請求信 Letter of Request
請求信是對收信人提出請求，并希望對方滿足該要求。寫請求信的重點是要寫清楚為什么要請求他人做某事，請求他人做某事的原因。
寫請求信時首先要說明寫作意圖，一定要注意語氣要禮貌，用詞要規(guī)范；然后具體展開說明請求的原因；最后表示希望對方予以答復(fù)。
寫作“三步走”：
介紹自己、提出請求—>說明原因及其它事項—>表達謝意、期盼答復(fù)
Tips:
在許多情況下，請求信是寫給不認識的人或者機構(gòu)，所以在信的開頭可以做一下簡單的自我介紹。同時，由于提出的請求往往都是需要麻煩別人的事情，所以要注意語氣的禮貌程度，不要吝嗇你的感謝。
（1) 2006年真題
Directions:
You want to contribute to Project Hope by offering financial aid to a child in a remote area. Write a letter to the department concerned, asking them to help find a candidate. You should specify what kind of child you want to help and how you will carry out your plan.
You should write about 100 words on ANSWER SHEET 2.
Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use “Li Ming” instead.
Do not write the address.
范文：
To Whom It May Concern,
My name is Li Ming, a college student of Peking University, and I am writing in the hope of your assistance to find a needy child for whom I may provide financial support.
First and foremost I would like to declare that I possess the financial ability to implement this plan owing to my decent income from part-time jobs. As to the candidate, I am hoping that he/she comes from an elementary school of the less developed areas of Western China, who is forced out of school. I would like to pay for his/her tuition fee and other school expenses until he/she graduates from university.
Thank you for your time.
Yours cordially,
Li Ming
譯文：
有關(guān)負責人：
我叫李明，是北京大學的學生。我給您寫這封信的目的是希望可以資助一名貧困學生，請您幫我物色一名合適的人選。
首先我想聲明我有著實現(xiàn)這個計劃的財政能力，因為我現(xiàn)在的兼職工作可以給我?guī)聿环频氖杖�。至于具體的人選，我希望他/她是來自經(jīng)濟落后的中國西部地區(qū)的一名小學生，因為貧困原因而被迫退學。我將支付該學生的學費和其它雜費等，直至其大學畢業(yè)。
感謝您的時間和耐心。
您真摯的，
李明
