致歉信:失約致歉-An Apology for Not Keeping an Appointment
失約致歉
【內(nèi)容提示】
請(qǐng)根據(jù)下列內(nèi)容提示給你的朋友Alan寫一封致歉信。他住在Driffield。假設(shè)你名叫Tom，住在Pigston。
參考詞語：
apologize about last Thursday
did not come to see you
lost my wallet----found it
too late for the train
took the bus, but a wrong one
went to Milford
didn't speak to you on the phone----tried, no answer
fix some other time
【作文示范】
An Apology for Not Keeping an Appointment
July 24, 199___
Dear Alan,
I'm writing to apologize about last Thursday. I am terribly sorry that I didn't go to see you, for I lost my wallet. Anyway, I found it. But it was too late for the train. I had to take the bus. What a pity that I took a wrong one. It went to Milford. There, I waited for half an hour for a bus to Driffield. It was much worse that on the way to your home, the bus broke down. So I just went back home to Pigston. I really do apologize because I didn't speak to you on the phone, but it wasn't my fault. I tried several times, but there was no answer.
Anyway, how about next Thursday?
Love,
Tom
【寫法指要】
1）這是一封私人信件。私人書信一般不寫信內(nèi)地址和信頭里的地址，但是信頭里的日期不能省去。
2）致歉信應(yīng)包括三個(gè)部分：①道歉（apology）；②敘述原因或問題（reason or problem）；③后果及解決辦法（consequence and solution）。
3）私人書信，尤其是親屬間和朋友間的信件屬于非正式書信，所以要用非正式文體來寫；就是說信文中可以出現(xiàn)縮約形式，如“I'm writing”，“didn't”等，也可以用像“phone”這類非正式詞語。句法結(jié)構(gòu)簡(jiǎn)短，隨便。