W3CHINA.ORG讨论区--English Forum--20070113

I.   Business English
交貨和裝運
1. The shipment has arrived in good condition.      運到之貨情況良好。
2. I hope you'll be entirely satisfied with this initial shipment.     我希望您能對第一批貨感到滿意。
3. Please exercise better care with future shipments.     對今後裝運的貨，請多加注意。
4. We regret we can't ship as you desired.       很抱歉，我們不能按你們的要求裝船。
5. An early reply from you will help us to speed up the shipment.    如果你們儘快答復，我們便可以加快出貨速度。
6. The order No. 105 is urgently required so we have to ask you to speed up shipment. 第105號訂單所訂貨物我們要急用，請你們加快出貨速度。
7. Could you manage to hasten the delivery?      你們能否加快裝運？
8. Could you possibly effect shipment more promptly?     你們能不能提前一點交貨呢？
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II.  Method of English Learning
英语大师们讲解英语學习方法
吳冰
* 學習外語和學習任何知識一樣，是不能投機取巧的。首先要有刻苦的精神和持之以恒的決心。
* 語言是有聲的，因此一開始就要把語音的基礎打好。發音正確，別人才能聽懂你的話，同時也便於你通過“聽”來學習新的知識。
* 我們常說的“英語基本功”包括聽、說、讀、寫這四個相關的方面，學習時要儘量平衡發展，如果其中一項過差，會從總體上影響外語水平的提高。如今僅電視一個渠道就有許多“聽”的節目，可“讀”的書更多。至於“說”和“寫”完全可以自己練習。沒有人對話，可以採用英語思維的辦法跟自己說。“寫”這可以通過記日記來提高，一天記一件事，可以寫“聽”到或“讀”到過的，這樣就復習了從“聽”和“讀”中獲取的語言知識。
* 學習外語“懂得了”不等於“掌握了”。如對中國人來說，理解 she 和 he 二字並不難，但用起來卻每每出錯，因此要常練、多練、反復練。
* 語言是與文化緊密聯繫的，不瞭解英語國家的歷史和文化，即便能說英語，在交流中也難免產生誤解和其他困難。
* 學英語除了肯下功夫外，還要動腦筋總結英語特點，比較英語和漢語的“同”和“異”。看到了“同”有助於提高學習效率，不過，需要注意學習和掌握的還是“異”的部分。
* 要想學好英語，得不怕麻煩，勤查外國人為初學者編寫的單語詞典，因為使用雙語詞典時，大多數人常圖方便只看中文，而英語解釋不但更加準確，而且通過看英語解釋還能復習常用辭彙和表達法，可謂“一箭雙雕”。
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III. IT News
Microsoft Announces Office 2008 for Mac
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 9, 2007 -- Microsoft Corp.’s Macintosh Business Unit (Mac BU) revealed at Macworld Conference & Expo 2007 the news Mac fans have been waiting to hear: A new version of Office for Mac is on its way. The Mac BU announced its intent to deliver the first Universal version of Office for Mac for PowerPC- and Intel-based Macs — Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac. Scheduled to be available in the second half of 2007, Office 2008 for Mac will allow Mac users to work smarter and more efficiently with new and enhanced tools that are simple, intuitive and easily discovered.
"For more than two decades, Microsoft has been committed to delivering quality and innovation on the Macintosh platform while retaining unparalleled compatibility with PCs," said Roz Ho, general manager of the Mac BU at Microsoft. "Office 2008 is, by far, the most comprehensive, Mac-complementary productivity suite we’ve developed to date. I’ve witnessed firsthand the progression of this product, and am excited to think about the possibilities that soon will be available to our customers when Office 2008 launches later this year."
Microsoft conducted extensive customer research to determine which enhancements to make to its Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Entourage applications. As a result, Office 2008 for Mac is packed with new tools to help Mac users better manage the business of life.
Shared Technologies With Office for Windows
Office 2008 for Mac shares a new graphics engine with Office for Windows. Office Art 2.0 provides users with the ability to add professionally designed graphics with a simple click of a button. Like the 2007 Microsoft Office system and its new user interface (UI) with the Ribbon, Office 2008 has its own new UI that introduces Elements Gallery, a feature that emphasizes discoverability and gives users quick access to tools and Mac-specific features within applications in a visually appealing, simple way. Both features leverage Mac OS capabilities to retain a Mac-like look and feel users are familiar with while taking advantage of new technologies.
Part of the Elements Gallery is a tool called Document Parts. Documents Parts simplify and automate some of the most common, but often difficult and tedious, document tasks — such as adding a table of contents or headers and footers — so users can produce manuscripts and papers that look professional.
New Mac-First, Mac-Only Features
Microsoft continues to deliver new Mac-first, Mac-only features aimed at providing customers with a unique, engaging and definitively Mac experience. Office 2008 for Mac will carry on the tradition of Mac BU’s productivity software, helping users get organized and work smarter through these features:
Publishing Layout View lets users create incredibly layout-rich documents such as newsletters, fliers and brochures by uncovering desktop publishing layout tools and providing text box entry.
Ledger Sheets enable anyone to use Excel to handle common financial management tasks. Home and small-business users can balance checkbooks, track accounts or manage investment portfolios more easily than ever.
My Day allows users to track priorities and stay on top of daily activities no matter what application they’re currently working in. My Day is a stand-alone application that doesn’t take up much screen space, offers at-a-glance schedule and task viewing without launching Entourage, and lets users color-code everything for visualizing daily priorities.
Commitment to Compatibility
To improve collaboration between Mac customers and their Windows-based PC counterparts, the Mac BU has continued to make compatibility with Office for Windows a key priority. Like the 2007 Office release, Office 2008 for Mac will use the Office Open XML Formats, which were just approved in December by standards body Ecma International as an international standard. In spring 2007, Microsoft plans to release a public beta of the file format converters for the current version, Office 2004 for Mac, so users can read and write the new Office Open XML Formats. Six to eight weeks after Office 2008 for Mac is launched, the Mac BU intends to ship final versions of the converters.

More information about the Mac BU and Microsoft Macintosh products is available at http://www.microsoft.com/mac.


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