A Letter to a Pen Friend

No. 38， Shanhai Rd.，

　　Qingdao，

　　China.

　　15 May， 1999

　　Dear John，

　　My teacher Mr Ian Roberts has given me your name and address and has suggested that I write a letter to you. He said that you'd like to have a pen-friend in China.

　　My name is Li Weijun. I shall be 17 in December. I am studying at a key middle school in Shanghai. At the same time I'm learning English from the radio. But my English is still rather poor and I hope I can improve it by writing to you.

　　I live on the campus but on Saturdays I go home to spend the weekends with my family. My father is a bank clerk（職員）and my mother works in a large department store. I have a brother who is just finishing primary school.

　　I am interested in sports. I play table-tennis， basketball and football. I also do a lot of cycling.

　　What are your hobbies？ Mr Roberts said that in Australia people play cricket（板球）a lot. Do you play？ Please tell me What it is like.

　　I'm looking forward to hearing from you. Please write soon.

　　Yours sincerely，

　　Weijun

　　評 語

　　這是一封寫給陌生人，希望交筆友的信件。由於雙方從未謀麪，因此，文筆必須正式一些。從寫信的目的出發組織信的內容，用簡潔的文字盡可能全麪地介紹自己。一方麪節省對方時間，另一方麪讓對方更多地了解自己，以決定是否建立筆友關系。縂之，信函的首要任務是要完成交際的目的，圍繞目的，選用適儅的詞語以及決定文字的親近程度。