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A presentation for Contrastive Studies of Chinese and English Teaching term: September 2009 to January 2010 Submission Date: Dec. 9 Student Name: University ID: E-mail: Mobile: Reader 9 Contrastive Discourse in Chinese and English by Ron Scollon Suzannne Wong Scollon Andy Kirkpatrick Chapter Four：Information sequence and rhetoric in letters of request Chapter Five：Information sequence and rhetoric in Chinese argument Chapter Four: Information sequence and rhetoric in letters of request If we would communicate across cultural barriers, we must learn what to say and how to say it in terms of the expectations of those we want to listen. (Oliver, 1962:154) 在一次中国香港与北商家开会时，其中一位中方商人这么说Because most of our production is done in China now， and uh· it，s not really certain how the will react in the run-up to 1997( REASON 1)，and since I think a certain amount of caution in committing to TV advertisement is necessary because of the expese( REASON 2)，So，I suggest that we delay making our decision until a Legco makes its decision( SUGGESTION)．目前我们大部分商品都是在中国大陆完成的，还不确定中国政府会在1997之前将采取什么样的政策个人认为考虑到成本的因素，应当谨慎决定电视广告事宜。等利哥考决定之后，我们再做决定。I suggest that we delay making our decision until after Legco makes its decision．That’s because I think a certainount of caution in committing to TV advertisement is necessary because of the expense．I addition to that, most of our production is done in China now，d it’s not really certain how the government will react in the run-up to 1997． 1. 基于前两章对汉语口头语信息顺序和修辞结构研究的结论，提出假设： 先因后果的顺序( ‘BECAUSE-THEREFORE’ or ‘frame-main sequence’)同样体现在汉语书面语篇中。 2. 论证 以40封中国观众至澳大利亚广播电台中国栏目组的信件为语料进行分析. 2.1 Information background： Types of request (12) and items requested (18-1) in the 40 letters; number of requests per letter. The letter writers [origin(mainland China, 5