要写出好的书面表达，对各种文体的熟悉是不可缺少的，下面列出常见的考题文体及解析： 《PETS-2级考试大纲》规定的文体为：书信、通知、日记、便条共四种。 1． 书信 在写信时注意以下几点： a．地址要由小到大。 b．朋友间的信函无需加上写信人地址和收信人地址。 c．称呼语用Dear+姓(正式)，Dear+名(朋友间)。非常随便的信件可直呼其名， D.书信的开头常见句型如下： Your letter came to me this morning. I have received your letter of July the 20th. I’m writing to you about the lecture to be given next Monday. I’m writing to ask if you can come next week. How time flies! It’s three months since I saw you … Thank you for your letter. In reply to your letter about (the exhibition this year)…; Let me tell you that… / I am very glad to hear from you. Thank you for your letter. E.结尾语或结束语常见句型如下: Please remember me to your whole family. Give my best regards (wishes) to your mother. Best wishes. /With love. Wish you a pleasant journey. Wish you success. Wish you the best of health. (luck) Looking forward to your next visit to China. Looking forward to the pleasure of meeting you. Expecting to hear from you as soon as possible I hope to have a letter from you before long. Please write to me soon and tell me all about yourself. Give my best wishes to you. Wishing your business ever successful！Hope you are healthy. F.落款分正式与非正式两种： Yours sincerely, Yours faithfully, 正式 或Sincerely yours, Faithfully yours. Love, 非正式，朋友间等。 Yours ever, …… 英文信函按其功用不同又可分为:邀请信，对邀请信的复信，感谢信，介绍信，求职信等等，下面分别举例说明。 (1)邀请信 写邀请信要用上一些发出邀请的短语和句型： Can／Could you come to...? We would be very happy if you could join us. It would be very nice to see you here with us. 典型例文： Dear Professor Wang, On behalf of the Ohio State University and the IEEE Computer Society, I would be very pleased to invite you to attend 2004 International Conference on Computer Science to be held in Bellaire, Michigan, from October 25 to October 28, 2004. We sincerely hope that you could accept our invitation. If you can come, please let us know as soon as possible, since we have to prepare the final program soon. We are looking forward to your acceptance. Sincerely yours, Peter White (2)复信 在接到邀请后，可以回信接受或拒绝。不管是否接受，都要先表示感谢邀请。若接受，应表明自己很高兴参加该项活动；若拒绝，要婉转地拒绝并写出拒绝原因。最后还要祝愿活动成功。
在拒绝邀请时要使用婉转的语言，可用下列表达方式： I’d love to come, but I can't because... I’m terribly sorry I cannot come to...for I'm going... I’m afraid I will not be able to...because... 典型例文： Dear peter, Thank you for your letter of October 25. I haven’t written sooner as I were busy preparing for my mid--term exams. We are having a party on 11th November at our house for my sister’s 15th birthday and we hope you can come. It only happens once a year! The party will start at 6 p.m. and will go on until late! I’m at home in the evenings. Please give me a call. We’re looking forward to seeing you. loves, Zhao Ning (3)感谢信 感谢信可分为感谢馈赠、款待、送行、探病、帮助等。写感谢信一定要先交待为何要感谢对方。 典型例文： Dear Jack, I am writing to thank you for all the help you gave us in moving into our new flat. As you know, my mother is in poor health and there is a lot of furniture. I know we would never have been able to move all the things into the new flat without your help. I am arranging a housewarming party soon and I look forward to seeing you then. Thank you again for everything you have done for us. Yours, Tian Bing (4)自我介绍信 写介绍信时，先写出写介绍信的目的，然后再开始介绍年龄＼学习(工作)、生活、爱好等，结尾写上作者的希望及感情。介绍情况时，用过去时介绍以前的事情，用现在时介绍目前的事。
典型例文： Dear Wang Gang, I was very interested to hear that you’ve looking for a pen friend. I have never visited your country but I should be very happy to write to you. Let me introduce myself. I’m seventeen years old. I study in a high school. I go to school every day. My best-liked subject is biology. I hope to go to university and finally become a doctor. My favorite sports are football and observing nature. My other hobbies are collecting stamps . Please write to me and tell me about yourself. I’m very much looking forward to reading your letter. Yours sincerely, Li Hua (5)求职信 写作要领： a.求职信属公务函体，格式用词都较正规。 b．信的内容一般分三部分：写信目的，自我介绍和要求。 c．写信目的直接了当在信的开始就提出来。如，从报纸上或广告中了解到您单位招聘什么职务的人员，自己认为适合做这项工作，愿意应聘等。 d.自我介绍主要介绍自己的学历，工作经验，工作能力等。行文措词上要表现出自信、恳切的态度，语言要简明扼要，突出介绍自己的优点，与众不同的特长或有利条件。当然，还要紧扣用人单位的要求，巧用词语，自我推销。
e．最后提出进一步联系的途径，如会面时间，地点或资历咨询等，主动提出接受面试或考核。 典型例文： Dear manager, I learn from the newspaper that a secretary of the English language is wanted in your company. I beg to apply for the post. My name is Li Hua, a girl of twenty-six. I graduated from the English Department of a university four years ago. I’ve been working as a guide of English for four years. And I take more pleasure in the job as a secretary. I can speak good English as well as Chinese. I want very much to be accepted by your company. Please give me an answer if these satisfy you.