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四级英语作文书信范文【1】
December 24, 2005
Dear Sir or Madam:
I am reponding to your job offer on December 20, 2005.
I wa informed that I would be offered the poition a an interpreter for your company.
I cordially appreciate your trut and I am much obliged to you for providing me with thi valuable opportunity.
However, I have to tell you that I cannot accept it.
The major reaon i that I don't think I am the mot appropriate candidate for thi pot.
A a non-Englih major, though my written and poken Englih are outtanding than mot of my peer, I am not well trained in tranlation, not to mention interpretation, which, I believe i highly demanding.
Maybe my performance in the oral examination ha miled you.
Actually, I am more intereted and more competent in my own major, that i, program deigning.
Lat but not leat, I happened to have been offered uch a poition with another company.[由www.haoZuowen.Com整理]
Nonethele, I, again, want to expre my incere gratefulne and I earnetly apologize for any inconvenience hereby caued.
Finally, I hope you can find the ideal candidate a oon a poible.
Bet regard.
四级英语作文书信范文【2】
Dear Xiao He,
Thank you ever o much for having invited me for the tour of Yunnan, your home province.
I had a fantatic time with you and your family.
Your great hopitality will be unforgettable throughout my life.
When I think of thoe gorgeou place of cenic beauty you howed me around, I couldnt be more delighted.
And the pineapple pie Grandma prepared for me i out of thi world.
I had never had o deliciou food! Indeed, I am till miing your nug log-cabin, mall and cozy, which wa turned into my dream houe in fairy land thoe night.
Would you come to Harbin, my home town, ome time thi ummer vacation? Harbin, a beautiful place frequently referred to a Oriental Pari, offer a picture of another kind.
I can aure you another pleaant tour.
My family and I cannot wait to ee you here.
Your,
Li Ming
四级英语作文书信范文【3】
Dear Preident,
I am a ophomore with the Department of Law.
My name i Wang Ming.
I am writing to you today to intimate you with omething undeirable that I have found in the Univerity Library.
You may or may not realize how much our library, the landmark of our univerity or even of our town, weigh in our mind.
It i a place we are mot proud of and where we like to pend mot of our time.
In uch an honorable place we have noticed recently ome phenomena which hurt our eye.
Some eat in the reading room are permanently reerved vacant eat, that i, ome tudent “occupy” ome eat they never come to ue.
What a terrible wate of valuable reource! Some other tudent are too noiy, talking among themelve, leaving mobile phone beeping anytime.
And ome library taff i ill-mannered and rude and not helpful mot of time.
Thee and other undeirable thing have already done damage to the fame of our univerity and caued a lot of inconvenience to the uer.
Dear Preident, we hope that omething can be done to change and revere the current ituation.
Let our cozy, comfortable, quiet, effective library come back.
Bet wihe
四级英语作文书信范文【4】
A Letter to A Schoolmate
June 23, 2001
Dear Xiao Wang,
Im very glad to learn that youre going to viit me during the week-long holiday.
My parent will alo be happy to ee you again.
I am ure you will enjoy every minute here.
I have arranged our chedule for the holiday a follow.
On the firt day you arrive, Ill how you around our campu.
On the econd day, well viit the art gallery and the muic hall.
Next day, well climb a hill in the northeatern part of the city.
On the top of the hill, we can have a wonderful bird eye view of the city.
During the next three day, well make ome hort trip to ome place of interet nearby, uch a the Swan Cave, the Golden Lake, etc.
On the lat day, Ill ee you off at the railway tation.
Pleae remember to call and tell me your train number and time of arrival o that I can meet you at the railway tation.
By the way, it very hot here and we have a lot of unhine, o dont forget to wear you unglae.
Im looking forward to eeing you oon.
Your,
Zhang Ying