复旦大学：《英语应用文写作 English Practical Writing》课程教学资源（PPT课件讲稿）Unit 9 - Different Types of Letter Writing

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Unit 9 Different Types of Letter Writing

Teaching Objectives o Students will be able to grasp the layout and conventions of four kinds of letter writing

Teaching Objectives  Students will be able to: grasp the layout and conventions of four kinds of letter writing;

Teaching Contents Different Types of Letter Writing Letter of invitation Letter of Thanks Letter of congratulations Letter of Complaint

Different Types of Letter Writing • Letter of Invitation • Letter of Thanks • Letter of Congratulations • Letter of Complaint Teaching Contents

Letter of invitation A)What is an letter of invitation? a letter of invitation is written to invite a person for a professional or personal event personal occasions family reunion, birthdays etc business event: job interviews, business conferences, etc Invitation card letter of invitation formal less formal

Letter of Invitation A) What is an letter of invitation? A letter of invitation is written to invite a person for a professional or personal event. personal occasions :family reunion, birthdays ,etc. business event : job interviews, business conferences, etc. Invitation card & Letter of invitation formal & less formal

B) Structure 1. Who are invited What event 2. Detail about the event(date, time, place even reason, subject, schedule, other guests 3. Hope guests to attend

B) Structure 1. Who are invited & What event 2. Detail about the event (date, time, place; even reason, subject, schedule, other guests) 3. Hope guests to attend

C) Samples

C) Samples

Sample 1 March 26. 2017 Dear Professor Zeng On behalf of the Ohio State University and the IEEE Computer Society, I would be very pleased to invite you to attend and chair a session of the forthcoming 2017 International Conference on Parallel Data Processing to be held in Bellaire, Michigan, from August 25 to August 28, 2017 You are an internationally acclaimed scholar and educator. Your participation will be among the highlights of the conference We sincerely hope that you could accept our invitation. As you know, this is the 30th anniversary of the Conference and we plan to make it a truly international meeting. We have accepted many papers from several foreign countries, including two from your country We enclose a copy of the advance program. If you can come, please let us know as soon as possible, since we have to prepare this final program soon. We are looking forward to your acceptance Sincerely yours Peter (signature)

Sample 1 March 26, 2017 Dear Professor Zeng, On behalf of the Ohio State University and the IEEE Computer Society, I would be very pleased to invite you to attend and chair a session of the forthcoming 2017 International Conference on Parallel Data Processing to be held in Bellaire, Michigan, from August 25 to August 28, 2017. You are an internationally acclaimed scholar and educator. Your participation will be among the highlights of the Conference. We sincerely hope that you could accept our invitation. As you know, this is the 30th anniversary of the Conference and we plan to make it a truly international meeting. We have accepted many papers from several foreign countries, including two from your country. We enclose a copy of the advance program. If you can come, please let us know as soon as possible, since we have to prepare this final program soon. We are looking forward to your acceptance. Sincerely yours, Peter (signature)

Sample 2 Dec. 15 Dear Tom We are planning a dinner party to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of Prof. Ming Lis teaching at Luojia Hotel and we want you to come. It is next Sunday, January the seventh, 6 p.m. We do hope you can make it, as we are looking forward with great pleasure to seeing you Affectionately yours, Larry

Sample 2 Dec. 15th Dear Tom, We are planning a dinner party to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of Prof. Ming Li’s teaching at Luojia Hotel and we want you to come. It is next Sunday, January the seventh, 6 p.m. We do hope you can make it, as we are looking forward with great pleasure to seeing you. Affectionately yours, Larry

D)Language Features reminders A soft and polite tone should be used in the letter. Begin on a welcome note and give out the purpose in the very first paragraph. This helps in clearly conveying the message 9 2.The letter has to give relevant facts like date, time and venue of the event. This helps the reader in planning his schedule accordingly 93. Sometimes it is important to give a contact number for rsvp in order to know who are and who are not coming

D) Language Features & Reminders ◆ A soft and polite tone should be used in the letter. Begin on a welcome note and give out the purpose in the very first paragraph. This helps in clearly conveying the message. ◆ 2.The letter has to give relevant facts like date, time and venue of the event. This helps the reader in planning his schedule accordingly. ◆ 3.Sometimes it is important to give a contact number for RSVP in order to know who are and who are not coming

E)Useful Expressions ·社交聚会 social reunion ·鸡尾酒会 cocktail party 招待会 reception 午宴 luncheon ·开幕式 openIng ceremony ·50周年结婚庆典 the fiftieth wedding anniversary

E) Useful Expressions