约会信:邀友游杭州-Inviting a Friend to Make a Tour Ro

邀友游杭州
【内容提示】
假定你叫保罗（Paul），你有一位朋友叫彼得（Peter）。你们俩好久没见了，你也没有给他去过信。现在是春暖花开的季节，你们要放三天假。你计划去杭州一游，并想让彼得和你相伴。请你写一封信，预约他和你同去。要点如下：
①正当大好春光，能外出一游，大有好处。
②可以暂时把功课放一放，到野外听百鸟啼鸣，溪水潺潺。
③可以歇息树荫下，沐浴清泉水。
④还可以登山远眺，开阔眼界。
【作文示范】
Inviting a Friend to Make a Tour Round Hangzhou
April 20, 1999
Dear Peter,
I'm afraid you must think I've forgotten you, for I've not written you for such a long time. It's simply because I'm busily engaged①lately. Now the spring vacation is drawing near, I'll have a three days' holiday. I'm planning a trip to Hangzhou. Won't you join me?
It'll be good to get out of the city at this season of the year for even a short change. The trip will give us a chance to forget our studies for the time being②. We'll be able to listen to the song of the birds and the music of the running brooks. We can do some climbing too. It will give us the most beautiful exercise in the open air. We'll rest under the cool shad of the trees and refresh ourselves with the purest and sweetest water from the springs. How we'll enjoy the cool breeze and the broad view from the top!
I'll be happy if you can go with me.
Yours,
Paul
【词语解释】
①(be) engaged [in'geidNd] 忙着；有事
② for the time being 眼下；暂时
【写法指要】
约会信（letters of appointment）是现代人在日常生活中常用的书信文体。约会有多种多样：与他人预约办公、与商家约见谈生意、和情人相见、与朋友相约叙旧等。因此，这种信可分为两类：公事约会和私人约会。这里选的是一封同学和朋友的私人约会信（appointment for private affairs）。既然是朋友之间的信件，就可以随意写来。所以，它是非正式书信，从信的格式到信文的遣词造句都很随便。对约会信的回信可根据具体情况可分为接受、有条件接受和拒绝接受三种。