篇一：English 四级作文
Why do smart, articulate, and self-confident people often become terrified in front of a group? How could death rank just seventh in a national survey of the toy ten experiences Americans dread most, and public speaking first? Think about it :We'd rather kick the bucket than address an audience!
It starts in elementary school when a teacher singles us out to “speak up.”Remember the panic of producing the wrong answer? Our palms sweated, we might have been short of breath , and filled with trembling knees, nausea, a stomachache, and a rapid heartbeat. We felt awkward and dumb.
As adults, we're still afraid we'll make fools of our-selves. We worry that listeners we'll think we are lightweights. And we should worry.
Public speaking isn't just a sweet skill to have. Being a first-rate orator can lead to job promotions and personal advancement, while being a lousy one is a dis-advantage.
One way to feel more comfortable on the stage is by checking out the room in advance, observing the set-up, and testing any equipment you'll be using.
Some speaking specialists suggest opening with a provocative question, or a recent news event that relates to your topic. Other coaches think adding a little tasteful humor can liven up the talk if the subject is suitable .
As important as the words is the delivery. A study of audience reaction to speeches revealed that listeners remember just 7 percent of what is said, 38% of how it is said, and 55% of the speaker's body language.
And speaking of anxiety, some people like to get up in front of a group, but most don't. As Mark Twain once said. “There are two kinds of speakers: those that nervous and those that are liars.”
大众演讲经验
为什么聪明绝顶、伶牙俐齿、充满自信的人都会在群体的面前发言时显得忐忑不安呢？为什么死亡在美国人最害怕的十件事的全国调查中第七而公众演讲却位列榜首呢？想想看；我们宁愿一死也不愿在人前发言！
在小学时，老师把我们挑出来“发言”，此时这种恐惧就产生了，还记得答错问题所产生的恐惧么？我们的手心会出汗，我们可能还会气喘吁吁、两腿发软、恶心、肚痛、心跳加快，我们感到尴尬和木讷。
长大后，我们都担心出丑，我们担心听众会认为我们思想浅薄，我们当然会有这种担心。 公众演讲不仅仅是一种招人喜欢的技能，一个出色的演讲者能获得升迁和个人更好的发展。而嘴笨却成了你的一个不利条件。
要想在演讲台上觉得更舒适，其中的一种方式是先看一下场地，看一下布置，测试一下你要用的设备。有些演讲专家建议演讲的开头可以提一些发人深省的问题及将一些与你演讲主题有关的新闻，其他一些培训专家认为只要内容合适，添加一些有意思的小幽默可以活跃你演讲的气氛。
语言将内容同样重要的是传递内容的方式。一项听众对演讲反映的研究表明：听众只记得7%的演讲内容，38%的演讲方式和55%的演讲者的肢体语言。
说起焦虑，有些人愿意在人前炫耀，而多数人不愿意这样做。正如马克·吐温所说的那
样：“演讲者有两种，紧张的和撒谎的”。
Speaking Effective American English
On job interviews when first conversing with an individual and when addressing small or large groups, the first few seconds are critical in setting the tone for how you'll be perceived. If she has an annoying regional accent, uses incorrect grammar, has a limited vocabulary, and if she has an irritatingly sharp piercing voice, sounds whiny or bossy or doesn't articulate her words clearly, it's an immediate turn-off. This isn't someone who you would hire or proudly introduce to your friends and business associates. This doesn't mean that everyone should try to sound like a professional actor or broadcaster. All of us have qualities unique to our own way of speaking, our individual voice print as distinctive as our fingerprints. Our voice is very personal and an important part of our identity. Some natural characteristics of our voice may be very appealing.
The idea is to take the voice with which you've been gifted and give it the very best sound that you can. With the right type of practice, by paying attention to the quality of your voice and by knowing how to properly express yourself, you'll almost immediately improve your opportunities in job interviews,social situations, in selling, and in running meeting or addressing groups of people.
Let's say it again, it all begins with the instrument, your voice. If its sound and quality is flawed and needs improvement, that's where you start. That's what everyone hear whether in casual conversation or in making a major speech to a lager audience. Pure vowel sounds, articulation, proper breathing, expressive speaking patterns, a pleasing vocal, naturalness, all these are square two.
