Passage B Dear All,
Here I enclose the PDF file of our project proposal. I don't really want you to "check it up," as a mail
recipient is usually invited to do when there are enclosures to the mail. The file may expose my incompetence,
ignorance, and sloppiness as a scholar. The reason why I still send the project proposal to you is that its merits
lie in the booklists you prepared and the descriptions you write for them. As I said in my previous mail, I
earnestly pray that this proposal get the approval of National Science Council-more earnestly than I wish the
approval of my own research project proposal. I also believe that our proposal stand some chance. However,
if this proposal is unfortunately rejected, the blame is definitely on me.
When writing this proposal, I took a bold strategy: I tried to turn our disadvantages into our advantages;
more specifically, I tried to tum our weakness into potential or room for improvement-through implementing
the book acquisition project. One thing I kept harping on in the proposal is a research group organized among
us around the DDA (Disease, Disaster, Apocalypse) topic. At least for me, this is not another tall tale an
applicant for NSC grant tells to get the money. I truly believe in the possibility of such a group-based on my
observation of our interactions during the preparation for the proposal. We may take a step closer to the
realization of the possibility if the proposal gets approved.
Here I also enclose the general booklist I turn in with the project proposal. I explained in the proposal why
I listed much more entries than required in the booklist. I assure you that we can provide much more
titles. Most teams that have ever done the book acquisition projects encounter the difficulty of not fmding
enough titles to buy. I don't think this problem will ever happen to us if we can obtain the approval.
Last but not least, thank you very much for your contribution to the project proposal.
Sincerely yours,
Joseph Lee
Primary
Project Investigator
【題組】37. Who are the addressees of this message?
(A) National Science Council staff
(B) Publishers and bookstore owners
(C) Members of the team project
(D) Reviewers and editorial board