1 一. 书信体作文

开门见山写出写信意图：

1) I am writing to complain about the poor service at your super-market.

2) I am writing to inquire about the details of the trip to Tibet.

3) I'd like to know

4) I wonder if you have made any definite plan for the coming summer vacation.

5) If you are free tomorrow, will you join a dinner party with some of my friends?

6) The news of your sorrow has just reached me.

7) I am sorry to hear that you have been ill for days and hope you have got better now.

8) I wish to notify you that my suit case was nowhere to be found

9) Thank you for your letter of May 4, in which you promise immediately to mail me the materials.

10) I am happy to receive your letter of January 7, 2002.

11) How are you? I am afraid it is really a long time since I last wrote to you. I do want to know how everything is with you now.

12) I appreciate your kindness in granting me an interview last week.

委婉客气的结尾表述方式：

1) I shall feel obliged if you will favor me with a call at your earliest convenience.

2) I am looking forward to your reply.

3) Awaiting for an early acceptance of our cordial invitation and with kind regards.

4) I shall always remember your kindness and cleverness.

5) I shall be grateful if you will take necessary measures to trace and recover it.

6) I shall appreciate it if you will look into the matter and give me an immediate reply.

7) We know you will do your best.

8) We wish to check our books before we give you a reply.

9) Please write to me directly when you receive this note, and tell me you are content with your answer.

10) With best wishes, I remain.

11) Thank you for your cooperation.

12) Thank you in advance for your help.

13) I shall anxiously await your reply.

A Letter of Thanks

2 Oct. 15, 2001

Miss Zhang Ping

Building 2 - 1033, Fu Xing Road

Haidian District, 100018

Beijing, China

Dear Miss Zhang,

It is a pleasure to write this letter because it gives me an opportunity to tell you how much I enjoyed your hospitality during my seven-day holiday in October. It was my first visit to Beijing. At first, I was very anxious about my trip as I knew little about it. Then I saw you and your parents waiting for me at the station with warm smiles of welcome on your faces, I immediately knew that everything was going to be all right. You and your wonderful parents put me at ease right away.

There are many happy memories of this holiday that I will keep with me forever. Above all, I will remember that I was offered a lot of delicious food I have ever had. There are so many new and different things in Beijing for me to see and do. I particularly enjoyed driving around the city along the inter-city express-ways or flyovers 立交桥 and seeing the big buildings one after another. I also had a very good time at the Great Wall and Forbidden City. They are really something in the world that nothing can be compared with. Another deep impression is that I enjoyed taking a walk with you along the beautiful street with grass and flowers where I can see people dancing around and children playing hide-and-seek games. I cannot forget how happy and harmonious they felt.

I am back at school again now and I am very happy because I know now I have a very good friend there in Beijing and a nice family. And it is one of the nicest families I have ever met. You don't know how much I want to thank you and your parents. I hope someday you will visit my hometown and I can return your hospitality.

Remember me to your parents.

All my best wishes

Sincerely yours, Li Ying

致 歉 信

October 20, Tuesday

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Dear Mr. Cooper,

I would like to express my apologies for not being able to keep our 8 o'clock appointment. I had a small accident on my way home.

I will come over to your apartment the day after tomorrow -- Thursday, 22 October, at 9:00 a.m. if that is convenient for you. I will check my mailbox (# 234) tomorrow to see if you have left a note for me. Otherwise, I will see you at 9:00, Thursday morning.

With many apologies,

Wang Hong

邀 请 信

Dear Professor Zeng,

On behalf of the Ohio State University and the IEEE Computer Society, I would like to invite you to attend and chair a session of the forthcoming 2005 International Conference on Parallel Data Processing to be held in Bellaire, Michigan, from August 25 to August 28, 2005.

You are an internationally acclaimed scholar and educator. Your participation will be among the highlights of the Conference.

We sincerely hope that you could accept our invitation. As you know, this is the 10th anniversary of the Conference and we plan to make it a truly international meeting. We have accepted many papers from several foreign countries, including two from your country.

We enclose a copy of the advance program. If you can come, please let us know as soon as possible, since we have to prepare the final program soon. We are looking forward to your acceptance.

Sincerely yours, Peter

求 职 信

October 30, 1991

Dear Personnel Manager，

I noticed your ad for a newsletter editor in the October 29 New York Sun. Because writing and publication work have long been interests of mine, I wish to apply for this position.

I believe both my education and work experience qualify me for the job. In 1989 I earned my BA degree with a major in English and a minor in journalism. While in school, I was the sports editor on the campus newspaper and the senior editor for the campus literary magazine. Since

4 graduation, I have written and edited the monthly bulletin of the Middletown Press.

Your ad noted that applicants must be able to start immediately and be willing to relocate. I am in a position to do both of these.

I am currently available for an interview any weekday after 3:00 p.m. You can reach me at my home phone, 555-7390, any day after 3:00 p.m. I look forward to hearing from you, and I thank you for your attention.

Sincerely,

Dongless Van Cleef

投 诉 信

Nov. 10, 2000

Dear Manager,

Much to my regret, I am writing to place a complaint against your bad delivery service in your company.

The Samsung tape recorder model number JB/4703 which I ordered from your company Nov. 1 arrived yesterday. The serial number of the machine is 4703-0641. the recorder has been badly damaged. There was no unusual damage to the packing case, but when I opened it, I found that the lid of the recorder had been of the machine had been .

Since there was such damage to the goods, I decided to file a complaint against the delivery service. return the recorder to you for a replacement or if you have an authorized service representative here to which I should take it? I will hold onto the recorder until I hear from you.

Sincerely yours,

Jonathan Edwards

作业

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