Ifyouwanttobetakenseriouslyinthebusinessworld,youmustunderstandhowtowriteaproperletter.Donˊtusebigwords:useeverydaylanguage.Theword″per″isoftenusedinbusinesscommunication.Itˊsnotarealword!Donˊtuseit.Usesho

Ifyouwanttobetakenseriouslyinthebusinessworld,youmustunderstand

howtowriteaproperletter.Donˊtusebigwords:useeverydaylanguage.The

word″per″

isoftenusedinbusinesscommunication.Itˊsnotarealword!

Donˊtuseit.Useshortwords,andshortparagraphs.Spaceyourparagraphs

evenlyandcleanlyforamore

professionallook.Theaveragepapercan

hold66sentences:usethisguideasyouformatyourletter,sothatthebulk

大部分)ofthewordsarenicelycentered.Thinkabout

whenyourletteris

goingtoreachitsrecipient.Youdonˊtwantyourlettertogetlostinthe

end-of-the-monthbills.AletterthatarrivesonMondayislesslikelytobe

readcarefullythanonethatarrivesonTuesday.Agoodtip:includethe

words″you″or″your″asoneofthefirstthreeopeningwords.Why?It

drawsthereaderˊs

attentiontotheletter!Theonlythingbetterthan

thisisopeningwithareferral(提及)toamutualacquaintance(熟人.),asin″Liu

DemingsuggestedthatIwritetoyou.

″Readersalsolove

stories--particularlyhumor--andanythinginquotes.Quotationmarkscatchthe

eye,andmaketheletterlookmoreinviting.Signyourletterlegibly,so

thatyournamecanbereadclearly.Nothingsays″egomaniac″likeabig,

uglyscrawl(潦草的笔迹).

1.Whatisthemainideaofthe

passage?

A)Howtowritea

properbusinessletter.

B)Howtouse

everydaylanguageinaletter.

C)Howtospace

paragraphsevenlyandcleanlyinaletter.

D)Howtouseshort

wordsandshortsentencesinaletter.

2.Whichofthefollowing

sentencesisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?

A)Bigwordsshould

notappearinabusinessletter.

B)Theword″per″

shouldbeusedinabusinessletter.

C)Aletterhad

betterarriveonTuesdaythanonMonday.

D)Storiesor

humorscanbeusedtoattractreaders.

3.Whatisabettertipon

startingabusinessletter?

A)Startthelett