wishing you a happy holiday. 祝假日愉快!
hoping to hear from you soon. 希望能尽快收到你的回信。
5结束语(complimentary close)
结束语在正文之后隔一两行的偏右方开始写出。开头字母用大写,以后的字母用小写,最后一个词后面用逗句。
常用的结束语有:
一般非正式的关系:
yours sincerely,
yours truly,
yours faithfully,
most sincerely,
faithfully yours,
亲密的关系:
love,
yours love,
yours affectionately,
with love,
lovingly yours,
yours ever,
上级和长者:
yours respectfully,
faithfully yours,
6署名(signature)
在结束语的下方是签名,先手写出,再打出来。如果收信人不认识写出信人,可以在署名前用括号标出mr.、miss或ms。在名称下面可注上头衔。如:
yours sincerely,
lucy blake (手写)
lucy blake (miss)(打印)
sales manager
7附言(postscript),附件(enclosure)
在信件正文写作时可能漏掉了某些事,或临时发生了某事需要补充时,可以在信下面左下方写出上p.s.
如果随信有附件可在爱左下端注明。如:
enclosure:1.invoice(发票)
2.resume(个人简历)
(二)英文书信实例
上面介绍了英文写信的主要组成部分以及各部分的写作特点,接下来我们将提供五种英文书信的范例。
1祝贺信
当朋友有了喜事,如结婚、高升、获奖的时候,你可以向他写出一封祝贺信,表达你的嘱咐与恭贺。
例文1
mechanical engineering department
dalian university of technology
dalian 116023
liaoning,china
november28,1999
mr. wangximing
mechanical engineering department
massachusetts institute of technology
cambridge, mass. 02139
u.s.a.
dear mr. wang,
thank you for your letter of november 3,1999. i am sorry not to have written back earlier but time seems to pass so quickly.
i learnt from your letter that you had received you master's degree. i would like to congratulate you on your splendid success.
in this letter i am bringing you a piece of good news:your wife gave a birth of a boy last week and she ins in good health now. the baby weighed eight jin at birth. yesterday my wife and some other neighbors went to the hospital to see your wife and to congratulate her on the birth. she told them that she had been nursed with the best care since she was in hospital.
now i'm taking the visiting school test in beijing. if i pass the examination, i'll leave for america soon. if not, i'll wait for another chance. i've never been to the u.s.a., and i know little about the institutions and customs there. i hope that you will write to me and tell me more about them.
with best regards to you and your classmates.
yours sincerely,
zhang jiao
2 感谢信
当别人帮了你一个忙时,你应该给他写封信,以示感激。
例文2
dear john:
thank you very much for the nice birthday present you have sent me! i have been longing for a dictionary for a long time. it will surly be very helpful to my study.