與英美人士打交道,你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)他們?cè)谠S多場(chǎng)合都會(huì)寫(xiě)感謝信。當(dāng)他們收到朋友饋贈(zèng)的禮物,或在困難時(shí)得到別人的幫助,或出去旅行受到盛情款待,除了當(dāng)面致謝,他們還會(huì)寫(xiě)信以表謝意。

感謝信并無(wú)固定的格式,但是一定要提及感謝的具體原因和內(nèi)容。不要千謝萬(wàn)謝,結(jié)果連感謝的理由都沒(méi)寫(xiě)出來(lái)。如果收到的禮物是相冊(cè),你可以提及你不久前拍了一組照片,收到相冊(cè)真是太及時(shí)了;住院時(shí)收到鮮花,可以說(shuō)每天看著鮮花,神清氣爽,心情頓時(shí)變得愉悅起來(lái)。過(guò)去,感謝信一般由當(dāng)事人親筆寫(xiě)在信紙或卡片上,然后通過(guò)傳統(tǒng)郵政服務(wù)(因其既花錢(qián)又費(fèi)時(shí),常被稱做snail mail,“蝸牛信件”)。現(xiàn)在,隨著電子郵件的普及,它已迅速取代傳統(tǒng)的書(shū)信和卡片。

下面這個(gè)范例是John Gu為感謝同事在自己生日那天為自己的辦公室布置了喜慶的裝飾物,并贈(zèng)送一家餐館禮券而寫(xiě)的感謝信:
  
范例:

Hi, everyone

I'd like to thank each of you for making my birthday a great day(1).It felt really festive(2) to be surrounded by all of the decorations(3) all day!In fact, if you haven't noticed, I'm reluctant(4) to take them down.Also, your gift certificate(5) to the Real Seafood Restaurant was very generous(6) and I can assure you I will put it to good use!

Thanks so much! (7)
John

(1)英文信函的習(xí)慣是開(kāi)門(mén)見(jiàn)山,段落的第一個(gè)句子常常是該段落的主題句(topic sentence),"I'd like to thank each of you for making my birthday a great day"很清楚地表達(dá)了寫(xiě)信的目的。類(lèi)似的主題句還有:"Thank you for spending so much time with me during my visit to your headquarters on Monday."和"Leon and I are so grateful for your kindness during our stay in your house last week."

(2)festive:過(guò)節(jié)似的、喜慶的、歡樂(lè)的

(3)decorations:此處指表示喜慶的裝飾物,如氣球、彩條,表示幽默的漫畫(huà)等。

(4)be reluctant to: 不情愿的,舍不得的

(5)gift certificate:禮券

(6)generous: 豐厚的、豐盛的、大方的

(7)結(jié)尾時(shí)可以再次向?qū)Ψ奖硎靖兄x。類(lèi)似的句子還有:Thank you again for your time.Thank you again for your generosity.

在新年伊始為自己設(shè)立目標(biāo)、好好完成吧!

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