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1、BusinessLetterWritingBusinessLetter—layoutI.BasicLayout:Notethepositionof1.Letterhead2.Thedateline3.Theopening(insideaddress)4.Thesalutation5.Thebody6.TheClosing7.Thesignatureandname8.P.S.(Postscript)Therearetwostylesofcomposingletters.Oneisindentedstyle,andtheotherisblockst
2、yle.Nowadays,blockstyleismorepopularespeciallyinbusinessworld.Forindentedstyle,youshouldindented4lettersatthebeginningofeachparagraph,andyouneednotleavespacebetweenparagraphs.Whilefortheblockstyle,youneedtoleavespacebetweenparagraphs,butyouneednotindented4lettersatthebeginni
3、ng.Justwritealongside.1..LetterheadTheletterheadisalsocalledreturnaddress,whichisthefulladdressofthewriter.Itistypedintheupperright-handcornerofthefirstpage.Inbusinessworld,letterheadisnormallyprintedonthetopoftheletterpaperinthemiddle.Thusyouneednottowriteitagain.Justwritet
4、hedate.Forpersonalletter,youalsoneednottowritetheletterhead.Notesforletterhead:1)YoushouldbeawareoftheorderyouwriteletterheadisjustreversedfromthatinChinese,i.e.,fromthesmallestunittothebiggestunit.Forexample,thenumberoftheroom,numberofthebuilding,numberofthestreet,city,prov
5、inceandthenthecountry.2.DatesBecareful!InChinathe14thApril2003iswritten2003/04/14InEnglandthe14thApril2003iswritten14/4/2003or14/04/2003InAmericathe14thApril2003iswritten4/14/2003or04/14/2003Itisprobablysafesttowrite14thApril,2003orApril14,2003!!!3.TheopeningTheopeningisalso
6、calledtheinsideaddress,whichistheaddressexactlythesameasthatonenvelope.Theopeninggoesabovethesalutationontheleft,whichis13alwaysomittedinpersonalletters.Theorderoftheinsideaddressisthesameastheorderofletterhead.Whileinbusinessworld,ifyouknowthereceivers’nameandposition,yoush
7、ouldwritethembeforethecompanynameandaddress.4.ThesalutationThesalutationisthegreeting,whichgoesoneortwospacesbelowtheopeningattheleft-handmargin.Usuallyitisbesttosay“Dear…”ifyouknowthenameofthereceiver,orjust“DearSir/Madam”ifyoudonotknowthereceiver’sname.Thenyoushoulduseacom
8、ma(,)ornothing.WeChinesenormallyuseacolon(:)Afterthesalutation,while,inEngl
