【Ifyouwanttobetakenseriouslyinthebusinessworld,youmustunderstandhowtowriteaproperletter.Donˊtusebigwords:useeverydaylanguage.Theword〃per〃isoftenusedinbusinesscommunication.Itˊsnotarealword!Donˊtuseit.Usesho】
Ifyouwanttobetakenseriouslyinthebusinessworld,youmustunderstandhowtowriteaproperletter.Don
ˊtusebigwords:useeverydaylanguage.Theword〃per〃
isoftenusedinbusinesscommunication.Itˊsnotarealword!Donˊtuseit.Useshortwords,andshort
paragraphs.Spaceyourparagraphsevenlyandcleanlyforamore
professionallook.Theaveragepapercanhold66sentences:usethisguideasyouformatyourletter,sothatthe
bulk大部分)ofthewordsarenicelycentered.Thinkabout
whenyourletterisgoingtoreachitsrecipient.Youdonˊtwantyourlettertogetlostintheend-of-the-month
bills.AletterthatarrivesonMondayislesslikelytobe
readcarefullythanonethatarrivesonTuesday.Agoodtip:includethewords〃you〃or〃your〃asoneofthe
firstthreeopeningwords.Why?Itdrawsthereaderˊs
attentiontotheletter!Theonlythingbetterthanthisisopeningwithareferral(提及)toamutualacquaintance
(熟人.),asin〃LiuDemingsuggestedthatIwritetoyou.
〃Readersalsolovestories--particularlyhumor--andanythinginquotes.Quotationmarkscatchtheeye,andmake
theletterlookmoreinviting.Signyourletterlegibly,so
thatyournamecanbereadclearly.Nothingsays〃egomaniac〃likeabig,uglyscrawl(潦草的笔迹).
1.Whatisthemainideaofthepassage?
A)Howtowriteaproperbusinessletter.
B)Howtouseeverydaylanguageinaletter.
C)Howtospaceparagraphsevenlyandcleanlyinaletter.
D)Howtouseshortwordsandshortsentencesinaletter.
2.WhichofthefollowingsentencesisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?
A)Bigwordsshouldnotappearinabusinessletter.
B)Theword〃per〃shouldbeusedinabusinessletter.
C)AletterhadbetterarriveonTuesdaythanonMonday.
D)Storiesorhumorscanbeusedtoattractreaders.
3.Whatisabettertiponstartingabusinessletter?
A)Starttheletterwiththewordssuchas〃you〃or〃your〃.
B)Starttheletterinacourteousmanner.
C)Starttheletterwithstoriesorhumors.
D)Starttheletterwithareferraltoamutualacquaintance.