Dear Grandma,Daddy Mummy and my little brother Dave,
Greetings! I'm V and I'm so excited to receive the kind letter from you guys! I guess the my stay there in the States with all of you in the next year will be an unforgettable experience for me!
Actually, I always wish that I could have a younger brother, so when the cute Dave's lovely face came into my eyes that my happy could not be expressed via any other words! He now definitely like a real man although he is only 11. More, what I think he is such a lucky dog because he has a very kind and thoughtful grandma! And then I also saw my future "Dad and Mum", who are so nice and like a real family. Mum's smile is so sweety and so dose of Day's, even like Grandpa Sanders~
As for my high school, I alrealdy like it as my first sight of how it looks. I believe that I will get myself a satisfactory scores in my study!
Well, just like what you said before, it really needs some time to get over through it to totally adjusting in the entire life like the jet lagging. Therefore, would mind telling me when I shall to go to there will be fine?
I am looking forward to receiving your kind reply!
All the best!

推薦新書(shū)《我的！美國(guó)交換生日記》兩個(gè)作者一個(gè)是公立高中就讀，一個(gè)是在私立高中就讀，真實(shí)講述他們留學(xué)生活。
這本書(shū)8月15日上海新書(shū)展上簽名售書(shū)

Boise 可是個(gè)好地方啊. 我在那里生活過(guò)幾年, 還做過(guò)華人協(xié)會(huì)的會(huì)長(zhǎng). 你去了可以先到當(dāng)?shù)氐拇髮W(xué)里找華人學(xué)生會(huì), 有不少香港學(xué)生. 會(huì)有不少朋友的.

見(jiàn)了美國(guó)人之后, 如果沒(méi)有特別說(shuō)明, 不用詢問(wèn)，一律用尊稱 MR./MRS. DOVNER, 除非他們專門說(shuō)可以叫他們什么。 我原來(lái)也接待過(guò)不少學(xué)生，所以特別提醒你一點(diǎn)， 一定要記得你是客人， 暫住在別人家里， 生活上要參照主人的生活方式。

我按照美國(guó)人說(shuō)話方式寫的

Dear Mr. & Mrs. Dovner,

This is Steven, I am very happy to have received your letter. I appologize I did not reply right away because I have been so busy to prepare for the departure.

My flight is on August 16, from HK to San Fransico by United Airlines, then make a transfer to Boise. I have attched detailed flight info with email.

Going to a foreign place is so exciting. Would you have any recommendations on anything that I should know or be prepared for?

I am very thankful for your generosity and help, I am looking forward to meet with you.

sincerely,

Steven

有其他問(wèn)題可以給我發(fā)消息.

Dear MR. and MRS Dovner，

I am very glad to receive your letter(email). I am sorry that I could not reply your letter(email) earlier, because I was busy packing up. I am going to take the UA 862 flight from Hongkong to San Francisco, and then transfer from San Francisco to Boise on August 16th. The detail information of the flights is in the word document attached to the email. Please check.

I believe it is a kind of good luck that I am assigned to live with your family. I believe we will be good friends, and get along well. I hope I could learn American Culture from you, and show you Chinese culture at the same time.

You can call me Steve, if you like. Would you mind if I call you Mark and Wendy or you prefer Mr. and Mrs Dovner?

Wish everything goes well.

Best regards,

Steve.

1. 不用說(shuō)你是誰(shuí)，因?yàn)樾诺穆淇顣?huì)寫你是誰(shuí)。
2. 不要用 annex. 附件的英文是 attachment， 附加在郵件里是 attached to.
3. 把轉(zhuǎn)機(jī)的信息寫清楚，不知道你們的學(xué)生會(huì)有沒(méi)有安排給你接機(jī)，如果希望對(duì)方接機(jī)，要在郵件中寫明。Could you pick me up at airport? 如果有機(jī)場(chǎng)代碼要把機(jī)場(chǎng)代碼寫上，因?yàn)槊绹?guó)很多城市有好幾個(gè)機(jī)場(chǎng)。
4. 博伊西 我不清楚是不是 Boise 機(jī)票上應(yīng)該有英文?；蛘咴诰W(wǎng)上查一查，打上州的縮寫應(yīng)該比較容易查到。
5. 有些語(yǔ)氣，所說(shuō)的話不太符合美國(guó)人的習(xí)慣，但是我已經(jīng)盡量基于原意改了一下。估計(jì)美國(guó)人也可以理解，因?yàn)閷?duì)他們來(lái)說(shuō)你畢竟是外國(guó)人。而且大部分美國(guó)人 很 nice. 不用擔(dān)心。
6. 如果不是在美國(guó)南方的州，是可以叫對(duì)方名字的，這樣比較親切，但是如果是南方州，有些美國(guó)白人是有種族歧視的，如果他們介意你直呼他們的名字，隱含著刻意和你疏遠(yuǎn)的意思，所以你可以問(wèn) Would you mind if I call you Mark and Wendy？ 一般人家都回答 No, I do not mind （我不介意）就是可以的意思。如果說(shuō) Yes, Please call me ... 則一種可能是開(kāi)玩笑，后面他回說(shuō) I am kidding. 如果鄭重的說(shuō)，那就是真的介意。那就用尊稱好了。也不用刻意向他們親近，出了國(guó)你就不僅代表你自己，也代表你的國(guó)家了，要有禮有節(jié)，既要有禮貌，也不能失了尊嚴(yán)。

你要到美國(guó)Idaho來(lái)，歡迎歡迎！
不用寫信了，給我電話，我直接給你打電話到你朋友專家里好了，其實(shí)你有屬名字在這里我一查黃頁(yè)就可以找到他們的電話了。
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by the way, BSU （如果你是到那里去讀書(shū)或是進(jìn)修的話）根本沒(méi)有中國(guó)學(xué)生會(huì)，你還是找你的host family 來(lái)接你吧。

I am steven. Received a letter from you I am very happy. Busy these two days to pack up in time there is no reply. I am sorry. I will take part in the August 16 flight from Hongkong to San Francisco's United Airlines flight 862. And then transfer to Boise. specific flight information I used the word sent to you. In the annex there.

Assigned to you, and I think this is fate. I think I will get along well with everyone. I will show you a lot about Chinese culture.

You can call me steven. I would also like to know how to call you. Is called Mark and Wendy directly or call them MR. / MRS Dovner.

I wish.

All goes well

格式你自己在整理吧

steven

DearSir or Madam,

My name is ***, and honestly, I haven’t got an English name yet, hoping that if I am luckily enough to stay with you in the next years, you can give me a meaningful name. I am** years old now but amgoing to be ** soon in 30 August 2016.

I am anactive girl and easy to get along with. Due to my open character, I have a lot of friends, and they say that I bring so much fun to them .Hoping that therewill be a happy together with your family, also, I can do some Chinese food for you, like noodles and dumplings ,maybe the food I makeis not as delicious as my mother have done.

I am from ****,China. **** is a beautiful city with a long history as well. People of the city are kind and friendly. I have lived here for ** years with my dearfamily, I love it a lot .

As I have been to America before , I love the culture and the way they treat usforeigners . I also like their building style. I am looking forward to comingto the USA and firstly to improve my language spoken level. Making friends fromall of the world is also my dream , last but not the least , my main task is study .

Best wishes for you and your dear family.
Your sincerely,
****