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1、InvitationandThank-youLettersPages110-129ChapterEightContentsAboutinvitationsandthank-youlettersStepsofwritinginvitationsandthank-youlettersSampleAnalysisUsefulSentencePatternsExercisesAboutInvitationsInvitationsareverycommoninourdailylife.Theycanbedivi
2、dedintotwocategories:invitationcardandinvitationletter.Aninformalinvitationresemblesabusinessletter.Whensentfromabusinessoffice,theletterissometimeskeyboardedonexecutivestationary,whichissmallerthantheregularbusinessletterhead.AboutInvitationsAlthoughma
3、nyformalinvitationsarehandwritten,especiallyforsmallergroups,formalinvitationsgenerallyareprintedandfollowformatsfoundinetiquettebooks.Wordingofinvitationsshouldbeconversational,asthoughtthewriterwereextendingtheinvitationorally.Ageneralinvitationshould
4、becordialandsincere,whileaformalinvitationshouldbelesspersonal,writteninthethirdperson.AboutInvitationsOftenformalinvitationsinclude“RSVP”,whichmeans“pleaseletusknowifyouplantoattend,”andatelephonenumber.Regretsonly:requiresareplyonlyiftheinvitedguestca
5、nnotattend.StepsofwritinginvitationsInvitationsarewritteninthedeductivepattern(directway)andarerelativelyshort.Eitherkindofinvitationmustdothreethings:1.Invitethereadertothegathering.2.Offerareasonforthegathering.3.Givethedate,time,andplaceofthegatherin
6、g.AboutThank-youlettersFollowingthereceiptofagift,attendanceasaguest,aninterview,oranyofthegreatvarietiesofcircumstances,athoughtfulpersonwilltakeafewminutestoexpresshis/herappreciation.Althoughinmanycases,thankscouldbeconveyedaswellbytelephonecalls,let
7、tersseemmuchmorethoughtful.AboutThank-youlettersBywritinglettersofappreciation,youcanshowyourrespectforothers.Athank-youlettergoesbeyondsimplythankingthereceiverforbeingkind;itnotestheconsideration,theextraeffortandthekindnessextended.AboutThank-youlett
8、ersAthank-youletterconvertingbusinesssituationmightbesentpromptly.Italsomustsoundsincere.Aproperthank-youlettershould:1.Beginwithastatementofthanks.2.Bespecificaboutwhichisappreciated,whichreflectsasincerefeelingofgratitude.3.End
