[求助]给外国教授的第一封email，大家帮忙看看，谢谢。

guangchao1980 · 发表于 2006-5-1 22:02:00

昨天老板说我该给美国某教授写信了，然后我就写了一封，觉得这第一封信听重要的，就发上来，请大牛们帮看看有没有什么不妥的地方，直言不讳哈。

PS: 这位教授是我现在导师的同学，十年前还是同事，现在仍然不断有往来，前几天还来中国了，可惜我没见到。

email如下：

Dear professor XXX,

  Firstly, let me introduce myself to you. My name is YYY, a postgraduate (or Master candidate?) of professor ZZZ of NNN university, Hunan, China, and this year is the second year since I joined this school.

  Here I write you this email for two purposes. The first is that I heard that you were at changsha a few days ago from professor Wu when we ate lunch together yesterday. I was so repent that I did not meet you since for about a year I am appreciating an opportunity to meet with you, but now I have to wait for the next time. The second item is that I’d like to apply for a doctoral position or a postdoctoral position in your group. My major is XXX, and my current project is the XXX. The projects I participate in are as follows:

1、XXX
2、XXX
3、XXX

I have had the TOFEL and will have the GRE six months later. I don’t attach my CV in this email since my publications have not come out yet. But I am more than willing to answer any of your questions concerning my application and research.

Professor Wu told me that it will be very hard if I join your group. I gave professor Wu the same answer as I did two years ago when he asked me if I can endure the hard work of being a postgraduate: I am not afraid of painstaking since I come from a poor village, the only thing I dread (of?) that I don’t deserve all the investment of my toilful parents.

Thank you for your patience and I am looking forward to meeting you.

Sincerely yours,

YYY

leighyao · 发表于 2006-5-2 02:06:00

readable ONLY.

First, delete some unrelated things, such as lunch.

hncsxj · 发表于 2006-5-6 08:37:00

1, over formal.makes the professor uncomfortable.such as"firstly", "I write you this email for two purposes. The first "...

2, some sentences are too long. such as:

I gave professor Wu the same answer as I did two years ago when he asked me if I can endure the hard work of being a postgraduate: I am not afraid of painstaking since I come from a poor village, the only thing I dread (of?) that I don’t deserve all the investment of my toilful parents.

Use PLAIN ENGLISH.

秦玥飞 · 发表于 2006-5-9 23:51:00

Wording your verbs more appropriately!

秦玥飞 · 发表于 2006-5-9 23:52:00

真诚一点，不要那么生硬。。。。

笑春风 · 发表于 2006-8-21 04:57:00

个人建议，不用过于和教授套近乎，一是美国的教授都很有原则性和职业道德，原则上是一视同仁的；二是套得太多反而会让对方失去对你的好印象只留下坏印象．信中一些特殊的关系很微妙的关系，一笔带过即可，应该不是你着墨的重点．譬如说和教授的同学ＬＵＮＣＨ啊，这些我觉得是完全没有必要的．着墨太多写这个，会让教授觉得你太善于利用关系，会和＂钻营＂二字联想起来，这个印象是负面的．美国的文化背景和中国的太太太不一样了，大体上，美国人做事情都是非常有原则的．

教授同学是你的导师，这层关系当然要让教授知道，但是应该有技巧．我觉得不是由你来介绍，最好是由你的导师来介绍，这样不至于太唐突．你的信，还是多偏重你的学术或者研究背景为好．要知道美国的教授每年也是不那么容易拿funding的，他用这笔钱招人，是想招给他干活的人，他更注重的是你的能力和实力．

另外，我也同意楼上几位的说法，觉得信的内容太过于生硬，连我看了也觉得有那么一点点不合时宜的感觉（真话啊，见谅）；建议在修辞和句法上多下一点功夫，最好是找人改一下。

祝楼主申请顺利！！

dhuedu · 发表于 2006-9-23 18:09:00

LZ是研究生吗？不至于英语水平这样啊，还是练好英语再写吧，以免给人留下不好的印象。

[求助]给外国教授的第一封email，大家帮忙看看，谢谢。

[求助]给外国教授的第一封email，大家帮忙看看，谢谢。

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