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如何撰写英文跟进与感谢邮件的完整指南

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本文详细介绍了如何撰写英文跟进邮件与感谢邮件，包括邮件主题、开头问候、正文内容以及结尾礼貌用语的具体步骤和示例，帮助读者掌握有效的商务邮件沟通技巧。

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Welcome back. You've almost made it through to the end of the course because this is our last lesson in the module about inviting and following up with a contact in writing. In this lesson, you'll learn how to write a follow-up email after you've met someone for the first time. You'll also learn how to write an email thanking someone for inviting you to an event. And at the end of this lesson, you'll write your own follow-up email. In module two, we learned that it is important to follow up with a contact you have made, either with a telephone call or an email. So let's see how to do this in an email.

Let's look at an example follow-up email. Read these questions and then read the email to find the answers. So what makes a good follow-up email? Let's look at writing one step by step. As always, we'll begin with the subject line. Remember, the subject line should be a short noun phrase which tells the recipient the main point of the email. In this example, the writer probably wants to set up a meeting in Seattle. Can you tell what the email will be about by these subject lines? In this email, the writer probably wants a formal introduction to someone the reader knows called Filson. How about this one? Here, the writer probably wants to recommend a new app that might be useful for the reader's company. And this one, the writer is likely going to request some information about a partner company in Argentina.

So we've written our subject line. Next, of course, we write the greeting. As you learn before in module three, the greeting you use depends on your relationship. In most cases, a follow-up email will be friendly and more informal. So something like, hi, Jesse, would be acceptable. Otherwise, using dear and the first name is a good choice. Now, for the opening sentence, here you want to remind the reader where you met. You can also make a positive comment like these examples. If you want to be a little more indirect, you can start with a phrase like this. Then mention where you met. Then write something specific about the conversation. You can then include the purpose of the email. Usually, we would use more neutral language. To make the purpose sound less abrupt, we can use a word like anyway before the purpose. Anyway, is used when the topic before is slightly different. For example, where we met and gets the reader back to the main purpose of the email.

We can finish the email with a friendly closing sentence, inviting the reader to respond if appropriate. So to summarize, here is how to write a follow-up email. Make sure there is a clear subject line. After the greeting, remind the reader where you met and also mention something specific. Then give the reason why you are writing. Finally, add a friendly closing sentence. Let's now do a short quiz to review what you have learned about writing a follow-up email.

In the next lesson, you will learn how to write a simple email, thanking someone for inviting you to an event. Do you remember the email from the last lesson inviting someone to a reception? Well, let's look at the thank you email that Jesse Robinson sent after he attended the reception. Before you read the email, look at these questions then find the answers in the email. Again, let's look at writing a thank you email step by step. Here are some common general subject lines that you can use in a thank you email or you can be more specific by mentioning the event.

Next, we write the purpose. We can use thank you for, followed by a noun phrase or the ING form of the verb. If you want to be more informal, you can start with thank you or thanks. Then it's a good idea to also give the other person a compliment on or comment how nice the event was. You should also mention something specific about the event. Enjoy and appreciate are almost always followed by an object. With enjoy, we can use both a noun or an ING form of the verb. With appreciate, we can use a noun or sometimes your and the ING form of the verb. This is more formal. You can then add a sentence to show that you want to keep in contact. And here is a useful phrase if we want to do something in return for the other person. For example, if you bought me lunch during a visit to your city, I might want to offer to buy you lunch when you visit Seattle.

In the closing sentence, it is also common to repeat the thank you. To summarize, here is how to organize a thank you email. First, you should express thanks in the opening sentence. Then give a compliment or say something nice about the event. Next, you should make a specific comment about the event. Maybe how helpful it was. Then you can write a sentence that shows you want to keep in contact. And finally, restate the thank you in the friendly closing sentence. To complete this section, we're going to ask you to do a short quiz on some of the language that is common in a thank you email. So now you know how to write a follow up email and a thank you email. To finish this lesson, you're going to put what you've learned into practice in a short writing assignment. Thank you.