说一口地道的美国英语
求职面试时，当你与他人第一次交谈时或在与少数或许多人交谈时，开始的几秒钟是重要的。因为他决定了别人对你的印象。如果他有严重的地方口音、语法错漏百出、词汇量有限，如果他声音刺耳，听起来像与人抱怨或发号施令或者吐字不清，就会立即引起人们的反感。你不会雇佣这种人或把这种人自豪的介绍给你的朋友或同事。但这并不是说每个人说起话来像专业演员或播音员那么标准。我们每个人都有自己说话都有自己独特的方式，我们各自的声音就像我们的指纹那样独特。我们的声音是个性化的，而且它是我们身份的重要特征。我们声音的自然特质也许非常吸引人。
现在的观点是利用你声音的天赋，尽量使其悦耳动听。只要适当练习，注意你的音质，了解合适的表达方式，这样你就能在求职面试、社会交往、推销、组织会议或在众人前发言时立即获得更多的机遇。
在此要强调的是，一切以你的声音开始这个工具开始。如果你的声音和音质有缺陷、需要改进，这就是你的出发点。因为无论在闲谈时或在许多听众演讲时，你的生首先为人熟知，元音字正控圆，发音清晰，呼吸均匀，表达方式合适，音线悦耳，说话自然，所有这些都会让你事半功倍。
Preparation for an Interview
Frequently Asked Questions in an Interview
1. What can you tell me about yourself? "
This is not an invitation to give your life history.the
interviewer is looking for clues about your character, qualifications, ambitions, and motivations. The following is a good example of a positive response. “In high school I was involved in competitive sports and I always tried to improve in each sport I participated in. As a college student, I worked in a clothing store part-time and found that I could sell things easily. The sale was important, but for me, it was even more important to make sure that the customer was satisfied. It was not long before customer came back to the store and specifically asked for me to help them. I'm very competitive and it means a lot to me to be the best.”
2.“Why do you want to work for us?"
This is an obvious question and, if you have done your research on the company, you school be able to give a good reason.Organize your reasons into several short sentences that clearly spell out your interest.“You are a leader in the field of electronics. Your company is a Fortune 500 Company. Your management is very progressive.”
3.“Why should I hire you ?”
Once again, you should not be long winded, but you should provide a summary of your qualifications. Be positive and show that you are capable of doing the job.“Based on the internships that I have participated in and the related part-time experiences I have had,I can do the job.”
4.“How do you feel about your progress to date?”
Never apologize for what you have done.“I think I did well in school. In fact, in a number of courses I received the hightest exam scores in the class.”“As an intern for the X Company, I received some of the hightest evaluations that had been given in years."
准备面试
面试中经常被提及的问题
1、“你能就你自己告诉我写什么？”
这不是请你对你的一生做一个回顾。面试者在寻找关于你的个性、资历、志向和动力的线索。下面便是一个正面回答的好例子。“在高中时代，我参加各种竞技性体育活动，而我总是努力提高我所参加的每一项活动的水平。在大学时，我在一家服装店做兼职，我发现我很容易的就把东西给卖出去了。销售是很重要的，但对我来说，确保客户满意更重要。不久客户们便又来到这家店里特地来找我帮忙。我是十分具有竞争意识的，做到最好对于我来说很重要。”
2、“你为什么想要为我们工作？”
这是一个明确的问题。如果你已对你应聘的公司做过调查，你就能做出一个很好的理由。把你的理由组成几句简短话以清楚地表达出你的兴趣。比方说，你可以这样回答：“贵公司是电子领域的领头羊，也是财富排行榜上的前500强的企业之一，而且你们的管理也很先进。”
3、“我为什么要聘用你？”
同样，你不必长篇大论，但你应该对你的资历作一个简要的概述，你要积极些以表明你能胜任这样的工作。比如，你可以这样回答：“根据我参加过的实习和相关的兼职工作的经验，我能做好这份的工作。”
4、“对你一直以来的表现你怎么看？”
不要对你所作的一切感到后悔，你可以说：“我想我在学校里表现不错。事实上，我在许多的功课上成绩均是全班第一。”“我在公司实习时，我得到了该公司若干年来对雇员最高的评价。”
Summer Jobs
Student returning to their campuses in the fall never have any lack of things to talk about. Among US undergrads one of the main topics is summer jobs. Young people happily spend many hour relating and comparing their summer experiences of travel, study or employment. Getting a job is by far the most common way to spend the summer, but travel is also a frequent choice,sometimes to Europe, for instance, for all three months, or sometimes around America for a month either before or after a couple of months of employment.
