Reading 1

This reminder（提示） is intended to offer guidance for using E-mail. This is not a“how-to”document,but it is rather a document that offers advice to prevent you from being cheated or troubled by E-mails.

Studies show that knowledge workers spend about 20 hours a week doing E-mail and one-third of that E-mail is useless.Still worse,70%of this E-mail gets handled within six minutes of arrival and the average worker is interrupted every three minutes.As a consequence,there is a cost to our organizations.While we can't control what we receive from the outside,we can make some progress from the inside.Please read this paper and take action by following its instructions.Many thanks go to Earl Hacker(CIO.WBB Consulting,Inc.) for providing some of this information from an Internet site.

Reminder of Using E-mail

Purpose: to prevent the user from being__（1）____by E-mails

Problems with E-mailing:

1.knowledge workers spend about 20 hours（2）____doing E-mail

2.one-third of that E-mail is useless

3.70%of this E-mail gets handled within six minutes of （3）_____

4.the average worker is interrupted every three minutes

Consequence: being a（4）_____to organizations

What E-mail users are advised to do:

Read this paper and（5）______according to the instructions

Reading 2

A—Applicant's Name

B—Nationality

C—Date of Birth

D—Address

E—Passport No.

F—Permit No.of Articles

G—Departure Country

H—Telephone

I—Entry/Exit Port

J—Destination Country

K—Port of Loading

L—Means of Transport

M—Bill of Lading

N—number of Piece(s)

O—Port of Delivery

P—Gross Weight

Q—Remarks

Examples: （F）物品批文号 （M）提货单

Reading 3

Dear Mr.Harrison ，

It was a pleasure speaking with you on the phone this afternoon.I am very happy to accept the position of Project Manager with Harrison Consultants（哈里森咨询公司）.Thank you very much for the opportunity to join your team.I am excited about the possibilities for this position,and I am eager to work with your team.

As we discussed in our conversation,my starting yearly salary will be$50 000.I understand that after being employed for 30 days,I will receive health and life insurance benefits.After working for Harrison Consultants for six months,I will receive one week's paid vacation.

I am prepared to start work on January 1，2018，as you requested.If there is any paperwork I need to complete before I start work,or if you need any additional information,please contact me at(732)294 5103.

I appreciate the help your associate（合作伙伴） Mr. Ken Knox provided by recommending me for this position.

Thank you.

Evelyn Watson

1.What position is the letter writer going to accept?

The position of_____________.

2.What is the starting yearly salary for the position?

It is_____________.

3.What benefits will the letter writer receive after working for 30 days?

Health and_____________benefits.

4.When will the letter writer be able to have a one-week paid vacation?

After working for the company for_____________.

5.Who recommended the letter writer for this position?

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