一、投诉信
Directions: Write a letter of complaint according to the following situation: You bought an air conditioner in Sun Appliance and had it installed the other day, but you found that the fan made too much noise when the machine operated.You demand the store to send a representative to check it up.
Write your letter in no le than 150 words.Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter; use Li Ming instead.You do not need to write the addre.June 23, 2007
Dear Sir or Madam,
I’m writing to lodge the complaint about the poor quality of an air conditioner that I purchased from Sun Appliance Company.
Frankly speaking, Sun Appliance has always been my favorite.On April 4, 2007, I bought the air conditioner (serial number 12345) from one of your chain store located in Lang Fang.The machine operated well at first, but ten days later, there was a fault that bothered me, that is, the fan made so much noise that I could not sleep well at night.Worse still, the cooling system didn’t work well and the machine began to leak recently.Its poor quality ruined almost all my previous impreion toward your products.
I strongly suggest that a repairman or a service engineer should be sent to my home without delay.I wonder if you could pinpoint the exact cause of the malfunction as soon as poible.If you can’t, I am afraid that I will request for full amount of refund or a new air conditioner.
I would appreciate all your aistance in this matter.If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me.Look forward to your reply.
Yours Sincerely,
Li Ming
二、邀请信
Directions: Suppose you are the dean of the History Department, Peking University.You want to invite Profeor Herb Jason, a well-known scholar of Chinese history, to come to attend an international conference on Chinese history.You’ll cover the following points:
The purpose of the invitation
The time and place of the conference
Ask him a favor of presenting a lecture to your students during his stay
Write your letter in no le than 150 words.Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter; use Li Ming instead.You do not need to write the addre.
June 23, 2007
Dear Profeor Herb Jason,
I am Li Ming, dean of the History Department, Peking University.I am writing to invite you to participate in an international convention that is to be held in Beijing from 22th to 25th, July, 2007.
Since your visit in Beijing last year, all the teachers that attended your lecture have been deeply impreed with your thorough knowledge and profound understanding of the subject.We would be pleased if you could come, as our guest of honor, to the International Conference on Chinese History, If poible, would you please deliver a speech on whatever subject that interests you.Enclosed in this letter is a time schedule for the event.You would, of course, receive our standard honorarium to cover traveling and other expenses.When you arrive in Beijing, I will certainly meet you at the airport.
Please let me know your date of arrival if you can come and tell us when you can make the trip.If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me.Look forward to your reply.
Yours sincerely,
Li Ming
三、感谢信
Directions: Write a letter of thanks according to the following situation.Once you were ill and were hospitalized for a few weeks in the Chaoyang Medical Center, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province.During your stay the entire staff were kind to you.When you came back home, you wrote them a letter of thanks.
Write your letter in no le than 150 words.Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter; use Li Ming instead.You do not need to write the addre.
June 23, 2007
Dear Sir/Madam,
I’m writing to extend my heartfelt thanks to all the nurses and doctors in your hospital.
Last month, while I was on a busine trip in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, I suffered from a bad cold and a fever, so I was sent to Ward Rom 201, Chaoyang Medical Center.During my stay at hospital, nurses on duty patiently took my temperature, regularly examined my body, and often fed meals to me.In addition, doctors prescribed me the most effective drugs and gave the best medical advice.Thanks to the constant care from the hospital staff, I recovered quickly.Now that I have returned home, the excellent service of your hospital still imprees me.I believe that as patient, I have received the most profeional treatment and the most considerate care.
Please allow me to convey my sincere greetings toward the doctors and nurses that contribute all their efforts, patience and energy to their patients.Nothing can expre my gratitude except my best wishes to them.If you have anything that needs my help, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Yours sincerely,
(一)原因1.A number of factors are accountable for this situation.
A number of factors might contribute to (lead to )(account for) the phenomenon (problem).
2.The answer to this problem involves many factors.
3.The phenomenon mainly stems from the fact that...
4.The factors that contribute to this situation include...
5.The change in ...largely results from the fact that...
6.We may blame ...,but the real causes are...
7.Part of the explanations for it is that ...
