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Note-Writing. 要求: 本题是写便条 . 能根据所给提示写 50 至 60 个单词的便条、 通知、 请贴等 . 能做到格式正确 , 语言得体 . 考试时间 10 分钟 . 特点: 1. 构成简单:时间,对方称呼,正文,结尾客套语和签名。 2. 文体适中:便条更通俗,更倾向于非正式化、甚至口语化。 3. 内容更“凝炼”. 格式 1. 时间 (1). 日期 最基本的 2 种: 月 日(基数词),年 e.g. : Sep. 23 , 2008 日(序数词) 月 年 e.g. : 23 rd Sep. 2008 (2). 月份
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Note-Writing • 要求: 本题是写便条. 能根据所给提示写50至60个单词的便条、通知、请贴等. 能做到格式正确,语言得体.考试时间10分钟. 特点: • 1. 构成简单:时间,对方称呼,正文,结尾客套语和签名。 • 2. 文体适中:便条更通俗,更倾向于非正式化、甚至口语化。 • 3. 内容更“凝炼”
格式 1. 时间 (1). 日期 最基本的2种: • 月 日(基数词),年 e.g.:Sep. 23, 2008 • 日(序数词) 月 年 e.g.:23rd Sep. 2008 (2).月份 • 除了5月(May)外,均可使用简写形式:Jan., Feb., Mar., Apr., Aug., Sep., Oct., Nov., Dec.。六月June 和七月July可以简写成Jun. , Jul.,但是最好用全称。考试中为了避免混淆,我们写全称是最保险的。 • January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
2. 称呼 • 对有一定社会距离或不认识、不熟悉的人:Dear Madam, Dear Sir, Dear President, Dear Mr. Smith等等。 • 对相识的人:Dear Judy, Dear Smith • 对亲近的人或家人:Dear Mom, Dear Dad, Dear Mary,甚至没有Dear 也可以。
3. 结尾客套用语 • 和正文隔开1~2行 • 位置偏右 • 后面加逗号 • 礼貌尊重程度根据社会距离而定: • 正式的、尊称:Faithfully yours, Respectful yours, Sincerely yours, Truly yours, • 一般情况下: yours • 熟悉或亲近的人甚至可以直接以自己的姓名落款:Mary, Jane
4. 标点符号 • (1) 月份、星期的缩写后面,用句号 • (2) 日期后面接年份的时候,日期后要使用逗号隔开 • (3) 称呼后面一定要有标点,可以是逗号,也可以是冒号 • (4) 结尾客套用语后面,一定要有标点,而且只能是逗号。 Sincerely yours, • (5) 签名后面一定不能有标点符号
5. 布局 • (1) 向右靠: 时间, 结尾客套用语,签名 • (2) 向左靠:称呼 • (3) 中心段落:首段空4个字符 • (4) 客套用语和签名不能写在同一行 • 6. 字数要求: • (1) 50~60 字 • (2) 少于40或多余80 都会相应扣分。
Tues Feb.11 Dear Prof. Richards, • I’m sorry I couldn’t make our 4 o’clock appointment. Prof. Sterner’s lecture lasted a lot longer than I had expected. I could meet you in the department office tomorrow at 3 p.m., if that is convenient for you. If not, please leave a note in my mailbox,#529, tomorrow morning. Thank you. • Sincerely yours, • Zhang Ming
样卷分析及点评题目要求 • SECTION B NOTE-WRITING [10 MIN] • Write on ANSWER SHEET TWO a note of about 50-60 words based on the following situation: • Your classmate, Jimmy, is head of the university’s swimming club. He has invited you to join the club, but you like like some other sport. Write him a note, declining his in vitation and explaining why. • Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness.
