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
【作文示範】
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裏的地址，但是信頭裏的日期不能省去。
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後果及解決辦法(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。