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Cambridge University and planning to find a job in a puter cooperation in the United States. Congratulations on the job well done while at university and good luck to you during your new career. BR I wish you success in all your undertakings and hope you’ll find your career a source of great joy and happiness. Any time when you e back home,I wish you would e to my ,we may recall our high school will be well with you —I believe. Sincerely yours, *寫作時(shí)要充分挖掘?qū)дZ(yǔ)中的有效信息,特別是 high school classmate等細(xì)節(jié)信息。以上各詞應(yīng)根據(jù)語(yǔ)意選擇,但不要過(guò)于堆砌。 例 4 Directions: Your are asked to write a remendation for a student. Please give your suggestions and express your opinions clearly about 100 do not need to write the address. To Professor Zhang, I have the pleasure of writing this letter of remendation for Mr. Li Ming, who is a student of mine. He wishes to be considered an applicant for the MS course of biology at your college. Mr. Wang is a gifted young man. He has devoted his heart to his study and research. Not only has he obtained A’s in all major subject areas, but he has also published several articles in the school journal, illustrating his originality and his deep understanding of science. For his petence, he is respected by everyone who knows him. I feel sure that, if he is accepted by your college, he will be able to develop his talent to its fullest potential. I sincerely hope you will give him favorable consideration. Yours cordially, * 推薦信經(jīng)常使用一些褒獎(jiǎng)的形容詞來(lái)描述被推薦人。 spare no effort 不遺余力。 私人和公務(wù)信函 分類舉例 應(yīng)聘信 ( Accepting Request for an Interview) 例 1 Directions: You have just received a letter from a pany, which replied your application for a job and asked you to go to the interview on August 30. Please write a reply which is about 100 words and you do not need to write the address. Dear Mr. Wang, Thank you for your reply of August 20 about my application for a position. It came to hand this morning as a pleasant surprise. I am glad to tell you that I will attend the interview at the time you set for the morning of August 30. I will bring along full details of my testimonials as you suggested. I would like to introduce myself to the pany and hope to be a member of it. I would certainly spare no effort to acquit myself to your satisfaction. Yours respectfully, *e to hand 表示收到。 例 2 Directions : Your friend Mary Brown will go to Washington D. C. next month. Write a letter to Tony who is there and introduce Mary to him. You should write about 100 words and do not need to write the address. Dear Tony, This letter will introduce my best friend Mary Brown of whom you’ve often heard me mention. She is going to be in Washington D. C. next month to lecture. I want very much to have her meet you there. And this seems like an excellent chance for you to meet each other. I think both of you will have a lot in mon. So far as I know, you both are interested in modern literature. Once you meet her, you will really enjoy her pany. Any kindness to her will be duly appreciated by me. Yours affectionately, * 這是一個(gè)向朋友介紹朋友的介紹信。 私人和公務(wù)信函 常用句式 常用的起首語(yǔ)有: 1) Thank you for your letter dated ,1969. 2)Many thanks for your letter of , 1997. 3)A thousand thanks for your kind letter of June 5,1997. 4)Your kind letter of November 22th arrived this morning. 5)Your letter which arrived this morning gave me great fort. 6)In reply to your letter dated 4th July,I want to say… 7)Thank you very much for your letter of August 2 and the gift you sent me on Christmas Eve. 8)What a treat to receive your kind letter of May 5th! 9)It is always a thrill to see your nice handwriting. 10)First of all I must thank you for your kind assistance and high attention to me . 11)With great delight I learn from your letter of this Sunday that … 14)I am very much pleased to inform you that my visit to your country has been approved. 15)I wish to apply for teaching position you are offering. 16)I am too excited and delighted at your good news. 17)I am very obliged to 。第一個(gè)詞的開(kāi)頭字母要大寫,末尾用逗號(hào)。在寫私人信件時(shí),信寫好之后若有什么遺漏,可用 P. 。 收信人稱呼 先生(男人) Mr./Esq. 夫人(已婚) Mrs. 小姐(未婚) Miss 夫人、小姐統(tǒng)稱 Ms. 夫婦倆人 Mrs. 兩位或兩位以上男子 Messrs 兩位或兩位以上女子(已婚) Mesdames 兩位或兩位以上小姐(未婚) Misses 常見(jiàn)的頭銜(漢英對(duì)照)如下: 教授 Professor 博士 Doctor(Dr.,.) 醫(yī)學(xué)博士 Medical Doctor(.) 總統(tǒng)或校長(zhǎng) President 主席或董事長(zhǎng) Chairman 副主 席或副董事長(zhǎng) Vice Chairman 副總統(tǒng)或副校長(zhǎng) Vice President 首相 Prime Minister 總理 Premier 省長(zhǎng)或州長(zhǎng) Governor 市長(zhǎng) Mayor 參議員 Senator 大使 Ambassador 秘書(shū)長(zhǎng) Secretary General 一秘 First Secretary 二秘 Second Secretary 院長(zhǎng) Director,Dean 副院長(zhǎng) Vice Director 系主任 Dean,Head,Chair 館長(zhǎng) Chief Librarian,Curator 閣下 Excellency 神甫 Father ( Body of the Letter) 信的正文每段第一行應(yīng)往右縮進(jìn)約四五個(gè)字母。客氣和尊敬 Your Majesty 可兼指男性和女性,其復(fù)數(shù)為 Your Majesties。 ⑥ 對(duì)君主制國(guó)家的國(guó)王和皇帝等男性君主,可以 Sir 稱呼,對(duì)女王、女皇和皇后等女性君主,可用 Madam 稱呼。若收信人是婦女,則無(wú)論已婚或未婚,都可單獨(dú)使用 Madam 或其復(fù)數(shù) Mesdames。 Gentlemen 之前不能加 Dear, 后面也不能帶姓名。這些稱呼都放在姓氏之前或姓氏和名字之前,如 Prof. ( Phil) White 等。 ③ 對(duì)收信人的稱呼,也可用頭銜或職位的名稱,不分性別。若稱呼多個(gè)女性,則在姓名前用 Mme. 的復(fù)數(shù)形式 Mmes. 而對(duì)以女子名字為名稱的公司、企業(yè)可用 Mesdames 稱呼。 ② 對(duì)女性一般稱呼 Mrs., Madam 或 Miss。若稱呼多個(gè)男性,則在姓名 前用 Mr. 的復(fù)數(shù)形式 Messrs. 。 ( Salutation) 給外國(guó)人寫英文信時(shí),稱呼用語(yǔ)要注意以下幾點(diǎn): ① 對(duì)沒(méi)有頭銜的男性一般稱呼 Mr. 。但最好用基數(shù)詞,簡(jiǎn)單明了。但 May, June, July, 因?yàn)檩^短,不可縮寫。 ② 月份要用英文名稱,不要用數(shù)字代替。下面我們將逐個(gè)進(jìn)行介紹。值得注意的是,英語(yǔ)書(shū)信的寫法與漢語(yǔ)書(shū)信有一些明顯區(qū)別,應(yīng)特別加以區(qū)分。 私人和公務(wù)信函 概述 書(shū)信是日常生活中常用的文體,是用以交涉事宜、傳達(dá)信息、交流思想、聯(lián)絡(luò)感情、增進(jìn)了解的重要工具。書(shū)信一般可分為商務(wù)信件或公函( Business Letter or Official Correspondence)和私人信件( Private