May，7，2009 Dear Dean Green, I have learnt from your school newspaper that you are seeking a Chinese teacher for short-term Chinese course run by your depatrment.I am wondering whether ycu conside my application for the position as I wish to gain some academic background from your college． I am a male visiting scholar of 45 from China.I graduated from Jilin University,China,specializing in physics.But I sometimes attended lectures in the Chinese Department,and I am fond of the Chinese classics.Every week,I can afford to teach Chinese conversation for tenperiods as I am on vacation now． You may obtain further information about my fitness for the position by telephoning the dean of the department where I am working． Hoping that you’ll offer me the opportunity of an interview and I shall do my best to make the appointment a success． Yours sincerely, Deng Ming What’s the writer’s name