部分单词释义

appreciate
及物动词欣赏; 感激; 领会; 鉴别
不及物动词（使）增值，涨价
1. 欣赏；鉴赏；赏识
If you appreciate something, for example a piece of music or good food, you like it because you recognize its good qualities.
e.g. Anyone can appreciate our music...
任何人都能欣赏我们的音乐。
e.g. In time you'll appreciate the beauty and subtlety of this language.
总有一天你会体会到这门语言的优美和微妙之处。
2. 领会；了解；认识
If you appreciate a situation or problem, you understand it and know what it involves.
e.g. She never really appreciated the depth and bitterness of the Irish conflict...
她从来没有真正认识到爱尔兰矛盾的深刻和激烈。
e.g. He appreciates that co-operation with the media is part of his professional duties.
他懂得与媒体合作是自己工作职责的一部分。
3. 感谢;感激
If you appreciate something that someone has done for you or is going to do for you, you are grateful for it.
e.g. Peter stood by me when I most needed it. I'll always appreciate that...
当我最需要的时候，彼得在我身边支持我。我将永存感激。
e.g. Thanks, lads. I appreciate it...
谢了，哥们儿。我很感激。
4. 升值；增值
If something that you own appreciates over a period of time, its value increases.
e.g. They don't have any confidence that houses will appreciate in value.
他们完全不相信房子会升值。
compliment
名词恭维; 敬意; 道贺，贺词; 致意
及物动词称赞; 向…道贺; 向…致意
The verb is pronounced /'k?mpl?ment/. The noun is pronounced /'k?mpl?m?nt/. 动词读作 /'k?mpl?ment/。名词读作 /'k?mpl?m?nt/。
neutral
形容词中立的; （化学中）中性的; 暗淡的; 不带电的
名词（汽车或其他机器的）空挡位置; 中立人士; 中立国; 素净色
1. (个人或国家)持中立态度的，中立的，无倾向性的
If a person or country adopts a neutral position or remains neutral, they do not support anyone in a disagreement, war, or contest.
e.g. Let's meet on neutral territory...
我们在中立地区会面吧。
e.g. Those who had decided to remain neutral in the struggle now found themselves required to take sides.
那些先前决定在争斗中保持中立的人现在发现他们需要表明立场了。
neutrality
...a reputation for political neutrality and impartiality.
以政治上保持中立和公正著称
module
名词模块; 组件; （宇宙飞船上各个独立的）舱; 测量流水等的单位
1. (大学课程的)单元，模块
A module is one of the separate parts of a course taught at a college or university.
e.g. These courses cover a twelve-week period and are organised into three four-week modules.
这些课程要上12周，分为3个单元，每单元4周。
2. (航天器的)分离舱
A module is a part of a spacecraft which can operate by itself, often away from the rest of the spacecraft.
e.g. A rescue plan could be achieved by sending an unmanned module to the space station.
可以通过向太空站发射无人太空舱来实现救援计划。
3. （建筑物中的）构件，组件，模块
A module is one of a set of parts from which some buildings are made. Each module is made separately, and the completed modules are then joined together to form the building.
4. (机器的)组件，部件;(尤指计算机的)模块，程序块
A module is a part of a machine, especially a computer, which performs a particular function.
practice
名词实践; 练习; 惯例; （医生或律师的）业务
不及物动词练习; 实习; 实行; 惯常地进行
及物动词练习; 执业; 实行，实践; 惯常地进行
1. 通常做法；常规；惯例
You can refer to something that people do regularly as a practice .
e.g. Some firms have cut workers' pay below the level set in their contract, a practice that is illegal in Germany...
一些公司把工人薪水减至低于合同规定的水平，这种做法在德国是非法的。
e.g. Gordon Brown has demanded a public inquiry into bank practices.
戈登·布朗已要求对银行的惯例做法进行公开调查。
2. 练习；训练
Practice means doing something regularly in order to be able to do it better. A practice is one of these periods of doing something.
