例子: As a DSE graduate, you would prefer choosing staying in Hong Kong to study ‘Performing and Acting’. However, your parents want you to study ‘Architecture’ in North America. Write a letter to convince them to respect your choice.
問題二a: Informal (Friendly /Casual) tone 【用字上】 有什麼特點?
i. 多用colloquial(會話的) expressions, 例: kids, guy, hey dude, what’s up?, awesome, What’s more…
ii. 多用縮寫，例:can’t won’t, it’d…
iii. 多用短稱，例:photo, TV, CD, Tom…
問題二b: Formal tone【用字上】有什麼特點?
i. 不要用colloquial，用回一般語，例:children, man/boy, Hello friend, how are you?, wonderful, Moreover…
ii. 避免縮寫，用回全寫，例: cannot, would not, it would…
iii. 用回長稱呼，例:photograph, Television, Compact Disc, Mr. Thomson Chan…
問題三a: Informal (Friendly /Casual) tone 【在聲音上】 有什麼特點?
i. 常用第二人稱，即you, your…;第三人稱用his/her
ii. 用主動式，例:We have caught 4 fishes.
iii. 加多點emotion。例: confused, surprised, angry, stressed, ironic(諷刺的), worried, frustrated…
問題三b: Formal tone 【在聲音上】 有什麼特點?
i. 用機構/團體作第二人稱，即your organization, the company; 第三人稱用one’s
ii. 可以的話，用被動式，:例4 fishes have been caught.
iii. Emotion不宜過多，要點到即止。
問題四a: Informal (Friendly /Casual) tone 【在結構上】 有什麼特點?
i. 可以用多些喻体的slang，例: without moving a muscle/ quiet as a mouse
ii. 可以用imperative mood，例: You have to…/Make sure you…
iii. 可以老實不客氣，例: We are to inform you that you should attend the forthcoming mandatory meeting…
iv. 一般以多句short/simple sentence居多(總之不會太complex/compound)，要寫得像spoken English.
問題四b: Formal tone 【在結構上】 有什麼特點?
i. 避免用喻体，直接用形容詞。例: unmoving/ silent
ii. 不能用imperative mood，必須客氣。例: We would like you to… / Please kindly reply…
iii. 不能不客氣，儘量正面的說(Be positive in your writing)，例: We appreciate your attendance at the forthcoming mandatory meeting.
iv. 句子儘量以complex/compound sentence為主体。
