近来和一些博友有些邮件往来交流。由于国内朋友不太熟悉往美国寄信的书写格式及我的寄信地址。为方便大家起见，现将其书写格式举例示范如下：

格式一 

    收信人的名字前面要写上“To” ，即“寄到”的意思，收信人名字下行写收信人的英文地址。注意：在寄信人地址的最下面一行要写上“P. R. China”（中华人民共和国），格式如下：

_________________________________________________________________________________________________

| 你的中文名字                                                                           邮票   |

| 你的中文地址                                                                                   |

| P. R. China                                                                                  |

|                                                                                                |

|                               To:  收信人英文名                            |

|                                      001 Ten Ten Road                                  |

|                                      Raleigh, NC 27603                                 |

|                                      USA                                                    |

|                                                                                                |

|                                                                                                |

|   航空                                                                                        |

|________________________________________________________________________________________________|

格式二

    如果您不想挡住信封正面的图案，还可用以采用第二种书写方式，即将收信人的地址写在信封正面，寄信人的地址写在信封背面。

    写在正面的收信人的名字前面要写上“To” ，即“寄到”的意思，格式如下：

_________________________________________________________________________________________________

|                                                                                        邮票   |

|                                                                                                |

|                                                                                                |

|                                                                                                |

|                               To:  收信人英文名                           |

|                                      001 Ten Ten Road                                 |

|                                      Raleigh, NC 27603                                 |

|                                      USA                                                    |

|                                                                                                |

|                                                                                                |

|   航空                                                                                        |

|________________________________________________________________________________________________|

    信封背面的寄信人地址的最下面一行要写上“P. R. China”（中华人民共和国），“From”意指从哪寄出。

信封背面的书写格式如下：

_________________________________________________________________________________________________

|                                                                                                |

|                                                                                                |

|                                                                                                |

|                                                                                                |

|                              From：寄信人的中文名字                              |

|                                     寄信人的中文地址                                        |

|                                     P. R. Chian                                             |

|                                                                                               |

|                                                                                                |

|                                                                                                |

|                                                                                               |

|________________________________________________________________________________________________|

    这里再讲个笑话。有一个在国内的中国人写了一封信并寄往加拿大，谁知由于他的马虎把收信人的地址写错了。加拿大的邮递员送不到此信，没法只好将这封信按照寄信人的地址退回原处。但因寄信人在寄回地址上写的是 China （中国）而不是 P. R. China （中华人民共和国），加拿大的邮递员误认为是台湾，就将此信退回到台湾，到了台湾自然也找不到那个地址，折腾一大圈，最后才将此信退回到国内的中国人手里。

   因为台湾人写国家名字是 China，而我们的国家名全称应该是 P. R. China.国外的邮递员一般是按照国际标准来区分的。

   这个笑话是否能让您记住了 “China” 和 “P. R. China” 的区别了？