2. Address Format

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4. About Address Format  Before a letter or a postcard is mailed, we must address the envelope or the card. Write the full name and the address of the addressee in the middle part of the envelope or the card. Please note the order of the address, i.e. “house number —street name—district—city—state (province)—zip code—country”, which is just opposite to the Chinese way.

5. Sample Reading The 3 samples are the typical ways of address writing. In Sample 1, the addressee’s official rank is put under the full name, followed by the company name, each in a new line. Sample 2 is a regular format. In Sample 3, a third party (Mrs. Olga E. Cintron) is needed to pass the letter on to its addressee (Mr. Matthew Fox). The third party’s name (with C/o in front of it) is put under the addressee.

6. Sample 1 Jonathan Evans Manager of Human Resources Scientific Research, Inc. 4000 International Parkway Atlanta, GA 39907 姓名 职务 公司名称 门牌，街道 城市，州（缩写），邮编 Georgia

7. Sample 2 Mr. and Mrs. Michael Rivkin 收信人姓名 294 Kent Street 门牌，街道 San Francisco, CA 94104 城市，州（缩写），邮编 California

8. Sample 3 Mr. Matthew Fox 收信人姓名 C/o Mrs. Olga E. Cintron 收转人姓名 82 Fifth Street 门牌，街道 New York, NY 10012 城市，州（缩写），邮编 C/o 是 “care of” 的缩写，意 指 “ 由 ······ 转交 ”

9. Exercises - A Directions: Correct the mistakes in the following addresses. a. ms. Ann Smith b. Mrs. Jones, Tom 145 Chance Lane No. 388 Decatur Street Philadelphia, PA 74003 Federal Way, WA 98023 c. President Peter Schmidt c. James Ellen Republic Lending Company Spring Street No. 1392 20 Washington Ave. Los Angeles, CA96025 south Minneapolis, MN 55401 Ms. South No.1392 Spring Street Tom Jones Peter Schmidt President

10. Exercises - B Directions:Write these names and addresses on the envelope. Mark lives on 25th Avenue. His house number is 9500. His last name is Hammond. The zip code for Columbus is 43202. Columbus is in Ohio. Rita Hernandez is the director of marketing at the Crane Company in Miami. The company is on NW 107th Ave. at number 4200. The zip code in this area of Florida is 33172.

11. Sample writing for Ex. B a Mark Hammond 9500, 25th Ave. Columbus, Ohio 43202 b Rita Hernandez Director of Marketing Crane Company 4200 NW 107th Ave. Florida 33172

12. Exercises - C Directions: You are on vacation and you want to write a postcard to one of your friends. Complete the postcard. Greetings from the World Traveler To: Mr. Simon Lee 861 Lakeview Street Birmingham, MI 48009 The friend you are writing to is Simon Lee. He lives at 861 Lakeview Street, in Birmingham, Missouri. The zip code is 48009.

13. Humor Goethe was once strolling on a narrow path in a park in Weimar. As luck would have it, he met with a critic who was hostile to him. Both of them stopped, staring at each other. Then the critic said, “I will never make way for a fool.” “But I will,” with that Goethe retreated aside.

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