英语四级应用文(一)讲

应用文题型（Applied Writing）

应用文的范围很广，包括书信、便条、广告、简历以及通知等诸方面。英语考试中的应用文以书信为主、兼或有报告、演讲词、导游介绍之类的要求，这一点在大学英语四级考试中屡有所见。

实例1----2002年1月真题

Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic: A Letter to the University President about the Canteen Service on Campus. You should write at least 100 words, and base your composition on the outline given in Chinese below:

假设你是李明，请你就本校食堂的状况给校长写一封信，内容应涉及食堂的饭菜质量、价格、环境、服务等，可以是表扬，可以是批评建议，也可以兼而有之。

Model Composition

January 12th, 2002

Dear Mr. President,

It is my great honor to study in this prestigious university. And I hope that I won’t bother you here as I will say something about the canteen service of our university.

I am a student here. I write you this letter to say a few words about the dining halls in this university.

I’m a student studying in this beautiful university and enjoying ass the advanced facilities provided by the school, but I’m afraid I’m not satisfied with the canteen service on cumpus.

First, the food in the dining halls is not delicious enough, either too salty or too watery, especially in Dining Hall 3. Second, the prices in dining hall are very high and usually we cannot afford it. Third, the dining halls are always very crowed and we can seldom find seats if arriving there not early enough and the tables are not cleaned in time. Anyway, what is good is that the working staff in the dining halls are quite kind, friendly and patient, and they usually try their best to meet the demand of the students and teachers.

Our canteen is our gas station, so we really hope that our canteen will do a lot more to imporve their services from what have been mentioned above. We will appreciate any effective measure to make our canteen take on a new look not only from its appearance but from its service. Great thanks for your concern about our suggestion, Thus I suggest enlarging the dining halls and improving the quality of foods and reducing the prices to what is acceptable to all the students.

These suggestions are not just of my own, but also of many other students. We hope our respectable president will pay attention to our suggestions.

By the way, the canteen workers are very patient and always smiling. So I think if our university offers them better conditions, they will offer us better service.

Best wishes.

Yours sincerely,

Li Ming

实例2----2003年12月真题

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter in reply to a friend's inquiry about applying for admission to your college or university. You should write at least 120 words according to the outline given below in Chinese:

建议报考的专业及理由

报考该专业的基本条件

应当如何备考

Model Composition

A Letter of Reply to a Friend

December 27, 2003

Dear

When it comes to which major you should choose, I propose that you apply for the major of English.To begin with, English is the most popular language in the world, which is widely used in all fields such as teaching, translation, foreign trade and so on. What's more, it goes without saying that English majors are more likely to find a good job in the tighter and tighter job market.

In order to study at English Department, you have to meet the following requirements. In the first place, you have to spend a lot of time on it, just as the old saying goes, "Practice makes perfect". In the second place,the basic skills of reading, writing,listening and speaking are necessary, because they are the foundations for your future study. Last but not the least important, you need an intense interest in learning English since "interest is the best teacher."

As far as the preparation work is concerned, you should first of all review all the required vocabulary. In addition, you'd better spend some time on reading and writing. Only through these measures can you hope to enroll in our university.

Yours

Dear friend,

I am really delighted and excited to know that you’d like to apply for admission to my university. How I wish we could see each other again on this beautiful campus. I am glad that I could be of some help in your choosing a major.

Since you are good at literature and poem, I strongly recommend that you major in Chinese. On one hand, you are an diligent person who always dig yourself in the sea of knowledge—especially among the masterpieces of the great authors. On the other hand, you’ve published a lot of poems and articles during the time of your high school. You really have the makings of a talent in literature.

Now I’d like to mention some important points you should pay attention to. First of all, you should exert youself to get high scores in the coming college Entrance Examination, for Chinese is very popular in our university. So you must have competitive edge of some kind. In addition to the routine preparation for the exam, you must have good health both physical and spiritual. What’s more,go over all your lessons and go on reading books on literature, and you will be more