劉老師： 您好！

    我是Shelley,。今天下午給您的辦公室打了電話，碰巧您當(dāng)時不在辦公室,。我在申請北師大與美國校際交換留學(xué)項目。希望您能夠給我寫一封推薦信,。如果您能夠親自寫,，相信效果一定會非常好。因為項目申請截止到本月15日,，我也是昨天才知道的,。時間比較緊，如果您能抽出時間,，不勝感激,。另外，專業(yè)選擇上也請您多多指教。我目前選擇的是以下兩個方向：

    1,。 English Department主要偏重于英文寫作,。

    2。Modern Language and Literature Department主要是第二外語習(xí)得方面,。對于我來說學(xué)習(xí)側(cè)重于英語教學(xué)法 TESOL, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages.尤其感興趣的是在這個學(xué)院還可以選修拉丁語。目前我更傾向于第二個,，也就是英語教學(xué)法,。希望得到您的指點。 Shelley

    劉仁博士回復(fù)：

    Hi,，熱烈祝賀,！

    第一，我也覺得第二個比較好,，因為,，在你們之后的一個班級中也有一位來自北師大的老師，她是給老外講漢語的那個學(xué)院,。她告訴我說,，我的教學(xué)方式和造詞理論在目前語言教學(xué)領(lǐng)域中屬于一種很先進的方法和理論（我沒有記住這個專業(yè)術(shù)語），只是許多教師停留在理論階段,，而我雖然沒有接觸這種語言學(xué)理論,，但我確實好像處于這種理論的實踐階段。因此,，我的上課內(nèi)容也許對您有所參考,，您也許可以把這種理論和方法從語言專業(yè)的角度發(fā)揚光大。

    第二,，關(guān)于推薦信,，我從來就沒有寫過。最重要的是,，我不屬于語言教學(xué)的圈子,，因此，我的外行話很難有所價值,。我的建議是,，您自己參考相關(guān)資料寫一篇推薦信，然后找您熟悉并且熟悉您業(yè)務(wù)能力的語言學(xué)教授簽字即可,，國內(nèi)留學(xué)生基本上都是這種作法,。當(dāng)然，也有一些公司專門做這項服務(wù),，只是那些公司是為不懂英語或者不懂國外教育背景的人服務(wù)的,。祝一切順利！

    二,、本科生如何準備推薦信

    Dear Dr. Liu,

    In no longer than a month, i will be a freshman in one of the most famous and beautiful campus in Beijing, and hereby i am so appreciate that remarkable summer holidays we spent together in 2005, which surely changed my attitudes toward those seemingly stupid English words, just as you say in the textbook, now to gain the cognition of the world, to express the world: ).

    But i have more exciting stories to share with you, i am now applying for American Universities after a month's preparation of both SAT-1 and SAT-2. those times were tough and painful, which makes me realized how much you should pay for your future success, yet i can tell you that my pain was somehow alleviated, but pity it didn't clear off...Tests are one thing, while application is another, another thing that is much, much more enduring than to take the test twice in the U.S.. And let me get this straight, i would like you to help me a bit with the recommendation work, at first i was thinking maybe you could write me a recommendation letter in the way my parents have suggested, but soon i changed my mind. There were so many students ever running into your life, how could you possibly remember them all? ( or maybe you will). And honestly speaking, few teachers in our school pays attention to the college application overseas, and therefore they always say they were too busy to help...(what? they will definitely be regretted if i ended up in Yale); However, that's the truth, so , as other freshmen applicants in China, i was trying to write the recommendation myself and bring them to the teacher instead...Yep, my headteacher was exceptional, she was the only one who helped me write a recommendation letter with enthusiasm, and this time, i was thinking if you could kindly help me with the translation work...The letter is not so long, yet moving and true. I don't wanna translate it myself because i have "intervened" so many recommendation letters. So, i would like to make this very real letter worth its while and therefore looking forward to your help.

    what do you say?

    i'd be so appreciate if you'd like to help with me, even only give me some instructions...and this appreciation will lead me to strengthen my drive, to go on fulfilling my dreams with almighty, to thanking you as one of my greatest teachers, which i surely felt when i struck that word in the vey first line of this email——Dear Dr. Liu.

    I hope you enjoyed your summer holidays

    Sincerely yours.

    劉仁博士回復(fù)：

    Hi,，首先,，熱烈祝賀！其次,，非常抱歉,，我從沒有寫過推薦信。最后,，個人建議：

    第一,，你的英語表達能力已經(jīng)非常非常好——比我都好，你完全可以自己翻譯,。

    第二,，國內(nèi)學(xué)生的推薦信基本上都是自己寫好之后，請相關(guān)的老師簽字,，但一定要實事求是,。

    第三，最好咨詢一下相關(guān)的公司或者中介,，他們都有專門的推薦信服務(wù)業(yè)務(wù),。原因如下：（1）：他們熟悉推薦信的格式和文體。一個寫詩歌的人并不一定能夠?qū)懶≌f,，而一個能寫小說的人往往寫不了領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的發(fā)言稿,。（2）：他們熟悉相國國家的價值觀。一些中國學(xué)生自認為的優(yōu)點并不一定就是外國學(xué)校承認的優(yōu)點,，而一些中國學(xué)校認為的缺點有可能就是國外學(xué)校承認的優(yōu)點,。