【CET-6应用文】A Letter to a Friend
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter to one of your friends. You should tell your friend about your old days and present situation. And the body of your letter should be no less than 160 words.
【范文】
A Letter to a Friend
Feb. 14. 2002
Dear Bonnie,
I’m sitting in my room and looking through my old record albums①. There’s one here that reminds me of② you, one by Jethro Tull. Do you remember? We played that record together every afternoon for over a year. I was so sure then that my life would be perfect in five or six years. Well, here I am five years later. I have the same worries about money and school. I’m not married to a prince or living a magic kingdom. I’m still living in New Orleans, and I’m not married at all.
I went back to Alexandria several months ago. I stopped in front of your old house on Levin Street. It really looks different! It is a strange colour that’s not quite yellow and not quite orange to look at. It makes me sad to think that someone else is living in your house.
I’m still working my way through school③. I’ll graduate in a year or two, if I’m lucky. Of course, you know that I change my mind a lot. My major④ is now English, not sociology. After I get my degree, I might teach. I’m not sure. Teachers don’t earn very much money. Maybe I’ll know what I want to do when I grow up. Here I am; I’m twenty-two, and I don’t know what to be. Oh, well!
I’m still working part-time at a local hospital. The job is so boring! Watching a potato bake⑤ in a microwave is more exciting. I’m working in the English Department at school, too. That job is a little more interesting, but not much.
Do you still go to the movies a lot? Since movie tickets are so expensive, I don’t go much any more. Instead, I find friends who have cable TV and VCDS, and I watch movies at their houses. It’s much cheaper that way. I still read as much as ever. I don’t mind paying for good books.
Mother wants me to help her in the kitchen. I’ll say goodbye. Write soon with stories of life in Connecticut. Take care of yourself. Think of me when you listen to Jethro Tull.
Love,
Sally
【注释】
①albums: 相册；影集；集子
②reminds me of: 使我想起……
③working my way through school: 努力地上学
④major: 主修；专业
⑤bake: 烤
【简评】
本文是一篇根据命题展开的书信体应用文。
由于是一封给亲密朋友的书信，加上命题中又没有对书信内容进行规定，所以作者谈论的范围比较广泛。
首先，作者对与朋友之间的往事进行回忆，接着并对现在的基本状况进行了简单的说明。此处的语言不乏幽默感。在第二段作者表示了对友人的住房的变更的伤感。在第三、第四、第五段中，作者对自己当前的状况，包括学习、工作和业余爱好都进行了说明。第六段的结尾非常巧妙，而且与开头形成首尾呼应，使文章结构更加紧凑。
由于是友人间的书信，所谈内容又只是一种礼仪交往，所以作者用词都比较简单，全文语言也很朴素。
资料来源：新大学英语四、六级考点透视丛书：六级写作/李华田主编，武汉大学出版社，2006
