【B1-Reading】04 An email request for help-寻求帮助的电子邮件

【B1-Reading】04 An email request for help-寻求帮助的电子邮件

Read an email asking for help from another department to practise and improve your reading skills.
阅读一封向其他部门寻求帮助的电子邮件，以练习和提高您的阅读技能。

Do the preparation task first. Then read the text and do the exercises.
先做好准备工作。然后阅读课文并做练习。

Preparation准备

• Question

Vocabulary

1. __to clear something with somebody
2. __to talk through something
3. __product design
4. __to launch a product
5. __to have a good eye for detail
6. __packaging

Definitions

a. the material used to protect goods and present them to the customer
b. the process of producing or improving a product to suit customers’ needs
c. to introduce a product to the customers for the first time
d. to be good at noticing the smaller but important parts of things
e. to discuss something carefully and in detail
f. to get approval or permission from somebody to do something

• Answer

1. the material used to protect goods and present them to the customer
   packaging

2. the process of producing or improving a product to suit customers’ needs
   product design

3. to introduce a product to the customers for the first time
   to launch a product

4. to be good at noticing the smaller but important parts of things
   to have a good eye for detail

5. to discuss something carefully and in detail
   to talk through something

6. to get approval or permission from somebody to do something
   to clear something with somebody

Reading text阅读文字

English

To:James Forrester

Date:6 November

Subject:Possible help with product design

Dear James,

As you know, we have been working on the new perfume that we are launching in April and we are unsure about some of the packaging details. We have seen some of your creative work in the sales department and we think you have a very good eye for detail.

Do you have some time before close of business this Friday to sit down with us and talk through some of our designs? We would truly appreciate your advice on this. It shouldn’t take longer than two hours of your time and we would be happy to clear it with Patricia, your department head, if necessary.

Best regards,

Sarah Ford

Head of Department
Product Design

English-Chinese

To:
到：
James Forrester
詹姆斯·福雷斯特
Date:
日期：
6 November
11 月 6 日
Subject:
主题：
Possible help with product design
对产品设计可能的帮助
Dear James,
亲爱的詹姆斯，

As you know, we have been working on the new perfume that we are launching in April and we are unsure about some of the packaging details. We have seen some of your creative work in the sales department and we think you have a very good eye for detail.
如您所知，我们一直在研发将于四月份推出的新香水，但我们不确定一些包装细节。我们在销售部门看到了您的一些创造性工作，我们认为您对细节非常有洞察力。

Do you have some time before close of business this Friday to sit down with us and talk through some of our designs? We would truly appreciate your advice on this. It shouldn’t take longer than two hours of your time and we would be happy to clear it with Patricia, your department head, if necessary.
在本周五下班前您是否有时间与我们坐下来讨论我们的一些设计？我们非常感谢您对此的建议。它不会花费您超过两个小时的时间，如有必要，我们很乐意与您的部门主管帕特里夏一起解决这个问题。

Best regards,
此致，
Sarah Ford
莎拉·福特
Head of Department
部门主管
Product Design
产品设计

Task 1任务1

An email request for help – 1

Choose the best answer.

• Question

  Circle the best answer.

1. What department does James work for?
   a.Marketing
   b.Product Design
   c.Sales
   d.Research and Development
2. Which department is working on the new perfume?
   a.Marketing
   b.Product Design
   c.Sales
   d.Research and Development
3. What is happening in April?
   a.The company will introduce the new perfume to the public.
   b.The product design department will finish their design of the new perfume.
   c.The sales department will stop selling perfumes.
   d.The marketing department will design advertisements for the new perfume.
4. What is Sarah requesting?
   a.For James to design the perfume.
   b.For James to have a meeting with the product design department to help them with the packaging of the perfume.
   c.For James to ask Patricia for permission to sell the perfume.
   d.For James to move to the product design department.
5. Who is the head of the sales department?
   a.James
   b.Sarah
   c.April
   d.Patricia
6. When would Sarah like to sit down with James?
   a.Today
   b.Some time next week
   c.Any time between today and the end of Friday
   d.This weekend

• Answer

1. What department does James work for?
   a.Marketing
   b.Product Design
   ✔c.Sales
   d.Research and Development
2. Which department is working on the new perfume?
   a.Marketing
   ✔b.Product Design
   c.Sales
   d.Research and Development
3. What is happening in April?
   ✔a.The company will introduce the new perfume to the public.
   b.The product design department will finish their design of the new perfume.
   c.The sales department will stop selling perfumes.
   d.The marketing department will design advertisements for the new perfume.
4. What is Sarah requesting?
   a.For James to design the perfume.
   ✔b.For James to have a meeting with the product design department to help them with the packaging of the perfume.
   c.For James to ask Patricia for permission to sell the perfume.
   d.For James to move to the product design department.
5. Who is the head of the sales department?
   a.James
   b.Sarah
   c.April
   ✔d.Patricia
6. When would Sarah like to sit down with James?
   a.Today
   b.Some time next week
   ✔c.Any time between today and the end of Friday
   d.This weekend

Task 2任务2

An email request for help – 2

Put the events in order.

• Question

Write a number (1–6) to put the events in the order they are mentioned.
() James has a meeting with Sarah and her team.
() The product design department starts work on the design of the new perfume. Sarah asks Patricia for
() permission to use James.
() The product design department introduces the new perfume to the public. Sarah and her team finalise
() the details of the packaging for the new perfume.
() Sarah writes an email to James asking for help.

• Answer

1. The product design department starts work on the design of the new perfume.
2. Sarah writes an email to James asking for help.
3. Sarah asks Patricia for permission to use James.
4. James has a meeting with Sarah and her team.
5. Sarah and her team finalise the details of the packaging for the new perfum
6. The product design department introduces the new perfume to the public.

Discussion讨论

What should you include in an email asking for help?
您应该在寻求帮助的电子邮件中包含什么内容？