Structure and useful language · 结构与常用语言
Greeting and ending
- Start with a greeting: Hi Sam,
- End with a friendly closing: Write back soon, then your name.
- These frame your email.
A friendly closing is a door, not a second essay.
问候与结尾
- 用问候语开头:Hi Sam,
- 用亲切的结束语结尾:Write back soon, 然后是你的名字。
- 它们为你的邮件搭起框架。
友好的结尾像关门，不是再写一篇作文。
Put the parts of an informal email in order. · 把非正式邮件的各部分排好顺序。
Greeting, message, friendly closing, then your name. · 问候语、正文、亲切结束语,然后名字。
Write a friendly greeting line and the first sentence of an email to a friend. · 写一封给朋友的邮件的问候语和第一句话。
Example: 'Hi Mia, I've got some exciting news!' · 例如:'Hi Mia, I've got some exciting news!'
Short paragraphs
- Use short paragraphs, one idea each.
- Do not write one long block of text.
- This keeps the email easy to read.
Each extra reason or detail makes the idea stronger
短段落
- 用短段落,每段一个观点。
- 不要写成一大段。
- 这让邮件易读。
Friendly language
- Use short forms: I'm, don't, can't.
- Use friendly phrases: Guess what!, How are you?
- Ask the reader questions to sound natural.
亲切的语言
- 使用缩略形式:I'm、don't、can't。
- 使用亲切的短语:Guess what!、How are you?
- 向读者提问,让语气自然。
Where does this phrase live? · 这个短语住在邮件的哪里?
Useful phrases belong to a place: openers up top, bridges in the middle, sign-offs at the end. · 常用短语各有位置:开场在上,桥接在中,收尾在下。
An informal email to a friend should sound… · 写给朋友的非正式邮件应该听起来……
Friends get a warm, friendly tone. · 给朋友用温暖、亲切的语气。
Make it informal: 'I ___ wait to see you!' (can't / cannot) · 把它改得非正式:'I ___ wait to see you!' (can't / cannot)
Informal writing uses short forms like 'can't'. · 非正式写作用 'can't' 这样的缩略形式。
Steal this skeleton
- Hi ___, → Thanks for your email — great to hear from you!
- Middle: one prompt per paragraph, opened with chatty bridges: Anyway, you asked about…, The best part was…
- By the way, why don't you visit in July? — a question keeps the chat alive.
- Write back soon, + your name — frame closed, friend happy.
直接套用这副骨架
- Hi ___, → Thanks for your email — great to hear from you!
- 中间:每个提示一段,用聊天式的桥接语开头:Anyway, you asked about…、The best part was…
- By the way, why don't you visit in July?——一个问题让对话不断。
- Write back soon, + 你的名字——框架合上,朋友开心。
Match each chatty bridge to its job. · 把每个聊天式桥接语和它的作用配对。
Bridges make an email feel like real conversation instead of a list of answers. · 桥接语让邮件像真实对话,而不是逐条回答清单。
- Greeting → short paragraphs → friendly closing.
- One idea per paragraph.
- Short forms and friendly phrases keep the tone warm.
- 问候语 → 短段落 → 亲切的结束语。
- 每段一个观点。
- 缩略形式和亲切短语让语气温暖。