贈友鋼筆
【內容提示】
你叫李英。你們班上有一名英國學生，名叫瑪麗，你和她是好朋友。你聽說她過幾天要離開中國回英國了，所以你買了一支精美的鋼筆要贈給她作為留念。同時，你給她寫一封信，以表惜別之情。要點如下：
①聽說她要啓程回國深感遺憾;
②在幾年的相處中瑪麗在英語學習上給你很大的幫助，深表感謝;
③你們在平時的生活中結下了深厚友誼，永志不忘;
④希望她回國後不要忘記你們的友情，經常通信。
【作文示範】
Giving a Friend a Pen as Present
Oct. 12, 1999
Dear Mary,
I am very sorry to hear that you will soon start to return to London. Although I am reluctant① to say good-bye to you, it is the sacred right② for you to go back to your motherland and hometown. During the few years when you have stayed in our class we have become best friends. And you have given me lots of help in my English studies. I should like to say many thanks for you. In order to keep our profound friendship for ever I would like to give you a very nice pen as present. Please accept it.
I hope you will never forget me and other boys and girls of our class after you return to Britain and often write to us.
Yours sincerely,
Li Ying
【詞語解釋】
①reluctant [ri"l)kt+nt] a. 不願意的;勉強的
②sacred ["seikrid] right 神聖的權利
【寫法指要】
饋贈信(letters of making a present)是表示禮尚往來的一種書信。投桃報李，有時不但表示友愛，而且能永留紀念。這類書信要寫得誠懇、謙虛、熱情。格式要規範，詞句盡量使用正式文體，以表示鄭重其事。