1、单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,Unit 1 English Letters,Outline,English letters are very common in English learning.There are many kinds of English letter,such as Letter of Booking;Letter of Invitation;Letter of Congratulation;Letter of Consolation;Letter of Appreciation;Letter of Inquiry;
2、Letter of Complaint;Letter of Job Application;Letter of Job Termination;Letter of Recommendation;Letter of Introduction;Letter of Application;and so on.In the following well introduce these letters respectively.,Common used vocabulary,processor,加工程序,加工者,cosy,昂贵的、豪华的,hug,拥抱,Excellency,阁下,appraisal,估价
3、评价,applicant,申请人,;,请求者,career,工作经历,;,职业,annual,年度的,accommodation,住宿,jet printer,激光打印机,client,代理人,discount,折扣,hesitate,犹豫,enclose,随函附上,consolation,慰问,sorrowful,悲哀的,;,使人伤心的,grieved,不快乐的;悲伤的,swift,迅速,knock down,撞倒,appreciation,感谢;赏识,mailman,邮差;邮递员,carload,整车货物,bilateral,双边的;双方的,delegation,委托;代表团,acc
4、ord to,给予,hospitality,殷勤款待,;,好客,representative,代表;代理人,category,分类;种类,catalogue,目录;一览表,quotation,报价,mushroom,蘑菇,load,把,装上船,steamer,轮船;汽船,deficiency,短缺;不足,decline,婉言谢绝,terminate,结束,accuracy,精确;细心,integrity,诚实;正直,cable,电报,;,电缆,bachelor,学士学位,equivalent,相同的;相等的,proficient,精通的;熟练的,competent,称职的,prior,早先的,
5、在先的,;,在前的,transition,过渡 转变,humble,地位卑微的,formidable,惊人的,;,了不起的,energetic,精力旺盛的,distinguish,使具有特色,accuracy,准确,;,精确,细心,integrity,正直;诚实,conscientiousness,认真的,discharge,履行;尽职,cordially,热诚地,;,真诚地,oversea,海外的,留学的,architecture,建筑学,advanced,先进的,;,高级的,Common used sentence patterns:,Thanks very much for your
6、 last letter and the wonderful present you sent me.,We are looking forward to doing sth.,We have great pleasure in doing,I cant wait to come to visit you.,I hope you will let me know that you can come.,We are so sorry that,We are greatly shocked to learn that,With every good wish for your swift reco
7、very!,I am sincerely grateful for,That is a small token of a carload of appreciation.,I m looking forward to your early reply.,I am glad to hear that you are interested in my jet printer.,If your needs amount to a certain degree and we will consider to give you a discount.,We have great pleasure in
8、introducing to you.,I would be most grateful if you would,Sample 1 Letter for Booking a Room,Computer Departmemt,Zhuzhou College,8 August,2012,Mr.Zhang Weihong,Manager Great Wall Hotel,Beijing,100000,China,Dear Sir,I would like to book a single room with bath,Samples:,from the,21st of October to the
9、 2nd of November,inclusive.Its for Black Smith,our sales manager.As you know,our executives usually stay at your hotel when in New York.We would like you to provide a room with a telephone extension and overlooking the park,if possible.,Mr.Smith will arrive on the morning of the 21st of September,an
10、d leave in the afternoon on the 2nd of November.Could you please confirm this booking with a return letter?We look forward to hearing from you.,Yours faithfully,Li Ling,Sample 2,Letter of Invitation,Formal letter of Invitation,Mr.and Mrs.Liu,Request the pleasure of your company,At a dinner party in
11、celebration of,Their daughters eighteenth birthday,Friday,the sixth of March.,At 7:30 p.m.,78 Station Road,Zhuzhou,Hunan,Informal Letter of Invitation,June 7th,2012,Dear Mr.and Mrs.Liu,My brother Peter will be staying with us for a few days during the Christmas holidays and my wife and I have planne
12、d a family dinner for him next Friday evening at seven o clock so that he can meet some of our friends.,We should be delighted if you could join us.I hope you will let me know that you can come.,Yours sincerely,Hilton,Informal Letter of,Accepting an Invitation,June 9th,2012,Dear Mr.Zhang,Thank you f
13、or our kind invitation to the dinner with you and Mrs.Zhang which is giving next Friday for your brother at seven oclock p.m.I shall be very happy to come,and look forward with pleasure to meeting your brother.,Yours sincerely,Liu Fang,Informal Letter of Declining an Invitation,June 10th,2012,Dear M
14、r.Zhang,We are so sorry that we can not go to the dinner with you and Mrs.Zhang which is giving next Friday for your brother at seven oclock p.m.Unfortunately we have already made an engagement for that evening.,We do appreciate your kind invitation and hope we shall have the opportunity to say yes
15、in some future time.,Very sincerely,Smith,Sample 3 Letter of Congratulation,Your Excellency Mr.Black,On the occasion of New Year,may my wife and I extend to you and your wife our sincere greetings,wishing you a happy New Year,your career greater success and your family happiness.,Yours respectfully,
16、Wang Wei,Sample 4 Letter of Consolation,Dear Jack,We are greatly shocked to learn that you are knocked down by a truck while cycling back to the campus last night.How are you feeling today?We do hope that you are doing well after the operation on your injured leg.,We are coming to see you on Tuesday
17、 afternoon.,With every good wish for your swift recovery!,Your sincerely,Members of Room 408,Sample 5 Letter of Appreciation,Dear Mr.Willian,Thanks to your assistance.I am now an assistant to the sales manager of pacific Trading Co.Everything you told me about Mr.Smith is true.He wanted to know all
