海大英语写作-复习资料 .pdf

BusinessLetterWriting

BusinessLetter一layout

1.BasicLayout:Notethepositionof

1.Letterhead

2.Thedateline

3.Theopening(insideaddress)

4.Thesalutation

5.Thebody

6.TheClosing

7.Thesignatureandname

8..S.(ostscript)

Therearetwostylesofcomposingletters.Oneisindentedstyle,andtheotheris

blockstyle.Nowadays,blockstyleismorepopularespeciallyinbusinessworld.

Forindentedstyle,youshouldindented4lettersatthebeginningofeach

paragraph,andyouneednotleavespacebetweenparagraphs.Whilefbrtheblock

style,youneedtoleavespacebetweenparagraphs,butyouneednotindented4

lettersatthebeginning.Justwritealongside.

1..Letterhead

Theletterheadisalsocalledreturnaddress,whichisthefulladdressofthewriter.It

istypedintheupperright-handcomerofthefirstpage.Inbusinessworld,letterhead

isnormallyprintedonthetopoftheletterpaperinthemiddle.Thusyouneednotto

writeitagain.Justwritethedate.Forpersonalletter,youalsoneednottowritethe

letterhead.

Notesfbrletterhead:

1)Youshouldbeawareoftheorderyouwriteletterheadisjustreversedfromthatin

Chinese,i.e.,fromthesmallestunittothebiggestunit.Forexample,thenumber

oftheroom,numberofthebuilding,numberofthestreet,city,provinceandthen

thecountry.

2.Dates

Becareful!

InChinathe14thApril2003iswritten2003/04/14

InEnglandthe14thApril2003iswritten14/4/2003or14/04/2003

InAmericathe14thApril2003iswritten4/14/2003or04/14/2003

Itisprobablysafesttowrite14thApril,2003orApril14,2003!!!

3.Theopening

Theopeningisalsocalledtheinsideaddress,whichistheaddress