“启事”，是为了公开声明某事而登在报刊上或墙上的文字。这里的“启”是“说明”的意思，“事”就是指被说明的事情。
英语启事范文一：
NOTICE OF ENGAGEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Holand Walshman have the honour to announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Lucy, to Mr. Samual Russell on Saturday, August 11, 2015.
订婚启事
荷兰德·沃尔什曼先生及夫人荣幸地宣布，他们的小女露西与塞穆尔·罗素先生于二零一五年八月十一日(星期六)订婚，兹特敬告亲友。
英语启事范文二：
A Jacket Lost
In the playground, June12, a Jacket, green in colour and with a zipper in the collar lost, finder please return it to the owner, Krutch. Room 203, Dormitory 9.
寻茄克衫
6月12日本人不慎在操场丢失一件绿色，领口有拉链的茄克衫。拾到者请把茄克衫还给失主克鲁奇。地点九号宿舍楼203房间。
英语启事范文三：
假设你叫高迪，是高一(2)班的学生。你在10月16日晚上把一本《牛津高级英汉双解字典》丢在阅览室里，用英语写一则寻物启事，贴在餐厅前的留言板上，请捡到者交给你或你班班长。启事时间：7月10日
Lost
July 12th
On the evening of October 16th,I left my Oxford Advanced Learner’s English-Chinese Dictionary in the reading-room. It is new. Will the finder please send it to me in Class Two, senior Grade One or to our monitor? Thank you very much.
Gao Di
(Loser)
英语启事范文四：
Child lost
Mike got lost at the street, on 8th,Jan.
He is a 11-year-old boy with medium height.He has short black hair, a small round face and not big eyes with a pair of glass.On that day, he wore white T-shirt, blue jeans and black sports shoes.
If you has some information about him, please call Mr.Smith.
Tel:685-8596
Thank you
孩子迷了路(寻人启事)：
迈克，在一月八日走失。他是个11岁男孩中等身材。他有短黑发、小圆脸，不大的眼睛。他身穿白色恤衫、蓝色牛仔裤及黑色运动鞋。如果你有相关信息，请您打电话给迈克的父母(Joozone Note:Mr.Smith斯密斯夫妇)。
电话：685-8596
谢谢。