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1、Chapter Four Letter Writing,-Letters are important means of communication. Good letter-writing skills involve appropriate use of language, good organization of content and appropriate style and tone.,-According to the different purposes of writing, letters may be classified into two main types: soci

2、al correspondence and business letters.,I The layout of a letter,The heading; The inside address; The salutation; The body; The complimentary close; The signature.,Part 1: The heading,1. The parts of the heading: -the full address of the writer and the date of the letter 2. The location of the headi

3、ng: -in the top right-hand corner (blocked or indented style) or the top left hand corner (often in block style); 3. The punctuation: -It may or may not have end punctuation (Americans do not use any punctuation, but the British usually use a comma after each line and a period after the last line).

4、4. Special occasion -For letter-head stationery is used, the writer only needs to put the date below the printed matter-two or three spaces below the printed matter.,5. Arrangement of the address in the heading: -first line: the house number, the name of the street or road -second line: the name of

5、the town or city, the name of the state or province, the postal code (second line); -last line: the name of the country 6. The date of the letter: -it can be the last line of the heading or two spaces below the address January 15, 1997 or January 15th, 1997 15 January, 1997 or 15th January, 1997 15

6、January 1997 or 15th January 1997,Here are two examples of the heading:,平头式（Block style）: 1575 Oak Avenue, Apt.75 Evanston, Illinois 60201 U.S.A. Oct.7, 2000 缩行式(Indented style): Foreign Languages Department, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, P.R.China, 8 Nov., 2000.,My address: Room 9

7、15, Foreign Languages Department, Heilongjiang Institute of Science and Technology, #1 Tangchang Street, Songbei District, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150027, P.R.China, 25 Feb., 2008. (Note: If there are too many words in one item, arrange them on two or more lines but indent them. ),Part 2: The inside ad

8、dress,1. Parts of it: -full name with title and full address of the person you are writing to; 2. Location: -It should be below the date line against the left margin.,3. The acceptable abbreviations: 1) Before the name: Mr. (pl. Messers) Mrs. (pl. Mmes.) Miss Ms. Dr. e.g. Mr. John Smith / Prof. John

9、 Smith / Dr. Mark Brown Miss Elizabeth Henry 2) After the name: Jr. Sr. Esq. Ph.D. e.g. Henry Barker, Esq. (英) 亨利.巴克先生 Jack Horn, Jr./ Paul Harvey,Sr. William Kramer, Ph.D.,4. How to address your letter: a. If you know the receiver -use full name and title e.g. Mr. James Allen b. If you are not sure

10、 of the receiver -use the name of the organization concerned e.g. Harper b. The return address (the writers name and address) is written in the top left-hand corner of the envelope; c.Stamps are put in the top right-hand corner,III Exercises Exercise 1写出你的信头和寄往美国耶鲁大学(Yale University)研究生院(Graduate Sc

11、hool)录取办公室(Registrar of Admission)Smith女士的信件的封内地址。,Room 915, Foreign Languages Department Heilongjiang Institute of Science and Technology #1 Tangchang Street, Songbei District Harbin, Heilongjiang 150027 P.R.China 20 Dec., 2007 Ms SmithAdmissions OfficeThe Graduate SchoolThe Yale UniversityU.S.A.,Exercise 2: Write the inside address,美国马萨诸塞州(Massachusett