样卷一(9分) April 22nd, 2007 • Dear Jimmy, • It’s very kind of you to invite me to join the university’s swimming club. I am most grateful to be asked. However, I’ve already joined a basketball club. You know I like playing basketball very much. I’m afraid I do not have enough time to take part in two sports. I am very sorry for that and really regret that I would miss such an excellent chance of enjoying swimming with you. Good luck to your club. • Yours, • Mike
样卷二(7分) • 22 April, 2007 • Dear Jimmy, • Thank you for your inviting me to participating in the university’s swimming club. But I regret to tell you that I’m not able to join you, since I found myself more interested in the basketball club. I hope you will not be angry to me. • Yours, • Mike
样卷三(5分) • Dear Jimmy, • Sorry! I couldn’t take part in your university swimming club, because I more like football. I have to decline your invitation. What a pity! I am sure you will not be angry at me, because you are always my best friend. • Sorry again! • Yours, • Tom • April 22, 2007
样卷四(3分) • Hello, Jimmy: • I’m shy to tell you I like other sport. So I don’t take part in you club. You may ask: Why? Not because other reasons, I interested more in pingpong and it is more cheaper. I think, except me, more people will support you. • Tony
1. 请求 • 内容主要包括: • 请求理由陈述 • 请求行为 • 请求可能的实现方式 • 致谢 • March 13 • Dear Professor Liu, • I’m very happy to have had attended your lecture on “linguistics and language” last Saturday. Your lecture is quite instructive to my present thesis writing. Therefore, I hope I can get your further help. I am wondering if it is possible for you to give me a list of reference books on this topic to the following e-mail address: zhang123@yahoo.com.cn . Heartfelt thanks. • Sincerely yours, • Zhang Yue
表示请求的表达有: • 1. Would you do me a favor? • 2. I wish you could… • 3. Would you be so kind as to … • 4. I wonder if you would … • 5. Could I trouble you to … • 6. If it is not too troublesome, could/would you… • 7. I hope this request will not trouble you too much. • 8.Would it be possible to …
Exercise: • 1. A famous professor gave a lecture in your university but you were late due to sth and missed the first half part, and you failed to get the handout. But you think it is very helpful. Please write to the professor to ask for the handout of the lecture.
September 25 • Dear Professor Hu, • I am very happy to have the chance to listen to your lecture on “American Literature”, but it is a pity that I was late that day due to a minor accident on my way to the lecture. I missed the first part of the lecture and failed to get the handout. Your lecture is really instructive for my English study, so I am wondering if it is possible for me to get the handout. If it is possible, would you please email it to the address zhang123@yahoo.com.cn , or call me at 15112345678 and I will to to fetch it. Heartfelt thanks. • Respectfully yours, • Zhang Yu
2. One of your best friends will come to Hangzhou tomorrow. You want to show him around the West Lake. But you’ll on duty tomorrow. So you decide to write to your friend Wang Ling to take your duty.
Oct.3 • Dear Wang Ling, • I am wondering whether it’s convenient for you to take the duty for me tomorrow. One of my best friends has come to Hangzhou on business. He’s so busy that he only has tomorrow afternoon to stay with me. I want to show him around the West Lake, but I happen to be on duty then. So it would be very kind of you to agree to take my turn. Many thanks. • Yours, • Zhang Yu
2. 预约 • 主要内容包括: • 预约的事由 • 邀约的行为 • 约会的时间地点以及磋商。 • 致谢 Feb. 11 Dear Professor Ma, We would be very grateful if you could give us a talk on “The Skills for TEM-4 Writing” on this coming Friday, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. If this subject does not suit you or that time is not convenient for you, and any other similar topic and time would also be welcome. If you have any decision, call me at the cell-phone number:13112345678. Thank you. Respectfully yours, Mei Ying Chairman of Students’ union
表示请求的表达有: • 1. Let’s go to the movie. • 2. Shall we meet at the office to talk about the thesis topic? • 3. Is it possible for us to meet at the office to discuss the new teaching plan? • 4. If it doesn’t trouble you much, shall we meet at the Zhongshan bus station at 7 this evening?
Exercise: • You met many troubles in your thesis writing, so you hope your tutor Mr.Smith will give you some instructions. But he was not in his office. Please write a note to make an appointment.
Exercise: • You met many troubles in your thesis writing, so you hope your tutor Mr.Smith will give you some instructions. But he was not in his office. Please write a note to make an appointment.
