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From: P. steelpes, Career Planning
Date: May 22, 2005
Subject: Request for Paid Education Leave
In response to your request for one year of paid education leave to take a
degree in English literature, I have to inform you that we cannot authorize th
is leave.
While we appreciate your desire to improve your knowledge, we feel that
English literature is not directly related to your present position and to the go
als of this organization.
I am aware of your great interest in literature, and I would like to point
out that you could gain advantage to apply for leave without pay.
If you need another information on the above, do not hesitate to keep tou
ch with me at any time.
P. steelpes
编辑注：首先要注意本篇备忘录的格式很标准。然后注意这个备忘录的个别词的用法，譬如：be aware of 注意到、当心的意思，point out 指出,request for
要求，in response to 反馈。
例4、Directions: You are a supervisor of a big company. The chief of oper
ations wants to adopt the“punch-in”system to increase productivity. Write a me
mo to talk about this:
1) Does the “punch-in”system benefit the company?
2) If the company doesn’t adopt it, what else can we do to increase prod
uctivity.
You should write about 100 words.
To: David Green, Chief of Operations
From: Tony Party , Supervisor
Date: March. 22, 2005
Subject: Comments on the “Punch-in” System
This is further to your memo dated March. 20, 2004, in which you propo
sed that employees adopt the “punch-in” system.
I fully agree with you that we must increase productivity. As far as your
proposal that if the “punch-in” system is adopted, we would have a tighter co
ntrol over the employees is concerned. However, I don’t think so. I personally
think that, to accomplish this, we should give the employees more incentives
to work faster. I feel that if we ( the supervisors) could meet with you , we
could discuss different possiblilities to create such incentiveness.
Your consideration of this suggestion would be appreciated.
Tony Party
*编辑注：此篇是对一篇备忘录的回复。生产主管认为实行打孔考勤制度（“p
unch-in”system），有利于增加生产效率。但督察却不这样认为。他认为“should
give the employees more incentives to work faster”。
例5、 Directions: You are a manager of administration office naming Ver
a. M. Bradford. The board of directors have decided to renovate the Fitness C
enter. Write a memo to tell all the employees that:
1) How long will this project last?
2) Welcome the employees to provide suggestions.
You should write about 100 words.
To: Every Employee
From: Brian Aponte
Date: November 18, 2005
Subject: Fitness Center
The board of directors approved the idea to renovate the Fitness Center at
its meeting yesterday.
Work on the Fitness Center will begin right now and should be completed
within 90 days. An employee representative from each division will be appoin
ted to determine the type of equipment and programs that will be made availa
ble.
We are happy to be able to provide a facility that will contribute to the
physical fitness of all our employees. Your representative on the task force wil
l contact you soon for your suggestions about activities and equipment.
Brian Aponte
Administration Office, Manager
* 编辑注：这是一篇关于公司修建健身中心的备忘录。备忘录中说健身中心
工作马上开始而且“completed within 90 days”。而且希望各部门代表与主办部门
联系，征求关于活动和设备的意见。
附BEC写作介绍
随着中国人学习英语风潮的持续升温，拥有日常英语交流能力已经变得不足为
奇，未来在就业市场上走俏的将是职业英语，即能够用英语交流工作中的问题，
比如和外国同事讨论公司的市场营销策略或者代表公司和外国公司接洽等。但是
目前绝大多数学生和职场新人对于商业英语非常陌生。笔者认为，备考剑桥商务
英语证书(Business English Certificate，简称BEC)是有志跻身于商业职场的
人士熟悉商业场景、学习商业英语的最佳方法。 BEC考试的显著特点就是把商业实际和英语运用结合起来，分成初、中、
高三级(BEC Preliminary, BEC Vantage, BEC Higher)
，其中BEC中级最符合广大考
生的求职需求。BEC中级考试分成听、说、读、写四项考查，各占总成绩1/4，其中写作
部分与听、说、读相比，因其考查形式固定，内容要求有限，因而最易得高分。写作部分包
含两个部分：Part One, 备忘录或电子邮件(Memo or Email)，占写作成绩的1/3；Part
Two, 商务信件、报告或提议(Letter, Report or Proposal)，占写作成绩的2/3。两部分
相比，Part One要求简单，较之Part Two更容易提高，本文以《剑桥BEC真题集(中级)
第二辑》的Test Two, Part One为例，详细分析Part One的写作流程，并在最后给出
BEC写作的复习资料。
样
样样
样 题
题题
题
You are the Managing Director of a company whose profits have recently
increased and you would like to reward staff for this.
Write a memo to all staff:
Thanking them for their contribution
Explaining why profits increased
Telling them what their reward will be.
