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1、ChapterFourLetterWriting------Lettersareimportantmeansofcommunication.Goodletter-writingskillsinvolveappropriateuseoflanguage,goodorganizationofcontentandappropriatestyleandtone.--------Accordingtothedifferentpurposesofwriting,lettersmaybeclassifiedintotwomaintypes:socialcorrespondenceandbu
2、sinessletters.IThelayoutofaletterTheheading;Theinsideaddress;Thesalutation;Thebody;Thecomplimentaryclose;Thesignature.Part1:Theheading1.Thepartsoftheheading:------thefulladdressofthewriterandthedateoftheletter2.Thelocationoftheheading:------inthetopright-handcorner(blockedorindentedstyle)or
3、thetoplefthandcorner(ofteninblockstyle);3.Thepunctuation:------Itmayormaynothaveendpunctuation(Americansdonotuseanypunctuation,buttheBritishusuallyuseacommaaftereachlineandaperiodafterthelastline).4.Specialoccasion------Forletter-headstationeryisused,thewriteronlyneedstoputthedatebelowthepr
4、intedmatter----twoorthreespacesbelowtheprintedmatter.5.Arrangementoftheaddressintheheading:------firstline:thehousenumber,thenameofthestreetorroad------secondline:thenameofthetownorcity,thenameofthestateorprovince,thepostalcode(secondline);-----lastline:thenameofthecountry6.Thedateofthelett
5、er:-----itcanbethelastlineoftheheadingortwospacesbelowtheaddressJanuary15,1997orJanuary15th,199715January,1997or15thJanuary,199715January1997or15thJanuary1997Herearetwoexamplesoftheheading:平头式(Blockstyle):1575OakAvenue,Apt.75Evanston,Illinois60201U.S.A.Oct.7,2000缩行式(Indentedstyle):ForeignLa
6、nguagesDepartment,EastChinaNormalUniversity,Shanghai,200062,P.R.China,8Nov.,2000.Myaddress:Room915,ForeignLanguagesDepartment,HeilongjiangInstituteofScienceandTechnology,#1TangchangStreet,SongbeiDistrict,Harbin,Heilongjiang150027,P.R.China,25Feb.,2008.(Note:Iftherearetoomanywordsinoneitem,a
7、rrangethemontwoormorelinesbutindentthem.)Part2:Theinsideaddress1.Partsofit:----fullnamewithtitleandfulladdressofthepersonyouarewritingto;2.Location:----Itshouldbebelowthedatelineagainsttheleftmargin.3.Theacceptableabbreviations:1)Beforethename:Mr.(pl.Mes