Chunyan Shao (Shandong University)

April 26 2012 Dear Professor Green, I’m very happy to have had attended your lecture on

“Second Language Teaching” last Sunday. Your lecture is very instructive to my present thesis writing. However, I had difficulty understanding some details of it.

Therefore, I hope I can get your further help. I am wondering if you could give me your lecture notes. If it is possible, would you please email the notes to the following e-mail address: lili@yahoo.com?

I would really be grateful for your help. Sincerely yours Li Li

The message contains the following parts: A: Reasons for request: 1). I’m very happy to have had attended …. 2). Your lecture is very instructive to … 3). However, I had difficulty understanding

some details of it.B: Expressions for request: 1). I hope I can get your further help. 2). I am wondering if you could give me your

lecture notes.C: Realization of request: If it is possible, would you please email the

notes to the following e-mail address: …D: Further expressions: I would be really grateful for your help.

[ 请求理由陈述 ] [ 请求行为及内容 ] [ 请求可能实现的方式 ] [ 请求的后续行为 ]

I have some difficulty in… I have found great difficulty with… I was unable to…However, I failed to…

I was wondering if you could help me with the language problem?

I hope you could help me explain this. Could you please help me with the

language problem? Would it be possible for you to email

me you lecture notes? I would really appreciate it if you

could… Would you be so kind as to email me

your lecture notes?

If it is possible, could we meet at Tian’anmen Square Sunday afternoon at 5 p.m.?

Shall we meet at the library tomorrow morning at 9 a.m.?

If it is convenient for you, would you please email the notes to the following address: lili@yahoo.com?

If it is not too troublesome, could you …?

Thank you very much!Thanks a lot! I would really be grateful to you for

your kind help! I would really appreciate your help!Thank you very much in advance!

Directions: You are a visiting scholar Mark, and

you received an advertisement about the university gym and would like to join. However, you have some difficulty understanding the details of the ad. Write a note of 100 words to the manager of the gym asking him to explain:

1). What kinds of facilities the club has2). Whether memberships are available3). The details of membership

April 26 2012

Dear Sir/Madame, I am interested in becoming a member of your gym

this semester. However, I have some difficulty understanding the

details of your leaflet. I was wondering if you could explain to me what kind of facilities you have, esp. when the swimming pool is open. Also I would like to know whether I can apply for a membership. If so, what kind of ID is required, my university ID or my passport? Do you have a discount for newcomers?

If it possible, would you please give me a call at 217-898-8671 before 9 p.m. and we can discuss about that?

Thank you in advance! Yours sincerely Mark Johnson

There will be a conference held in your city and you would like to attend it, but are unable to get the detailed information about the meeting.. Write a note to the organizer of the conference and ask him or her to give you the relevant information of the meeting.

April 26 2012 Dear Sir/ Madame, I hear that you are holding a conference next month on

“Promoting a Green Awareness” . I am visiting scholar in Environmental Sciences, and I am sure that attending it will help me in my research.

Unfortunately, I am unable to find the relevant information of the meeting. Therefore, I need your help. Could you please tell me the exact venue of the conference and who are attending the conference? I would also like to have the schedule.

If it is convenient for you, would you please email me at MJohnson@gmail.com?

Thank you very much. Yours sincerely, Mark

You are Mark and you were late for the lecture given by famous professor Smith, and you missed the first half of the lecture and failed to get the handout. Write a note to the professor asking for the handout.