Suppose your class is to hold a charity sale for kids in need of help. Write your classmates an email to inform them about the details, and encourage them to participate .
假设你的班级要为那些需要帮助的儿童举办一场慈善义卖活动，请给你们班上的同学写一封电子邮件，通知他们相关的细节，并鼓励他们积极参与。
【经典范文】
Dear Fellow Classmates,
Our class is to hold a charity sale to raise money for those children who are in need of help on January 05, 2019. As the monitor of our class, I’m calling on all students to take part in the sale.
We ask you to donate as much as you can to a fund we have set up to cover these children's tuition fees and other expenses. Unless we can raise sufficient money, those poor kids won’t be able to afford to finish their education.
As a nation renowned worldwide for its many virtues, China and its people have been giving a helping hand to those who are in distress throughout history. It’s our duty to provide as much support as we can to those in need. Please contribute generously.
Yours sincerely,
Li Ming
【参考译文】
我们班将在2019年1月5日举办一场慈善义卖，为需要帮助的孩子们募集资金。作为班长，我在这里号召大家积极参加。
我们已经设立了支付这些儿童的学杂费的基金，请大家尽己所能奉献爱心。只有我们募集足够的资金，那些可怜的儿童才能顺利完成学业。
作为一个以众多美德闻名于世的国家，中国和中国人民从古至今都一直乐于助人。为需要帮助的人尽可能地提供帮助，这是我们的义务。请大家慷慨相助。
【要点解析】
① in need (of) 需要
例如：a campaign to help children in need；The room was sorely in need of a fresh coat of paint.
② call on 号召；拜访；要求
call 在英语里面属于基础词，与不同介词可构成诸多短语动词，如：
call back 回电;
call for 要求；接人;
call in 请来，走访;
call off 取消;
call out 喊叫；出动;
call up 打电话；征召入伍；挑选;
call away 叫走;
call at 停靠，停留；
③ take part in 参加
表示参加的词语很多，除了take part in，还有：participate, attend, engage, join.
take part in 指参加集体性的活动，如protest, politics；
participate (in) 指参加某活动或事件，含积极主动之意，如dancing party, discussion；
attend 指出席会议，参加学术活动，听课等如meeting；
engage (in/on/upon) 指做某事或参加某项活动，如regular exercise, political struggle；
join 指加入组织或团体，或与人共事，如the army, The Labour Party, campaign。
④ set up 建立，安排
set up 侧重指着手创建公司、机构、委员会等，不用于永久性的建筑，如 business, organization；
而表示制造，建造之意的词语还有：build, construct, assemble, erect, put up, put together, found。
build 普通用词，应用范围最广，可用于实体建筑和抽象意义，如house, business；
construct 抢到按照蓝图设计建造复杂的物体，包括大型建筑物或模型，如plane, skyscraper；
assemble 指装配，组装家具或机器等，如cupboard；
erect 指建筑高而垂直的建筑物，强调高度，如monument；
put up 指修建、建立、设立、设置，如new hotel；值得一提的是，搭帐篷短语用“set up camp”或“put up a tent”均可；
put together 指组装、组织、汇集，如a model plane；
found 指通过提供必要的资金创建城市、公司、学校等，含打下基础之意，如city, scholars, shool。
⑤ be able to 有能力做
have the ability to do sth.
⑥ afford to 负担，付得起
表示能够的意思时，常与“be able to”或“can”连用；表示否定则与“be unable to”或“cannot”连用。
【关键句型】
① (Our class) is to hold a (charity sale) to (raise money) for (those children) who are in need of help (on January 05, 2019).
倡议书常用开头，大意是“……（主体）将在……（日期）为需要帮助的……（对象）举办一场……（活动），旨在为了……（目的）。”
② As (the monitor of our class), I’m calling on all (students) to take part in (the sale).
倡议书常用套话，表示“作为……，我将号召大家积极参加这次活动”。
③ As a nation renowned worldwide for its many virtues, China and its people have been (giving a helping hand to those who are in distress) throughout history.
对祖国歌功颂德的套话，意为“作为一个以美德著称的国家，中国从古至今一直……”，前半句为通用型，后半句可根据需求自行补充义举和美德，如乐于助人、团结合作、博采众长等。
④ It’s our duty to provide as much support as we can to those in need.
倡议信常用结尾，意为“尽可能提供帮助是我们的义务所在”。其中“It's our duty to……” 表示“责任、义务”，可根据需求修改后接内容。
⑥ Please contribute generously.
倡议信通用结尾，表示希望大家慷慨解囊。
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