应用文的关键在于要有正确的格式，常见的高考应用文一般是信件，也有通知，发言搞等。信件又分为感谢信，道歉信，投宿信，求知信等。掌握这些信件的格式很重要，同时记住一些固定的模式也可以锦上添花。常见句型有：
1．I am grateful to you for…
2. I take this opportunity to express to you deep appreciate for the kind assistance you rendered me.
3. it was kind and generous of you to do this for me and I do appreciate more than I can say.
4. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for…
5. I am terribly sorry for what I have done.
6. please forgive me.
7. I must apologize to you…
8. I regret to inform you that I am unable to do…
9. please accept my apologies for… once more.
10. I am pleased to invite you to attend…
11. it’s my pleasure/a great honor for me to invite you to…
12. It is with great pleasure that I invite you to…
13.I am sure that you will enjoy yourself here.
14.we are looking for forward to seeing you soon.
15.I hope that you won’t decline my invitation.
16.I am writing to you to complain about…
17.There are some problems with me… that I wish to bring to attention. First, …In addition,…
18.I can hardly put up with it any more.
19.If it is not properly settled, I would…, or I would…
20.I would like some detailed information on/ about……
21.I shall be grateful if you could let me have details of …
22.I wish to apply for the position of which you advertised in…
23.I have learned from a friend of mine that your company is looking for…
24.I am very interested in exploring a position as a …with your company.
25.I graduated from…in…
仔细读题，注意不同应用文的格式。
Example10:
据报道，七岁女孩Amy Bruce得知自己身患肺癌(lung cancer)后处于极度痛苦之中。美国抗癌协会(ACS)决定，每当Army收到一封慰问信，就给她增加3美元的治疗款。
假如你是新化中学的学生李华，请你用英语给Army写一封慰问信，主要内容包括：
自我介绍
得知的情况
表示鼓励
打算为她做什么
祝她早日康复
注意：
1．信的格式已为你写好。
2．信中不得出现你的真实情况。
3．词数100左右。
4．请在答题卡上答。
Dear Army,
I am a student from Xinhua Middle School. I am very sorry to have heard of your present situation that you are so bitter after having a lung cancer.
At present, ACS decides that it will give you three cents when you receive a letter. That will offer you so much courage. I hope you will make efforts to overcome all kinds of difficulty, no matter how hard it is. You are sure to make it.
I will try my best to ask all my friends, schoolmates and relatives to write letters to you. Which may help you. It will give more courage to live on.
Yours,
LiHua
Example11:
请你用英文写一篇日记，内容包括以下要点：
1．晨起不适，头痛，发烧；体温高达39℃ ；
2．估计病因：昨天上学时未带伞，回家路上淋了雨，可能因感冒引起发烧。
3．服药，大量饮水，卧床休息，下午好转。
要求：1. 日期及气候情况: 四月二十一日 星期五雨;
1. 词数: 110左右
April21 Friday Rainy
I didn’t feel well when I got up this morning. I had a headache, I took my temperature and Found it was 39℃. As a result, I couldn’t go to school and had to stay at home.
It was very cold yesterday, and it was raining heavily too. At that time, I didn’t take my umbrella with me, so I was caught in the rain on my way home. I thought I must have got a bad cold. So I took some medicine and drank lots of water. I stayed in bed the whole day. In the afternoon, I began to feel better.
Example12:
请根据下面内容给学生会写一个讲座通知,提前两天张贴到广告栏上.
1. 地点: 学校科学会堂.
2. 时间: 本周六下午2时开始,大约需两个小时
3. 主讲人: 中山大学野生动物研究中心的教授王海波同志
4. 演讲题目: 为何以及如何保护野生动物
5. 讲座后自由发言
6. 注意事项: 100词左右; 可适当增减细节以使文章连贯;
参考词汇: 科学会堂 the Science Hall; 中山大学野生动物研究中心 the Research Center of Wild Animal of Zhongshan University
NOTICE
There will be a talk on “Why and How to Protect Wild Animals” in the school Science Hall at two o’clock this Saturday afternoon. The speaker is Professor Wang Haibo, who comes from the Research Center of Wild Animals of Zhongshan University. It will last for about two hours. After that, you are free to express your opinion.
Everyone is expected to take part in the activity. Remember to enter the hall at ten to two and make careful notes while you listen to the talk.
Thursday
The Students Union
Example13:
高三年级一班和二班之间将在5月4日举行一次有关环保问题的演讲比赛(an talk show on environment protection), 为帮助同学做准备, 二班将邀请清华大学的李博士做相关内容的报告.假如你是二班的班长,请你根据以下提示拟一份有关报告会的口头通知.
1. 报告内容: 近年北京的环保工作已取得进步.
2. 地点: 教学楼三楼会议厅
3. 时间: 4月30日, 星期三, 下午两点.
4. 目的: 帮助大家收集信息, 为演讲做好准备.
5. 参加人员: 全班同学
6. 其他安排: 会后讨论
Boys and girls:
May I have your attention please?
As you know, our class will have a talk show on environment protection with Class One on May4th, and before that we will invite Dr Li from Qsinghua University to give us a talk on the improvement in environment protection in Beijing in recent years.
The talk will begin at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, April 30th in the auditorium on the third floor of the teaching building. I’m sure we can get enough information from this talk and make good preparations for the coming talk show. After the talk, we will have a discussion. Everyone should be there on time.
That’s all. Thank you.
Example14:
(2019江苏卷)2019年4月29日上午10点，全国亿万学生阳光体育活动在各地大中小学校同时进行，江苏省1，100万学生积极参与了这项活动。
教育部提倡：
每天锻炼一小时
健康生活五十年
幸福生活一辈子
请你根据以上提示，用英语准备一份发言搞，向同学们讲述一下阳光体育活动的有关情况，并就高三学生是否需要每天花一小时锻炼，谈谈你的看法及理由。
注意：
（1） 发言搞应包括以上所有信息，要有适当发挥。
（2） 词数：120左右。发言搞的开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。
（3） 参考词汇：阳光体育活动 a national sports program;
教育部 the Ministry of Education
Good afternoon, everyone,
Thank you
Good afternoon, everyone.
On the morning of April 29,2019, from 10:00 to 11:00, hundreds of students from primary , middle schools and universities all over China joined in a national student sports program. Eleven million students in Jiangsu took an active part in this program.
The Ministry of Education calls on students to exercise for an hour every day, in the hope that they will have good health to work fifty years and enjoy the whole life.
Personally, I think it a good idea for us senior 3 students to have daily exercise. Although we take an hour a day for exercise. It is well worth it. Taking exercise helps us build up body and keep a clear mind. Therefore, we can work more efficiently.
Thank you!
应用文常考的是书信、电子邮件、日记、通知等，其他应用文请同学们自己一下。
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