（1）貴函
Your letter; Your favour; your esteemed letter; Your esteemed favour; Your valued letter; Your valued favour; Your note; Your communication; Your greatly esteemed letter; Your very friendly note; Your friendly advice; Yours.
　
（2）本信，本函
Our (my) letter; Our (my) respects; Ours (mine); This letter; these lines; The present.
　
（3）前函
The last letter; The last mail; The last post; the last communication; The last respects（自己的信）; The last favour（來信）
　
（4）次函
The next letter; The next mail; The next communication; The letter following; the following.
　
（5）貴函發出日期
Your letter of (the) 5th May; Your favour dated (the) 5th June; Yours of the 3rd July; Yours under date (of) the 5th July; Your letter bearing date 5th July; Your favour of even date(AE); Your letter of yesterday; Your favour of yesterday's date; Your letter dated yesterday.
　
（6）貴方來電、電傳及傳真
Your telegram; Your wire; Your cablegram（從國外）; Your coded wire（密碼電報）; Your code message; Your cipher telegram; Your wireless telegram; Your TELEX; Your Fax.
　
（7）貴方電話
Your telephone message; Your phone message; Your telephonic communication; Your telephone call; Your ring.
　
（8）通知
(Noun)
Advice; Notice; Information; Notification; Communication; A report; News; Intelligence; Message.
(Verb)（通知，告知）
To communicate (a fact) to; To report (a fact) to...on; To apprise (a person) of; To let (a person) know; To acquaint (a person) with; To intimate (a fact) to; To send word; to send a message; To mail a notice; to write (a person) information; To give notice（預告）; To break a news to（通知壞消息）; To announce（宣布）.
　
（9）回信
(Noun)
An answer; A reply; A response.
(Verb)
To answer; To reply; To give a reply; To give one's answer; To make an answer; To send an answer; To write in reply; To answer one's letter.
（特此回信）
Reply to; Answering to; In answer to; In reply to; In response to.
（等候回信）
To await an answer; To wait for an answer.
（收到回信）
To get an answer; To favour one with an answer; To get a letter answered.
　
（10）收訖，收到
(Noun)
Receipt（收到）; A receipt（收據）; A receiver（領取人，取款人）; A recipient（收款人）
(Verb)
To receive; To be in receipt of; To be to (at) hand; To come to hand; To be in possesion of; To be favoured with; To get; To have; To have before (a person); To make out a receipt（開出收據）; To acknowledge receipt（告知收訖）.
　
（11）確認
To confirm; Confirming; Confirmation; In Confirmation of（為確認...,為證實...）; A letter of confirmation（確認函或確認書）
　
（12）高興，愉快，欣慰
To have the pleasure to do; To have the pleasure of doing; To have pleasure to do; to have pleasure in (of) doing; To take (a) pleasure in doing (something); To take pleasure in doing (something); To be pleased to (with)(by); to be delighted at (in)(with); To be glad to (of)(about); To be rejoiced in (at).

　　書信是重要的交際工具。英文書信分為兩大類：公務信件和私人信件。公務信件是單位與單位或單位與個人之間來往的書信，可能是推薦信、求職信、入學申請書、邀請信，或詢問、答復、反映意見(如投訴信)等的信件。私人信件是指親戚朋友之間的通信。這兩類書信各有自己的格式。一般說來，私人信件不拘形式，信文多用手寫，也可打印;公務信件要求比較嚴格，必須遵循一定的格式，信文一定要打印。

　　第一節 英文書信的結構

　　英文書信一般由以下六部分組成：信頭、信內地址、稱呼、正文、結尾、簽名。

　　1.1 信頭(Heading)

　　信頭是指發信人的地址和日期，通常寫在第一頁的右上角。行首可以齊頭寫，也可以逐行縮進寫。地址的書寫順序由小到大：門牌號、街道、城市、省(州)、郵編、國名，最后寫發信日期。私人信件一般只寫寄信日期即可。例如： 123 Tianhe Road Tianhe District

　　Guangzhou 510620 Guangdong Province P. R. C. Jan. 8, 2010

　　1.2 信內地址(Inside Address)

