随着我国改革开放的不断深入,对外经济交流越来越广,从事涉外经济工作的人员就要越来越频繁地接触和处理各类经济合同,协议和商业函电。在各类英文涉外经济合同文本中,常常能看到“hereafter”、“herein”、“hereby”、“thereof”、“whereby”等一类旧体词。这类旧体词在现代英语中,无论是在口语还是书面语中,一般已很少使用,但在经济合同、契约和函电中却频繁出现。这类旧体词在经济合同中广泛使用,一则使句子简炼严密,二则使文体 With the continuous deepening of China's reform and opening up, more and more foreign economic exchanges have taken place and personnel engaging in foreign-related economic activities should contact and deal with various types of economic contracts, agreements and commercial correspondence more and more frequently. In all kinds of English texts concerning foreign economic contracts, the old body words “hereafter”, “herein”, “hereby”, “thereof” and “whereby” can often be seen. In modern English, these old body forms are generally rarely used, whether in oral or written language, but frequently occur in economic contracts, contracts and correspondence. Such old body words are widely used in economic contracts, one makes the sentence concise, the second makes the style