Most young Americans have held at least one part-time or seasonal job before entering college. For instance, my own (altogether typical)job history began, if you don't count the daily and weekly chores my parents set for me from the age of six, when I was fourteen, bagging groceries part-time in a supermarket.(An American mother buying food for her household usually makes one big shopping expedition a week, not many little trips in the Chinese manner. In order to keep the lines at checkout counters moving along briskly,a bagger has to be on hand to put her purchases in, on average, eight to twelve sturdy brown paper bags before she can wheel them out to the family car.) During the summer of my fifteenth year I worked 25 hour a week at a golf-driving range, renting our equipment, keeping the toilet spick-and-span and retrieving golf-balls. During the following summer, as I was preparing to head off to Yale,I got a job working full-time on a grounds maintenance crew. This meant doing lawn and garden chores, and mopping and cleaning industrial buildings. The money I earned, no vast sum of course, as one is paid the minimum wage for this sort of physical slog, went into a bank account to be drawn upon for pocket money at school. Quite a few kids toil to buy a used car or keep gas in one, as the majority of Americans lose no time in getting a driver's licence soon after their sixteenth birthday.
My undergraduate year witnessed many further stages in this inglorious but useful history, as I worked in a factory, a restaurant, a swimming pool, a library, a college dining hall and a hospital, seldom for much above the minimum wage. Summer for me, as for countless other young Americans, were times of new faces, new places,
new accent, new views, new books and films, and of the new perspectives on life that come from working alongside diverse people in jobs where employees are under pressure to get things done. Such a life, for the observant, becomes a bit like a series of novels in which a quiet begging can lead suddenly to spiritual adventure or amazing discovery.
It also strikes me now,year later, how often people who landed summer jobs much better, in theory, than mine-jobs that paid more or brought the young employee into a prestigious milieu-did not benefit as much in the personal sense, although to be fair I must admit that those other jobs did often lead them on to prominent careers. Another remarkable thing is
how many people avoided bad career choices thanks to the experience,often wretched, provided by a lousier job. Experience in what one makes of it,and lessons of the greatest moment can be learned in the oddest and least glamorous of circumstances.
打工------美国学生过暑假最普遍的生活方式
当学生们秋天返回校园后，绝对不会缺少的交谈话题。美国大学生当中的一个主要话题就是——暑假打工。年轻人会很高兴的用上很长时间来讲述并比较他们在暑假的旅游、学习或打工的经历。假期打工是至今过暑假最普遍的方式。旅游也是常有的选择，比如用上整整三个月的假期去欧洲，或是打上一二个月的工。在打工前或打工后花上一个月在美国国内旅行。