　　信內地址要寫收信人的姓名和地址。在公務信件中要寫明這一項，在私人信件中，這一項常常省略。該項寫在寫信日期下一行的左上角，格式與寄信人地址一樣。

　　1.3 稱呼(Salutation)

　　稱呼是對收信人的稱謂，應與左邊線對齊，寫在收信人姓名、地址下面1-2行處。在稱呼后，英國人常用逗號，美國人則常用冒號。在私人信件中可直呼收信人的名字，但公務信件中一定要寫收信人的姓。大部分信件在稱呼前加“Dear”。如： Dear Professor/Prof. Bergen: Dear Dr. Johnson,

　　求職信和一般書信的'格式大致相同，由以下六部分組成：

　　1.信頭 heading

　　2.信內地址 inside address

　　3.稱呼 salutation

　　4.正文 boby of latter

　　5.結束語 complimentary close

　　6.簽名 signature

　　英文求職信的格式常用的有三種：

　　全齊頭式 full-blocked form

　　半齊頭式 semi-blocked form

　　折衷式 modified form

　　起頭式要求信頭，收信人地址，稱呼語，正文(包括每段首行)，結束語及署名均上下對齊，常用于商業信件。

　　半齊頭式要求信頭，收信人地址，稱呼語和正文均右邊上下對齊。寫信人地址，發信日期，結束語，署名等腰移至右邊并上下對齊。

　　折中式又稱混合式，其信頭和收信人地址，稱呼語，上下各自對齊，正文每段起行，向右縮進五個字母。 結束語及署名位于右下角。這種書寫方便，目前使用較為方便。

　　范文一

　　Dear sir or Madam,

　　I am writing to you in the hope of that I may obtain opportunity of teaching post in your school .Currently , I am a senior 3 student in Lanzhou City University ,my major is English.

　　To：假條是遞給誰的

　　From：請假人

　　Date：寫假條的日期(注意不是請假的日期)

　　Subject：寫上請假字樣

　　假條抬頭范例如下：

　　To: Peter Stone, Manager

　　From: Lynn Chen, Financial Department

　　Date: April 2nd, 2004

　　Subject: Casual Leave of Absence

　　其次，在您的'請假信第一段，應該開門見山但是有禮貌地提出請假。第一段要中心明確，寫清您要請假的日期。

　　第一段范例如下：

　　Peter, I would like to know if I could ask for a casual leave of absence for one day on April 4th, this Wednesday.

　　然后，在假條的第二段，您應該簡單明了陳述請假的原因事由。注意敘述清楚明白，并盡可能表示對此帶來工作不便的歉意。

　　第二段范例如下：

　　This morning I received a telephone call from my dentist, urging me to come to his practice for immediate treatment of my teeth. I have been experiencing a stinging pain, depriving me of my sleep during the past fortnight. The s

　　Dear Boss,

　　I am writing to you for solving a problem.

　　My name is Alvin Hsu, a new staff member of the company. I come from Yunlin County, and came to the city alone, where is completely strange to me. I have no relatives here and I have no money to rent a house. It is definitely difficult for me to get accommodations. I sincerely hope that the company could help solve my big problem. I hereby apply for a dormitory.

　　Expecting your approval!

　　Truly yours,

　　Alvin Hsu

　　親愛的'老板：

　　我寫信給您是為了解決一個問題。

　　我是公司的新進員工許艾文。我來自云林縣，現在一個人來到這個對我完全陌生的城市，在這我沒有親戚，也沒有錢租房子。住宿對我來說真的很困難，我誠摯地希望公司能夠幫助我解決這個大難題，特此向老板申請宿舍。

Dear Mr. Smith,

親愛的史密斯先生：

　　Holiday greetings and best wishes for the New Year!

　　歲末年初送上我最誠摯的問候，祝您新年快樂!

　　May you and all your family members have a joyous holiday season.

　　Thank you for your patronage over the past few years and I hope we will enjoy more years of business cooperation together.

　　祝福您和您的家人度過一個愉快的`佳節。對于您過去的關照在此深表感謝，并且希望今后我們能夠一如既往地長期合作。

　　Best regards,

　　獻上最誠摯的祝福，

　　Yours faithfully,

　　Walt Lin

　　華特 • 林 謹上