18、about me,such as what subject I liked most at school,what I had done since I left school,etc.Then he read your letter again,and I know I had satisfied him and I could do the job.,I do want to tell you that I am sincerely grateful for all your help in finding a place for me.The mailman will bring you
19、 a package tomorrow.That is a small token of a carload of appreciation.,Yours sincerely,Wang Dawei,Sample 6,Inquiry letter,February 6,2012,Dear Mr.Peter Black,Id like to buy a jet printer that your HP company produced.Could you send me some information,such as the price and after sales services abou
20、t it?,We are looking forward to your early reply.,Sincerely yours,David Smith,Sample 7,Letter of Reply,March 20,2012,Dear Mr.David Smith,I am glad to hear that you are interested in my jet printer,I will provide quality services for our clients,If your needs amount to a certain degree and we will co
21、nsider to give you a discount.Dont hesitate to contact me after you have choosen your model and here enclosed is the category and price list.,Sincerely yours,Peter Black,Sample 8,Letter of Complaint,RE:CLAIM FOR SHORT WEIGHT,November 15th,2012,Dear Sirs,2000 cartons of canned mushroom under the cont
22、ract No.FA1770854 have been shipped to Anterwep by YONGFENG steamer on 12th of November.When taking the delivery,230 cartons have been found missing.We were told by the shipping company that only 1770 cartons had been shipped on the steamer.,Because the weight,is short in large quantities,please mak
23、e up a deficiency of 230 cartons of the missing goods when you deliver the last three items,you are kindly requested to check whether these 2000 cartons of mushroom were loaded on ship in whole at the port of shipment.,Please reply by cable.,Yours truly,Wang Hong,Sample 9,Letter of Job Application,E
24、nglish Department,Hunan University,Changsha 411000,June 20th,2012,Personal manager,Red Star Company,Shanghai,200000,Dear Sir or Madam,Your advertisement for a Network Maintenance,Engineer in the April 20 China Daily interested me because the position that you described sounds exactly like the kind o
25、f job I am seeking.,According to the advertisement,your position requires a good university degree,bachelor,or above in Computer Science or equivalent field and proficient in Windows NT4.0 and Linux System,I feel that I am competent to meet the requirements,I will be graduating from Hunan University
26、 this year,my studies have included courses in computer control and management,.,During my education,I have grasped the principles,of,my major subject area and gained practical skills,not only have I passed CET 6,but more importantly I can communicate fluently in English,my ability to write and spea
27、k English is good.I would welcome an opportunity to attend an interview.,Enclosed is my resume and if there is any additional information you require,please contact me.,Yours truly,Chen Weiping,Sample 10 Letter of Job Termination,June 1st,2012,Dear Ms.Rose,As of June 15th,I will be terminating my em
28、ployment at the Great Wall Company.I have allowed two weeks prior to my departure for assisting in the transition process.,Although I have enjoyed watching the Advertising Department grow from its humble beginnings to the current formidable size and influence in Beijing,I have received an offer for,
29、another company that I feel is better suited to my career,objectives.,I regret having to resign from my position,I wish you and the Great Wall Company the best of luck and future success.,Sincerely,Zhang Xiaohua,June 22nd,2012,To whom it may concern,Mr.Li Tian a graduate of this college this year,is
30、 young,energetic and good at English and physics.As a student,he distinguishes himself for his diligence,accuracy,integrity and conscientiousness,discharge of every duty and had passed the final examination with credit.I cordially recommend him to any person in head of such service as he can perform
31、Yours truly,Li Wei,President,Sample 11 Letter of Recommendation,July 3rd,2012,Dear Sirs,We have great pleasure in introducing to you,by this letter,Mr.Deng Hua,a director of the firm ABC Company,who is a business friends of ours.,Mr.Deng is visiting New York to establish new connections,and we sho
32、uld greatly appreciate any assistance you may be able to give him,which will be considered as a personal favor to us.,Yours truly,Wang Fang,Head of the office,Sample 12 Letter of Introduction,Application for Admission,June 26,2012,Dear Sir,I am glad to know you.I would be most grateful if you would
33、send me details of post-graduate study in,information engineering which Oxford university may be offering to students from overseas,I majored in architecture and will graduate from Tsinghua Univer-sity in 2012.And I have studied English for 6 years up to advanced level.,Yours sincerely,Wu Xiaodong,S
