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班级：____________学号：____________姓名：____________

疫情下，英文邮件的祝福语也变了

大家比较熟悉的常用邮件结尾祝福语可能是"Best regards"，"Cheers"或"All

the best"等，然而疫情期间，使用这样的祝福语却可能冒犯到他人。疫情期间如

何写邮件落款，可以既活泼又不失严肃？

How to write emails in a pandemic

By Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore

Few things have been left unaffected by Covid-19 – even email. As San Francisco-based

podcast host Olivia Allen-Price wrote on Twitter: “2020: The year my e-mail sign-off went

from ‘Cheers’ to ‘Hang in there’”.

Salutations once considered polite – ‘All the best’ or ‘Regards’ – can now come off as

overly detached. Other more cheerful sign-offs – ‘Hope you’re having a great week!’ – seem

tone-deaf. Email communication has become a balancing act: to ignore the pandemic seems

disingenuous, but to overdo the platitudes about health and safety might peddle more panic.

Experts say it’s not only possible to write emails in a way that’s sympathetic, but the

right words can even breed a sense of global camaraderie.

As many people struggle with how to communicate amid the coronavirus pandemic,

some are suggesting lightening the mood. American job-seeking website FlexJobs posted 13

socially distanced email sign-offs. Some strike a more serious tone, but other suggestions are

meant to elicit a few laughs, or at least keep things buoyant: ‘Have a great socially distant

day’, ‘Yours from afar’, ‘Sent from my living room’ and ‘Cautious cheers’.

If it appears like there are one too many rules to follow, try out something like, ‘Sending

thoughts of health and peace’, ‘Take care’ or ‘Sincerely in these strange times’. It can help

you communicate a human element without worrying about burning bridges or embarrassing

yourself.

【词汇过关】

请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。

cted [ˌʌnəˈfektɪd] adj. _______________________________

tion [ˌsæljəˈteɪʃən] n. _______________________________

-off n. _______________________________

[ˈəʊvəli] adv. _______________________________

ed [dɪˈtætʃt] adj. _______________________________

-deaf [ˌtəʊnˈdef] adj. _______________________________

enuous [ˌdɪsɪnˈdʒenjuəs] adj._______________________________

ude [ˈplætɪtjuːd] n. _______________________________

[ˈpedəl] vt. _______________________________

hetic [ˌsɪmpəˈθetɪk] adj. _______________________________

[briːd] vt. _______________________________

derie [ˌkæməˈrɑːdəri] n. _______________________________

n [ˈlaɪtən] vt. _______________________________

[iˈlɪsɪt] vt. _______________________________

t [ˈbɔɪənt] adj. _______________________________

icate [kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt] vi. _______________________________

ass [ɪmˈbærəs] vt. _______________________________

【词块学习】

请从文章中找到下面中文相对应的文词块。

1.使某物保持一种特定状态_______________________________

2.撑下去_______________________________

3.看起来_______________________________

4.取舍或协调的行为_______________________________

5.难以应付_______________________________

6.表达一种特殊的感觉或态度_______________________________

7.比足够还要多_______________________________

8.人情味_______________________________

9.断绝一切后路_______________________________

【长难句学习】

请选出下列句子各画线部分的语法名称，并翻译句子。

1.(1)Experts say (2)it’s not only possible to write emails in a way (3)that’s sympathetic, but

the right words can even breed a sense of global camaraderie.

A.主句 B.宾语从句 C.定语从句

(1)_______________(2)______________(3)_____________

翻译：

________________________________________________________________________

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