distance we have come in understanding some of the profound aspects of biology. We have as much distaste for talking about personal death as for thinking about it; it is an indelicacy, like talking in mixed company about venereal disease or abortion in the old days. Death on a grand scale does not bother us in the same special way: we can sit around a dinner table and discuss war, involving 60 billion volatilized human deaths, as though we were talking about bad weather; we can watch abrupt bloody death every day, in color, on films and television, without blinking back a tear. It is when the numbers of dead are very small, and very close, that we begin to think in scurrying circles. At the very center of the problem is the naked cold deadness of one?s own self, the only reality in nature of which we can have absolute certainty, and it is unmentionable, unthinkable. We may be even less willing to face the issue at first hand than our predecessors because of a secret new hope that maybe it will go away. We like to think, hiding the thought, that with all the marvelous ways in which we seem now to lead nature around by the nose, perhaps we can avoid the central problem if we just become, next year, say, a bit smarter.
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People dislike talking about death because they just like their predecessors still have the vaguest ideas of the issue. They talk about death only when million upon millions of people are killed in war. When they find only very few people die each time and the death rates are almost equal, they become very anxious, thinking that next time they themselves will meet their doom. Therefore, they fear very much. However, they have a hope that when they control nature, they can avoid death.(84 words) 四、便笺
便笺篇幅短小，通常只用于熟人、亲人、朋友和同事等之间对于近一两天内将发生事情的联系，表达临时的询问、留言、通知、请假、要求、借款、道歉、告别等。便笺形式简单，通常不写信头、信内地址等内容。只包括日期，称呼，正文，署名等项。开头的称呼通常直接写名字，省略Dear。称呼和最后的署名都比较简单随意。 模板句型I wonder if you can? 我想知道您是否能??
I assure you that I will? 我向您保证我将??
f possible, please give me a call and I will? 如果可以，请打电话给我，我将??
With many thanks, 非常感谢??
Received from?the sum of five thousand Yuan for tuition. 今收到某某人五千元学费。
I.O.Y. one thousand Yuan, to be paid back within two months with annual interest at four percent. 我欠你一千元，两个月内付清，年息4%。
Borrowed from the Department library the following books? 本人从系图书馆借出以下书籍?? 经典范文
Mar. 8thDear Mike,I wonder if you can lend me your notebook for European history. I am in the process of preparing my exam, and need to consult the book now and then for some information. Thus I might need to keep the notebook for about two months , and I hope that
would not bring any inconvenience to you. I assure you that I will maintain it in good condition. If possible, please give me a call and I will come by your house to pick up the notebook. With many thanks, Li Ming 练习
Direction: You want to ask for a leave. Leave a note to Mr. Wang which contains how many days you want to leave and the reason why you want to ask for a leave. 参考范文
Mr. Wang, I beg to apply for three days? leave of absence from the 7th to the 9th. I have to return home to see my grandmother, who is now deadly ill. I shall be very grateful if you will allow my absence. Yours respectfully,Zhang Lin 五、通知
通知分为书面和口头两种。书面通知文体比较正式，正文前一般写上Notice字样，通知单位的名称可写在通知的前面或右下角，日期一般写在左下角。口头通知文体则比较随便，通常由称呼、具体内容构成，末尾可以给出通知单位。发布通知的人、发布通知的时间，也可以略去此部分。
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There will be a meeting in...
定于在……处召开会议。
In has been decided by the board of directions that? 经董事会决定??
All the teachers are requested to meet in the college conference room at?
要求全体教师于??在会议室开会。 经典例文
Notice A meeting will be held at 2 o?clock on Friday, Jan. 30th in the conference room in the office building to discuss the financial program of the company. All the department heads are requested to attend it on time and every one present must prepare a copy if suggestions for the program. Administrative officeJanuary 26th, 2008 练习
Directions: Write a notice on behalf of the headmaster office to tell all the students the plan of Tree Planting Day which should include when and where to plant trees and how to go there. 参考范文
Notice Tomorrow is Tree Planting Day. It is warm. The students will
have no classes. We shall plant trees in the park instead. We will meet at the school gate at 7:00 sharp in the morning and go there on foot. We will have lunch there. Please bring some water and food with you. Headmaster OfficeMar. 11, 2008 六、报告
报告是下级部门就某件事情向上级部门和领导汇报工作、反映情况、提出建议等使用的上行公文。就其内容实质来说，可分为信息类报告和分析类报告。信息类报告在日常事务中经常发生，其目的是通报信息和情况，一般要求准确、正确、完整、简明扼要。分析类报告在语言和格式上则更正式、复杂，其目的在于对某问题或情况进行调查、研究、分析、评估或论证后提出结论，篇幅一般较长。报告的写作主要有以下要求：
1?写好一份报告，撰写人首先要对所要写的内容有充分的了解。写作时，应尽量多用被动语态，少用第一人称，以免主观、冒昧。
2?一般英文报告都可采用书信格式。
3.报告要有明确的中心思想、清楚的段落层次和合理的结构安排。
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The report is hereby made to ask for the approval of the board for the solution of the problem. 请董事会批准这件事的解决方案。
This report will summarize? 本报告将总结??