One of the most common factors (causes .is that ...
Another contributing factor (cause .is ...
Perhaps the primary factor is that …
But the fundamental cause is that
四、比较
1.The advantage far outweigh the disadvantages.
2.The advantages of A are much greater than those of B.
3.A may be preferable to B, but A suffers from the disadvantages that...
4.It is reasonable to maintain that ...but it would be foolish to claim that...
5.For all the disadvantages, it has its compensating advantages.
6.Like anything else, it has its faults.
7.A and B has several points in common.
8.A bears some resemblances to B.
9.However, the same is not applicable to B.
10.A and B differ in several ways.
11.Evidently, it has both negative and positive effects.
12.People used to think ..., but things are different now.
13.The same is true of B.
14.Wondering as A is, it has its drawbacks.
15.It is true that A ..., but the chief faults (obvious defects )are ...
五、批驳
1.It is true that ..., but one vital point is being left out.
2.There is a grain of truth in these statements, but they ignore a more important fact.
3.Some people say ..., but it does not hold water.
4.Many of us have been under the illusion that...
5.A close examination would reveal how ridiculous the statement is.
6.It makes no sense to argue for ...
7.Too much stre placed on ...may lead to ...
8.Such a statement mainly rests on the aumption that ...
9.Contrary to what is widely accepted, I maintain that ...
六、后果
1.It may give rise to a host of problems.
2.The immediate result it produces is ...
3.It will exercise a profound influence upon...
4.Its consequence can be so great that...
七、举例
1.A good case in point is ...
2.As an illustration, we may take ...
3.Such examples might be given easily.
4....is often cited as an example.
八、证明
1.No one can deny the fact that ...
2.The idea is hardly supported by facts.
3.Unfortunately, none of the available data shows ...
4.Recent studies indicate that ...
5.There is sufficient evidence to show that ...
6.According to statistics proved by ..., it can be seen that ...
九、开篇
1.Many nations have been faced with the problem of ...
2.Recently the problem has been brought into focus.
3.Recently the phenomenon has become a heated topic.
4.Recently the iue has aroused great concern among ...
5.Nowadays there is a growing concern over ...
6.Never in our history has the idea that ...been so popular.
7.Faced with ..., quite a few people argue that ...
8.According to a recent survey, ...
9.With the rapid development of ..., ...
十、结尾
1.From what has been discued above, we can draw the conclusion that ...
2.It is high time that strict measures were taken to stop ...
3.It is neceary that steps should be taken to ...
4.In conclusion, it is imperative that ...
5.There is no easy method, but ...might be of some help.
6.To solve the above-mentioned problem, we must ...
7.In summary, if we continue to ignore the above-mentioned iue, more problems will crop up.
8.With the efforts of all parts concerned, the problem will be solved thoroughly.
9.We might do more than identify the cause ; it is important to take actions to ...
10.Taking all these into account, we ...
11.Whether it is good or not /positive or negative, one thing is certain/clear...十
一、上升增长
1.…add up to… 增加了eg.The total amount of … added up to 14 billion pounds(14%) in 1994.2.to jump to / to soar to…… 一跃达到/ 猛增到…
eg.The total working days lost soared to 10 million in 1979.
3.…an increase of about…percent as compared with…… 与…相比大约增加了…
eg.In August as many as 39 car accidents were reported, indicating an increase of about 79% as compared with the number of January.
4.…to experience an increase/incline …有了增长
eg.Tobacco consumption is experiencing an incline.十
二、下降，减少
1.…to sink/drop/reduce to… 减少到…
eg.The rate of strikes sank/dropped to the lowest point in 1979.
2.…to experience a decrease/decline …有了减少
eg.Tobacco consumption is experiencing a decrease.注意：
修饰上升/减少的副词有：
rapidly slowly dramatically respectively 表达上升/减少的最后状态的词有：
the highest peak the lowest point 10 million 10% 十
三、起伏
1.…to go up and down …起伏不定
eg.The strike rate went up and down during the period from 1952 to 1967.
