Изучите структуру письма-запроса (Letter of Inquiry) и составьте подобное письмо, следуя приведенному примеру.

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Could Apple really be about to make cars?

At the moment it (1) __________ (to be) all just speculation – a sea of rumour and what-ifs, all imagining what might happen if Apple (2) __________ (to turn) its attention to our roads. But it is not the first time we have heard it. There have been reports that Apple has been hiring engineers from electric carmakers such as Tesla and a manufacturer of car batteries, and that they (3) __________ (to work) on a top-secret car project for years.

Bloomberg claimed the computer giant (4) _________ (to want) to have a car in production by 2020. And tech blogger Gruber, who (5) __________ (to be) dismissive of the rumours earlier in the week, changed his stance after learning recent Apple hires included a senior recruiter from Tesla. “I’ve been pretty skeptical about this Apple car rumour,” he said, “but where there’s smoke, there’s fire. And all of a sudden there is a lot of smoke in the air on this one.”

Indeed, some analysts (6) ________ (to believe) that cars are the new smartphones. This year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas (7) __________ (to become) a showcase for major carmakers, in some ways overshadowing the Detroit Auto Show that came just days afterwards. On display (8) __________ (to be) tomorrow’s in-car tech as well as autonomous driving technology.

“What we’re seeing is a changing role of mobility in transport beginning to occur,” says Bryan Reimer, associate director of the New England University Transportation Center, and a research scientist at MIT AgeLab. His expertise is transportation safety, and driver – or, increasingly, operator – behaviour. “Car ownership models (9) ________ widely ________ (to expect) to change dramatically over the next few years, with more car sharing services taking a larger role in mobility. That (10) ___________ (to bring) in the potential for new mobility companies to begin to play an increasing role – such as Uber and Google.”

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20150220-could-apple-really-make-cars

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The computer and the motor-car

When a man is driving a car for along a main road or motorway, two of his problems are to keep the car at a fairly steady speed and to make sure that he does not run into the car in front of him. The Ford Motor company is experimenting with a system which involves computer control of these two problems.

 

The car’s computer keeps the speed steady. At the same time the distance between the car and any other car in front of it is measured by a beam of light transmitted forwards. The beam meets the rear reflectors of the car in front and is reflected back, so enabling the distance to be measured. This information is fed to the computer, which adjusts its speed control accordingly.

 

There are also to be experiments with a system called “Minigap”. This system will be particularly useful to drivers stuck in long queues of cars, as the computer would control not only the speed and the distance from the car in front, but also the steering. Using this system, a driver could switch over to Minigap, take out his newspaper and do the crossword puzzle while his car drivers most of the way home automatically. To the roadside observer, the line of cars would seem like a train which carriages could join or leave at will.

Изучите структуру письма-запроса (Letter of Inquiry) и составьте подобное письмо, следуя приведенному примеру.

Письмо-запрос(Letter of Inquiry) – это коммерческое деловое письмо, которое составляется с целью получения необходимой информации от адресата по поводу какого-то вопроса: узнать подробно характеристики товара, условия поставки, уточнить его наличие, сроки поставки, способ доставки, получить прайс-лист, каталоги и образцы продукции и т.п.

При составлении данного вида делового письма желательно в подробностях изложить суть вопроса с целью экономии времени получателя на составление письма-ответа и ускорение его получения.

Bell Manufacturing Company (Letterhead or sender’s address) 1-1-2 Shibaura Minato-Ku Tokyo, Japan May 27, 2008 (Date)   Mr. Neo Chan In-charge of Customer Relations (Inside address) Kowloon Company 13 Bayview Street Kowloon, HongKong   Dear Mr. Chan, (Salutation or greeting)   I am a systems engineer at Bell Trading. We are planning to launch a new cell phone model. We need an advanced semiconductor for this project.   My company is considering using your new release semiconductors of your company. We need, however, information about the following:   1. Discount 2. Unit Price 3. Delivery 4. Terms of Payment 5. Warranty   I would be happy to talk to you further about your product. You can e-mail me at [email protected] . Sincerely, (Closing) ___________________(Signature) Jun Suzuki (Printed name) Senior Systems Engineer (Position of sender)   Cc: Mr. E. Stanton (Carbon Copy Recipient)