閃光詞匯及詞組：
in the hope of: 希望
assistance: n. 幫助，協(xié)助
first and foremost: 首先
declare: v. 聲明
possess: v. 擁有
implement: v. 實施
owe to: 因為，由于
decent income: 不錯的收入
as to: 至于
less developed: 欠發(fā)達的
萬能句型：
I am writing in the hope of your assistance to…
Thank you for your time.
（2)Directions:
You are preparing for your graduation thesis and are in urgent need of some reference materials. Write a letter to the National Library and ask for their help. Provide detailed information, and method of delivery and payment.
You should write about 100 words on ANSWER SHEET 2.
Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use “Li Ming” instead.
Do not write the address.
范文：
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am a senior student from Tianjin University, and I wonder if you could spare some time to help me look for two reference books, Communication Principles and Organizational Communication, both published by Foreign Language Press in 2000.
The two books are of particular importance to my graduation thesis, but I failed to obtain them from my university library as well as local bookstores. Could you please tell me whether the National Library has the mentioned books? If so, could you please do me the favor of photocopying and sending them to me by EMS? I would like to pay for the relevant expense by cash or credit card.
Looking forward to a prompt reply from you.
Sincerely yours,
Li Ming
譯文：
尊敬的先生或女士：
我是天津大學的一名大四學生，不知道是否可以占用您的一點時間幫我找兩本參考書？它們分別是《傳播學原理》和《組織傳播學》，都是由外語出版社于2000年出版。
這兩本書對于我的正在寫作的畢業(yè)論文有著特別的重要意義，但是我在我們的大學圖書館和當地書店都沒有找到它們。不知道國家圖書館是否藏有著兩本書？如果有的話，不知您是否可以幫我復印一下并用特快專遞寄給我呢？關于相關費用我會通過現(xiàn)金或者信用卡的形式進行支付。
希望能夠盡快得到您的答復。
您真誠的，
李明
醫(yī)學全在線網站www.med126.com
閃光詞匯及詞組：
senior student: 大四學生
spare some time: 花一些時間
fail to do sth: 沒能做成某事
obtain: v. 得到，獲得
photocopy: v. 復印
萬能句型：
I am wondering if you could spare some time to…
Could you please do me the favor of…
I would like to pay for the relevant expense by cash or credit card.
Looking forward to a prompt reply from you.
