英文邮件写法 English Email Writing skills.docx

【工作英语】职场人士如何写出漂亮邮件？If youre reading this, theres a good chance that you have an email account. You may well have several – perhaps separate accounts for professional and personal contacts.如果你正在阅读这篇文章，你肯定有一个或若干个甚至是不同帐号的私人或办公邮箱。Its easy to assume that we know how to use email effectively: its been around for long enough. But if you find yourself struggling to communicate effectively by email, these six tips should help:邮件这样的沟通方式早已经渗入到了我们的生活工作中，因此可以说大多数人都能有效地使用邮件与他人交流。但如果你发现自己还没做得足够有效，我想以下这六点可以帮到你：1. Start With an Appropriate Salutation 邮件开头称呼要恰当 Some people jump straight into the text of an email without so much as a hi. Its polite to add a salutation, just as you would with a letter. That might look like:有些人写邮件不喜欢加称呼，甚至连简单的“你好”都忽略，直接开始正文内容。孰不知就像在传统的信件上一样，写上称呼是一种礼貌的象征。称呼可以这样写：#Dear Sir/Madam 亲爱的先生/女士#Dear Mr. Johnson 亲爱的约翰逊先生#Hi Sue 苏，你好#Hello Fred 你好，福瑞德Your salutation needs to be appropriate. If youre writing to a prospective employer, Dear Mr. Johnson is probably the best way to go. Hi Bob is going to look unprofessional.称呼必须恰当。若邮件对象是你未来的上司，“亲爱的约翰先生”这样的称呼应该为最得体的。像“你好，鲍勃”更适用于随意的场合。But dont assume that formality is always the right answer. If youre writing to a friend of a friend, using Dear plus their surname is going to seem oddly stilted.那么，是不是正式的用语就万能呢？绝对不是。若你给你朋友的朋友写邮件，那用“亲爱的+姓”就显得异常别扭。If in doubt, Dear [first name] will usually work just fine.当你判断不出哪种场合该用什么称呼合适，你可以使用“亲爱的+名”来应付所有情况。2. Get Straight to the Point 直奔主题 Your correspondent wont want to wade through paragraphs of waffle – so get straight to the point. If youre writing to someone out of the blue, don’t give them your life story before you make a request.相信阅读你邮件的人不会愿意仔细浏览你那空洞无聊的长篇大论，所以你需要直奔主题。如果你想写封邮件安慰某个心灵受伤的朋友，开头先把你的建议亮出来，然后再用你的亲身经历来辅助说明。Getting straight to the point might mean that the first line of your email (after the salutation) looks something like this:直奔主题意味着邮件内容的第一行应该是这样：#Im working on an article about Acme Widgets for XYZ publication, and wondered if you had a few minutes to answer the follow