大多数美国青年在进入大学前都至少做过一种业余或季节性工作。以我为例，如果不把我从六岁开始父母就交给我的每天和每周的日常家务活算在内的话，我的工作历史开始于14岁，在一家超市里做业余的装袋工，（一个美国主妇通常一周为家庭做一回食品采购“远征”，不像中国人那样一周就进采购好几次。为了使收款处前面的队伍走得快些，装袋工必须在主妇身边把东西装进平均说来是8—12个结实的棕色纸袋里，之后主妇们将物品放在小车里推出超市，推到自家的汽车前。）在我15岁的暑假，我在高尔夫练习场一周工作25个小时，负责出借设备、打扫卫生间、捡球等工作。接下来的那年暑假，正是我准备进入耶鲁大学那年，我找到了一份全天的工作，成为地面保洁工人的一员。这就是说要做草坪和花园的杂活，拖地板，清理厂房。有不少青年人辛辛苦苦的工作来买辆二手车或是用来买汽油，因为大多数是美国人十六岁一过就急着考驾驶本了。
我在大学几年进一步体验了这一不起眼但又很有用的经历。比如，我在工厂、饭店、游泳池、图书馆、大学餐厅和医院工作过，劳动报酬很少能超过最低工资标准。暑假对我来说，正如对无数美国青年一样，是结识到新面孔、新地方、新口音、新观点、新书、新电影以及来自那些在共同的工作压力下的形形色色的人们对生活新视觉的时期。这样的生活对于一个善于观察的人来，就像是章回小说，一个平淡的开头可以突然引出一段超凡的冒险或一个惊人的变现。
多少年以后，有一点还令我深思：那些在暑假都得到了从理论上说比我的工作还要好得多的工作（报酬高或者是工作环境受尊重）的人，并没有在人生阅历方面像我那样收益，虽说为了公平起见，我必须承认那些工作经常把他们引导到显赫的事业中去。另一个显著的事情就是，那么多人选择不好的职业，这要归因于由低级的暑假工作所提供的倒霉的经历。经历的价值取决于你如何利用它。最具伟大意义的一课会在最不正常、最没有吸引力的环境中获得。
篇二：2.高中英语作文大全之高中英语书面表达常用高级词汇高级短语归纳总结
归纳总结篇三：英语应用范文
t 1邀请信邀请信包括宴会、舞会、晚餐、聚会、婚礼等各种邀请信件，形式上大体分为两种：一种 为正规的格式 (formal correspondence)，亦称请柬；一种是非正式格式 (informal cor respondence), 即一般的邀请信。邀请信是在形式上不如请柬那样正规，但也是很考究。 书写时应注意：
邀请信一定要将邀请的时间（年、月、日、钟点）、地点、场合写清楚，不能使接信人存 在任何疑虑。例如：“I’d like you and Bob to come to Luncheon next Friday.”这
句话中所指的是哪个星期五并不明确，所以应加上具体日期, “I’d like you and Bob to come to luncheon next Friday, May the fifth.”
1. 邀请朋友共进午餐 Inviting a friend to informal luncheon
Dear [Zhang Ying]:
Will you come to luncheon on[Friday, May the fifth], at [twelve o’clock]?
My niece [Mary] is visiting us and I think you will enjoy meeting her. She is
a charming, very pretty girl … and very good company! [John and Jane] will be
here, and perhaps we can [give a dance] after luncheon. Do say you’ll come!
Affectionately yours,
Li Ming
亲爱的[张营]：
您能在[5月5日星期五中午 12点钟] 来吃午饭吗？
我侄女[玛丽]正在我们家中作客，我想您会乐于见到她的。她是个漂亮而聪明的女孩子， ……同她在一起是很使人高兴的！ [约翰和简]也到这里来，也许在饭后我们能 [开个舞会 ]，说好，一定得来呀！
2. 邀请朋友同他们不认识的人一起共进晚餐 Inviting friends to supper with the st rangers
Dear [Susan]:
I know you are interested in [oil painting], so I’m sure you’ll be intereste
d in [Mr. and Mrs. Lin dun]! They are coming here to supper [next Sunday night , October the twelfth], and we’d like you and [Walter] to come, too.
[Mr. and Mrs. Lin Dun] are that very charming couple we met in [London] last s
ummer. They have a wonderful collection of [oil paintings of various stages];
and I understand that Mr. Lin Dun is quite an authority on [oil painting]. I’
m sure you and Walter will thoroughly enjoy and evening in their company.
We’re planning supper at six; that will give us a nice long evening to talk.
If I don’t hear from you before then, I’ll be expecting you on the [twelfth]
!
Affectionately yours,
Li Ming
亲爱的[苏珊]：
我知道您对[油画]是有兴趣的，所以我相信您对林顿夫妇也会感兴趣。他们将在[10月12日 （下星期日）]来吃饭，我们很希望您和瓦尔特也能同来。
[林顿夫妇]是那么好的一对夫妻。我们是去年夏天在[伦敦]认识的。他们集有[各个不同时 期精美的油画作品]。我知道，林顿先生在研究[油画]方面是颇有权威的。我深信，那天晚 上您和瓦尔特同他们在一起，一定会很愉快。
我们准备在6点钟吃晚饭，这样就能有较长的时间闲谈。如果事前接不到您的回信，我就指 望你们那天到来。
3. 邀请参加新厂开工典礼 Invitation to opening ceremony of new factory
Dear [Mr. Harrison]:
Our new factory will be commencing production on [April 10] and we should like to invite [you and your wife] to be present at a celebration to mark the occa
sion.
