致歉信:失約致歉-An Apology for Not Keeping an Appointment

　　失約致歉

　　【內容提示】

　　請根據下列內容提示給你的朋友Alan寫一封致歉信。他住在Driffield。假設你名叫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）致歉信應包括三個部分：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。句法結構簡短，隨便。