聘请信:聘请客座教授-Employing a Visiting Professo.
聘请客座教授
【内容提示】
Jackson教授是美国人,现在你城东方大学教育系任教。他是国际上知名的心理学博士,专门从事青少年心理研究。你校准备用一个学期的时间给同学们讲讲心理学方面的常识,每周两学时。请你以教务长郭新宇的名义给Jackson写封聘请信,请他来给你们讲学。你们学校的名字叫红星中学。要点如下:
①聘期一学期,从1999年9月1日起至2000年1月31日止。
②月薪人民币2000元,5个月共计10,000元。
③免费提供两居室公寓一套,供其休息和办公用。
【作文示范】
mploying a Visiting Profssor
Dan's Offic
Rd Star Middl School
This City, 030011
Profssor Jackson
ducation Dpartmnt
ast Univrsity
This City, 030000
Dar Prof. Jackson,
W ar planning to giv our studnts som lmntary knowldg① of psychology. Asyou ara world wll-known scholar and doctor in th psychological studis of tnagrs. W, on th rcommndation of② Prof. Liu, had of your dpartmnt, bg to tak an opportunity to invit you to com to our school to giv us som lcturs. If you considr it convnint to do so, w shall appoint③ you as a visiting profssor of psychology from Sptmbr 1st, 1999 to January th 31st, 2000 for a priod of on smstr. W will pay you a monthly sum of ¥2,000 and ¥10,000 in all. W will also offr you, fr of charg, a two-room furnishd apartmnt④on our campus for your rst and work.
Hoping to gt a favourabl rply from you at your arlist convninc⑤.
Yours sincrly,
Guo Xinyu
Dan of Rd Star Middl School
【词语解释】
①lmntary[?li'mnt+ri] knowldg 基础知识
② on th rcommndation[?rk+mn'diM+n] of 在……的推荐下
③appoint[+'p&int] v. 聘请
④furnishd apartmnt['f+:nMt +'p%:tm+nt] 一套备有家具的公寓房
⑤ at your arlist convninc [k+n'vi:nj+ns] 尽早(回信)
【写法指要】
聘请信(lttrs of mploymnt)主要用于聘请对方前来工作、讲学等。这种信需写明聘请的目的、给予对方的待遇以及聘请期限。有时可用一些表示崇敬的语句,如这封信中写的“As you ar a world wll-known scholar and doctor in….”即是。由于这种信多半是写给不认识的人的,所以要用较为正式的文体和格式来写,表示对对方的尊重。