询问信(Letters of Inquiry)
询问信是请求对方提供需要信息的信件。可分三大部分：引言部分自我介绍并讲明询问目的。发展部分是询问的主要内容，如果包括多个方面，为了让对方一目了然，也便于回答，在内容的安排上应简明扼要，可以用数字列出具体问题，如first, second, third或1、2、3。结尾部分真诚地感谢对方。
由于询问有可能给对方带来麻烦，所以措辞要谦虚、诚恳。其常用套语有：
引言：As a student at... university, Iam preparing for...
Your answers to the questions below would help me...
As we are particularly interestedin... , we should be grateful if you would kindly...
发展：Could you please send me the relevant information and application form?
结尾：Your answer will contribute to my project.
Iwould appreciate receiving your answer by... ( time ).
范例1：
Directions:
You are preparing for an English test and are in need of some reference books. Write a letter to the sales department of a bookstore to ask for:
1) detailed information about the books you want, 2) methods of payment, 3) time and way of delivery.
Dear Sir/Madam,
As a student preparing for TOEFL in the coming May, I am writing to ask if you have Approaches to TOEFL written by Professor Wang Siming and published by University College Press in 2004.
If you have the book for sale, I'd like to mail order it and please let me know if I can pay for it by money order or MasterCard.
I'd appreciate it if you could send me the book at your earliest convenience by EMS to the following address:
Li Ming
Room 239, Student Dormitory No. 11
West Campus, Baoshan University
Baoshan, 103008
Thank you for your consideration.
Yours truly,
Li Ming
范例2：
Directions:
You are doing a research project on the future of the printing industry. Write a letter to the industry market analyst Mr. Wang to ask for:
1) the challenges the industry is facing 2) the role of technologies 3) the trend in the industry
Dear Mr. Wang:
As a student at Beijing College of printing, I am currently doing a research project on the future of the printing industry. I feel that an inside view of the market situation at this time is necessary for me to have a convincing conclusion so I am eager for your suggestions. Would you please spare a few minutes answering a few questions about the market for printing industry?
1.In general，what challenges is the printing industry facing at this time, and what types of strategies are being used to meet them?
2.What types of technologies are important to this industry at present and what technologies do you feel will play an important role in the near future?
3.Do you think that this industry will experience growth in the future, and, if so, what trends do you expect to see occurring?
If you would kindly take the time to answer these questions, I'd venture to hope you can reply it before the end of April-the deadline of my report. Thank you in advance for your attention to my request.
Sincerely,
Li Ming
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