(1)

   Dear sir/madam:

   I‘m delighted you have accepted our invitation to speak at the Conference in [city] on [date].

   As we agreed, you‘ll be speaking on the topic "" from [time] to [time]. There will be an additional minutes for questions.

   Would you please tell me what kind of audio-visual equipment you‘ll need. If you could let me know your specific requirements by [date], I‘ll have plenty of time to make sure that the hotel provides you with what you need.

   Thank you again for agreeing to speak. I look forward to hearing from you.

   Sincerely yours,

   [name]

   [title]

   (2)

   Dear sir/madam:

   Thank you for your letter of [date]. I‘m glad that you are also going to [place] next month. It would be a great pleasure to meet you at the [exhibition/trade fair].

   Our company is having a reception at [hotel] on the evening of [date] and I would be very pleased if you could attend.

   I look forward to hearing from you soon.

   Yours sincerely,

   [name]

   [title]

   (3)

   Dear sir/madam:

   [organization] would very much like to have someone from your company speak at our conference on [topic].

   As you may be aware, the mission of our association is to promote . Many of our members are interested in the achievements your company has made in .

   Enclosed is our preliminary schedule for the conference which will be reviewed in weeks. I‘ll call you [date] to see who from your company would be willing to speak to us. I can assure you that we‘ll make everything convenient to the speaker.

   Sincerely yours,

   [name]

   [title]

   (4)

   Dear sir/madam:

   We would like to invite you to an exclusive presentation of our new [product]. The presentation will take place at [location], at [time] on [date]. There will also be a reception at [time]. We hope you and your colleagues will be able to attend.

   [company] is a leading producer of high-quality . As you well know, recent technological advances have made increasingly affordable to the public. Our new models offer superb quality and sophistication with economy, and their new features give them distinct advantages over similar products from other manufacturers.

   We look forward to seeing you on [date]. Just call our office at [phone number] and we will be glad to secure a place for you.

   Sincerely yours,

   [name]

   [title]

   (5)

   Dear sir/madam:

   On [date], we will host an evening of celebration in honor of the retirement of [name], President of [company]. You are cordially invited to attend the celebration at [hotel], [location], on [date] from to p.m.

   [name] has been the President of [company] since [year]. During this period, [company] expanded its business from to . Now it‘s our opportunity to thank him for his years of exemplary leadership and wish him well for a happy retirement. Please join us to say Good-bye to [name].

   See you on [date].

   Yours sincerely

   [name]

   [title]  
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     这篇文章其实在网络上流传甚广,大家一定也会觉得非常的熟悉。许多人都认为这是出自世界首富Bill Gates之口,但微软却加以否认。后来有人查实,此篇其实来自美国作家Charles J.Sykee的《 Dumbing Down Our Kids: Why American Children Feel Good About Themselves But Can’t Read, Write , Or Add》一书。文中阐述了许多学生在教科书上学不到的道理,非常有启发性,发人深思。


These rules are for high school and college graduates about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school.

The 11 things are :

◎Life is not fair, get used to it.

◎The world won’t care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself.

◎You will not make $40,000 a year right out of high school. You won’t be a vice president with a car phone, until you earn both.

◎If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. He doesn’t have tenure.

◎Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping; they called it opportunity.

◎If you mess up, it’s not your parents’ fault, so don’t whine about our mistakes, learn from them.

◎Before you were born, your parents weren’t as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you are. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parents’ generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.

◎Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not. In some schools they have abolished failing grades; they’ll give you as many times as you want to get the right answer. This doesn’t bear the slightest resemblance to anything in real life.

◎Life is not divided into semesters. You don’t get summers off and very few employers are interesting in helping you find yourself. Do that on your own time.

◎Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

◎Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.

老师改变了他的一生

[不指定 08/09/28 11:35 | by admin ]
The difference a teacher can make

史蒂夫已经12岁了,他的父母都是酒鬼,他几乎都要辍学了。然而,他阅读能力不错,但他总是考试不及格。从一年级开始,一直这样。史蒂夫长得很健壮,看上去比12岁的孩子要大。但他一直都被人忽略,直到有一天怀特老师的到来。


Steve, a twelve-year-old boy with alcoholic parents, was about to be lost forever, by the U.S. education system. Remarkably, he could read, yet, in spite of his reading skills, Steve was failing. He had been failing since first grade, as he was passed on from grade to grade. Steve was a big boy, looking more like a teenager than a twelve year old, yet, Steve went unnoticed... until Miss White.


Miss White was a smiling, young, beautiful redhead, and Steve was in love! For the first time in his young life, he couldn’t take his eyes off his teacher; yet, still he failed. He never did his homework, and he was always in trouble with Miss White. His heart would break under her sharp words, and when he was punished for failing to turn in his homework, he felt just miserable! Still, he did not study.


In the middle of the first semester of school, the entire seventh grade was tested for basic skills. Steve hurried through his tests, and continued to dream of other things, as the day wore on. His heart was not in school, but in the woods, where he often escaped alone, trying to shut out the sights, sounds and smells of his alcoholic home. No one checked on him to see if he was safe. No one knew he was gone, because no one was sober enough to care. Oddly, Steve never missed a day of school.


One day, Miss White’s impatient voice broke into his daydreams.


“Steve!!” Startled, he turned to look at her.


“Pay attention!”


Steve locked his gaze on Miss White with adolescent adoration, as she began to go over the test results for the seventh grade.


“You all did pretty well,” she told the class, “except for one boy, and it breaks my heart to tell you this, but...” She hesitated, pinning Steve to his seat with a sharp stare, her eyes searching his face.


“...The smartest boy in the seventh grade is failing my class!”


