书信一般为私人信函（Personal/Informal letters）和正式信函即公文信函（Bussiness/Formal letters）。英文书信从信封到正文，其格式与汉语有很多不同。书信通常由下面几个部分构成：
1）信头（Heading） 指寄信人的地址和写信日期，通常写在信纸的右上角。地址的书写顺序与汉语相反，即由小到大。第一行写门牌和路（街）名；第二行写县、市名及邮政编码。若寄往国外，则应写清国名（如果县、市、省和国名写在同一行，彼此应用逗号隔开）；第三行写日期，日期有两种写法，如 3 May， 2000（英式）或May 3rd，2000（美式）。亲友之间通信可省去地址，但必须写日期。
信头的排列有两种：
并列式

日记（Diary）
日记是把自己在当天生活中经历的有意义的事以及见闻感受记录下来的书面形式。文体自由，不拘一格。通常用第一人称记写。
英语日记的格式与汉语相同。在正文上方自左起顶格写上日期、星期几和天气情况。正文另起一行，内容应有所选择，记有意义、感受最深的事，切忌流水账。有话则长，无话则短，甚至三言两语亦可。通常采用一般过去时或可灵活运用。日记的写作格式如下：
1）
Sept 23, 1991, Wednesday Cloudy
It is three months since I began this diary…
2）
Friday, May I Fine
Today is May Day…
月份除May, June, July外

留言条（Notes Left）
 
朱丽刚从上海来叶红这里，准备在此逗留两三天。叶红邀邱明相聚。请你为叶红写一个留言条，时间是星期一上午九点。
参考答案
9:00 a.m. Monday
Qiu Ming,
Zhu Li has just arrived from Shanghai on business and is going to stay with us for two or three days. It would be nice if you could come over and see her.
Ye Hong 

Play-游乐
Play is an important part of life. Some people ever think that the purpose of life is play. Most Americans spend their holidays playing and more people come to believe that play is the lubricant of life. Open the newspaper, and you will see a great deal of news about movies, concerts, art exhibitions, television programs and all kinds o

我的家庭
【内容提示】
假定你是李华。写一篇英语文章，介绍你的家庭情况。内容主要包括：
①你的出身。
②你家的家庭成员，包括爷爷、奶奶共6人。
③爷爷、奶奶是农民，在家乡务农。
④父亲是高级工程师，在非洲援建一座发电站。
⑤母亲是一名教师，在一所中学教英语。
⑥哥哥（或姐姐）是医生，在人民医院工作。
⑦自己的情况。
【作文示范】
My Family
My name is Li Hua. I am from a worker＇s family. There are six people in my family. They are my grandfather, my grandmother, my father, my

My Sister-我的妹妹
My Sister goes to Taipei First Municipal Girls＇ High School and is in her second year there. This is the best girl high school in the city, and My sister is a very good student. My sister likes Sports. And now she is a member of the school track team. The regular schoolwork and the sports keep my sister very busy and yet very happ

根据提示写作文
请根据下列英语提示写一篇100-120词的短文。短文的开头已写好，你只需接着写。
Subject (主题)
In some countries there is hardly enough food for the growing population. Suggest some ways in which this problem might be solved.
Plan and ideas (提纲)
Introduction
    1. Problem of population & food rises in world po

Teaching English-教英文
Twice a week in the afternoons I teach English classes at the Telephone and Telegraph Company＇s Institute in pan-Ciao. I teach telephone operators and office workers of the phone company for three hours each session. Usually we cover the textbook unit in the first two hours, and then the last hour is for free conversation. I

Toys-玩具
When I was a small child, my family lived in the village. It was just after the war, and many usually made our own toys, or we played with the animals or insects around our house. We looked for crickets or snakes during the summer afternoon. At might we went out to the fields to catch fireflies. Sometimes we just played with sand, rocks,

The Nightingale-夜莺
Once a Chinese emperor had a nightingale That kept him very happy day and night.  The nightingale sang beautiful songs that kept the emperor in good health and spirit.  One day someone gave the emperor mechanical bird as a present. The emperor would wind the key and the bird would sing his song. This ne

Describe a Dream You Had-描述你做过的梦
第一篇：
On the way to a mountain in the dead of winter, I dropped behind the group I was traveling with and got lost. To make matters worse, it began to rain heavily. The wind blew hard, and the blasted forest groaned as if in pain. And so overcast was the sky that night came several hours earlier than

Why We Learn English-我们为何要学英文
Learning English is much more than a fad; it is really a must! Let＇s take a look around us: the latest information around the world is written in or translated into English. To keep up with the ever-changing world, we must be equipped with a good command of English. From a more practical point of view, armed En

去游览名胜古迹
    In the summer holiday, I will visit some places of interest in southern China. By visiting these places I can learn a lot about our brilliant national culture. I will visit the Suzhou Gardens, the West Lake, Lu Xun＇s former residence and so on. I think I can broaden my horizon of our country＇s culture du

    The after-class activities in my school are colorful. Every day we play basketball, football, do rope skipping and so on. But I like the Month of Science and Technology and the Cultural Festival most. In those days, we have a chance: to show ourselves to all the students. We can invent something with some classmates. A

Holidays and Outings(节日出行)
【要求】
和外国朋友交谈是文化生活中很重要的一部分，但是谈什么话题却要慎重考虑，因为各国风俗习惯不同，谈的东西要关涉到禁忌、兴趣。学校的英语角将要组织一次对外交流活动。请你以书面形式写一些可以作为谈话的材料。
【范文】
Holidays and Outings
It is common in English to ask people about their holidays. In the West many families go away on holiday during the summer months and so it is very usual to