英语写作unit 3.pptVIP

Graduate English for the 21st Century-- Writing Part Two Practical Writing Unit 3 Letter Writing Structure of Unit 3 The Outline of a Letter Business Letter Social Letter 3.1 The outline of a letter:  The heading The inside address The salutation The body The complimentary close The signature Read a sample 3.1 The outline of a letter: The heading: The heading of a letter should contain the return address, which includes the house number, the street address on the first line; the name of the city, state or province and zip code on the second line, followed by the name of the country on the third line. The last line is the date of the letter, which is usually two spaces below the address. Sometimes it may be necessary to include a line after the address and before the date for a phone number, fax number, E-mail address, or something similar, especially in a business letter. And often a line is skipped between the address and date. 3.1 The outline of a letter: The position of the heading – either in the upper right-hand corner or upper left-hand corner The British may put comma after each line in the heading and end the address with a period, but the Americans do not: British American 20 Fairview Drive, 20 Fairview Drive Eastbourne, BN18 2BU, Eastbourne, BN18 2BU England. England February 18, 2002. February 18, 2002 3.1 The outline of a letter: The date of the letter should be made perfectly clear. The year and month should be written in full forms. It cannot be casually abbreviated or placed by numbers, for example, March 30, 2004 cannot be written into form of 30/3/04. Of course, the English months can be abbreviated in letter writing, but they should be simplified according to requirements to avoid misunderstanding. Except May, June, July, the names of months can be abbreviated as follows: Jan., Feb., Mar., Apr., Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov., and Dec. The day may be given in either cardin