She just stared at Steve, as the class spun around for a good look. Steve dropped his eyes and carefully examined his fingertips.


After that, it was war!! Steve still wouldn’t do his homework. Even as the punishments became more severe, he remained stubborn.


“Just try it! ONE WEEK!” He was unmoved.


“You’re smart enough! You’ll see a change!” Nothing fazed him.


“Give yourself a chance! Don’t give up on your life!” Nothing.


“Steve! Please! I care about you!”


Wow! Suddenly, Steve got it!! Someone cared about him? Someone, totally unattainable and perfect, CARED ABOUT HIM??!!


Steve went home from school, thoughtful, that afternoon. Walking into the house, he took one look around. Both parents were passed out, in various stages of undress, and the stench was overpowering! He, quickly, gathered up his camping gear, a jar of peanut butter, a loaf of bread, a bottle of water, and this time...his schoolbooks. Grim faced and determined, he headed for the woods.


The following Monday he arrived at school on time, and he waited for Miss White to enter the classroom. She walked in, all sparkle and smiles! God, she was beautiful! He yearned for her smile to turn on him. It did not.


Miss White, immediately, gave a quiz on the weekend homework. Steve hurried through the test, and was the first to hand in his paper. With a look of surprise, Miss White took his paper. Obviously puzzled, she began to look it over. Steve walked back to his desk, his heart pounding within his chest. As he sat down, he couldn’t resist another look at the lovely woman.


Miss White’s face was in total shock! She glanced up at Steve, then down, then up.


Suddenly, her face broke into a radiant smile. The smartest boy in the seventh grade had just passed his first test!


From that moment nothing was the same for Steve. Life at home remained the same, but life still changed. He discovered that not only could he learn, but he was good at it!


He discovered that he could understand and retain knowledge, and that he could translate the things he learned into his own life. Steve began to excel! And he continued this course throughout his school life.


After high-school Steve enlisted in the Navy, and he had a successful military career. During that time, he met the love of his life, he raised a family, and he graduated from college Magna Cum Laude. During his Naval career, he inspired many young people, who without him, might not have believed in themselves. Steve began a second career after the Navy, and he continues to inspire others, as an adjunct professor in a nearby college Miss White left a great legacy. She saved one boy who has changed many lives.


You see, it’s simple, really. A change took place within the heart of one boy, all because of one teacher, who cared.
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Big Rocks

[不指定 08/09/22 20:50 | by admin ]
    Big Rocks

    One day, an expert in time management was speaking to a group of students and, to drive home a point, used an illustration those students will never forget.

    As he stood in front of the group of overachievers he said, "OK, time for a quiz." He pulled out a one-gallon, wide-mouth jar and set it on the table in front of him. He also produced about a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully placed them, one at a time, into the jar. When the jar was filled to the top and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, "Is this jar full?"

    Everyone in the class yelled, "Yes." The time management expert replied, "Really?" He reached under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel. He dumped some gravel in and shook the jar, causing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the spaces between the big rocks. He then asked the group once more, "Is this jar full?"

    By this time the class was on to him. "Probably not," one of them answered. "Good!" he replied. He reached under the table and brought out a bucket of sand. He started dumping the sand in the jar and it went into all of the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel. Once more he asked the question, "Is this jar full?"

    "No!" the class shouted. Once again he said, "Good." Then he grabbed a pitcher of water and began to pour it in until the jar was filled to the brim. Then he looked at the class and asked, "What is the point of this illustration?" One eager student raised his hand and said, "The point is, no matter how full your schedule is, if you try really hard you can always fit some more things in it!"

    "No," the speaker replied, "That's not the point. The truth this illustration teaches us is if you don't put the big rocks in first, you'll never get them in at all. What are the 'big rocks' in your life? Time with your loved ones, your education, your dreams, a worthy cause, teaching or mentoring others? Remember to put these big rocks in first or you'll never get them in at all." So, tonight, or in the morning, when you are reflecting on this short story, ask yourself this question: What are the 'big rocks' in my life?

    【中文译文】:

    一天,时间管理专家为一群学生讲课。他现场做了演示,给学生们留下了一生都难以磨灭的印象。

    站在那些高智商高学历的学生前面,他说:“我们来做个小测验”,拿出一个一加仑的广口瓶放在他面前的桌上。随后,他取出一堆拳头大小的石块,仔细地一块放进玻璃瓶。直到石块高出瓶口,再也放不下了,他问道:“瓶子满了?”

    所有学生应道:“满了!”。时间管理专家反问:“真的?”他伸手从桌下拿出一桶砾石,倒了一些进去,并敲击玻璃瓶壁使砾石填满下面石块的间隙。“现在瓶子满了吗?”他第二次问道。

    但这一次学生有些明白了,“可能还没有”,一位学生应道。“很好!”专家说。他伸手从桌下拿出一桶沙子,开始慢慢倒进玻璃瓶。沙子填满了石块和砾石的所有间隙。他又一次问学生:“瓶子满了吗?”

    “没满!”学生们大声说。他再一次说:“很好!”然后他拿过一壶水倒进玻璃瓶直到水面与瓶口平。抬头看着学生,问道:“这个例子说明什么?”一个心急的学生举手发言:“无论你的时间多少,如果你确实努力,你可以做更多的事情!”

    “不!”时间管理专家说,“那不是它真正的意思,这个例子告诉我们:如果你不是先放大石块,那你就再也不能把它放进瓶子了。那么,什么是你生命中的大石头呢?也许是你的道德感、你的梦想?还有你的---切切记得先去处理这些大石块,否则,一辈子你都不能做!”我们可曾问过自己这个问题:人一生的“大石头” 是什么?找出自己人生的“大石头”。
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