馈赠信:赠友钢笔-Giving a Friend a Pen as Present

赠友钢笔
【内容提示】
你叫李英。你们班上有一名英国学生，名叫玛丽，你和她是好朋友。你听说她过几天要离开中国回英国了，所以你买了一支精美的钢笔要赠给她作为留念。同时，你给她写一封信，以表惜别之情。要点如下：
①听说她要启程回国深感遗憾；
②在几年的相处中玛丽在英语学习上给你很大的帮助，深表感谢；
③你们在平时的生活中结下了深厚友谊，永志不忘；
④希望她回国后不要忘记你们的友情，经常通信。
【作文示范】
Giving a Friend a Pen as Present
Oct. 12, 1999
Dear Mary,
I am very sorry to hear that you will soon start to return to London. Although I am reluctant① to say good-bye to you, it is the sacred right② for you to go back to your motherland and hometown. During the few years when you have stayed in our class we have become best friends. And you have given me lots of help in my English studies. I should like to say many thanks for you. In order to keep our profound friendship for ever I would like to give you a very nice pen as present. Please accept it.
I hope you will never forget me and other boys and girls of our class after you return to Britain and often write to us.
Yours sincerely,
Li Ying
【词语解释】
①reluctant [ri'l)kt+nt] a． 不愿意的；勉强的
②sacred ['seikrid] right 神圣的权利
【写法指要】
馈赠信（letters of making a present）是表示礼尚往来的一种书信。投桃报李，有时不但表示友爱，而且能永留纪念。这类书信要写得诚恳、谦虚、热情。格式要规范，词句尽量使用正式文体，以表示郑重其事。