Write 40~50 words
题目解读
题目解读题目解读
题目解读 BEC中级写作考试总时长为45分钟，根据词数要求和分值，通常小作文写作
不超过
15分钟。应试创作可分成以下三步：1．审题构思Read & Plan (3 mins)；2．写作Write
(10 mins)；3．检查Check (2 mins)。
Part One的题目背景通常是一事、两人、三要点。本题中，最近公司利润增长，“你”
作为公司的董事总经理(Managing Director)将对全体员工(all staff)进行奖励，备忘录的
内容需包括三个要点：感谢员工的贡献，解释利润增长原因，并告之奖励内容。正文词数要
求为40～50个词，因为商务英语要求简洁，词数要求有上限，这和四、六级以及考研写作
只规定词数下限有所区别，但实际考试时允许少量超标，比如接近60词。
内容
内容内容
内容、
、、
、结构
结构结构
结构、
、、
、语言和形式
语言和形式语言和形式
语言和形式
内容
内容内容
内容
首先可根据各要点的逻辑关系调整写作顺序，比如在本题中，先解释利润增长的原因，
再感谢员工，最后宣布奖励。其次应针对要点简要展开论述，比如利润增长的原因可能是销
售量增加(the increase of sales)、成本降低(the reduction of cost)或推出新产品(the
launch of the new product)；而奖励的内容经常是集体旅行(a company trip)、涨工
资(an increase of salary)或发放奖金(bonus)。要点扩展应注意两点：其一，商务交流
要求具体，比如利润的增长比去年同时段增加10%；其二，扩展内容应符合商务实际，如
全体员工工资上浮50%、增加带薪假期(paid leave)、开派对(a party)或唱卡拉
OK(Karaoke)等奖励都是不符合商务实际的。如果确实对商务实务不熟悉，可用简单的理
由以避免出错，比如公司业绩增长的原因可以宽泛地写成是员工的努力工作和加班(hard
work and long working hours)。
结构
结构结构
结构 因为文章内容很少，总词数只有50个词左右，写作时应写成一个整体，不应出现每句
一段的散文诗文章，而且不要刻意使用first和second之类的过渡词语。
语言
语言语言
语言
Part One题目中的要点通常以三个现在分词形式给出，写作时通常是三句话，即针对
每个现在分词写一句话，平均句长在15个词左右。备考时应针对题目中常见的分词动词准
备相应的表达方式，尽量避免重复使用题目中的词句即可。比如，
解释原因
解释原因解释原因
解释原因：
：：
：
连词：because, since, for, so；短语：because of, due to, owing to
表示感谢：
Thank you very much for...; I would like to thank you for...; I am very
grateful for...; It was very kind of you to ...
奖励：
A rise in salary of X%; A bonus of X% of your monthly salary; A trip to
Hawaii/At
hens/Maldives
需要注意的是，商务英语要求正式文体，较之非正式文体，其有以下常见特点：
正式 非正式
Headquarters, September (不简写) H.Q. Sept. (缩写)
schedule, discuss (精确动词) set, talk about (宽泛动词或词组) A copy has been sent. (被动语态) I sent you a copy. (主动语态)
形式
形式形式
形式
最后需要考虑的就是备忘录的形式。正式考试时，文字题目下方会模拟商务实际，附上
备忘录开头片段，包括To, From, Date, Subject等细节，但是考生不必直接在片段后书
写，应该在试题纸背面写作，写作时不要求必须有From, To等内容，但若能准确而符合商
务习惯地写出备忘录细节，无疑会增加文章的印象分，这里简单介绍一下备忘录细节的注意
事项。
To: 备忘录对象
如果具体到人，最好写出全名，不要写自己的真实姓名，有作弊嫌疑，尤其不能“重名”，
如Bill Tom，Bill和Tom都是名(Given name)，而不是姓(Family name)，一个简单的
处理方法就是use others?name，比如男名Bill Gates, Michael Scofield, Jay Chou
或女名
From: 备忘录作者
要点同上，一般不用尊称，只有对方不知道自己身份的时候才后缀职位名称。
Date: 日期
BEC属于英联邦国家的考试，日期的写法一般为日、月、年，比如7 December 2002，
注意月份用英文而不是数字，以免和日期混淆，可以缩写，比如将一月写作Jan(也可以用
开放标点)。
Britney Spears, Jennifer Aniston等；若显示关系亲密，还可以把名字缩写，比如
B. Gates, M. Scofield, J. Chou, B. Spears, J. Aniston等；如果写给上级，还应该加上尊称甚至职位，比如Mr. Bill Gates — Managing Director, Mr. Jay Chou — Art
Director等；现代商务写作中流行开放标点(Open Punctuation)，即标点不影响理解的
时候可以不用，所以Mr./Ms./Mrs.后面的省略点也可以省去，简单写成Mr/Ms/Mrs；最
好不要省去名字。