英语写作

My complaint letter to amazon.com Dear sir: Something sound incredible but did happen. On Nov. 22, my cat bought a book for me accidentally! The transaction number is (D01-4023066-98*********) and my Amazon id is w***********@gmail.com I read the sample of The Song of The Dodo on my Kindle DXG and reached the last page when I walked away. At the very moment, my cat jumped to my desk and put his paws on the kindle. The next day I found that the whole book had been downloaded to my device. The purchase could not be made either by me or by my wife, as I had no intention to buy this book and no one else use my kindle under my roof. The only reasonable suspect is the cat! I know it sounds crazy but I am telling the truth. I wonder if you could kindly refund me for this accidental purchase? I promise I will delete The Song of The Dodo from all my devices and never read the full version until I buy it voluntarily. ...

卓越近期订购的英语工具书已达。 1、The Elements of Style: 50 Anniversary Edition 这是一本风行50年的写作小书，最初是一本美国康奈尔大学William Strunk教授自己编写的、教学生写作的小册子。只有43页，只限校园内使用。后来出版社找到Strunk的学生，《夏洛的网》的作者，当时在《纽约客》写评论的作家E.B.White，请他补写章节、丰富实例，于1959年出版。此后在1972、1979年分别出了第二、第三版，2000年出版了第四版。 ...

Hey, Dear Jude: You have been waiting for something for many years. But you were disappointed every time when you opened your door. It was the postman, it was the wind, it was nothing at all. You have departed the time of innocence, the time of simplicities, when good is good, truth is truth, and your question always has an answer. Now, everything is different. You have been pushed into a stage, on which you have to act yourself, directed and watched by the audience, whose requirements you may feel powerless to reject. We are living in a changing era; you are in a transitional age. Traditional values lose its favor; other values takes its position. Peace and simplicity is on the way out; sound and fury is on the way in. Many books has been written, few are worth of reading. Every morning when you wake up, you are facing so many choices, so much temptation, let alone conflicts and confusion which makes the circumstance more complicated. ...

我有一个疑问一直百思不得其解，为什么中国的女士们更容易融入西方的学术圈和文化圈，除了语言天赋跟勤奋之外，是否还有别的原因。 前些日子《独立报》在炒作一个中国女作家郭小橹，因为她的一本英文小说《简明英汉情人辞典》（A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers）出版了，而且还获了外国小说奖提名。据说，蹩脚的英文是小说一大语言特色，有评论家说，这是一种鲜活的英语。这本书我还没有看到，也没有买的打算。 我猜测，东方人的英语如果能带着母语的某些表达方式，并且不违反英语语法的话，可能也是一大特色。当年泰戈尔的英语就有这个特点。 ...