34、ample 13 Letter of Application,Sample 14,Letter of Apology,Dear Mr.Yang,I am so sorry that I didnt hand in my homework,ppt on time yesterday afternoon because my computer,was suddenly down.And my ppt was stored only in my,computer.So I was anxiously to find someone to repair it,for me so as to delay
35、 it.I will try to hand it in to you,tomorrow morning.Once again my apologies for the,inconvenience I have caused to you.,Sincerely yours,Liu Ping,Sample 15 Letter of Self-criticism,To the Department Office,I was the last to leave the classroom(Room 301)last night and forgot to close one of the windo
36、ws.After midnight,It blew very hard.As a result,three window panes were broken.I have reported the case to the repairs section of the general affairs department,asking them to send someone over to put things in order.I am prepared to bear all the costs arising out of,the incident,and promise to avoi
37、d any repetition,Of such things in the future.,Enclosed is my letter of self-criticism.I will,also put it up on the school notice board,welcoming public criticism from all students.I,sincerely hope that the leadership will help,educate me.,Li Hua,Student of Class One,Grade One,Sample 16 Letter of Es
38、tablishing,Business Relationship,Dear Sirs,We know your name and address from the website of and note with pleasure the items of your demand just fall within the scope of our business line.First of all,we avail ourselves of this opportunity to introduce our company in order to be acquainted with you
39、Our firm is a Chinese exporter of various Canned Foodstuffs.We highly hope to establish business relations with your esteemed company on the basis of mutual benefit in an earlier date.We are sending a catalogue and a pricelist under separate cover for your reference.We will submit our best price t
40、o you upon receipt of your concrete inquiry.,We are looking forward to receiving your earlier reply.,Yours faithfully,Nan Chang Co.,Ltd.,Practice:,Practice 1 Write a letter in English according to the information given below.,A:,给,Jack Smith,先生写一封短信。,内容:已收到他,5,月,14,号的来信。请他于本月,25,日来你公司,讨论合作细节。请他将航班告诉
41、你。你公司的吴小姐将会去机场接他。,注意:必须包括对收信人的称谓、写信日期、发信人的签名等基本格式。,B:,假设你是,ABC,公司人事部经理,欲提拔一名刚进公司的新员工。要求给该员工原来毕业,的学校办公室写信,了解情况。,内容:,1.,说明你调查的目的;,2.,了解该员工在学时的表现,特别是性格特点、社交能力、表达能力等;,3.,答应保密;,4.,希望早日回函并表示感谢。,Practice 2 Translate the following into Chinese.,24 June,2012,Dear Mr.Fox,We have pleasure in inviting you to ou
42、r annual conference.This year it will be held at the University of Nottingham,from 20 to 24 July.,We enclose details of the conference,accommodation arrangements and a business activity program.,Last year you gave a very interesting talk on the subject of“Academic Standards and,Expectations”.We woul
43、d be very grateful if you would consider giving us its update.,We would appreciate it if you could confirm your participation at you earliest convenience.,Yours sincerely,Philip Johnson,Conference Organizer,Practice 3 Write a congratulation letter according to the information given in Chinese.,亲爱的布尔
44、先生:值此,2013,年即将到来之际,我谨向你致以最良好的祝愿和问候。我希望,在新的一年里我们两国之间的文化交流有进一步的增加,并希望我们与你们之间的友好关系继续下去。,Practice 4,Translate the following letter of consolation into Chinese.,Dear parents of the Columbia astronauts,,,I am a student from Zhuzhou Vocational Technical College of Hunan Province in China.My name is Li Ming
45、I was very sorrowful when I learned from TV that Shuttle Columbia broke up during re-entry and seven astronauts all lost their lives.You have lost your lovely sons and daughters.You must be very grieved.However,you must also be proud of your children,because they have done great contributions to sp
46、ace projects.So please,restrain your sorrow.,Although this time they failed,we could get some experience from their failure.We will continue developing space projects,because we can explore the space through those projects and search for more information about the world.We will continue and finish w
47、hat they havent done.Yours Sincerely,,,Li Ming,Practice 5 Translate the following letter of Appreciation,into Chinese.,May11,2012,Mr.Brown,Minister of Foreign Trade,Washington,U.S.A.,Dear Minister,I am writing this letter to thank you for your warm hospitality accorded to me and my delegation during
48、 our recent visit to your beautiful country.I would also like to thank you for your interesting discussion with me which I have found very informative and useful.,During the entire visit,my delegation and I were overwhelmed by the enthusiasm expressed by your business representatives on cooperation
49、with China.I sincerely hope we could have more exchanges like this one when we would be able to continue our interesting discussion on possible ways to expand our bilateral economic and trade relations and bring our business people together.,I am looking forward to your early visit to my country whe
50、n I will be able to pay back some of the hospitality I received during my memorable stay in your beautiful country.With kind personal regards.,Faithfully yours,Alice,Practice 6,Write a letter of inquiry according to the following information given in Chinese.,1.,在,6,月份的,儿童玩具,杂志上读到贵公司的洋娃娃产品广告。,2,请惠寄洋






