一、投訴信Directions:

Writealetterofcomplaintaccordingtothefollowingsituation:YouboughtanairconditionerinSunApplianceandhaditinstalledtheotherday,butyoufoundthatthefanmadetoomuchnoisewhenthemachineoperated.Youdemandthestoretosendarepresentativetocheckitup.Writeyourletterinnolessthan150words.Donotsignyourownnameattheendoftheletter;useLiMinginstead.Youdonotneedtowritetheaddress.June23,2007DearSirorMadam,I’mwritingtolodgethecomplaintaboutthepoorqualityofanairconditionerthatIpurchasedfromSunApplianceCompany.Franklyspeaking,SunAppliancehasalwaysbeenmyfavorite.OnApril4,2007,Iboughttheairconditioner(serialnumber12345)fromoneofyourchainstorelocatedinLangFang.Themachineoperatedwellatfirst,buttendayslater,therewasafaultthatbotheredme,thatis,thefanmadesomuchnoisethatIcouldnotsleepwellatnight.Worsestill,thecoolingsystemdidn’tworkwellandthemachinebegantoleakrecently.Itspoorqualityruinedalmostallmypreviousimpressiontowardyourproducts.Istronglysuggestthatarepairmanoraserviceengineershouldbesenttomyhomewithoutdelay.Iwonderifyoucouldpinpointtheexactcauseofthemalfunctionassoonaspossible.Ifyoucan’t,IamafraidthatIwillrequestforfullamountofrefundoranewairconditioner.Iwouldappreciateallyourassistanceinthismatter.Ifyouhaveanyquestions,pleasedon’thesitatetocontactme.Lookforwardtoyourreply.YoursSincerely,LiMing二、邀請信Directions:

SupposeyouarethedeanoftheHistoryDepartment,PekingUniversity.YouwanttoinviteProfessorHerbJason,awell-knownscholarofChinesehistory,tocometoattendaninternationalconferenceonChinesehistory.You’llcoverthefollowingpoints:ThepurposeoftheinvitationThetimeandplaceoftheconferenceAskhimafavorofpresentingalecturetoyourstudentsduringhisstayWriteyourletterinnolessthan150words.Donotsignyourownnameattheendoftheletter;useLiMinginstead.Youdonotneedtowritetheaddress.June23,2007DearProfessorHerbJason,IamLiMing,deanoftheHistoryDepartment,PekingUniversity.IamwritingtoinviteyoutoparticipateinaninternationalconventionthatistobeheldinBeijingfrom22thto25th,July,2007.SinceyourvisitinBeijinglastyear,alltheteachersthatattendedyourlecturehavebeendeeplyimpressedwithyourthoroughknowledgeandprofoundunderstandingofthesubject.Wewouldbepleasedifyoucouldcome,asourguestofhonor,totheInternationalConferenceonChineseHistory,Ifpossible,wouldyoupleasedeliveraspeechonwhateversubjectthatinterestsyou.Enclosedinthisletterisatimeschedulefortheevent.Youwould,ofcourse,receiveourstandardhonorariumtocovertravelingandotherexpenses.WhenyouarriveinBeijing,Iwillcertainlymeetyouattheairport.Pleaseletmeknowyourdateofarrivalifyoucancomeandtelluswhenyoucanmakethetrip.Ifyouhaveanyquestions,pleasedon’thesitatetocontactme.Lookforwardtoyourreply.Yourssincerely,LiMing三、感謝信Directions:

