八 請求信 (A Letter of Request)

　　請求信是對收信人提出請求，并希望對方滿足該要求。寫請求信的重點是要寫清楚為什么要請求他人做某事，請求他人做某事的原因。

　　寫請求信時首先要說明寫作意圖，一定要注意語氣要禮貌，用詞要規(guī)范;然后具體展開說明請求的原因;最后表示希望對方予以答復。

　　寫作“三步走”：介紹自己、提出請求->說明原因及其它事項->表達謝意、期盼答復

　　提示：在許多情況下，請求信是寫給不認識的人或者機構，所以在信的開頭可以做一下簡單的自我介紹。同時，由于提出的請求往往都是需要麻煩別人的事情，所以要注意語氣的禮貌程度，不要吝嗇你的感謝。

　　(1) 2006年真題

　　Directions:

　　You want to contribute to Project Hope by offering financial aid to a child in a remote area. Write a letter to the department concerned, asking them to help find a candidate. You should specify what kind of child you want to help and how you will carry out your plan.

　　Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use "Li Ming" instead.

　　Do not write the address.

　　范文：

　　To Whom It May Concern,

　　My name is Li Ming, a college student of Peking University, and I am writing in the hope of your assistance to find a needy child for whom I may provide financial support.

　　First and foremost I would like to declare that I possess the financial ability to implement this plan owing to my decent income from part-time jobs. As to the candidate, I am hoping that he/she comes from an elementary school of the less developed areas of Western China, who is forced out of school. I would like to pay for his/her tuition fee and other school expenses until he/she graduates from university.

　　Thank you for your time.

　　Yours cordially,

　　Li Ming

　　譯文：

　　有關負責人：

　　我叫李明，是北京大學的學生。我給您寫這封信的目的是希望可以資助一名貧困學生，請您幫我物色一名合適的人選。

　　首先我想聲明我有著實現(xiàn)這個計劃的財政能力，因為我現(xiàn)在的兼職工作可以給我?guī)�來不菲的收入。至于具體的人選，我希望他/她是來自經(jīng)濟落后的中國西部地區(qū)的一名小學生，因為貧困原因而被迫退學。我將支付該學生的學費和其它雜費等，直至其大學畢業(yè)。

　　感謝您的時間和耐心。

　　您真摯的，

　　李明

　　閃光詞匯及詞組：

　　in the hope of: 希望

　　assistance: n. 幫助，協(xié)助

　　first and foremost: 首先

　　declare: v. 聲明

　　possess: v. 擁有

　　implement: v. 實施

　　owe to: 因為，由于

　　decent income: 不錯的收入

　　as to: 至于

　　less developed: 欠發(fā)達的

　　萬能句型：

　　I am writing in the hope of your assistance to...

　　Thank you for your time.

　　(2)Directions:

　　You are preparing for your graduation thesis and are in urgent need of some reference materials. Write a letter to the National Library and ask for their help. Provide detailed information, and method of delivery and payment.

　　Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use "Li Ming" instead.

　　Do not write the address.

　　范文：

　　Dear Sir or Madam,

　　I am a senior student from Tianjin University, and I wonder if you could spare some time to help me look for two reference books, Communication Principles and Organizational Communication, both published by Foreign

　　Language Press in 2000.

　　The two books are of particular importance to my graduation thesis, but I failed to obtain them from my university library as well as local bookstores. Could you please tell me whether the National Library has the mentioned books? If so, could you please do me the favor of photocopying and sending them to me by EMS? I would like to pay for the relevant expense by cash or credit card.

　　Looking forward to a prompt reply from you.

　　Sincerely yours,

　　Li Ming

　　譯文：

　　尊敬的先生或女士：

　　我是天津大學的一名大四學生，不知道是否可以占用您的一點時間幫我找兩本參考書?它們分別是《傳播學原理》和《組織傳播學》，都是由外語出版社于2000年出版。

　　這兩本書對于我的正在寫作的畢業(yè)論文有著特別的重要意義，但是我在我們的大學圖書館和當?shù)貢�店都沒有找到它們。不知道國家圖書館是否藏有著兩本書?如果有的話，不知您是否可以幫我復印一下并用特快專遞寄給我呢?關于相關費用我會通過現(xiàn)金或者信用卡的形式進行支付。

　　希望能夠盡快得到您的答復。

　　您真誠的，

　　李明

　　閃光詞匯及詞組：

　　senior student: 大四學生

　　spare some time: 花一些時間

　　fail to do sth: 沒能做成某事

　　obtain: v. 得到，獲得

　　photocopy: v. 復印

　　萬能句型：

　　I am wondering if you could spare some time to...

　　Could you please do me the favor of...

　　I would like to pay for the relevant expense by cash or credit card.

　　Looking forward to a prompt reply from you.