英语的书信有其规定的格式，在写信的时候要严格按照格式书写。那么应该按照哪些规范来书写呢?看看下面的几篇范文就知道了，这几篇是关于要求和询问的信件表达。英语里的书信也分为邀请信，感谢信，道歉信等等很多种，这只是其中的一种。

Sample Writing 1:

22 May 2016

Dear Sir,

I understand your well-respected college offers a number of places to overseas students every year, and I am writing to enquire about the application procedure.

I am at present a student at Mary High School, Hong Kong, where I have been studying for the past five years. I passed the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination last year with distinctions in English and History, and credits in Economics and English Literature. My advanced-level subjects are History, Economics and English Literature. In addition to these subjects, "Use of English" is also a compulsory subject because a pass in English is a minimum requirement for admission to most faculties of the University of Hong Kong.

Apart from academic work, I have been actively involved in extra-curricular activities. I am Chairman of the English Club and I have represented my school in many inter-school contests.

On the advice of my friends, I have decided to further my studies in England because I wish to widen my horizons and benefit from the scholarly heritage of your country.

I wish to continue to study the above-mentioned subjects at your college in the 2006/7 academic year before I sit the Advanced-level Examinations in England.

As regards my character, Mrs. Chen, my Principal, and Mr. Huang, my English master, have agreed to act as my references.

As I come from a family of fairly limited means, I would like to know if there is any financial assistance available for overseas students.

Attached is a summary of my qualifications for your reference.

I should be grateful if you would kindly consider my application and notify me of the result at your earliest convenience.

Should you require any further information, please feel free to contact me or my references.

Yours faithfully,

Lily Chen

Sample Writing 2

12 May 2016

Dear Sir,

I am a December 2003 graduate from the University of San Francisco (USF) with a bachelor's degree in International Business. As part of my career planning, I am very interested in supplementing my international business education with a basic knowledge of the Chinese language. This I hope will help me enter into business commerce with business organizations partnering with China's economic development.

I already have information from BLCU and hope to study there for at least one full year starting with this summer's program continuing through the fall and spring semester 2016. Can your office advise me if such scholarships might be available to me?

I have been studying Chinese for one year now. I am not sure what level I belong to. I was told that there will be an HSK test in our university in September. I am planning to attend the test. But I don't know if the result of the test is recognized by your university. If so, can it be a help for me to apply for the scholarship?

I am looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours faithfully,

Tom Jolly

大家根据内容就可以了解英语书信的格式了，范文的好处就是让大家更直观的学习。如果还是不会，那么建议把范文背诵下来。在英语学习中如果遇到了困难，大家可以来沪江英语进行疑难的解答。