咸阳师院外国语学院写作课件7.ppt

A Basic Course in Writing英语写作基础教程1 Chapter 7 Writing for Practical Purposes2 1 NoticesNotices are mostly written to make known something about to happen or, sometimes, something that has happened. It may be an announcement of a meeting, a party, a film or video show, a contest, a match, etc. Such a notice includes at least three parts: 1) Date—day of the week—time, 2) Place, 3) Activity, 4) For lectures or talks, the notices should also include background information about the speakers, 5) For tours, they include other details. 3 Sample 1 4 Sample 25 Sample 36 Sample 47 Sample 58 Notices consist of at least three parts:1. activity2. day of the week—date—time 3. place9 Sample 6Contemporary British TheatreSpeaker: Prof. Bernard HollandProfessor of English Literature, Cambridge UniversityAuthor of The Experimental TheatreDate: Monday, 6 OctoberTime: 10 a.m.Place: Rm. 201All Welcome!10 Sample 7How to Write EffectivelySpeaker: Prof. Irene HoffmanProfessor of Linguistics, Boston UniversityAuthor of A Guide to Effective EnglishDate: Wed. May 10Time: 3 p.m.Place: #103All Welcome!11 For such notices, we should also include background information about the speaker.Therefore, notices can consist of the following parts:1. activity2. background information about the speaker3. day of the week—date—time4. place12 Sometimes it may be necessary to put in other details, for example, people who are involved, etc. as is shown in the following four samples:13 Sample 814 Sample 915 Sample 1016 Sample 1117 2 Greetings, Good Wishes, and Formal Invitations On different occasions, we choose one of them conveying corresponding messages written on cards which include: 1) the receiver’s name—To Mr. & Mrs./Ms./Miss. XXX/Dr. XXX/Prof. XXX, 2) the message, 3) sender’s name.18 1. GREETINGS On greeting card sent to friends or relatives on special occasions such as Christmas, New Year or birthdays, we may write words as follows:19 Sample 120 Sample 221 Sample 322 Sample 42