3. 邀请 • 邀请函一般应该包括以下内容: • A. 诚挚邀请对方参加某一活动 • B. 概括介绍活动的内容和安排 • C. 再次表示诚意 • 例如以下是一篇简短的邀请朋友参加晚宴的邀请函 • May 5, 2003 • Dear Mrs. Li, • We should be very much pleased if you and Mr. Li would dine with us on Wednesday at 7 o’clock. It will be quite a small party, as we have only asked Mr. And Mrs. Anderson and Miss Ling, all close friends of ours. We trust you will be disengaged and able to give us the pleasure of your company. • Truly yours, • Tom
1. This Saturday evening, your class will hold a party. In order to enhance the friendship with Class 4, you want to invite them to take part in. Please write a note of invitation to them.
Dec. 23, 2008 • Dear girls and boys in Class 4, • This Saturday evening, from 7 p.m., at Wangshu dining hall, there will be a ball held by Class 1. We warmly invite you to take part in it. There you can enjoy yourselves with dance, music and various games. And we’ll have a chance to communicate, which will enhance the friendship between us. Come and enjoy ourselves together. • Yours, • Zhang Bing • Monitor of Class 1
4. 接受邀请 表示接受的便条至少会包括以下内容: • 表示感谢 • 确切表示会赴约 May 7, 2003 Dear Mr. Tom, Please accept our hearty thanks for your kind invitation to your home dinner on Wednesday. Thank you for including us among the limited number of your guests. You may be sure we will join you on that day and we are looking forward to the pleasure of being with you. Yours sincerely, Li Hong
表示接受的词汇有: We are delighted to accept … It is with great pleasure… We are sincerely happy to join you
5.婉言拒绝 拒绝邀请的便条包括以下部分 • 收到邀请 • 表示感谢 • 说明不能赴约的原因 • 表示遗憾和良好的祝愿 表示婉言拒绝的常用词汇有: I shall have to say no to your kind invitation… Very regretfully, … Unfortunately, it will be impossible Because of …, we find we cannot
May 7, 2009 Dear Mr. Tom, We are very appreciative of your so warmly including us among your selected guests for Wednesday. Most unfortunately, however, we shall be unable to avail ourselves of your kind invitation on account of a previous engagement for the same day. I have ordered the Xinxin Department Store to deliver you a trifle which please accept as a humble token of our felicitation on the party. With best wishes for a very jolly home diner. Yours sincerely, Li Hong
6. 抱怨、投诉 • 对所遇到的困扰,恶劣的服务态度,劣质的产品等提出抗议和改进的意见。内容有理,批评有节。内容一般包括: • 1.抱怨或投诉的行为 • 2. 抱怨或投诉内容的具体描述 • 3.要求纠正、弥补、或补偿 • 4. 对纠正、弥补、或补偿的敦促或威胁(如果是礼貌的抱怨,则不一定要有)
Mar. 15 • Dear Sir or Madam, • I’m writing to bring your attention to the problem I’ve had with information availability with your product. I have been trying to get a person on the phone, but I failed by trying several departments. I hope you will address this problem to my satisfaction, or I will never go business with you again.I expect to hear from you soon. My telephone number is 123456. Thank you. • Yours, John Smith
常见句型 1.I write to show my great anger at your… 2. I am writing to protest against your… 3. My complaint about your …is based on the fact that 4. Hope you will improve your… 5. It is high time you took some measures to solve… 6. I sincerely hope such things will never take place again.
Exercise: • 1. Last Sunday you went to a store to buy a watch. But one saleswoman replied me in a sarcastic tone. You are going to write a complaint to the manager.
Mar. 15 • Dear Sir or Madam, • I went to your store to buy a Swatch watch last Sunday. When I said that the price was high, the No. 5 saleswoman replied in a sarcastic tone, “you can go ahead and buy a cheap fake from other store.” She forgot how to treat a prospective buyer! I hope you can improve your service, and give me a face-to-face apology. My telephone number is 12345678. • Yours sincerely, • John Smith
2. It is time for high school students to prepare for their college entrance examination. But the noisy construction working always lasts till midnight, which has disturbed their study. You are the chairman of Jinshan Residential Committee John Smith. You went to their manager’s office, but the manager was out. Please write a note about this to him/her.
