大家说英语 第628期:正式书面表达(在线收听) |
Conversation A 对话A Alex: Hmm. 阿莱克斯:嗯。 Rob: What are you reading, Alex? 罗布:阿莱克斯,你在看什么? Alex: It's a letter from my bank. 阿莱克斯:这是我的银行寄来的一封信。 Rob: That sounds serious. 罗布:听起来很严肃。 Alex: Yes. I need to write them back. I should write a formal letter. 阿莱克斯:是啊,我必须回信,我应该写一封正式信函。 Rob: Yes, banks expect formal writing. 罗布:没错,银行会期待收到正式的写作方式。 Alex: Will you help me? 阿莱克斯:你愿意帮我吗? Rob: Sure. You should write in complete sentences. Your grammar must be perfect, too. 罗布:没问题。你应该写出完整句子。语法也必须正确无误。 Conversation B 对话B Alex: What else should I do? 阿莱克斯:我还应该做什么? Rob: Well, don't use any contractions. They make your language less formal. 罗布:这个嘛,不要使用缩略形式词语。那样会让你的语言显得比较不正式。 Alex: What's a contraction? 阿莱克斯:缩略形式词语是什么呀? Rob: You just used one. What's is a contraction of what is. 罗布:你刚刚就说了一个。what's是what is的缩略形式。 Alex: Oh, I understand. I should write you are, not you're. 阿莱克斯:哦,我懂了。我应该写you are,而不是you're。 Rob: Yes, and write cannot, not can't. 罗布:没错,而且也要写cannot,不要写can't。 Alex: Thanks, Rob. I'll write my reply now. 阿莱克斯:谢了,罗布。我现在就来写回信。 |
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