一、邮件写作场景
你是 Li Ming,是家住北京的《经济学人》读者,一直喜欢《经济学人》的卡通。有一天你拿到新一期《经济学人》(如图),封面故事是Peak Valley: Why startups are going else where(注:大概意思是一直以来美国创业者会首选硅谷,但慢慢地他们都陆续离开硅谷了)。
你一眼认出了上面的滑板男是 Peter Thiel(注:硅谷知名创业者、投资人、畅销书《从零到一》的作者),但很好奇前面踩电动滑板车的眼镜男是谁。你尝试了好多办法试图弄清楚眼镜男的身份,但一直没能成功。后来你找到了这幅漫画的作者 David Parkins 的个人网站,找到了他的个人电子邮箱。
二、写作任务
现在你需要向 David 写一封问询邮件。写作时:
1)简要介绍自己,以及是怎样知道 David 的邮箱的
2)清晰、简要描述这期《经济学人》封面,提出自己的困惑和问询内容
三、注意事项
1)一定要有邮件标题
2)仔细换位思考,看怎样写对方会更愿意回复你
3)不超过 130 个单词(含标点符号)
四、作业提交
欢迎在评论区提交作业。提交前检查并注明邮件字数。参考范文会在一周之后补充到学习素材中。
参考范文:
邮件标题:Quick question on a figure on the latest The Economist cover
Hi David,
I am a The Economist reader and have been amused and impressed by your cartoons. The fascination led me to your personal website and more of your works.
As usual, I enjoyed your caricature of the outgoing Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and delightfully discovered the skateboarder being Peter Thiel. Meanwhile, the identity of the bespectacled youth on the electric scooter has been bugging me for days. (I tried all the means imaginable to dig it out, but failed.)
It'd be great if you could tell me the name of the young guy. Thanks in advance.
Best regards from Beijing,
Justin
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