2.There be ups and downs …有起有伏
eg.Between 1972 and 1979, there were several ups and downs in (某方面). 十
四、稳定
1.…to remain steady/level/unchanged …保持稳定，几乎不变
eg.The rate of …remained steady (fairly level/almost unchanged) during the four years from 1963 to 1967.2.…to level off (vi.)
eg.After a steady decline for a whole decade, the …rate shows signs of leveling off.
注意：
修饰起伏或稳定状态的副词有：
almost fairly 可以用于表达起伏，稳定状态的句子中的词组或句型：
the general situation was not worsening
show indications of improvement
it can be predicted that…
eg.The rate of …remained steady during the four years from 1963 to 1967,and it can be predicted that the general situation was not worsening.
eg.The rate of …remained steady during the four years from 1963 to 1967,showing signs of improvement in … 十
五、成正比，反比
1.…be in direct /inverse ratio to/with 与…成正比/反比
eg.Male illustrations are in direct ratio to /with the advancement of grades, while female illustrations are in inverse ratio.十
六、占百分之几，几分之几
1….to form/comprise/make up/constitute ….percent …占百分之…
eg.Women comprise more than 50% of the U.S.population.
eg.Females make up only 24% of the illustrations whereas males constitute 76%.
2.…to form/comprise/constitute a half/third/fourth of……占…的1/2,1/3,1/4
eg.Female illustrions form le than a fourth of the total.
3.…account for…percent 占百分之几
eg.……, accounting for approximately 20 percent of… 十
七、倍数
1.A be …times as much/many as B
eg.The annual rainfall of Hunan is 5 times as much as that of Sichuan.
2.A doubles/is half/triples B A是B的两倍，一半，三倍
eg.The annual rainfall of Jidda doubles that of Janta, but is only half the amount of rain Kuwait receives each year.
附一 圆盘比例型图表 例： 一个圆盘显示了大学生在food, books, transportations, entertainment, clothes, unknown中的开销，它们各自占的比例依次是60%,3%,5%,10%,10%,12%，要求你描叙这个圆盘图。 描述:
The above pie chart consists of 6 segments, the largest one representing food, which accounts for 60% of the total.Clothes and entertainment each takes up 10%.5% goes to transportation and 3% books.All the rest expenses, 12% of all ,is spend on unknown items.总结写作模式：
…pie chart consists of…segments, the largest one representing…,which accounts for …of the total.…each takes up….…goes to….All the rest…, …of all,……..十
八、原因结果
1….(结果)…, owing to (原因) [owing to 为分词结构]
2….(结果)…, attributable to(原因) [attributable to为形容词短语]
3….(结果) lie in the fact that(原因) [ 同位语从句 ]
4….(结果)result from(原因) [句型一般]
5.It is precisely because (原因)…that (导致结果)… [强调结构]
6.…, as a result, …(导致结果)… [as a result做插入语]
7.(原因)be responsible for(结果) [常见句型]
8.(原因)，which in turn(结果)
eg.They give rise to unfair competition, which in turn throws original businees into a commercial panic.十
九、采取措施，提出建议
1.My suggestion to deal with/solve/relieve the problem are as follows.In the first place,….Secondly,….Finally,… [常见句型] 2.If we let the situation go as it is, ….By that time, ….如果让这种情况继续发展下去，那么……。
到那个时候，……。[比较好的句型] 3.More and more people are realizing the importance of…[进行时态， more and more比many好] 4.Great efforts/More measures/Due attention must be taken/paid to do …[ 被动语态，due attention 和be paid to 搭配] 5.If……, will there be anything that can make me even happier? 如果(我们怎么怎么做)，那将没有比这令我更高兴的了。[条件句，反问句] 6.It is important/neceary/urgent/desirable(希望)/advisable(明智) for sb.to do sth.[It is …for …to do…句型] 7.enhance the awarene of people that…
8.The first nut for us to crack is… 我们首先要解决的是……。 [比The first thing we should do is … 句型 高级的多，精彩的多，生动的多] 9.……as soon as poible [常见句型] 10.sth.be of the utmost importance [ be of n.结构， 比sth.be much important好]
