专四便条写作-Note_Writing

• 5. Asking for Help
• Task: • Upon graduation, you are determined to go abroad for further study. When you got the application forms from the chosen universities, you need some recommendation letters. Write a note to ask Professor Yang for it. • Key Note: (1) Your situation/difficulty; (2) Ask for help; (3) Thanks • sample
II.内容
• 按便条具体内容的各项功能给分. 以2002年的便条要求为 例: • You have heard that your friend, Jack, wishes to sell his walkman. Write him a note expressing your interest in it, asking him about its condition and offering a price for it. • 本便条内容必须包括以下三项: • 1. Expressing your interest in it. • 2. Asking Jack about its condition. • 3. Offering a price for it. • 缺内容扣分; 语言表达较差扣0.5~1.5; 拼写及语法错误超 过3个的扣一分.
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• Sample:
• Dear Everyone, • We can’t thank you enough for the invitation to see the film. However, next Wednesday is not a good time for us because we are going to take part in our school’s drama contest. Could we make it some other time? We are really sorry for not being able to go. Yours, • Wang Lingling • (On behalf of all) • 要点分析: • 1.这是写给同龄人的,语气和文体都不必太正式. • 2.内容包括: (1) 感谢邀请, (2) 陈述不能去的理由, (3) 表示抱歉. • 3. 不必提出另一次约会的时间,因为写作任务里并没有要求. 多写还可 能出没必要的错.
• Key Note: (1) Theme (the topic sentence in the task); (2) information want to know; (3) your way of contact; (4) Thanks. • sample
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• Dear Ms. Insul, • I know that the student Union wants some volunteers to work during the summer vacation. Would you please tell me some detailed information (such as the kind of job, the length of the work, the starting date, and any specific requirements of the work, etc.) so that I can decide whether I should apply for it or not? Please drop a note in Mailbox 2365. Thank you very much for the help. • Sincerely Yours, • Liu Xiaoming • 要点分析: • 1. 收条人是你不认识的人,所以语气和格式都要正式. • 2. 内容应包括: (1) 主题(第一句话); (2) 需要了解的工作的细节,如什 么样的工作,干多长时间,等等; (3) 你的联系方式; (4) 致谢 • 3. 此类寻求信息的便条内容越具体越好.
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• Sample:
• Dear Jane, • I took a telephone message for you just now while you were at the library. Peter James, the assistant at the computer center, said that someone had turned in your electronic dictionary and told you to pick it up to morrow at 10:30 in Room 303. Remember to take your ID card with you. • Yours, • Marilyn • 要点分析: • 1. 这是给同学的便条,语气和格式不必正式. • 2. 内容应包括: (1) 如何知道该消息的, (2) 要你转告什么, (3) 在何处, 什么时间,找谁以及还需要带什么证件去取. • 3. 写清如何去取是重点.
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Notes-writing评分标准： 1． 格式不对扣1分 Back 2． 超字数或字数达不到扣1分 3． 语法、拼写错误3个扣1分。 主要内容是否交待清楚占最 大比重。 造成错误的原因 1．不写日期或日期格式不对，很多学生习惯将它写在右下方。 2．署名后不应该有任何标点符号，而很多学生习惯点上句号。 3．结束语与署名写在一行。 4．Yours写成Your 语言不得体，比如，对于很随便的情景，使用很正式的词。
Types of Notes 1. Declining an Invitation 2. Passing Information 3. Asking for Information 4. Taking Leave 5. Asking for Help 6. Asking for Permission 7. Expressing Regrets 8. Expressing Congratulation 9. Expressing Good Wishes 10. Making Complaints 11. Other types
• Key Note: (1) Ask for a leave; (2) Reasons; (3) Apology • sample
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• Sample: • Jan. 6 • Dear Professor Chen, • I am sorry that I can’t attend this morning’s reading class because I have to take Jane to the hospital. She is running a high fever and can’t possibly go by herself. I will try to make up today’s lesson by consulting the other students’ notes when we come back. • Yours sincerely, • Lin Jing • 要点分析: • 1. 这是学生写给老师的请假条,语气和格式都应正式. • 2. 内容应包括: (1) 你要请假; (2) 原因; (3) 致歉 • 3. 补上课的内容为附加内容,有了更好.
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• 3. Asking for Information:
• Task: • You hear that the Student union wants some volunteers to work during the summer vacation. Write to Bonnie Insul who is in charge of it asking for further information.
• • • • •时间； • 2、写便条者与收便条者之间的关系； • 3、情景的正式程度。根据情景确定适当的称呼和署名， 确定所用语言的语体。 • 4、仔细检查格式是否正确，内容表达是否清楚，用词是 否准确得体，句子结构是否符合语法。
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Common Types of Notes
• 1. Declining an Invitation • Task: • You received a note from your sister dorm room inviting all your roommates to see a film next Wednesday afternoon in Youhao Cinema. But you can’t go. Write a note of about 50-60 words telling them you can’t go and explaining the reason. • Key Note: (1) Thanks; (2) Reasons; (3) Apology • Sample
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• 2. Passing Information • Task: • You received a telephone message from an assistant working at the computer center asking your roommate Bob / Jane to claim his/her lost electronic dictionary tomorrow. Write a note passing the information. • Key Note: (1) source of the information, (2) Content • Sample