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1、PracticalWritingSpecializedEnglishAsisknown,Englishfallsintotwofundamentaltypes:writtenEnglishandoralEnglish.practicalEnglishwriting,inabroadsense,belongstotheformer,butitisnon-literature.Inpractice,practicalEnglishwritingisonlypartofnon-literaturewrittenEngl
2、ish.itisgenerallyreferredtoasthosecommonwrittendocumentsforspecialpurposesandinregularforms.AmongthepracticalEnglishwriting,thecommonareasfollows:personalorbusinessletter,notice,telegram,contract,advertisement,etc.NowadaysEnglishhasbeenreceivinggreaterandgrea
3、terattentioninChina.AlthoughEnglishhasbeentaughtinChinaasaforeignlanguagefordozensofyears,moststudentsseemtolearnEnglishforexaminationsonly.Theymightbeskilledinreading,butfewcanspeakfluentEnglishorwritewellforpracticalpurposes.That’soneofthemainreasonsweshoul
4、dlearnpracticalEnglishwriting.Anotherreasonisthat,asacollegestudentinthe21stcentury,youwillhavetogetpreparedforfutureworkandstudies.Whenyouwanttogoabroadforadvancedstudies,youwillhavetoproducemanydocuments,includingforms,resumeandletters.Whenyoumeetstrangers,
5、youmaysendthempersonalcardsforfurthercontact.AthirdreasonisthatpracticalEnglishwritingisquitedifferentfromgeneralwritinginthatithasseveralcharacteristicsofitsown,withwhichtheteacherwillhelpyoutogetfamiliar.Asaresult,eachofyoucanwriteforpracticalpurposes.Chara
6、cteristicsofpracticalwritingOnefundamentalcharacteristicofpracticalEnglishwritingisthateachtypehasaregularform.Anotheroneisitssimplicityinstyle.Athirdcharacteristicliesinitsbriefnessinform.PrinciplesofpracticalEnglishwritingClarity:keepsentencesshortWriteinac
7、tivevoiceConciseness:writingprovidesexactlywhatthereadersneed.Itgetstothepointanddoesnotramble.Coherence:transitionalwordsandphrasesthatshowspecifickindsofrelationshipsReadability:useshort,familiarwordsAvoidmonotonoussentencesEnglishLettersTypeofletters（信的类型）
8、Englishlettersaregenerallydividedintotwotypes：a．personalletters个人书信b．businessletters事务书信FormsofLettersEnglish-style(英式/缩进式结构):每一段的第一行都向里缩进4-8个字符,且所有段落的缩进距离必须保持一致;称呼顶格写,落款则在中间偏右的位置.America
