大家学习商务英语，总是不知如何学，学什么非常迷茫。下面，大家就着重谈一谈如何学习商务英语这一问题。
学习商务英语第一要从英语语言基础入手，因为商务英语涉及到英语的听、说、读、写、译，商务英语学生需要在这类方面有肯定的基础。提升听、说、读、写、译水平最根本的方法就是要学会尽量多的商务英语词语、短语、句型和商务英语习惯表达法。商务英语的学生都有肯定的英语基础，但对有关商务的词语、短语、句型学会得不多，对商务英语语篇不熟知，因此，第一应该从商务英语词语等方面开始。下面，就让大家来看一看商务英语词语等方面的特征。
1、商务英语词语
英语词语多达几十万，并且词汇表义较为灵活，对上下文的依靠也较大。如，board一词，本义为木板，但在不同上下文中，可以表示车、船、伙食、会议桌、委员会等。而在商务英语中，board总是用来表示董事会，如，chairman or president of the board（董事会主席或董事长）；或者，它常常用在FOB 价格术语中，意思是船。
在商务英语中，有着很多通过引申、转换、添加等方法而获得的有别于普通英语词义的具备新义的旧词。比如：
literature 在普通英语中，它表示文学；而在商务英语中，它则表示printed matters, including leaflets, instruction, product catalogue, price list, etc. 。 比如：
In order to market our new product，we have printed fine literature．
claim 在普通英语中，它的意思是需要，认领；而在商务英语中，它则表示demand or request for a thing considered one's due 。 比如：
We claimed on that shipping1 company for the loss involved．（大家向轮船公司就有关损失提出索赔。）
reference 在普通英语中，它表示参考，查阅，提及；而在商务英语中，它的意思是persons or firms named by a customer asking a supplier for credit, from whom the supplier can get information about the business reputation of the customer 。 比如：
My reference will prove to you that I am efficient and dependable.
除去是英语共核部分的词语以外，商务英语还有着其特别的专门词语。比如：
backlog2: orders to supply, needing to be dealt with quickly
e.g. We have a large backlog.
in-tray: tray for incoming documents
e.g. When l am away，please help to check my in-tray.
overheads：routine administrative3 and maintenance expenses of a business
e.g. We have some money indeed，but we are very sorry that we cannot return the money now，as we have to consider our overheads.
2、商务英语短语
在商务英语背景下，通过搭配而形成了很多专用于商务英语的具备商务特点的短语。比如：
outstanding accounts：accounts that are overdue4 for payment
e.g. We hope the outstanding account can be settled within this month. Otherwise, our accounting5 department will consider changing the conditions of payment for future orders.
debit6 note： a note in a form similar to an invoice7 but used where an invoice would not be right for the purpose. The debit note relates to charges, such as freight, extra to amounts already invoiced8 for goods, and is also used to correct mistakes such as an amount under-charged in an invoice. 买方应收账款账户，向他们补收钱；与之相对的是credit note（贷项公告单）。)
e.g. We shall of course refund9 to you the premium10 upon receipt of your debit note or, if you like, you may draw on us at sight for the amount required.
unsocial hours：time for overwork
e.g. We should emphasize the large extra bonus for working in unsocial hours．
flexitime system：system of flexible working hours 叫做core time，灵活的工作时间叫做flexiband)
e.g. The first item on the agenda is a discussion of the management's proposals on flexitime system．
living out of a suitcase: often go on business trips
e.g. My husband is a sales-manager．He is a man living out of a suitcase．
make five clerks redundant11：dismiss five clerks
e.g. Our branch is badly overstaffed．We have now decided12 to make eight clerks redundant．
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