Ifyouwanttobetakenseriouslyinthebusinessworld,youmustunderstand
howtowriteaproperletter.Donˊtusebigwords:useeverydaylanguage.The
word″per″
isoftenusedinbusinesscommunication.Itˊsnotarealword!
Donˊtuseit.Useshortwords,andshortparagraphs.Spaceyourparagraphs
evenlyandcleanlyforamore
professionallook.Theaveragepapercan
hold66sentences:usethisguideasyouformatyourletter,sothatthebulk
大部分)ofthewordsarenicelycentered.Thinkabout
whenyourletteris
goingtoreachitsrecipient.Youdonˊtwantyourlettertogetlostinthe
end-of-the-monthbills.AletterthatarrivesonMondayislesslikelytobe
readcarefullythanonethatarrivesonTuesday.Agoodtip:includethe
words″you″or″your″asoneofthefirstthreeopeningwords.Why?It
drawsthereaderˊs
attentiontotheletter!Theonlythingbetterthan
thisisopeningwithareferral(提及)toamutualacquaintance(熟人.),asin″Liu
DemingsuggestedthatIwritetoyou.
″Readersalsolove
stories--particularlyhumor--andanythinginquotes.Quotationmarkscatchthe
eye,andmaketheletterlookmoreinviting.Signyourletterlegibly,so
thatyournamecanbereadclearly.Nothingsays″egomaniac″likeabig,
uglyscrawl(潦草的笔迹).
1.Whatisthemainideaofthe
passage?
A)Howtowritea
properbusinessletter.
B)Howtouse
everydaylanguageinaletter.
C)Howtospace
paragraphsevenlyandcleanlyinaletter.
D)Howtouseshort
wordsandshortsentencesinaletter.
2.Whichofthefollowing
sentencesisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?
A)Bigwordsshould
notappearinabusinessletter.
B)Theword″per″
shouldbeusedinabusinessletter.
C)Aletterhad
betterarriveonTuesdaythanonMonday.
D)Storiesor
humorscanbeusedtoattractreaders.
3.Whatisabettertipon
startingabusinessletter?
A)Startthelett
