《实用英语写作教程》

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION1

CHAPTER 2 CARD WRITING4

2．1 Greeting Cards5

2．1．1 Birthday Cards5

2．1．2 Mother s / Father s Day Cards8

2．1．3 Valentine s Day Cards12

2．1．4 Holiday Greeting Cards （Christmas, New Year）16

2．2 Thank-you Cards23

2．3 Congratulation Cards26

2．4 Get-well Cards or Notes30

2．5 Sympathy Cards or Notes33

2．6 Other Miscellaneous Cards （Gift Cards, Retirement Cards, etc.）37

2．7 Vacation Postcards39

CHAPTER 3 LETTER WRITING43

3．1 Parts of a Letter44

3．1．1 The Heading44

3．1．2 The Salutation45

3．1．3 The Body47

3．1．4 The Complimentary Closing48

3．1．5 The Signature49

3．1．6 Four Less Important Parts of a Letter51

3．1．6．1 The Inside Address51

3．1．6．4 Carbon Copy or Xeroxed Copy52

3．1．6．3 Postscript52

3．1．6．2 Enclosure52

3．1．7 A Sample Letter Which Includes All Ten Parts of a Letter53

3．2 Several Rules of Thumb about Letter Writing55

3．2．1 Types of Correspondence: Personal vs Social and Business55

3．2．2 Simple and Plain Language58

3．2．3 Avoidance of Careless Mistakes59

CHAPTER 4 SOCIAL AND PERSONAL LETTER WRITING61

4．1 Thank-you Letters64

4．1．1 Thank-you Letters for Remembering65

4．1．2 Thank-you Letters for a Gift67

4．1．3 Thank-you Letters for a Visit70

4．1．4 Thank-you Letters for a Favor73

4．2 Letters of Invitation76

4．2．1 Writing Invitations76

4．2．2 Accepting an Invitation83

4．2．3 Declining an Invitation86

4．2．4 Letters between Friends about a Vacation Visit89

4．3 Letters of Congratulation93

4．3．1 Short Notes of Congratulation94

4．3．2 Longer Letters of Congratulation98

4．4 Letters of Sympathy105

4．5 Letters of Condolence111

4．6 Letters of Arrangement117

4．7 Letters of Apology125

4．8 Letters of Suggestion134

4．9 Letters of Advice144

4．10 Letters of Inquiry and Reply to It149

CHAPTER 5 BUSINESS LETTER WRITING158

5．1 General Rules of Business Letter Writing159

5．2 Letters of Application165

5．2．1 Letters of Self-introduction166

5．2．2 Résumé173

5．3 Letters of Introduction and Reference182

5．4 Letters of Recommendation188

5．5 Routine Business Letters198

5．5．1 Letters of Inquiry and Acknowledgment198

5．5．2 Letters of Request and Offer208

5．5．3 Letters of Order and Confirmation217

5．5．4 Letters Promoting a Product224

5．5．5 Letters about Credit234

5．5．6 Collection Letters241

5．5．7 Letters of Complaint248

5．5．8 Letters of Explanation258

5．5．9 Letters of Advice265

5．5．10 Letters of Opinion276

5．6 Memos, Directions, Advertisements, and Announcements285

5．6．1 Memo Writing285

5．6．2 Instruction/ Direction Notes292

5．6．3 Advertisements299

5．6．4 Announcements and Notices305

CHAPTER 6 E-MAIL WRITING320

6．1 E-mail Address320

6．2 E-mail Format321

6．3 Functions of the E-mail Program322

6．4 Writing E-mail Messages323

CHAPTER 7 JOURNAL WRITING328

7．1 Free-writing Journals329

7．2 Reading Journals333

7．3 Double Entry Notebooks / Journals339

CHAPTER 8 ESSAY WRITING346

8．1 Paragraph Writing347

8．1．1 Topics348

8．1．2 Topic Sentence350

8．1．3 Supporting Sentences354

8．1．4 Problematic Sentences356

8．2 Essay Writing363

8．2．1 Narrative Writing366

8．2．2 Descriptive Writing372

8．2．3 Comparison / Contrast Essays384

8．2．4 Definition Essays392

8．2．5 Cause and Effect Essays396

8．2．6 Argumentative or Persuasive Essays400

APPENDIX A GLOSSARY411