2. Delivery will be made within two months upon receipt of your order.
3. Delivery is not included in the price.
4. The above order is urgently needed. We must therefore insist upon express shipment.
Exercise 2. Read the following texts. They are part of orders and must be presented in the form of tables. Make up these tables (an example is given in Letter 2, Letter reading practice).
Text 1
We urgently require 100 bags of Arabica Coffee, type B5, at the price of £23.50, per cwt. (hundredweight –центнер), 150 bags of Robusta Coffee, type A47, at the price of £26.25 per cwt., 50 bags of Mocco Coffee, type Кб, at the price of £28.00 per cwt., 300 bags of Costa Rica Coffee, type M2, at the price of £31.50 per cwt.
Text 2
Please deliver as soon as possible Orange Marmalade quality A2 in 1 lb jars, in the quantity of 15,000, at the price of £3.50 each; Pineapple Jam quality T6 in 1 lb jars, in the quantity of 10,000 at the price of £5.00 each; Cherry Marmalade quality SI in 1 lb jars, in the quantity of 12,000 at the price of £4.50 each; Apple Jam quality B5 in 1 lb jars, in the quantity of 10,000 at the price of £3.00 each.
Exercise 3.Rewrite the letter using synonymous expressions.
Dear Sirs
We have received your letter of 13 November enclosing your offer for calculators. As we urgently require calculators for our office needs we hereby place the following order:
30 calculators Model AS-30 at the price of ..., 30 calculators Model DL-55 at the price of ...
Our terms of payment are: by an Irrevocable Letter of Credit upon receipt of your pro forma invoice.
Please confirm this order.
Yours faithfully
Exercise 4.Write a letter according to the points of guidance given below:
Parties
V. Belov
General Manager
Russimport
W. Sloansen
General Director
Waterhouse and Co.,Ltd.
Addresses
35 Kalyaevskaya Street
Moscow 117295
Russian Federation
73 Ostergade
Copenhagen
Denmark
Russimport intends to buy some Danish sweetened condensed skimmed milk. Help them write an order to their Danish partners. Use the following plan:
1. Acknowledge the receipt of their offer of 7 December.
2. Express your intention to buy 100 cases of Danish sweetened condensed skimmed milk at Danish Kronor 25 per case of 48 tins 14 oz. each, c.i.f. St. Petersburg, immediate delivery.
3. State your terms of payment: by a Letter of Credit upon receipt of the invoice.