三、英文书信常用语

1．开首语

Pardon me, though a stranger to you personally, for taking liberty to address you these few lines.

As I have not heard of you for long, I feel anxious.

I must apologize for not having written to you previously.

Please pardon my long in writing to you.

Pardon me for neglect when you honored me with a visit the other day.

Having mislaid your address, I have not been able to reply sooner.

Your letter of the 4th this month was duly received.

I have the pleasure to tell you that..

I have just received your kind letter.

Your kind letter of Saturday arrived this morning.

2．结束语

Please notify me soon.

Looking forward to a prompt reply.

Please do not fail to write to me.

I shall feel obliged by a reply at your earliest convenience.

I look for your answer in a few days.

Let me hear if you receive the parcel safely.

As the season grows colder, I hope you will take good care of yourself.

With kind regards to your family.

Please give my compliments to your family.

Pray give my best remembrances to Mr. Brown.

My parents ask also to add their best thanks to mine.

Adieu till then.

Thanking you for the past favour.

I think you for the trouble you have taken.

Hoping you will have a pleasant trip.

Wishing you a pleasant journey.

The help you sent is sincerely valued.


3. 社交用语

The bearer of this letter, Mr. Chen, professor of ..., (an esteemed friend of mine), is desirous of being introduced to your acquaintance.

I am very grateful for your kindness in permitting me to...

I respectfully acknowledge your note and will wait upon you as proposed.

Should an interview be desired, I shall be happy to call at any hour you may appoint.

I have some important business matter to communicate to you.

Anything further will be discussed when we meet.

I regret that a prior engagement will prevent me from a tending.

I think you for your kind entertainment last evening.

I shall have great pleasure in accepting your invitation.

Accept my thanks for our handsome present.


4. 祝愿语

I wish you a happy New Year.

Pray accept my best and sincerest wishes for the New Year.

Presenting the compliments of the season.

With every good wish.

Pray allow me to congratulate your most heartily on your success in your examination.

I am glad to hear that you were appointed..., on which I congratulate you most heartily.

I congratulate you upon your success.

I wish you still further success.

 

四、书信作文分类讲解

1．感谢信

感谢信的主要目的是向收信人表明感激之情。(Letter of Thanks) 感谢信是外国政府机构或个人的关心、支持、帮助或热情款待表示感谢的对外函件。其具体格式和要求与邀请函相同。

写作策略

    开头段：表明写作意图，向对方表示诚挚的谢意。

    主体段：高度评价对方的帮助，列举为何对对方心存感激。

    结尾段：再次表明感谢。

英文书信中的致谢用语

常用句型

    1．I am grateful／obliged to you for．．．我非常感谢你的……

    2．I am greatly indebted to you for what you have done． 我为你所做的一切表示感激。

    3．I am thankful／obliged to you for your unselfish assistance during．．．

       感谢你在……期间给予我无私的帮助。

    4．I deeply appreciate your courtesy and we hope to have the opportunity of rewarding your kindness．

       我非常感谢你的好意，并希望有机会回报你。

    5．I take this opportunity to express my deep appreciation of your kind help you rendered me．

      我借此机会对你所给予我的帮助表示深深的感谢。

    6. It was kind and generous of you to do this for me，and l appreciate it more than l can say．

       你为我这样做真是太好了，我感激不尽。

    7．My appreciate to you for your generous help is beyond my words．I wish I could repay it some day．

      我无法用言语来表达对你的感激之情。但愿有朝一门能回报你的帮助。

    8．Please accept my most cordial thanks for your timely help，which l will never forget．

    请接受我诚挚的谢意，感谢你及时的帮助，我将难以忘怀。

    9．Words fail me when I want to express my gratitude to you．感激之情难以言表。

10．Again，I would like to express our warm thanks to you．再次向你表示感谢。

11．Thank you very much ( very, very much) (ever so much) (most sincerely) (indeed) (from the bottom of my heart).很（非常）（非常非常）（最真诚地）（确实）（衷心）感谢您。

　   12．Many thanks for your kind and warm letter.感谢您友好而热情的来信。

　   13．Thanks a million (ever so much).万分（非常）感谢。

 14．Please accept ( I wish to express )my sincere (grateful) (profound) appreciation for ...　　请接受（致以）真挚的（衷心的）（深切的）感谢……

