新编商务英语精读

Lexical Knowledge

Exercise I

Exercise II

Exercise III

The prefixes un-,dis-, in-, im-, il-, and ir-can be used to denote negation. e. g.

real →unreal	honorable →dishonorable	formal →informal
polite →impolite	literate →illiterate	religious →irreligious

1. Fill up the following table.

Adjective	Adjective negative in meaning	Adjective	Adjective negative in meaning
necessary		regular
honest		able
	inadequate		immoral
easy			unlikely
legal			irrelevant
	unrelated	patient
	disloyal	aware
personal			illogical
different		satisfied
responsible		correct

2. Complete the following text with the appropriate adjective forms from the table above.

Report of Work in December 2000

1) Client database

· A database has been set up to collect all information __(1)__ to our clients. The database is indexed according to alphabetical order. It includes advertisements, promotional material and newsletters. But we are fully __(2)__ that it is __(3)__ for a big company like ours. It is __(4)__ that we'll develop more data in the near future.

2) Publicity training workshop

· Four department staff attended the publicity training workshop on 3 December. But the design department manager was __(5)__ to attend it because he went on a business trip. Most of us found it very informative and hoped that it would be held later on a __(6)__ basis. Only a few thought it __(7)__ to take the training course.

3) Popular Department Store

· I met Mr. Malone, who was __(8)__ for the publicity of Popular Department Store, on 15 December. We discussed the purchase of a laser printer. At first Mr. Malone was __(9)__ with its price and __(10)__ to negotiate with me over it. When I explained the quotation in detail, he was satisfied with the price.

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Adjective	Adjective negative in meaning	Adjective	Adjective negative in meaning
necessary	unnecessary	regular	irregular
honest	dishonest	able	unable
adequate	inadequate	moral	immoral
easy	uneasy	likely	unlikely
legal	illegal	relevant	irrelevant
related	unrelated	patient	impatient
loyal	disloyal	aware	unaware
personal	impersonal	logical	illogical
different	in different	satisfied	dissatisfied
responsible	irresponsible	correct	incorrect

Report of Work in December 2000

1) Client database

· A database has been set up to collect all information related to our clients. The database is indexed according to alphabetical order. It includes advertisements, promotional material and newsletters. But we are fully aware that it is inadequate for a big company like ours. It is likely that we'll develop more data in the near future.

2) Publicity training workshop

· Four department staff attended the publicity training workshop on 3 December. But the design department manager was unable to attend it because he went on a business trip. Most of us found it very informative and hoped that it would be held later on a regular basis. Only a few thought it unnecessary to take the training course.

3) Popular Department Store

· I met Mr. Malone, who was responsible for the publicity of Popular Department Store, on 15 December. We discussed the purchase of a laser printer. At first Mr. Malone was dissatisfied with its price and impatient to negotiate with me over it. When I explained the quotation in detail, he was satisfied with the price.

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