2. It is time for high school students to prepare for their college entrance examination. But the noisy construction working always lasts till midnight, which has disturbed their study. You are the chairman of Jinshan Residential Committee John Smith. You went to their manager’s office, but the manager was out. Please write a note about this to him/her.
June 15 • Dear Sir or Madam, • I’m writing to bring your attention to the noise from your construction site. It is time for many high school students to prepare for their college entrance examination. But your noisy working always last till midnight, which has disturbed their study and interfered in their normal rest. Therefore, it would be very considerate of you to stop working before 10 o’clock at least in these 10 days. Heartfelt thanks. • Sincerely yours, • John Smith • Chairman of Jinshan Residential Committee
7. 道歉 • 内容一般包括: • 道歉的行为和内容 • 道歉的具体理由 • 弥补的方法 • 进一步致歉
Mar. 1 • Dear Professor Liu, • I’m sorry I couldn't make our 2 o’clock appointment. There is to be an urgent conference in my department this afternoon and I have to make some preparation for it. Shall we meet at 3 o’clock on this Friday afternoon? If that is not convenient for you, please leave me a note in my mailbox. With many apologies. • Sincerely yours, • Pan Yang
March 8, 2005 Dear Wang Ling, I am terribly sorry you have been fined by the library for not having returned the book on UFO on time. It is all my fault, which caused you so much trouble. I took the book away without letting you know. I am writing to express my apology and I will give you the money the amount you have been fined. I sincerely hope this incident will not destroy our friendship. Sincerely yours, Zhang Liang
表示道歉的常见句型 • I write to apologize for having caused… • Please accept my apology for… • I am writing to express my apology for… • I am sorry for… • It is all my fault I have made you … • I regret I have caused…
Exercise: • 1. You had promised to go to the gate of Da Hua theater yesterday afternoon. But you didn’t make it because of a minor accident. Please write a note to do apology.
Exercise • Nov. 2 • Dear John, • I’m terribly sorry! I failed to meet you at the gate of Da Hua theater yesterday afternoon. I had a minor accident on my way, and by the time I finished dealing with the accident and got to the theater, you must have given up and left. Do please forgive me. • Yours, Mary
2. You borrowed a book 2 month ago and you didn't return the in time. Write a note to apologize.
Mar. 15 • Dear Lucy, • I’m terribly sorry for not being able to return you the book you lent me 2 months ago. You see, I’m writing my thesis paper, and this book is one of my important references. If it is possible, I want to keep it for another months. If not, I’ll return it soon. Many apologies and thanks again. • Yours, • Lily
8. 祝贺 • 内容包括: • 表示祝贺和自己的反应 • 对成功的评价和对对方的钦佩 • 美好的祝愿
Mar. 12, 2007 • Dear Martin, • I’m so pleased to hear that you’ve got the scholarship to the university of Columbia. Congratulations on your success. You really deserve it because you are such an intelligent and hardworking student. I’ve never doubted your ability to achieve great aims. You will have a brilliant future, and I wish you all the best in your life and academic studies in the USA. • Yours, • Ann
表示祝贺常用句型 • I am writing to express my heartiest congratulations on your… • Accept my sincere congratulations from the bottom of my hear on your… • I wish to congratulate you on your finishing high school and entering QingHua University. • I am much delighted to hear/ learn you have passed/won…. As one of your friends I am very proud of you. • It’s the kind of news I like to hear, because it proves once again a hand-working man always gets ahead. Let me offer my warmest congratulations. I know you are going to be a great success in…
Exercise: • 1. Your friend Lily won the competition against another opponents for the position as a designer of a famous magazine. Please write a note for congratulations.
Jun. 6 • Dear Lily, • I’m really pleased to learn that you’ve won the competition against another opponents for the position as a designer of a famous magazine. Please accept my warmest congratulations. You really deserve it, because you are so talented in designing and you have worked so hard in the last 4 years. I believe you’ll have a bright future in your work. • Yours, • George