100、 A Letter to a Penfriend 36 Jiefang Road Taian, Shandong Province P. R. China of China November 12, 1989 Dear Mary Walter, I'm very glad to receive your letter and I'm sending you a photo of me. Luckily, I'm as old as you. I study at the No. 24 Middle School . It stands in the west of our city. From the windows of our classroom we can see the beautiful Mountain Taishan. This term we have eleven subjects altogether. Among them, I like English best . I Wish I could speak it better. My interests, besides my studies, are music, art and sports. I especially enjoy swimming. Do you often go swimming in summer? Looking forward to receiving your reply. Yours truly, Wei Fang

99、 Our Great Socialist Motherland Our great motherland is one of the largest countries in the world. It has a population of over eleven hundred million. Peking is its capital. We Chinese people are brave and hardworking. We have a glorious revolutionary tradition. We drove out Japanese invaders and overthrew Kuomingtang government. In 1949 the People's Republic of China was founded. Since then great changes have taken place in our motherland. Now our country is getting stronger and stronger. We Chinese people are working hard to make our motherland into a powerful socialist country.

98、 A Note Asking for Sick Leave Mr. Wang Teacher in Charge of Class 3, Senior 3 Dec. 13, 1989 Dear sir, I am so sorry that I can't attend school today. I've caught a bad cold. The doctor Said I must stay in bed. It may possibly be a few days before I am able to attend class again. Hoping you will excuse my absence from school. Yours faithfully, Chen Ying

97、 A Letter of Invitation 14 July, 1990 Dear Blake, Mrs. Wilson will leave for the United States shortly. We have the pleasure in inviting you to join us in a farewell party which is to take place at 6：00-7：30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 26,1990, at the school Club. Also invited to the party are two other teachers from the school, Mr. Johnson and Miss Green, both of whom you know. Looking forward to the pleasure of seeing you. Yours, Li Ping

96、 A Letter of Recommendation The Second Department of English Beijing Foreign Language Institute Beijing, China July 17, 1989 Lemon Language Institute Sidney, Australia Dear President, It is a great honour for me to introduce to you one of my very best student, Miss Shen Ming, a 21-year-old graduate of our institute this year. Miss Shen entered our institute in 1985 and she has ever since been hard-working at her lessons and made rapid progress. During the four years of study, she has always ranked high in her class. In 1987, she came out first at the National College Students English Speech Contest. Coming from a family of English teachers, Miss Shen has a particular interest in the teaching of English. It is her wish to further her studies on linguistics, methodology as well as on the English language. It will certainly be of great help to her if she could have such a chance in your Institute . With best regards, Yours sincerely, Wang Shen

95、 Resume Name: Wang Ping Address: 167 Renmin Road, Changzhou Nationality: Chinese Date of birth: July 18, 1971 Place of birth: Shanghai, China Health: excellent Education: 1978-1984: Renmin Road Primary School, Changzhou 1984-1987: No. 5 Middle School, Changzhou 1987-1990: No. 1 Middle School, Changzhou

94、 A Letter Expressing Gratitude July 6, 1990 Dear Mary, I am returning you the guide-book which you lent me six months ago. I am very thankful to you, for it was a great help to me. It was with the help of this book that I was able to visit many places. I am sure that I would have been lost many times if it had not been for this book. Besides, I learned a lot about the history of those places. Thank you again. With best wishes. Yours, Sally

93、 Dear friends, How time flies! Two years have passed since Mrs Brown came to our school to teach us English. Now she has completed her work successfully and will leave for home tomorrow. Mrs Brown is very strict with us. She is very kind and never tired of helping us in our studies. Her teaching is lively and interesting. We all like to attend her lectures. Now I will, on behalf of all the students, express our gratitude to Mrs Brown for her remarkable work. We wish her a pleasant journey and good health.

92、 A Note Asking for Business Leave Jan. 10, 1990 Mr. Smith Headmaster Dear Sir, I'm applying for one week's leave of absence from the 11th to the 17th, in order to return home to see my father, who is now dangerously ill. I should be very much obliged if you grant me my application. Yours respectfully, Foster

91、 A Meeting Notice All the monitors are asked to meet in the school meeting-room at 4:00 p.m. on Friday(Mar.18)to discuss questions concerning the English evening to be held on April 30. Do be present at the meeting on time. The Student Union Mar. 16, 1990