Part One
? You have to organise an urgent meeting at 9am tomorrow with all the staff from your
department.
? Write an email to the staff:
? saying when the meeting will be
? telling them where the meeting will be ? explaining what the meeting will be about ? Write about 30-40 words on your Answer Sheet.
商务书信类
这一题型要求考生根据所提供的短文,如书信、传真、便函、留言条(电话留言条)等,起草一封书信,字数要求达到120—140词左右。 题目结构:
Input: 1 situation description 2 task
3 target reader
Reading: texts in note, letter, fax, memo + content points (handwritten notes; second letter) Write: business letter (60-80 words) 注意字数问题 例题 Part Two
? Read this part of a letter from John Biggs, who is the president of a business club.
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As President of the Clifton Business Club, I would like to invite you to
speak at our annual dinner on 5 July. The dinner which starts at 7.30pm,
will be held at the Mayflower Restaurant, Clifton.
I hope that you are able to accept the invitation and would be grateful if
you could give me the subject of your talk, so that I can include it on the
invitations to our members.
I look forward to receiving your reply as soon as possible.
? Write a letter to Mr Biggs:
? accepting the invitation
? telling him the subject of your talk ? asking how long the talk should be
? enquiring whether accommodation will be arranged for you.
? Write 60-80 words on your Answer Sheet. ? Do not include postal addresses.
注意:1 适当发挥 2不要跑题 3 目标读者 4 不要抄袭 三种对策: a 换句型
e.g. This rule applies in every case. There are no exceptions to the rule. (肯定句变否定句) b 换同义词
e.g. The arguments put forward by these two authors are nearly the same. ......The views expressed by the two writers are almost identical. ......c 改词性
e.g. The English language has had a major impact on developing other world languages.
Other world languages have been greatly affected by the English language in their developments.
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实训十一 写作练习一
商务信函
与前面题型的共性
区别:值得注意的是,大作文本身的特性 1 读者不同 对内/对外 2 信息点数量 3/4 3 阅读量 小/大
4 字数要求 30-40 / 60-80
信件格式、地址书写
注意考卷上不要写postal address
书信常用语言:
称谓 Dear ……/ 敬语 Yours……
Dear Sir or Madam----------Yours faithfully
Dear Mr./Mrs./Miss/Ms Smith---------Yours sincerely Dear John-----------Best wishes (私人关系比较亲密)
信的开头:
We are writing to enquire about …写信是询问关于…… We are writing in connection with … 写信是关于 ……
We are interested in … and we would like to know … 我们对……感兴趣……我们想知道 asking if …感谢(某日)询问是否……的来信
Thank you for your letter of (date), enquiring about …感谢(某日)询问有关……的来信 We have received your letter of (date), enclosing …感谢(某日)的来信以及随信寄来的…… concerning …我们已收到(某日)关于……的来信
如果写信的开头或者是信中要提到某件事情: with reference to… 关于…… further to … 继……之后 with regard to … 关于……
I am writing in connection with … 我写信是为了……
A point in your letter gives us great concern that …我们很关心您信中提到的…… Regarding … 关于……
告知好消息
I am pleased to tell you that … 我很高兴的告诉你/通知你…… I am delighted to inform you …… I am happy to advise you …
We are pleased to inform you that
We have pleasure in informing you that We have the pleasure to apprise you of
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We have the honour to inform you that (of)
坏消息
I regret to tell you that … 很遗憾/很抱歉告诉你/通知你…… I am sorry to inform you … I am sorry to advise you that … We regret that … 我们很遗憾……
说明能做与不能做的事情
We are unable to … 我们不能…… We are able to … 我们能……
We have been forced to … 我们不得不…… 说明原因
This was owing to … 这是因为……(多半为坏消息) Due to … 这是由于 ……
As a result of … 这是……的结果 Because of … 这是因为……
请求采取行动,如果紧急的话,可以加上后面的词组 Please could you … as soon as possible 请你尽快……
We would be grateful if you could …without delay 如果你能尽快……,我们将不胜感激 We would appreciate it if you could … immediately… 如你能尽快…… 我们将不胜感激 道歉
We must apologize for … 我们必须为……表示我们的歉意 We apologize for … 我们必须为……道歉
We are extremely sorry for … 我们为……感到抱歉
询问信息
We would like to know about/if … 我们想了解有关……
Please could you give us further detail about … 请给我们更多有关……的信息
We would be grateful if you could let us know about/if … 如果能告诉我们有关……,我们将不胜感激
We would appreciate it if you could inform us about/if … 如果能告诉我们有关……,我们将不胜感激
轻度抱怨
Unfortunately, 然后直接说不幸的事情发生了,比如,
Unfortunately, we have not yet received your payment, we would be grateful if you could make the payment soon.
提起注意(用在强烈抱怨中)
I should like to draw your attention to (the fact that) … 我想提请你们注意…… I should like to point out that … 我想指出……
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