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Writing Personal Letters (2) About personal letters Personal letters, also known as friendly letters, are used for social interactions. They are written for family concerns, thanks, congratulations, invitations, consolations, favors, condolences, apologies and so on. The style and tone of personal letters is usually casual. There are three basic styles for writing personal letters: block style, modified block style and indented style. Compare the formats of these three styles, and try to find out the differences among them. ________ ________ ______________________ ______________________ _________________ ______________________ ________________ ______________________ __________________ ________ ________ Modified Block Style ________ ________ ______________________ ______________________ _________________ ______________________ ________________ ______________________ __________________ ________ ________ Indented Style Sample reading The sample is written in indented style. In this case, each paragraph is indented 4 to 5 letters. In this letter, the writer writes to one of his former teachers, telling him about his study and his present job. 译文： 亲爱的杨老师： 我叫周小林，是牛津大学的学生。不知道您是否还记得我？我一直想知道，自从您到北京任教以来过得好不好？很抱歉我这么久才和您联系。 九月份我读完数学课程后回到了上海。牛津大学刚刚来信告知，我已经通过全部的考试，将授予我博士学位。对此，我十分高兴。 现在我在复旦大学工作。您是否有机会到上海来？上海越来越美了。如果您来的话，我会带您四处逛逛。 盼望您的来信。 周小林 2002.11.8. Useful patterns Exercises - A The following is a complete letter. Organize it correctly. Pay attention to its layout. Note that the body of the letter is in two paragraphs. (1) January 15th, 2004 (2) Dear Su Lin, (3) How pleased we w