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专业书写Email的常用句子
Frequently Used Sentences for Professional Email Writing
  Type Frequently Used Sentences
1 Greeting message Hope you have a good trip back.
How are you?
How is the project going on?
2 Initiate a meeting I suggest we have a call tonight at 9:30pm (China Time) with you and Brown. Please let me know if the time is okay for you and Ben.
I would like to hold a meeting in the afternoon about our development planning for the project A.
We'd like to have the meeting on Thu Oct 30, 03. Same time.
Let's make a meeting next Monday at 5:30 PM SLC time.
I want to talk to you over the phone regarding issues about report development and the XXX project.
3 Seeking for more
information/feedbacks/suggestions
Shall you have any problem accessing the folders, please let me knows. 
Thank you and look forward to having your opinion on the estimation and schedule
Look forward to your feedbacks and suggestions soon.
What is your opinion on the schedule and next steps we proposed? 
What do you think about this?
Feel free to give your comments.
Any question, please don't hesitate to let me know.
Any question, please let me know.
Please contact me if you have any questions. 
Please let me know if you have any question on this.
Your comments and suggestions are welcome! 
Please let me know what you think?
Do you have any idea about this?
It would be nice if you could provide a bit more information on the user's behavior. 
At your convenience, I would really appreciate you looking into this matter/issue.
4 Give feedback Please see comments below.
My answers are in blue below.
I add some comments to the document for your reference.
5 Attachment I enclose the evaluation report for your reference
Attached please find today's meeting notes
Attach is the design document, please review it
For other known issues related to individual features, please see attached release notes
6 Point listing Today we would like to finish following tasks by the end of today:
1…….
2…….
Some known issues in this release:
1…….
2…….
Our team here reviewed the newest SCM policy and has following concerns:
1…….
2…….
Here are some more questions/issues for your team:
1…….
2…….
The current status is as following:
1……
2……
Some items need your attention:
1…….
2…….
7 Raise question I have some questions about the report XX-XXX
For the assignment ABC, I have the following questions:…
8 Proposal For the next step of platform implementation, I am proposing…
I suggest we can have a weekly project meeting over the phone call in the near future.  
Achievo team suggest to adopt option A to solve outstanding issue……
 
9 Thanks note Thank you so much for the cooperation
Thanks for the information
I really appreciate the effort you all made for this sudden and tight project.
Thanks for your attention!
Your kind assistance on this are very much appreciated.
Really appreciate your help!
10 Apology I sincerely apologize for this misunderstanding!
I apologize for the late asking but we want to make sure the correctness of our implementation ASAP. 
 


 
Purpose Frequently Used Phase Example
表示次序 at first开始 At first I thought he was righton second thoughts,I wasllot sure
    开头我认为他是对的,再一想我又没有把握了。
  first of all 首先;第一 To do a good job, first of all you must keep your mind on your work. 
    要做好工作,你首先必须专心于你自己的工作。
  to begin with 首先 To begin withwe ought to know what we are studying for. 
    首先,我们应该知道为什么而学习。
  above all 首先;尤其是 You mustabove allset your heart on study. 
    首先,你必须专心致志于学习。
  firstthenfinally 首先,然后,最后 Firstwe go over the storythen we make an outline of itand finally we retell it. 
    首先,我们看一遍故事,然后写一个提纲,最后进行复述。
  Firstsecondthird 第一,第二,第三 Why should we learn swimming? Firstbecause it is a very good form of exerciseSecondit gives pleasure. Third, it may sometimes mean the difference between life and death
    为什么我们要学游泳?第一,因为它是一项很好的运动形式;第二,它给我们带来乐趣;第三,会不会游泳有时可能成为生死攸关的问题。
  On the one handon the other hand 一方面,另一方面 On the one hand he had to studyon the other hand he had a big family to support
    一方面他要学习,另一方面他还要维持一个大家庭。
  in the first placein the second place 第一,第二 In the first placewe should not delay our work…In the second placewe should divide our work to be done at regular times during the day. 
    第一,我们不能拖延我们的工作……。第二,我们应该把工作分别安排在一天的固定时间里去完成
引出题目 on the subject 关于 On the subject of musicpeople nowadays love popular music rather than classical music
    谈到音乐,人们现在喜欢流行音乐,而不是古典音乐。
  it is thought that 有人认为 It is thought that some of the popular novels have bad effects on young people's mind
    有人认为一些通俗小说对年轻人的思想有坏的影响。
  regarding 关于 Regarding this matter what's your opinion?
