What is an advice letter? ADVICE COLUMN What is an advice letter? Jiang Su Li Yang High School Zhong Jie
Outline: ① typical sentences for replying to one’s letter ② analyze the trouble ③ give proper suggestions ④ express the columnist’s wishes
Analyze the problems suggestions Lucie Dear Mary, Yours sincerely, Lucie --I have received your letter and I’m glad to give you some suggestions/ Glad to have your letter. …./ It’s bad luck that you have lost your favorite… Analyze the problems suggestions --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- At last, I hope I will be your best friend’s forever! / Good luck to you! /Just keep in touch. I do hope to hear good news from you.
Father & son Why does the father/son write the letter? Advice column Analyze the problem Father & son Why does the father/son write the letter?
Father: How can I help my son without harming our relationship? Son: I love him a lot, but I don’t understand …
Valuable advice to the father/son Remember: you are a columnist now!!! heart-to-heart talks (communication) respect; hobby Calm down ; learn to listen to each other get a better understanding of the Internet responsible trust … …
Conjunctions or phrases to make your letter flow(流畅) 转折 递进 因果 but, however, on the contrary, instead (of), on the one hand…. on the other hand, in spite of, even though also, in addition, what’s more, first of all, first, second, third, because, so, since, now (that), therefore, as a result, thus, for this reason, so that
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Problems the father thinks about his son disobeys everything his parents ask him to do is rude to them refuses to spend time with them refuses to do his homework spends too much time watching DVDs, listening to foreign music, chatting in Internet cafes, playing games and surfing the Internet
Problems about his father doesn’t listen to his son shouts at him when he tries to talk to him fights like crazy when he refuses to his father makes him do things he doesn’t like calls him selfish and unloving gets very angry when he plays foreign music sends him to bed or tell him to study forbids him from watching DVDs or meeting his friends at the Internet