Writing "Thank You" letters and emails

書寫感謝信和感謝郵件

It's polite to write a "thank you" letter each time you receive a present. You can also write emails to thank people, but it's still considered more "personal" to write a short letter by hand.

每次收到禮物后寫一封感謝信發(fā)送出去是很禮貌的。你也可以寫郵件來感謝對方，但是親手寫一封簡短的感謝信會更禮貌。

Layout and format

文章布局和格式

"Thank you" letters can be quite short, and fill one or two sides of A5 paper (one side of A5 paper is half the size of a sheet of A4 or office paper). You can write your address in the top left hand corner of the paper, but you don't need to write the recipient's address. You can also write the date under your address.

感謝信可以很短，一面或者兩面A5紙就行（一面A5紙是一般A4辦公用紙的一半）。你可以在紙張的左上角方向?qū)懴履愕牡刂罚遣恍枰獙懯招湃说牡刂?。你也可以在你的地址下面寫上日期?/span>

You normally start the letter "Dear" followed by the name of the person you are writing to.

通常信件的開頭親愛的放在你要寫信的對方的稱呼前面。

In the first paragraph (which can be short), you should thank the person for the gift and say something complimentary about it:

在第一段（可以很短），你應該感謝送禮物的人，再說一些贊美的話：

"Thank you for the book tokens. I'm looking forward to choosing a book with them."

非常感謝這些書券，我正好在找這些東西。

"Thank you for the wall calendar. It will be very useful to me this year!"

非常感謝您送的掛歷。今年對我很有用！

"Thank you very much for the beautiful soaps. I'm looking forward to relaxing in a hot bath!"

非常感謝這些好看的肥皂。期待洗澡享受它！

"Thank you very much for the lovely photo frame. It will look very nice on my chest of drawers."
非常感謝這個可愛的相框。放抽屜柜上一定很美。

"Thank you very much for the elegant scarf you sent me. It's exactly what I need for special occasions."

非常感謝您送給我的這條優(yōu)美的圍巾。這正好在特殊場合使用上。

In the second paragraph, you can give general news about how you spent the holiday period (or how you spent your birthday if you have received a birthday present). You could also show interest in the other person's holiday.

在第二段，你可以寫寫自己是如何度過假期的，（或者如果你收到生日禮物了，你是怎么過生日的）。你也可以表現(xiàn)出對他人如何度假感興趣。

"We had a very quiet and relaxing Christmas at home. The kids ate too many chocolates as usual, so now we're all on a diet! I hope your Christmas was as good, and that you were able to relax for a few days."

我們在家慶祝圣誕節(jié)，安靜又美好。孩子們像平時一樣吃了很多巧克力，所以現(xiàn)在我們都在節(jié)食！希望你們的圣誕節(jié)也一樣愉快，你能好好的放松幾天。

In the third paragraph you can talk about more general family or personal news.

在第三段，你可以談論一些家庭或個人消息。

In the final paragraph, you should thank the person again for their gift, and give your wishes for the New Year if applicable. (See below for useful phrases for ending the letter.)

在最后一段，你應該再次感謝送禮物的人，送出你對新年的祝福。（看下面可以用在信件結(jié)尾的一些有用的詞組）

Useful phrases

有用的詞組

You should start your letter with "Dear" and follow it by the person's first name:

信件開頭你應該用親愛的，然后在后面加上收信人的名：

"Dear Tom" or "Dear Uncle Bill"

親愛的湯姆或親愛的比爾叔叔

You can end your letter with any of these phrases:

在信件的結(jié)尾可以用下面的這些詞組：

"With love (from)", "With much love (from)", "Lots of love (from)" or "Love (from)" followed by your name on the next line. The "from" in these phrases is optional.

在名字的下面一行寫上來自于愛你的，斷句里的來自都是可選的。

You normally end the letter with repeated thanks and wishes for the New Year:

通常在信件的結(jié)尾，要再次感謝和祝福新年快樂。

"Thank you again for my present."

再次感謝您的禮物。

"Thank you again for such a thoughtful gift."

再次感謝您悉心準備的禮物。

"Wishing you a happy New Year."

祝您新年快樂。

"With all my best wishes for a happy New Year."

衷心祝愿新年快樂。

"Wishing you all the best in 2015."

祝您2015年一切都順。

An example thank you letter

感謝信樣板

7, London Rd

倫敦7路

Manchester

曼徹斯特

31 December, 2014

2014年12月31號

Dear Uncle Bill

親愛的比爾叔叔

Thank you very much for the French cookery book you gave me. The recipes look wonderful, and I'll certainly enjoy using it.

非常感謝您送給我的法式烹飪書。這本烹飪書太棒了，我非常喜歡用它。

I hope you and Auntie Susan had a good Christmas. We stayed at home, but had a couple of day trips out nearby. Our local theatre put on a production of "A Christmas Carol", which was fun.

祝您和阿姨蘇珊圣誕快樂。我們在家里，但是在周邊旅游了幾天。我們當?shù)貏≡荷嫌沉耸フQ卡羅爾這部片子，很好玩。

I go back to University next week, and this year I'm going to have to study hard for the final exams. I've really enjoyed the course so far, but I'm not sure what to do once I get my degree. The University arranges career interviews, but I don't really have a clear idea of what I want to do. Hopefully it will all become clearer during the course of the year.

我下周要返回學校了，今年我很努力的學習為期末考試做準備。目前我非常喜歡我的課程，但是不確定一旦拿到學位后該做什么。學校安排了職業(yè)面試，但是我真的沒有一個清楚的想法，關于我想做什么。希望在課程期間，我的想法能越來越清晰。

Thank you again for the lovely present, and Happy New Year!

再次感謝您送的禮物，新年快樂！

With much love

愛您

Anna

安娜