As you will appreciate this is an important milestone for this organization, a
nd is the result of continued demand for our products, both at home and overse
as. We are inviting all those individuals and trust that you will pay us the c
ompliments of accepting.
Please confirm that you will be able to attend by advising us of your time ——
we can arrange for you to be met. All arrangements for your stay [overnight o
n April 10] will, of course, be made by us at our expense.
Yours faithfully,
亲爱的[哈里森先生]：
本公司新厂将于[4月10日]开始投产，希望能邀请[贤伉俪]来参加新厂开工典礼。
如您所知，新厂的设立是本公司的一个里程碑，而这正是海内外对本公司产品不断需求的 结果。我们邀请了所有对本公司的成功贡献一切力量的个人，我们相信，您一定会赏光。
如您确能参加，请来函告知您抵达的时间 —— 以便我们为您安排会晤。当然，所有安排 您在[10日晚间]夜宿的费用，皆将由公司代您支付。
4. 邀请来家中小住及周末聚会 An invitation for a house and weekend party
Dear [Jane]:
I hope [you and Fred] haven’t any plan for the weekend of [July twenty-fourth
] as we’d like you to spend it with us at [Far Acres]. It’s simply beautiful
here now, with everything in bloom!
I think we can promise [Fred] some good fishing this year. The fish are biting
better than ever! So bring your fishing clothes; and be sure to bring your te
nnis things, too, because [the Owens] are coming and I’m sure you’ll want to
get out on the courts with them.
There’s a very good train [Friday night]; I’ve marked it in red on the timet
able. It gets you here about [seven-thirty] which is just in time for dinner.
You can get a late train back [Sunday night], or there’s an early express tha
t [Bob] usually takes on [Monday morning].
We hope nothing will prevent you from coming, as we’re looking forward to you
r visit … and I know [the Owens] are looking forward to seeing you again, too
. Be sure to let us know what train you are taking so that [Bob] can meet you
at the station.
Affectionately yours,
亲爱的[简]：
如果您[7月24日]没有什么活动安排，我希望[您和弗雷德]能同我们一起在[远庄园]共度周 末，那里已经鲜花遍地，现正在最美丽的时节。
我想，今年我们能让[弗雷德]钓鱼钓得更快活。鱼儿比过去任何时候都爱上钓鱼。请把钓 鱼的服装带来，也别忘记带上打网球的用具，因为我们还邀约了[欧文]夫妇，我想，你们 是乐意同他们打网球的。
[星期五晚上]有一班舒适的火车，我已经在火车时刻表上做了红色记号，火车大约在[7点 半钟]把你们送到这里，正是吃晚饭时间。[星期日晚上]你们可以乘晚车回来。或者，在[ 星期一早晨]也有一班快车，就是[鲍勃]常坐的那一班车。
我们希望没有什么事情会阻碍你们，我们在等待着你们光临……我知道[欧文夫妇]好盼望 再次见到你们。准备乘哪一班火车，请一定告诉我们，好让[鲍勃]到车站迎接你们。
5. 邀请参加招待会 An invitation for a reception
Dear [Mr. Smith]:
It would give [me/us] great pleasure to have your presence at a reception in h
onor of the Chinese delegation.
The reception will be held in the [the City Hall], on [Tuesday, October the fo
urth]. Cocktails will be served promptly at [six] to be followed b dinner at [
eight].
[I/We] sincerely hope you can attend. Let [me/us] know.
Sincerely yours
亲爱的[史密斯先生]：
如您能够出席为[中国代表团]而举行的招待会，[我（们）]将感到十分荣幸。
招待会定于[10月4日（星期二）]在[市政厅]举行。[6点钟]准时举行[鸡犬不宁尾酒会]， 随之在[8点钟]举行[正式的晚宴]。
[我（们）]期待着您的光临。请提前通知您能否出席。
6. 邀请演讲 Inviting someone to address a meeting
Dear [Dr. Rodger]:
[The English Department of Nankai University] would like to extend to you an i
nvitation to be our guest speaker at the [annual conference] to be held at the
[meeting room] at [eight] o’clock, [Saturday morning, December the thirtieth
, 1993].
