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subject: Hello! ? Dear Jack, ? How is everything with you? I am so sorry for not having written to you for such a long time. I have heard that you are pursuing your Master degree abroad. Have you been used to the life there? And how about your study? ? After graduating from high school, I continued my study while working. And now, I have been a parttime student at College of Continuing Education, Jiaotong University for four years. This semester I am preparing my thesis. ? In addition, I will feel very grateful if you can talk about your experience or your advice on how to improve English. ? Best wishes ? Sincerely yours, ? Tom 二、記敘文 ? 記敘文通常要求描寫一段經(jīng)歷、一件事或者描寫個人觀感等。記敘文包括六大要素: 時間、地點、人物、事件、原因、結(jié)果 。這種作文經(jīng)常用的是 時間順序法 ,即按照事情發(fā)展的先后順序進行講述。 寫記敘文的時候注意以下幾點 ? 1.在記敘文的開頭應(yīng)該交代時間、地點和人物;事件和原因放在文章中敘述,結(jié)果要在文章結(jié)尾交代; ? 2.可以用第一人稱,也可以用第三人稱; ? 4.敘述過去的人和事要以過去時為基點;敘述現(xiàn)在的人和事要以現(xiàn)在時為基點。 ? 5.可適當使用一些表示事件發(fā)生的先后順序的詞語,使講述更有條理性。如 at first“起初”, then“然后”,after that“然后”, later on“接下來”, finally“最后” 。 或 in the morning / in the afternoon / in the evening“在早上 / 在下午 /在晚上”,或 last week / last month“上個星期 /上個月”, yesterday / today / tomorrow“昨天 /今天 /明天”等。 練習(xí) :記敘文 ? Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a story about what happened to you or someone else. You should write at least 80 words, and base your story on the Chinese outline below: ? 1.事件發(fā)生的時間和地點 ? 2.人物 ? 3.事件的經(jīng)過及結(jié)局 記敘文習(xí)作 ? One morning last week, I ate breakfast in a small restaurant not far from my home. Unfortunately, I found that I did not have any money with me. I had fotten my wallet at home. I tried to explain this to the manager of the restaurant, but he did not beli