e.g. She was taking all three of her daughters to basketball practice every day...
她每天都带3个女儿进行篮球训练。
e.g. ...the hard practice necessary to develop from a learner to an accomplished musician...
从初学者成长为有造诣的音乐家所必需的艰苦训练
3. （医生或律师的）业务活动，工作；宗教活动
The work done by doctors and lawyers is referred to as the practice of medicine and law. People's religious activities are referred to as the practice of a religion.
e.g. ...the practice of internal medicine...
内科业务
e.g. I eventually realized I had to change my attitude toward medical practice.
我终于认识到自己不得不改变对医务工作的看法。
4. 诊所；律师事务所
A doctor's or lawyer's practice is his or her business, often shared with other doctors or lawyers.
e.g. The new doctor's practice was miles away from where I lived...
新开的诊所离我住的地方有几英里远。
e.g. My law practice isn't the most important thing in my life, you know.
你知道，我的律师事务所不是我生活里最重要的事情。
5. see also: practise
Take care not to confuse practice and practise.
注意不要混淆practice和practise。
recipient
名词接受者; 容器; 容纳者
形容词容易接受的; 感受性强的
1. 接受者；领受人
The recipient of something is the person who receives it.
e.g. ...the largest recipient of American foreign aid...
美国对外援助的最大受惠者
e.g. A suppressed immune system puts a transplant recipient at risk of other infections.
接受器官移植的病人免疫系统受到抑制后很可能会感染其他疾病。
specific
形容词具体的; 明确的; 特种的; [免疫学]特效的
名词特效药; 特性; 细节; 显著的性质，特性
1. (部位、问题、题目等)特定的，特别的
You use specific to refer to a particular fixed area, problem, or subject.
e.g. Massage may help to increase blood flow to specific areas of the body...
按摩有助于增加身体特定部位的血液流量。
e.g. There are several specific problems to be dealt with...
有几个特定问题需要解决。
2. （表达）明确的，确切的，具体的
If someone is specific, they give a description that is precise and exact. You can also use specific to describe their description.
e.g. I asked him to be more specific...
我要求他说得更具体些。
e.g. These nerve centres generate rhythmic movements; or to be more specific, rhythmic stomach movements...
这些神经中心产生有节奏的运动，或者更确切地说，是有节奏的肠胃蠕动。
specificity
...the kind of extreme specificity normally associated only with computer programmes.
通常只有计算机程序才会具备的那种极端明晰性
summarize
及物动词总结，概述
in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 summarise
indirect
形容词间接的; 不直截了当的; 闪烁其词的; 不坦率的
1. 间接的;非直接的
An indirect result or effect is not caused immediately and obviously by a thing or person, but happens because of something else that they have done.
e.g. Businesses are feeling the indirect effects from the recession that's going on elsewhere...
企业感受到了别处经济衰退带来的间接影响。
e.g. Millions could die of hunger as an indirect result of the war...
作为战争的间接后果,数百万人可能会死于饥饿。
indirectly
Drugs are indirectly responsible for the violence...
毒品是暴力产生的间接原因。
The president is indirectly elected by parliament...
总统由议会间接选出。
Indirectly, I did cause her death. I shouldn't have left her there.
的确，她的死是我间接造成的。我不该把她留在那里。
informal
形容词（语言）非正式的; 口语体的; 不拘礼节的; 友好随便的
1. (言辞或行为)非正式的，亲切随便的
Informal speech or behaviour is relaxed and friendly rather than serious, very correct, or official.
e.g. She is refreshingly informal...
她不拘礼节,让人耳目一新。
e.g. His friend was less good-looking, but a lot more informal and relaxed.
他的朋友没那么英俊,却随意、放松得多。
informally
She was always there at half past eight, chatting informally to the children.
她总是8点半到那里,和孩子们亲切地闲聊。