Exercises
Ⅰ.Please determine whether the following statements are true or false.
1.Résumé writing must follow a set pattern.However，in fact，there is no single standard résumé format.It is important to choose a design that highlights the skills your prospective employer is looking for in an applicant.
2.When writing a résumé，education is the most important thing for getting a job，you should of cause write it first.
3.The relevance of your information is important for Résumé writing.You need to either delete the part-time student job you have done many years ago or refocus your present job if it is only half-relevant.
4.As for the layout of your résumé，the two most common formats are chronological（where you include work history in reverse chronological order)and“inverted pyramid”format，where you put the most important things at first.
5.The purpose of writing a memo letter is to convey an official message to the employees and workers in the company.Therefore it should be crisp and to the point.
6.The heading of a memo should be short.So we prefer the simple“Recommendations”to “Ethics Policy Recommendations”.
7.For important emails，avoid the unprofessional subject line such as“how's it going?”，since vague subject lines make email hard to catalog and find later.
8.If you need to write to someone about several different issues，you can put them in the same email.And you should state each topic clearly when the topics are jumbled up.
9.Emails can fill a gap somewhere between letters and telephone calls because emails are written，like letters are，but they have the immediacy of a phone conversation，and often a similar degree of informality.
10.We can use stock phrases used in business emails to convey a professional，helpful and friendly tone，which is better to make the sentences direct and heart-felt rather than extremely polite.
Ⅱ.Answer the following questions.
1.Please explain the order in which you can include the information necessary for a résumé.
2.How will you deal with the formality of email writing?
Ⅲ.Writing practice.
1.Write a résumé to apply for a post of Executive Assistant，and put emphasis on your working skills and experience.
2.Suppose you are a manager of a trade company.A purchasing company has asked you to buy a large quantity of soy beans.
Write an e-mail of 80~100 words:
（1)Inquiring about the present price of each grade.
（2)Inquiring about the availability，quantity，freight and other information.