I am Sandy Lee, an undergraduate student of thedepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Atthe beginning of this semester, I registered one ofyour courses, African Literature and Culture. It is atwo-hour course held on every Thursday afternoon.Yesterday, I received a notice from my department that a major course, ComputerPrinciple, would be changed to Thursday afternoon. This major course conspicuouslyinfluences my credits and it is every important to me. Unfortunately, I can not studyyour course this semester.

　　Because of your reputation and my enthusiasm in literature, I hope I could studythis course in next semester. I also heard that another course of yours, ChinaLiterature, is held every Friday afternoon. If the registration of this course hasn’tclosed yet, I will be so glad to participate in your class.

　　Sorry to bother you, your help will be greatly appreciated.

　　Sincerely yours,

　　Sandy Lee

　　2.作为一名员工，为本饭店的发展提建议

　　Dear General Manager,

　　As a staff of Sales Department, I’m very glad to see the rapid development of ourhotel. With the coming of New Year, I am writing to you to pre I think more on thefurther improvement of our hotel―to establish a website of our own to attract moreclients.

　　Firstly, with the development of Internet, more and more people are willing to goto the outside world through the information on Internet. Thus if we could establishour own website and introduce ourselves on it, more friends, especially foreignfriends, could know our latest promotion at home whenever they want. Secondly,according to the statistics of World Hotel Association, 33% of clients made hotelreservation through the Internet last year. And the proportion will largely increase inyear 2000. Thus if we could introduce reservation system on our homepage, clientscould contact us and make reservation directly. Finally, hotel promotion on Internetcould reduce our operation cost greatly.

　　As someone says that Internet shorten the distance of the world, I believe thatthe one who could make use of Internet effectively today will be the winnertomorrow. We will get a lot and have a brilliant future.

　　Yours sincerely,

　　Livia Lim

　　3.用纳税人的钱修路，改善交通状况

　　To construct and maintain roads is a public service administered by thegovernment. However,swheresdoes the money come from? Somebody believe thatthe government should allocate money from national finance on the roadconstruction; but others think that the roads are constructed for people, so everytax-payer has the responsibility for constructing and maintaining the roads. It is socalled“What is taken from the people is used in the interests of the people.”

　　To the first opinion, since government is the administrative organ, it hasresponsibility to do overall plan on those public services of city construction,including constructing the road. They think that the government should do plan andallocate every penny on all things concerning people’s life.

　　However in reality, the government cannot do all specific plans and moneyallocations on every detail concerning the society running. It only has the right ofmacro-adjustment and control. To be specific on the road construction, many peoplebelieve that based on the principle above, since the road is constructed for theconvenience of people themselves, every tax-payer has duty to devote a little on theroad construction, which is not only for the city overall plan, but also for their ownuse fundamentally. Once the constructions finish, the roads will be wider and longer,the facilities along the roads will be better in use, by then people could furtherimprove their working efficiency, etc..

　　As I know, the second opinion is more reasonable and feasible, because it has twoadvantages: 1. The government could reduce heavy burdens, simplify and make clearthe usage of money; 2. Tax-payers are clear about the usage of money they turnover, thus improve the transparency. Therefore, it is a good measure for both sidesto allocate money from the tax paid by people on the road construction.

　　4.遗失信----财物遗失在民航班机上,写信给机场海关请求帮助

　　Dear officer:

　　In 01/01/2000, I took flight CA983 from Beijing to Los Angeles. When the flightarrived at Los Angeles, because of my carelessness, I left my handbag, a blackleathered bag, on my seat. There are some important things in it, including mypassport, ID card, credit card, some checks and one thousand US Dollars. But themost important thing is my business address book, in which record all myclients’phone numbers and appointment agenda in the following two weeks.

　　Since this bag is very important to me, my friends told me that I should contactyour department to seek help, so I write this letter to you anxiously. Hope you andyour staff can help me find my lost bag. Your meticulous and warmhearted help willbe greatly appreciated.本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑。