Developing Writing Skills in Chinese Book

	Preface	viii
Unit 1	Cards	1
1.1	Birthday cards	2
1.2	New Year's greeting cards	5
1.3	Wedding cards	7
1.4	Condolence cards	9
Unit 2	Notes	12
2.1	Explaining things	12
2.2	Making arrangements	14
2.3	Instructing people to do things	15
2.4	Asking for help	17
2.5	Apologising	19
2.6	Giving instructions	20
Unit 3	Personal letters	25
3.1	Format of a personal letter	25
3.2	Format of an envelope	28
3.3	Letters with a specific purpose	30
3.4	Keep-in-touch letters	36
Unit 4	Announcements, small ads and others	40
4.1	Announcements	40
4.2	Small ads	41
4.3	Others	44
4.3.1	Lost and found	44
4.3.2	Receipts	46
4.3.3	Written request for leave	47
Unit 5	Formal letters	51
5.1	Letters of application	51
5.2	Letters inquiring about job opportunities	54
5.3	Letters requesting information	56
5.4	Replies	57
Unit 6	Reporting speech	63
6.1	Conversation reporting	63
6.2	Formal speech reporting	64
Unit 7	Exemplification, reformulation and summary	71
7.1	Exemplification	71
7.2	Reformulation	72
7.3	Summary	72
Unit 8	Comparison and contrast, simile and metaphor	77
8.1	Comparison and contrast	77
8.2	Simile and metaphor	79
Unit 9	Procedure, process and development	85
9.1	Procedure and process	85
9.2	Past development process	86
9.3	Developing an argument	88
9.4	Developmental trend	90
Unit 10	Descriptions of people's physical attributes	97
10.1	Hair	97
10.2	Beard	99
10.3	Eyes	99
10.4	Nose	100
10.5	Mouth and teeth	101
10.6	Face	101
10.7	Stature	104
10.8	Age	106
Unit 11	Descriptions of people's emotional attributes	113
11.1	Liking	113
11.2	Being happy	114
11.3	Sorrow and grief	115
11.4	Being sad and depressed	117
11.5	Being terrified and panic-stricken	118
11.6	Being angry and indignant	119
11.7	Feeling remorse and regret	120
11.8	Missing and longing for	121
Unit 12	Descriptions of people's disposition and moral attributes	127
12.1	Being lively and humorous	127
12.2	Being warm and optimistic	128
12.3	Being reserved and modest	129
12.4	Being clever and honest	130
Unit 13	Descriptions of people's movements and actions	134
13.1	Walking	134
13.2	Running	135
13.3	Seeing	136
13.4	Listening	138
13.5	Speaking	140
Unit 14	Descriptions of places and the weather	145
14.1	East, west, south and north	145
14.2	Location	147
14.3	Buildings	149
14.4	The sky	151
14.5	Wind, rain and snow	152
Unit 15	Business correspondence	157
15.1	Letters promoting the sale of goods	157
15.2	Letters inquiring about prices	160
15.3	Letters quoting the price	162
15.4	Letters ordering goods	164
15.5	Letters confirming shipment	166
	Key to some exercises (positioned upside down)	170
	Chinese-English Glossary	175