a letter to my foreign friend!
Nerys?
发件人： bingli (bingli@liuxuepaper.com)
发送时间： 2008年3月17日 19:16:14
(来信）
Hi, I do hope that you are O.K.....I haven,t heard from you for a while.
I hear a lot about your country on our news..a lot of it bad, I hope that you and your family are safe and well.
Next weekend is Easter so we have a 4 day holiday, our eldest son and his partner are coming over so we are looking forward to that as we haven,t seen them since my birthday in December.
The weather here is mixed,today has been very warm but we are going to have frost tonight.
How is your new job going?..please tell me all about it I would be very interested. Are you still pleased that you made the changes to your life that we talked about ?
Will you be able to see any of the Olympic Games or will you be watching on T.V. like us?
Look forward to hearing from you with your news, Take care, Nerys
（回信）
Hello,I'm sorry to write you back late! Thanks a lot for asking!
Many bad things did happen in our country, for example, tumult in Tibet, Avian Influenza in Nanjing and so on, but I believe such things are solved quite soon.
From your letter, I can see that you have a very warm and happy family.
I changed my job, my new job is in Shanghai---a very flourishing city which attracts many graduates working here. My work is to design procedures which can control the machines that produce tyres. I also hope to hear from you.
We can watch the Olympic Games on TV. I'm looking forward to your arriving in Beijing in 2008.
If some day you can come to China, call me any time, I'll be your guider here if you don't mind.
Yours sincerely
Xiaoyan
范文二：
A letter to a friend about different culture:
Dear friend:)
How are you today?
I read the article with photos ,which you sent yesterday. I have some thoughts and feelings here, I would love to share it with you. If I am too direct, please don’t mind.hhaha, because Linda is a simple woman, always!
At beginning of reading it, I am very moved for the gentleman’s generous. But when I read it again and again; I changed my mind a little.
Sure, that man is very kind and considerate, when the lady took his cookies and he said nothing and shared them with her.
But his behavior made the lady very angry, she felt “irritated” first, then “wanted to punch him for daring”, after that “infuriating”, almost “cause a scene” in the airport… when the lady found finally in her plane she took the wrong’s cookies, she felt so “ashamed” but she could do nothing then…
Maybe the sense of guilty will remain in her heart long and make her uncomfortable long too.
Did the gentleman want that? Making someone feel guilty? Why didn’t he speak when the lady took the cookies belong to him?
If I was the gentleman, I would say that below instead:
“Nice to meet you here, Miss beauty, if you are hungry and didn’t buy a pack of cookies with you yet, I would love to share my cookies with you, will you?”
Hahha, what do you think, my dear friend? Better?:)))))))))lol
I think that is better, not only showing his kindness, but avoid the misunderstanding between them, and big “scene” potential too. It still showed his friendly and graceful; to the lady, she also avoided suffering from that sense. I think. Am I right?
What do you want me to know from it? Do you suggest I misunderstood you too like that lady? What is it? Could you tell me directly if I did? I don’t want to spend my time in imagining one thousand possibilities of it!
Life is not easy to everybody. Why don’t we make it as simple as possible? Why do we want people suspicious and taste painful for something? Are they deserved for their behaviors at times?
I like honesty, directness and briefness, always! I say what I think. I also wish my friend can treat me like that too. I don’t mind at all. Even if sometimes it is hard to accept the fact at one time, but I can understand finally and feel good.
Life is short, life should be happy too! Let us enjoy our lives, as much as we can!
If I said something wrong again, would you please point out, correct it then forget it? Because you will find it is not worth getting angry with me, as Linda often forgets what she said. She needs reminding again. Her simple’s head cannot hold all the words of her.hahhaa, indeed! :))))))))lol
Take care and talk later.
Yours sincerely,
Linda:)
亲爱的朋友：
今天你过得好吗？
我读了昨天你发过来的附有图片的文章，我有一些感受与想法想在这里与你分享。如果我说得太直接，请不要介意。因为我一直就是一个很简单的人。
在开始读的时候，我被文章中的那位绅士的大度所深深打动了！但当我一次又一次再次读它的时候，我的看法有了一些改变。
当然，那位先生是非常友好和体贴人的。当那位粗心的女士错拿了他的小圆饼的时候他一句话也没有说，并和她平静地一起分享了自己的小吃，只到最后一块2人各分一半.
但他的这种行为却使那位女士非常生气。她先是有点生气，觉得这位男士不懂礼貌，胆大妄为。后来差点冲过去打他一耳光，然后是完全被激怒了，差点引起一场激烈的争执，但因是在机场，最终她没有发作而是选择愤而离去。。。。。。当她在飞机上惊讶地发现她的小圆饼仍在她的包里未动，他吃的竟是那位男士的圆饼时，她感到无比地羞愧，她想向那位男士道歉并承认错误，但飞机已起飞，一切都无可挽回。。。。。。
也许她心中这种深深的内疚与不舒服感会长久地影响着她以后的生活。
但这难道就是那位先生所希望的吗：使别人先是感到怒火中烧后是觉得深深的内疚？为什么当那位女士拿他的小甜饼吃时他为什么不直接说出来呢？
假如我是那位绅士，我将会这样说：
“很高兴在这里遇到你，美丽的小姐！假如你饿了，此时又没来得及买甜饼时，我愿意与你一起分享我的小甜饼，你愿意吗？”
哈哈，你认为如何呢，我亲爱的朋友？是不是好点呢？
我想应该会好点。这不仅表示了他的好心，也避免了两人之间的误解，和因此而引起的一些很可能发生的激烈争执。这也显露出他的友好和风度啊！对那位女士来说，她也避免了遭受那种恼怒和愧疚的双重精神折磨。我就是这样认为的，我说得对吗？
我的朋友，你是想让我从中了解什么呢？你是不是也在暗示我，我就像文章中那位粗心的女士一样误解了你的心呢？是什么呢？如果我误解了你，你可不可以直接告诉我呢？因为我不想把我的时间花在设想一千种可能性上。
生活对每个人都不容易。为什么我们不能让它尽可能简单一些呢？为什么要使人们因一件小事而遭受不必要的猜疑和感受深深的痛苦呢？他们应该为他们一时无心的过失而受到如此惩罚吗？
我在生活中一直崇尚诚实、直接和简单。我心里怎么想就会怎么说。如果说错了，我会虚心改正。我也希望我的朋友们像这样对待我？真诚相待，说出自己内心的真实想法。我一点都不介意。即使那个事实一时让人难以接受，便我最终会理解并感觉好起来的。
生活是那么地短暂，生活也应该是充满快乐的。让我们尽所能地享受简单而美丽的生活吧！简单的也是快乐的！
假如我今天又说了什么不对的话，你可不可以指出来，改正它并忘记它呢？因为你会发现生我的气是不值得的。我经常会忘记自己当初脱口而出说过的话，我需要再次提醒才能记起。我简单的大脑实在装不下太多太多我说过的话了。哈哈，是真的！
保重，再聊！
你诚挚的,
Linda:)
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