As you know, the department is interested in [the 20th century English literat
ure] Since you are familiar with the field, we know your views will be extreme
ly interesting to us.
You will receive further details later, but we would appreciate having your ac
ceptance soon so we may complete our agenda.
Cordially,
亲爱的[罗杰博士]：
[南开大学外文系]特邀请您出席[1993年12月30日（星期六）早八点在（系会议室）]召开 的[学术年会]并作演讲。
正如您所了解的，[南大外文系]对[20世纪的英国文学颇感兴趣]。您对此领域很熟悉，您 的见解定会给我们带来很大的兴趣。
我们将随后把有关细节通知您，但恳请您尽快予以答复，以便作出安排。
Unit 2 邀请信的回复
邀请信的复信要求简明扼要，在书写时应注意以下几点：
1. 接受邀请的复信中应重复写上邀请信中的某些内容，如邀请年、月、日，星期几、几点 钟等，如 “I’ll be delighted to attend your luncheon next Friday, May the fif
th, at twelve o’clock”。
2. 邀请信的复信中应明确表明接受邀请还是不接受邀请，不能含乎其词，如不能写 “I’ ll come if I’m in town”。这类的话，以使得对方无法作出安排。在接受邀请的复信中 ，应对受到邀请表示高兴。谢却的复信中应阐明不能应邀的原由。
1. 接受与不相识的人共进午餐 Accepting an in(本文来自：WWw.DXF5.com 东 星 资 源 网:闲谈的英语作文100字)vitation to luncheon with stranger s
Dear [Wang Hua]:
I’ll be delighted to come to your luncheon on [Tuesday, April the sixth], at
[on] o’clock.
[Bob] has often spoken me of [Wang Hui], and has told me how very much he enjo ys having him for a [roommate /teammate]. Although I have never met [Wang Hui] , I know him from hearing so much about him.
I assure you it will be a very great pleasure indeed to meet [Wang Hui’s moth
er]! Thank you so much for asking me.
Truly Yours
亲爱的[王华]：
我将愉快地参加您于[4月6日（星期二）下午1时]举行的午宴。
[鲍勃]经常向我提起[王晖]，并经常谈到与他[同住一室/为队友]是多么愉快。虽然我还没 有见过他，但因为听到有关他的事情多，好像已经认识他了。
我相信，同[王晖的妈妈]相会一定会使人非常愉快，非常感谢您的邀请。
2. 谢绝不相识的人的邀请 Apologizing for being unable to accept an invitation
Dear [Mrs. Brown]:
I have heard so much about [Lambert] from [Jane] that I almost feel as tho ugh I knew him. I would certainly enjoy meeting his mother!
But unfortunately I expect guests myself on [Friday, the seventh of May];
and therefore cannot accept your invitation for luncheon on that day.
It was thoughtful of you to invite me, and I am extremely sorry I cannot ac
cept, I do hope you will ask me again some time!
Sincerely yours,
亲爱的[布朗]：
我已经从[简]那里知道了许多关于[兰伯特]的事，我好像已经认识他似的，能够去见他 母亲我当然觉得十分荣幸！
但是很不凑巧：在[5月7日（星期五）]我自己要招待客人，因此就不能接受您在那天的 午宴邀请了。
承您如此热情地相约，恰巧因事不能前往，深表歉意，但愿以后能再次荣获您的邀请。
3. 对迟复邀请表示歉意 Apologizing for being unable to give an early reply
Dear [Mr. Jackson]:
Please accept my apologies for the delay in acknowledging your invitation for
[lunch/ diner/ cocktails] on [September the fourth, this year]. I have been aw
ay from the office and only just returned.
Luckily, I have no other plans for the date you mention, and shall be happy to
see you at [6] at the Black Swan Restaurant.
Cordially,
亲爱的[杰克逊先生]：
未能对您发来的出席今年[9月4日]举行的[午宴/晚宴/鸡尾酒会]的邀请给予及时答复深 表歉意。我因近期一直在外，刚刚返回。