英文写作大全——询问信.ppt

1、,10.询问信（Letter of Inquiry） 询问信用于在社交和商务活动中询问有关情况，一般着重询问客观事实。询问信要写得干净利落、明确具体、无歧义。询问信是请求别人回答问题，故用词要礼貌、恳切，且无论对方是否愿意或能够提供帮助都应该事先表示感谢。通常情况下，还需提供详细地联系方式，以便得到回复。 询问信的主要内容一般包括： 1自我介绍，表明自己的身份； 2明确写信的目的，即寻求某些信息； 3表明寻求以下问题的原因，强调所需信息的重要性； 4.罗列所要询问的问题； 5.提供详细的回复方式，并表示感谢和期待回复。,Sample 1 English department Xiamen Vo

2、cational College Xiamen, 361000 Fujian, China May 16,2006 Dear Sir / Madam, As I will be attending Warwick University during the next academic year, I wonder if you could give me some information regarding accommodation. I understand that I should apply for my accommodation in advance. Since I will

3、be alone, I would prefer to live on campus, but Id like to share a flat with postgraduate students preferably from different countries.,Could you please tell me: 1. What campus accommodation is available and how to apply? 2. What sharing arrangements are available and how to make contacts? 3. If liv

4、ing on campus is impossible, what other types of accommodation are available? 4. Costs and arrangements for all the above. As time is short, I would be most grateful if you could reply at your earliest convenience. Looking forward to hearing from you. Yours Faithfully, Xu Juan,Sample 2 询问奖学金是否够生活 (I

5、s the offer enough to cover the expenses?) Dear Sir or Madam, I am very pleased to know that I have been accepted by your graduate program and offered a TA(teaching assistant 助教)s position. To decide my future plan of study, I would like to ask you some questions. I learned that I was offered an ass

6、istantship(大学)研究生助教奖学金of $13,000 and a stipend津贴 of $8,900. But as I know, the tuition in your university is very high. I dont know whether the offer is enough to cover all the expenses. I would also like to know whether the assistantship of $13,000 can be maintained if I maintain satisfactory recor

7、ds Sincerely yours, Li Ming,Sample 3 : a letter inquiring about a hotel Dear Mr. Guo, I am going to visit Songpan on July 30 and wish to stay at your hotel. My friend has just come back and warmly recommended it to me. My wife and I want to go horse trekking with the Happy Trails Horse Team. We will

8、 choose to go to the Ice Mountain, so it will take four days. We want a double room with a private bath for two nights, July 30 and August 3. Would you please tell us whether we could have such a room and how much it will cost us? I am looking forward to your reply. Sincerely yours, Li Ming,Sample 4

9、 You are a tourist and you want to experience a new way of traveling. Write a letter inquiring about such a traveling program. Dear Mr. Guo , My wife and I have read in the traveling book Lonely Planet about your Happy Trails Horse Team. We are very much interested in going horse trekking with your

10、team. We want to choose the Ice Mountain route, which will take four days, from July 31 to August 3. What should we take with us? Will the guides provide accommodation for us? How much will the tour cost each of us? We will reach Songpan on the afternoon of July 30 at about 5 oclock. I hope it will

11、not be too late when we arrive at your team. I am looking forward to your early reply. Sincerely yours, Li Ming,Useful expression and sentence patterns 1. May I take the liberty of asking you to? 我是否可以冒昧请你。？ 2. Will you please greatly oblige me by? 能否请您帮我。？ oblige v.迫使做; 使负义务/满足请求; 施惠 Wed be happy t

12、o oblige.我们乐于效劳。 Sorry, I cant oblige you. 很抱歉, 我不能帮你的忙。 3. Im writing to inquire about the details of ? 我写信询问。的详细信息。 4. Would you please send me details of ? 您能给我提供。的详细信息吗？ 5. I have several -related questions, for example: 我有一些和。相关的问题，比如：,6. Im writing to see if it is possible for you to provide m

13、e with information regarding 我想知道您是否能给我提供关于。的信息。 7. I would be most grateful if you could send me information regarding/concerning 如果您能向我提供关于。的信息，我将不胜感激。 8. Please call me atand let me know / please get in touch with at 请打电话。告诉我。/ 和。联系。 9. Ill be very grateful for any help you can give me. 对于您的任何帮助我将非常感激。 10. I shall feel obliged if you will favor me with a call at your earliest convenience. 如果您能尽早回电话，我将非常感激。,11. Your kind help would be greatly appreciated. 非常感谢你的帮助。 12. Please favor me