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Reading Specimen Letters

I. Letter Layout.

Ex. 1. Look at the following two letters and answer the questions.

  1. What can you notice about the layout of the paragraphs?

  2. Is there any punctuation in the addresses?

  3. What differences are there between the two letters?

  4. What style is it?

Word List:

expand – make bigger

filing cabinets – office furniture for keeping files and folders

pp – ‘in the place of’

Ex. 2. There are many ways to lay out a business letter. The letters from Intercity Bank are examples of the most common way. Complete the description:

  • The name and address of the addressee (the person you are writing to) are at the top on the __________ (left or right?).

  • There is no punctuation in the address or after “Dear ...” or after “Yours faithfully/sincerely”.

  • The date is on the __________ (left or right?).

  • The paragraphs start at the margin. Between each paragraph there is ___________ .

  • Under the signature, there is ___________and __________ .

1)

Prapatan Office Supplies

Jalan Prapatan 7

Jakarta

Intercity Bank plc

Jalan Thamrin 58

Jakarta 11196

Indonesia

Tel 021-6376018

Fax 021-6376333

wvwv.intercity.com/indonesia

Your ref:

Our ref: JL/da/246

12 January 2004

Dear Sir or Madam

We are expanding our offices in Jakarta and we will need extra desks, lights, chairs and filing cabinets.

Please send us your catalogue with prices, sizes and colours for these items.

Yours faithfully

Jennifer Long

(Ms) Jennifer Long

Manager

2)

Mr S Basuki

Jakarta Furnishings

7 Jalan Arjuna

Jakarta

Intercity Bank plc

Jalan Thamrin 58

Jakarta 11196

Indonesia

Tel 021-6376018

Fax 021-6376333

wvwv.intercity.com/indonesia

Your ref:

Our ref: JL/fh/246

12 January 2004

Dear Mr Basuki

Office furniture

We are expanding our offices in Jakarta and we will need extra desks, lights, chairs and filing cabinets.

Please send us your catalogue with prices, sizes and colours for these items.

Yours sincerely

Susan Woods

pp Jennifer Long

Manager

II. Parts of a Letter, Beginning and Ending.

Interfon, Inc., USA, is looking for new business so they sent a letter to their bank’s branch in Bahrain. They received the faxed reply shown. Read the letters and answer the questions.

  1. What differences are there between the layouts of the two letters?

  2. How can Eastern Bank help Interfon?

  3. Do they send anything with their letter? How could you know about it?

  4. How do Eastern Bank begin the body of their letter?

Word List:

: – sometimes used after opening in American English

catalogs – British English: catalogues

Sincerely yours – British English: Yours sincerely/Yours faithfully

inquire – ask

forward – send further, pass on

enc – short for 'enclosure'

top copy – the original letter (rather than a photocopy or fax)

records – files

Dear Corporate Section Manager: – in American English, a job title is sometimes used to open a letter (British English: Dear Sir or Madam).

1)

Your ref

Our ref RW:jd

Corporate Section Manager

Eastern Bank

PO BOX 3455

Bahrain

Arabian Gulf

Interfon. Inc.

1677 sea Harbor Drive

Orlando, Florida 35509

USA

Telephone: 407-240 3000

Fax: 407-240 5454

export@interfon.com

_______________________

February 8, 2006

Dear Corporate Section Manager:

We are writing to inquire about agents for our products in Bahrain. Your branch in Orlando, Florida, has told us that you may be able to help us.

We manufacture radio telephones. At present, we export to Europe and Latin America, but we would like to start exporting to the Arabian Gulf.

Could you please forward this letter to any companies in Bahrain that might be interested in representing us? We enclose some of our catalogs.

Sincerely yours

Robert J. Winston

Robert J. Winston

Export Division

enc

2) 20 2 2005 15:03 FROM: EASTERN BANK, BAHRAIN 254363 p. 01

Your ref: RW:jd

Our ref: HD/mm

Mr Robert J Winston

Export Division Interfon, Inc.

1677 Sea Harbor Drive

Orlando, Florida 35509

USA

EASTERN BANK

PO Box 3455 Bahrain

Arabian Gulf

Tel 254809 Fax 254363

www.easternbank.com.bh

20 February 2006

Dear Mr Winston

Thank you for your letter of 8 February, enquiring about agents for your products. I am faxing this reply now but I will forward the top copy to you for your records.

We have passed your letter on to the following companies who will contact you direct:

Arabian Electronics PO Box 26180 Bahrain

Al Khajah Ltd PO Box 453 Bahrain

Zayani Radio and Television PO Box 76511 Bahrain

We hope that this will help you.

Yours sincerely

Husain Dhaif

Husain Dhaif

Corporate Section

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