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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.È 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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