable sight L/C;
---- Insist on your original proposal;
----Suggest consulting the bank to reduce the deposit for opening the L/C;
----State the reason for asking for L/C (more protection to the exporter);
----Show regret for insisting on L/C;
----Suggest the buyer to reduce their order this time if they don’t accept sight L/C;
----Promise to deliver the switches on receiving sight L/C.
Section III 外贸英语函电撰写 (25%)
Directions: You are required to write a letter based on the following situation with at least 150 words. (Note: Your letter should adopt the modified-block style.)
| Situation: As the Sales Manager of Hunan Provincial Light Industrial Products Corporation Ltd., you are going to write to the Purchasing Manager from TJ Morris Ltd, who has placed an order for 600 boxes of electric switches, to extend your request for the terms of payment. (For more information about the two parties, please refer to the background information given above.) |
Indicate the inside addresses of the sender, the receiver, the date, the complimentary close and the signature;
Extend your appreciation for the order and the client’s intention to push the sales in his country;
Decline the client’s request for payment under usance L/C;
Require the terms of payment---by confirmed irrevocable L/C at sight, with partial shipment not allowed and transshipment allowed;
Explain the reason you insist on L/C --- your usual practice;
Express your expectation from the addressee.
Section IV商务谈判案例分析 (20%)
Directions: Read the following case and analyze the problem with at least 100 words.
| Case: Hunan Provincial Light Industrial Products Corporation Ltd. concluded a deal to export 600 boxes Honyar electric switches to TJ Morris Ltd. As stipulated in the contract, the payment term is irrevocable sight L/C. TJ Morris Ltd Company soon issued a relative L/C within the valid period of the contract and sent it to the advicing bank. After Hunan Provincial Light Industrial Products Corporation Ltd. received the L/C, they found some terms were not in compliance with the contract. In order to save time and finish the shipment of the goods sooner, they immediately informed the issuing bank to amend the L/C, and asked the bank to send the amendments to their company. Consequently, the issuing bank refused to do so, and the Chinese party bore the risk of non-payment. |
Your analysis should be written according to the following clues:
1.Case analysis
2.Solution
3.Suggestion or Summary