    关于此事,你的意见如何?
  concerning 关于 Concerning their service, it needs improving
    关于他们的服务工作,还需要改进。
  I'd like to point out 我想指出 I'd like to point out that we are living in the 20th century
    我想指出,我们是生活在20世纪。
表示判断 from my point of view 根据我的观点 From my point of viewit is her mother's fault
    根据我的观点,这是她母亲的错。
  in my opionion 根据我的看法 In my opinion, the whole affair was a waste of time
    根据我的看法,整个事情都在浪费时间
  in my view 在我看来 In my view, she is a bit too slow to respond
    在我看来,她的反应有点迟钝。
  as I see it 依我之见 The difference, as I see it, is one of method
    依我之见,这是一个方法问题。
  it seems to me that 在我看来 It seems to me that this reseach plan will be very promising.
    在我看来,这项研究计划是很有希望的。
  I am certain that 我肯定 I am certain that he will come out first in the contest 
    我肯定他会在比赛中得第一。
  It is my belief that 我相信 It is my belief that there are living creatures on some other planets
    我相信别的星球上也有生物存在 
表示强调 actually 实际上 ActuallyI find this subject rather interesting.
    实际上,我觉得这门学科相当有趣。
  practically 实际上 The two are Practically the same
    两者实际上是同一种东西。
  as a matter of fact 其实; 实际上 As a matter of fact they kept in contact with each other for quite a long time
    其实,他们保持互相联系已经有相当长的时间了。
  in reality 其实;实际上 We once took him for an expericed workcrIn reality, he was a student. 
    我们一度把他当作有经验的工人,其实他是个学生。
  in fact 实际上 It wasin factthe most beautiful city I have ever seen
    实际上,它是我曾经见到过的最美丽的城市。
  obviously 明显地 Obviouslythere is much room for improvement in our work.
    很明显,我们的工作还有很多要改进的地方。
  equally 同样地 He was equally successful in gaining the prize
    他也同样获得了奖品。
  without doubt 毫无疑问 Without doubt these theories were all wrong.
    毫无疑问,这些理论都是错的。
  anyway 不管怎样;反正 That was not our fault, anyway
    那反正不是我们的借。
  naturally 当然;自然地 One will naturally ask why
    人们当然要问为什么。
  simply 简直;完全 His arguments are simply water-tight
    他的论证简直无懈可击
  almost 几乎;简直 The news is almost too good to be true
    这消息简直好得难以置信。
  especially 特别地 Beijing is beautiful, especially in late autumn.
    北京很美丽,特别是在晚秋。
  Only 反而 The failure only strengthened our determination
    失败反而增强了我们的决心。
  far from 非但不;远远不 Far from discouragedwe took added strength from our defeat
    我们不单汉因失败而气馁,反而从中汲取了力量。
表示补充、排除  moreover 而且 He refused to help memore over he laughed at me in public.
    他拒绝帮助我,而且还当众嘲笑我。
  furthermore 而且 Furthermore, he never cared for other people's interests.
    而且他从不关心别人的利益
  what is more 而且 What's more, I foundto my great surprisea girl of six from Nanjing could speak good English. 
    而且,使我吃惊的是,我还发现一位南京来的 六岁女孩能说一口很好的英语。
  and…as well 而且 This old worker has experience and knowledge as well
    这位老工人既有经验,又有知识。
  apart from 除了 Apart from oxygen, there are some other gases in the air.
    除了氧气以外,空气中还有其它气体。
  in addition to 除了;加上 In addition to "when", we can use "as soon as" to introduce this kind of sentences. 
    除了"when",我们还能用“as soon as”来引导这类句子。
表示举例、说明 for instance 例如 Televisionfor instance, is a great invention in the 20th century
    例如,电视就是20世纪的一个伟大发明。
  for example 例如 “At this” sometimes may mean "hearing this".exampleMother burst into tears at this"At this"
    有时可能表示听到这消息的意思。例如:听到这消息,母亲大哭起来。
  such as 例如 There are many lovely parks in Beijing, such as the Summer PalaceBeihai and Zhongshan Park
    北京有很多可爱的公园,例如颐和园、北海和中山公园。
  take the case of ……为例 Take the case of carsthey use a lot of gas
    以汽车为例,它们要消耗很多汽油。 
  in other words换句话说 In other wordsthe output has been increased fifty million tons
    换句话说,就是产量已增加了五千万吨。
  that is to say 那就是说 That is to say we won't have enough time for a holiday.
