写作课件(7章).ppt

Chapter 7Writing for Practical Purposes In everyday life and work, we may need to write for practical purposes. For example, you want to put up a notice, or send a greeting card or an invitation to someone, or leave a note or write a letter to a friend. When you look for a job, you must first prepare a résumé. There are certain forms for you to learn, and in this chapter, we shall deal with them one by one. Goals Learn the correct forms of different kinds of notices. Be able to write correctly days of the week and their abbreviated forms. Be able to write correctly months of the year and their abbreviated forms. I. Notices? We write notices to make known sth. about to happen or, sometimes, sth. that has happened. It may be an announcement of a meeting, a party, a film or video show, a contest, a match, etc. Such a notice includes at least 3 parts:????1. Activity ????2. Day of the week-- date-- time ????3. Place For lectures or talks, also include: 4. Background information about the speakers And for tours: 5. Other details Days of the week, months and their abbreviated forms Mon.=Monday Jan.=January Tues.=Tuesday Feb.=February Wed.=Wednesday Mar.=March Thurs.=Thursday?? Apr.=April Fri.=Friday?? May=May Sat.=Saturday Jun.=June Sun.=Sunday Jul.=July ?? ? ? ?? ?? Aug.=August  Sept.=September ?? ?? ?? ? Oct.=October ? Nov.=November Dec.=December 记得后面要打点(.), 还有这些词不可以用在句子的未尾,且月份的缩写只有跟日一起用才能缩写,单独在句中是不能缩写 英文日期分英式和美式,例如: 1) 8th March,2004 或8 March,2004（英式） 2) March 8th,2004 或March 8,2004 （美式） 日期写法宜遵从下列规则： 1)年份应完全写出，不能简写，不可用04代替2004; 2) 在年份和月日之间必须用逗号隔开，日子和月份中间没有逗号； 3)日期可用序数词，如：1st,2nd,3rd,4th,...；也可用基数词，如：1，2，3，4，...。但美式大多采用后者； 4) 月份必须用英文拼出或采用公认的简写，不要用数字代替; 5)日期不可全