十二、便箋

便箋是為了各種目的而寫的簡短書信體留言，用于熟人、親人、朋友和同事等之間對于近一兩天內將發生事情的聯系，如請假條、約會、告別、道歉、借東西、留言等。便箋的形式簡單，語言隨意、簡潔且口語化。

便箋較短，因此必須言簡意賅，避免繁文縟節。同時，便箋一般直接用收信人的名字，省略“Dear”等稱呼，結尾處也不用結束語，直接簽名。特別需要注意的是，便箋上一定要注明日期。其中美式英語的日期格式為“Mar. 20, 2007”，而英式英語的日期格式為“20 Mar. 2007”，兩種格式都適用于考試。

便箋格式如下：

Mar. 20, 2007 日期

Tom, 稱呼

…… 正文

Anne 簽名

便簽作文經典膜板：

范文1：

Mar. 8th

Kate,

I wonder if you can lend me your MLA Handbook for Academic Writing. I am in the process of writing my graduation thesis, and need to consult the book now and then for standard formatting. Thus I might need to keep the book for about a month and a half, and I hope that would not bring any inconvenience to you. I assure you that I will maintain the book in good condition. If possible, please give me a call and I will come by your house to pick up the book.

Thank you very much！

Li Ming

萬能句型：

I wonder if you can…

I assure you that I will…

If possible, please give me a call and I will come by your house to pick up…

With many thanks,

范文2：

Sep.20th

Peter,

Do you remember I mentioned last week that the famous young Chinese pianist Lang Lang is going to hold a concert on our campus? Well, I succeeded in buying two cheapest tickets for both of us, that is, 20 yuan each. I hear that Lang Lang plans to present a diverse combination of works of classical musicians such as Beethoven, Bach and Mozart., which surely will satisfy enthusiastic followers of classical music like you and me. The concert starts at 7pm this Saturday night, and I have left ticket on your desk beside your laptop.

See you at the concert.

Lin Ming