    那就是说,我们没有足够的时间去度假。
  that is He left last month-that isin August this year
    他是上个月,也就是今年八月离开的。
  namely ;这就是说 Arabic is written in the opposite direction to English namely from right to left
    阿拉伯文的书写方向同英语相反,即它是从右到左的。
  to be more exact 说得更精确一点 He came home very late last nightto be more exactvery early this morning. 
    他是昨天深夜,更确切地说是今天凌晨才回家的。
·表示目的、结果 as a result 结果 The productionas a resulthas begun to rise rapidly
    生产终于开始迅速增长了。
  at last 最后 At last he obeyed the order silently
    最后,他一声不吭地服从了命令。
  for the purpose of 为了……目的 For the purpose of learninghe visited many hospitals
    为了学习借鉴,他参观了许多医院。
  therefore 因此 The examination is still far awaytherefore we plan to go for an outing
    离考试时间还很远,因此我们计划去郊游。
  thus 因此;从而 He studied diligently, thus he got high marks
    他学习勤奋,因而得了高分。
  in this way 这样 In this way you can get rid of bad habits.
    这样你就能改掉坏习惯了。
·表示转折、让步 yet 然而 Although this sounds strangeyet it is true
    这件事听起来虽然奇怪,然而却是真的。
  however 可是;不过 Howeverwe will look into the matter later.
    不过我们以后还要调查这件事。
  nevertheless 然而 Some of them hadn't for 36 hoursThey went on working nevertheless
    有些人已经38个小时未睡,然而他们仍继续工作。
  after all 到底;毕竟 What harm does it do after all? 
    这到底有什么危害呢?
  whereas He thought I was lyingwhereas I was telling the truth.
    他认为我在撤谎,而我说的确实是真话。
  even if 即使 Even if we achieve great success in our work, there is no reason to feel conceited
    即使我们的工作取得了巨大成绩,也没有理由感到骄傲。
  on the contrary 相反 You think it simplebut on the contraryit is complicated
    你认为这容易,但是相反,这很复杂。
  no matter 不管 No matter how difficult it may be, we are determined to carry the research to the end
    不管有多少困难,我们决心把这项研究进行到底。
  in spite of 不管;尽管 In spite of the cold weather, we went on digging the earth.
    尽管天冷,我们还是继续挖土。
  all the same 仍然;尽管如此 He is not doing a very good job. All the sameyou have to admit that he is doing his best
    他工作做得不很好。尽管如此,你还得承认他尽了最大的努力。
·表示条件、原因 Once 一旦 Once you beginyou must continue
    一旦开始,你就必须继续下去
  as long as 只要 I will fight for the cause of Communism as long as I live.
    只要我活着一天,就要为共产主义奋斗一天
  supposing 假如 Supposing that yon were rich, what then? 
    假如你很富裕的话,那么会怎样呢?
  in case 万一;假使 In case I forgetplease remind me about it. 
    万一我忘了,请提醒我
  on condition that 如果;倘若 We shall go to Guangzhou for our holidayon condition that it isn't too expensive
    倘若费用不太贵,我们将去广州度假。
  on account of 因为 On account of the bad weatherthe harvest was poor.
    由于天气不好,农作物歉收。
  thanks to 由于 Thanks to her abilityshe has achieved great success
    由于她的才能,她获得了极大的成功
  as far as 根据 As far as I know, it is less valuable than diamond
    据我所知,它不如金刚石贵重。
  owing to 由于 Owing to his lack of experiencehe didn't do the work well
    他由于缺乏经验,没有将工作做好
  but for 要不是有 But for his helpwe would have failed
    要不是有他帮忙,我们是不会成功的。
  according to 根据;按照 According to the weather report, it is going to snow tomorrow
    根据天气预报,明天要下雪。
  considering 考虑到 Considering that the time is shortyou ought tO go all out to fulfil the plan
    考虑到时间不多了,你应该全力以赴去完成计划。
  it is understood that 不用说;大家知道 It is understood that strict discipline is good for a student
    大家都知道, 严格的纪律对一个学生来说是有好处的。
  it was noted above that 前面已经指出 It was noted above that hard work and labour are often neceaaary to train a man's talent
    我们在前面已经指出,艰苦的工作与劳动,常常是锻炼一个人的才能所不可缺少的。
  it will be seen from this 由此可见 It will be seen from this that the need for water is increasing day by day
    由此可见,对水的需要正在日益变得迫切。

posted on 2006-08-08 15:56  Kiki  阅读(2800)  评论(1编辑  收藏  举报