Learning Goals
At the end of this lesson,you will be able to
• understand the structure of a suggestive
letter
• learn and use some useful expressions and
sentences concerning giving suggestions
• write a letter of suggestion correctly and
appropriately
Task
Tom, your American friend, has a plan
of learning Chinese.
As a beginner, he wonders how he can
learn Chinese well. So he wrote to you
asking for suggestions on how to learn
Chinese. You need to write a letter to
give him some suggestions.
how to learn
Chinese
make some
Chinese friends
watch Chinese
TV programs
take a Chinese
course
learn to sing
Chinese songs
read books&
newspaper
in chinese
Brainstorm
How to write a write a
letter of advice ?
A sample of a suggestive letter
Dear Jack:
I am sorry to hear that you feel
extremly nervous before an important
exam. I'd like to give you some advice.
First, I suggest that you should make
careful plans before exams to review what
you have learned completely. It will help
you build up your confidence. Second ,
taking exercise regularly is a good idea,
which will help you keep healthy and
energetic. Last but not least, you had better
not stay up late studying. It is very
important to have a good sleep at night if
you want to be energetic during the day.
I hope my suggestions can help you
reduce the pressure of exams and perform
well in them.
Structure
Ending express your hope
Beginning
state your
purpose
Body
give advice
& reasons
I'd like to give you some advice.
First
Second
Last but not least
I hope my suggestions can help you.
A. state your purpose
sentence patterns
B. give your advice
C. express your hope
1. state your purpose
(1) I’m glad to receive your letter asking
for my advice on…
(2) I know you have trouble in…after
reading your letter. Here I’d like to give
some suggestions.
(3) Knowing that…, I’d like to give some
suggestions.
(4) It is my pleasure to offer you some
advice on…
2. give your advice
(1) It would be a good idea to…
(2) I would like to suggest that…
(3) I think it would be more beneficial
if you could …
(4) I think it would be better if….
3. express your hope
(1) I would appreciate it if you could take
my advice into consideration.
(2) I hope you will find these suggestions
helpful.
(3) I feel that it would be beneficial if you
stick to it.
Practice
Use the sentences pattern you have learned to translate
the following sentences.
1.了解到你想要学中文,我想给你提供一些建议。
2.上中文课是有必要的,因为你可以在老师的帮助下去提
高中文。
3.听中文歌也不失为一个好主意。既可以激发你学习中文
的兴趣,也可以给你带来乐趣。
4.我希望你能考虑我的建议。
Practice
Use the sentences pattern you have learned to translate
the following sentences.
1.了解到你想要学中文,我想给你提供一些建议。
Knowing that you want to learn Chinese, I would like to
give you some suggestions.
2.上中文课是有必要的,因为你可以在老师的帮助下去
提高中文。
It is necessary for you to take a Chinese course as you
can improve your Chinese with the help of Chinese
teacher.
Transitional words(过渡词)
•Firstly,
•First of all,
•Above all,
•To begin with,
•In the first
place,
•For one thing,
•Secondly,
•Besides,
•Moreover,
•In addition,
•What’s more,
•Furthermore,
•For another
thing,
•Finally,
•At last,
•In the end,
•Last but not
least,
3.听中文歌也不失为一个好主意。既可以激发你学习
中文的兴趣,也可以给你带来乐趣。
Listening to Chinese songs is also a good idea, which
not only inspires your interest in learning English,
but also brings you fun.
4.我希望你能考虑我的建议。
I hope you will take my suggestion into consideration.
Writing & Sharing
Please write a letter back to Tom, giving him
at least 3 suggetions on how to learn Chinese.
Dear Tom,
......
yours
sincerely,
xxx
Dear Tom,
I am glad to receive your letter asking me for
suggetions on how to learn Chinese. Here are my
suggestions.
To begin with, it is important to take a Chinese course,
as you will be able to learn from your teacher and practice
with your classmates. Besides, reading books and
newspaper in Chinese also helps a lot. By doing so, you
will be able to enlarge your vocabulary. Last but not least,
you can learn to sing Chinese songs, which not only helps
you learn and remember Chinese more easily but also
brings you more fun. I am sure that you will learn Chinese
well.
I hope you will take my suggestions into consideration.
Try writing to me in Chinese next time.
Yours
sincerely
Julian
Knowing (Learning) that you had a bad cold recently,
I’d like to give you some suggestions on how to keep fit.
Firstly, you ought to eat healthy food. Don’t eat much
oil food and meat. It has too much fat and it cause cancer.
Secondly, you need to keep a balance diet between
working and having rest. Don’t stay up late. On the one
hand, you will be relaxed as well as less nervous, on the
other hand, you also can become active and more energetic
. Thirdly, it
is important for you to take exercise regularly . It could
build up your body.
Yours
sincerely
Julian