Beginnings for Unsolicited Letters

自荐信的开端
1.I am writing to inquire whether you will have any openings for a secretary in the near future.

本人欲探询贵公司在短期内会不会有秘书职位空缺。

2.This is a letter of inquiry.I am conscious to know whether there are any openings in your company at the time.

此信乃探询贵公司现时是否有任何空缺。

3.Shall you need an experienced desk clerk for your hotel next summer?

不知贵旅馆明年夏季是否需要一名有经验的前台服务员。

4.Perhaps there is a position in your organization for an young，experienced， and conscientious secretary-stenographer.

请问贵公司是否需要一名年轻、有经验、负责的秘书兼速记员。

5. Like many other young man，I am looking for a job.I want to get started，at the bottom，perhaps，but started.

本人和很多年轻人一样正在寻找工作，本人想要有个开头，从基层做起。

6.I am writing to inquire whether you will have any vacancies for a senior clerk in the near future.I have heard that you hire senior clerk from time to time and I hope you will consider my application.

本人写信的目的是为了探询贵公司在近期是否有高级职员的空缺。听说贵公司时常招聘高级职员。希望贵公司能考虑我的申请。

7.I take the liberty to write you in the hope that you might need someone to fill in for you.

向阁下写信，希望填补贵公司可能的空缺，至感冒昧。

8.I take the liberty of writing you to apply for a position in your corporation.

不揣冒昧，特致函向阁下毛遂自荐，敬请原谅。

9.Because I am very desirous of receiving actual experience in accounting during July and August，I am writing to inquire whether you will need the services of a young man with three years of educational training and some part-time experience. Perhaps I could fill in for one of your office staff during the vacation period.

因为我很想在七八月间获得会计实际工作经验，特函问询贵处是否需雇用受过三年训练略有业余经验的年轻人?在假期我或可添补贵公司的空缺。

10.Someday in the future you may have need for a new interpreter. I should like to offer myself for the job.

将来说不定您会需要一位新的译员。我特此毛遂自荐。

11.Having heard that the situation of a marketing specialist in your office is vacant，I wish to offer my services for it.

据闻贵公司市场顾问一职有空缺，特此备函应征。

12.As it is nearing the Christmas season，it occurs to me that you may need additional assistance in selling gifts in your shop.I have a whole week before Christmas，from 18—24， when I might assist you.I could also work evenings from six o’clock on， before December 18.

圣诞将至，我想贵公司可能需要帮助出售礼物的临时店员。我在圣诞前一周(10月18日至24日)有空，可以帮忙。18日以前每晚6时以后也可以。

13.I am seeking a position in research and analysis of statistical and quantitative data. In order to get started in this career，I'm willing to accept any position where I can demonstrate my competence and move upward according to my abilities.

我正欲找寻统计和数字资料分析研究人员的职位。为了开始这一职业，我愿接受任何能发挥个人水平且能根据能力而提拔的工作。

14. Professor Zhou suggested that I should write to you in regard to my interests in architectural drafting.He thought your company might be in need of someone in my field.

周教授建议我根据我个人的志向给贵公司致函申请制图员工作，周教授认为贵公司可能需要我这一专业的职员。

Notes 注释

1.openings n.(职位的)空缺，机会

2.at the time 目前

3.in the near future 在不远的将来

4.fill in 参加进来

5.take the liberty to do(或 of doing) sth冒昧做某事，如：I took the liberty of using your typewriter while you were away.你不在时，我擅自用过你的打字机。

6.the Christmas season 圣诞购物季节 Christmas n.圣诞节

7.…it occurs to me…我想起……occurs to sb.某人突然想起

8.from six o’clock on从六点钟起 on adv.从……时候起