Question

【题目】假定你是李华，最近你的美国笔友Jack发来邮件说他的第一部小说出版了，并给你寄了样书（sample copy）。请用英语给他回一封邮件， 主要内容如下：

1. 表示祝贺；

2. 感谢赠书；

3. 希望给你提出写作建议。

注意：1. 词数100左右（开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数）；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Jack,

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Looking forward to your early reply.

Yours,

Li Hua

Answer 1

【答案】Dear Jack,

I’m excited and inspired to know that your first novel has been published. First , I’d like to offer my congratulations to you on your great success. I can imagine how delighted you must feel now after so much effort you have put into your writing. Besides, I’d like to thank you for mailing a sample copy to me. Totally absorbed in it after reading the first few pages, I can’t wait to finish it.

As you know, I’m also interested in writing and have always been planning to write a book. So, I’d greatly appreciate your advice on how to choose a good topic for a novel and develop it, which will undoubtedly be a great help for me.

Looking forward to your early reply.

Yours,

Li Hua

【解析】首先审题，这篇文章要求假定你是李华，最近你的美国笔友Jack发来邮件说他的第一部小说出版了，并给你寄了样书（sample copy）。请用英语给他回一封邮件， 主要内容如下：1. 表示祝贺；2. 感谢赠书；3. 希望给你提出写作建议。其次选用正确的人称和时态，表示主语现在的状态，用一般现在时，第一人称来写。然后写出单个句子，使用正确的连词，连句成段。具体来说，写这篇文章时，要注意文中给出的细节都要包括，不要遗漏。这篇文章对于考生的综合能力要求较高，要求考生有很强的谋篇布局的能力和组织要点的能力。需要注意紧扣文章主题，给出的要点都需要包括，缺一不可。写作时注意准确运用时态，上下文意思连贯，符合逻辑关系，不能出现文章脱节问题。尽量使用自己熟悉的单词句式，同时也要注意使用高级词汇和高级句型使文章显得更有档次。

【亮点说明】本篇书面表达要点全面，结构紧凑，是一篇较好的范文。这篇短文使用了大量的复合句。例如：使用了宾语从句I’m excited and inspired to know that your first novel has been published.和定语从句So, I’d greatly appreciate your advice on how to choose a good topic for a novel and develop it, which will undoubtedly be a great help for me.