　   15．I sincerely (deeply) (warmly) appreciate ...　我真挚的（深深的）（热情的）感谢……

　   16．I am very sincerely (most) (truly) grateful to you for ...为了……，我非常真挚的（深深的）（真诚的）感谢您。

　  17．There is nothing more important (satisfying) (gratifying) to me than to receive one of your letters.
　  再也没有比收到您的来信更使我觉得重要（快慰）（感激）了。

　  18．Your letters are so much fun (comfort) (entertainment) (company).
　      您的来信充满了乐趣（给了很大安慰）（带来了欢乐）（使我不感寂寞）。

　  19．Your most courteous (considerate)(delightful)letter...您那彬彬有礼（体贴入微）（令人欣慰）的来信……

　  20．I cannot tell you how much your letter delighted(relieved)(amused)(enchanted)me.
　     我无法告诉您，您的来信使我多么高兴（宽慰）（觉得有趣）（陶醉）。

　  21．I love the way you say (put) things in your letters. You make even the smallest incident seem so interesting(important)(charming)(mysterious).　我很欣赏您在信中描述各种事物的手法。您的妙笔使细小的事情都显得很有趣（重要）（动人）（神秘）。

　  22．It was good (fine)(charming)(thoughtful)of you...　承蒙好意（美意）（盛情）（关心）……

　  23．It was nice(characteristically thoughtful) (more than kind) of you...承蒙好意（特别关心）（十二分好意）……

　  24．At the outset, I want to thank you for your kindness to me and for your compliments.
　     首先，我要感谢您对我的友爱和问候。

　  25．Believe me, I am truly grateful for...我确实真诚地感谢你……

　  26．We were deeply touched by ...　……使我们深受感动。

　  27．It is a hopeless(definite)(positive)understatement to say that I am deeply (sincerely)(truly)grateful.
　　这就是说“我深深的（真挚的）（真诚的）感谢”远不足以（不能确切）（不能明确）表达我的谢意。

　  28．It’s generous of you to take so much interest in my work( to give me so much of your time) (to show me so much consideration).　承蒙对我的工作如此操心（为我花费这么多时间）（对我如此关怀）。

　  29. We are indebted to you... 我们感谢你……

　  30. I regret very much that I did not have an opportunity to thank you personally for ...未能面谢，深表遗憾。 　

 

范文

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Date and Place
Mr.____
Minister of _____
(Address)
Beijing,China

 

Dear Minister,

　　　

I am writing this letter to thank you for you warm hospitality accorded to me and my delegation during our recent visit to your beautiful country. I would also like to thank you for your interesting discussion with me which I have found very informative and useful.

　　　During the entire visit, my delegation and I were overwhelmed by the enthusiasm expressed by your business representatives on cooperation with China. I sincerely hope we could have more exchanges like this one when we would be able to continue our interesting discussion on possible ways to expand our bilateral economic and trade relations and bring our business people together.

　　　I am looking forward to your early visit to China when I will be able to pay back some of the hospitality I received during my memorable stay in your beautiful country. With kind personal regards.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

Faithfully yours,

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

(Signed)

 

Mr.___ Minister of Economic Cooperation

PLACE

范文

Directions：For this part，you are allowed 30minutes to write a letter．Suppose you have a friend who is about to attend college．He wants you to advise him on which subject to major in history，in which he is very interested，or computer science，which offers a better job prospect．You should write at least 120 words according to the suggestions given (in Chinese)below：

    1．专业选择必须和将来的就业联系起来；

    2．学电脑能给他提供更多的就业机会；

    3．可以在业余时间阅读历史书籍。

①表明写信意图

②表示乐意提供帮助

③铺垫理由

④表明观点，提出建议

⑤进一步阐明理由

⑥如何处理另一方

                                                                                      

 Dear Prof. James,

     

As one of your students, I am writing to you to (1)_____. I wish to enroll in ________, for which I am required to provide a letter of recommendation. (2)_______.

      As you know, (3) ________, I would be grateful if, in this letter, you would (4) _________.                                     Would you be so kind as to (5)_______. Besides, (6) _______. I have to submit the letter next month.

     Thank you so much your generous help in this matter. (7) ______.

                            

Yours respectfully,

                                                                 

Henry Scott