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　　[與中文教材2008版第六章相關]

　　1.An external audit is a type of assurance engagement that is carried out by an auditor to give an independent opinion on a set of financial statements.

　　Assurance engagement 鑒證業務

　　External audit 外部審計

　　Carry out 執行

　　Independent 獨立的

　　Letter of Engagement 審計業務約定書 (審計準則2006-1111號)

　　2.Objective of external audit

　　The objective of an audit of financial statements is to enable the auditor to express an opinion on whether the financial statements are prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with an applicable financial reporting framework. The phrases used to express the auditor’s opinion are give a true and fair view or present fairly, in all material respects, which are equivalent terms. A similar objective applies to the audit of financial or other information prepared in accordance with appropriate criteria.

　　Material 重要的;實質的

　　In accordance with 和……一致

　　Applicable 適用的

　　Give a true and fair view 如實和公允的反映實際情況

　　In all material respects, present fairly 在所有重大方面,公允反映

　　Criteria 規定,規則

　　[中文教材P105 第二段]