Writealetterofthanksaccordingtothefollowingsituation.OnceyouwereillandwerehospitalizedforafewweeksintheChaoyangMedicalCenter,Taiyuan,ShanxiProvince.Duringyourstaytheentirestaffwerekindtoyou.Whenyoucamebackhome,youwrotethemaletterofthanks.Writeyourletterinnolessthan150words.Donotsignyourownnameattheendoftheletter;useLiMinginstead.Youdonotneedtowritetheaddress.June23,2007DearSir/Madam,I’mwritingtoextendmyheartfeltthankstoallthenursesanddoctorsinyourhospital.Lastmonth,whileIwasonabusinesstripinTaiyuan,Shanxiprovince,Isufferedfromabadcoldandafever,soIwassenttoWardRom201,ChaoyangMedicalCenter.Duringmystayathospital,nursesondutypatientlytookmytemperature,regularlyexaminedmybody,andoftenfedmealstome.Inaddition,doctorsprescribedmethemosteffectivedrugsandgavethebestmedicaladvice.Thankstotheconstantcarefromthehospitalstaff,Irecoveredquickly.NowthatIhavereturnedhome,theexcellentserviceofyourhospitalstillimpressesme.Ibelievethataspatient,Ihavereceivedthemostprofessionaltreatmentandthemostconsideratecare.Pleaseallowmetoconveymysinceregreetingstowardthedoctorsandnursesthatcontributealltheirefforts,patienceandenergytotheirpatients.Nothingcanexpressmygratitudeexceptmybestwishestothem.Ifyouhaveanythingthatneedsmyhelp,pleasedon’thesitatetocontactme.Yourssincerely,(一)原因1.Anumberoffactorsareaccountableforthissituation.Anumberoffactorsmightcontributeto(leadto)(accountfor)thephenomenon(problem).2.Theanswertothisprobleminvolvesmanyfactors.3.Thephenomenonmainlystemsfromthefactthat...4.Thefactorsthatcontributetothissituationinclude...5.Thechangein...largelyresultsfromthefactthat...6.Wemayblame...,buttherealcausesare...7.Partoftheexplanationsforitisthat...Oneofthemostcommonfactors(causes.isthat...Anothercontributingfactor(cause.is...Perhapstheprimaryfactoristhat…Butthefundamentalcauseisthat四、比較1.Theadvantagefaroutweighthedisadvantages.2.TheadvantagesofAaremuchgreaterthanthoseofB.3.AmaybepreferabletoB,butAsuffersfromthedisadvantagesthat...4.Itisreasonabletomaintainthat...butitwouldbefoolishtoclaimthat...rapidlyslowlydramaticallyrespectively表達上升/減少的最后狀態的詞有：thehighestpeakthelowestpoint10million10%十三、起伏1.…togoupanddown…起伏不定eg.Thestrikeratewentupanddownduringtheperiodfrom1952to1967.2.Therebeupsanddowns…有起有伏eg.Between1972and1979,therewereseveralupsanddownsin(某方面).十四、穩定1.…toremainsteady/level/unchanged…保持穩定，幾乎不變eg.Therateof…remainedsteady(fairlylevel/almostunchanged)duringthefouryearsfrom1963to1967.2.…toleveloff(vi.)eg.Afterasteadydeclineforawholedecade,the…rateshowssignsoflevelingoff.注意：修飾起伏或穩定狀態的副詞有：almostfairly可以用于表達起伏，穩定狀態的句子中的詞組或句型：thegeneralsituationwasnotworseningshowindicationsofimprovementitcanbepredictedthat…eg.Therateof…remainedsteadyduringthefouryearsfrom1963to1967,anditcanbepredictedthatthegeneralsituationwasnotworsening.eg.Therateof…remainedsteadyduringthefouryearsfrom1963to1967,showingsignsofimprovementin…十五、成正比，反比1.…beindirect/inverseratioto/with與…成正比/反比eg.Maleillustrationsareindirectratioto/withtheadvancementofgrades,whilefemaleillustrationsareininverseratio.十六、占百分之幾，幾分之幾1….toform/comprise/makeup/constitute….percent…占百分之…eg.Womencomprisemorethan50%oftheU.S.population.eg.Femalesmakeuponly24%oftheillustrationswhereasmalesconstitute76%.2.…toform/comprise/constituteahalf/third/fourthof……占…的1/2,1/3,1/4eg.Femaleillustrionsformlessthanafourthofthetotal.3.…accountfor…percent占百分之幾eg.……,accountingforapproximately20percentof…十七、倍數1.Abe…timesasmuch/manyasBeg.TheannualrainfallofHunanis5timesasmuchasthatofSichuan.2.Adoubles/ishalf/triplesBA是B的兩倍，一半，三倍eg.TheannualrainfallofJiddadoublesthatofJanta,butisonlyhalftheamountofrainKuwaitreceiveseachyear.附一圓盤比例型圖表例：一個圓盤顯示了大學生在food,books,transportations,entertainment,clothes,unknown中的開銷，它們各自占的比例依次是60%,3%,5%,10%,10%,12%，要求你描敘這個圓盤圖。描述:Theabovepiechartconsistsof6segments,thelargestonerepresentingfood,whichaccountsfor60%ofthetotal.Clothesandentertainmenteachtakesup10%.5%goestotransportationand3%books.Alltherestexpenses,12%ofall,isspendonunknownitems.總結寫作模式：…piechartconsistsof…segments,thelargestonerepresenting…,whichaccountsfor…ofthetotal.…eachtakesup….…goesto….Alltherest…,…ofall,……..十八、原因結果1….(結果)…,owingto(原因)[owingto為分詞結構]2….(結果)…,attributableto(原因)[attributableto為形容詞短語]3….(結果)lieinthefactthat(原因)[同位語從句]4….(結果)resultfrom(原因)[句型一般]5.Itispreciselybecause(原因)…that(導致結果)…[強調結構]6.…,asaresult,…(導致結果)…[asaresult做插入語]7.(原因)beresponsiblefor(結果)[常見句型]8.(原因)，whichinturn(結果)eg.