請病假(別人代寫)
【內容提示】
假定你是叫李華，你的同學馬媛是你家鄰居。她昨晚發燒並咳嗽得很厲害，一直到半夜才入睡。今天早晨她父母讓你代她寫張請假條交給班導老師周敏為她請假。今天的日期是1999年12月8日。
【作文示範】
Asking for Sick Leave Written by Someone Else
December 8, 1999
Dear Miss Zhou,
Please excuse Ma Yuan"s absence from school this morning. She coughed a lot and had a high fever last night and could not fall asleep until midnight. I felt it would not have been fair to the other children to allow her to attend classes. So I am writing this to ask you for two days" sick leave and let her resume her study if she feels better the day after tomorrow.
Yours respectfully,
Li Hua
【詞語解釋】
resume [ri"zju:m] v. 重新開始;再繼續
【寫法指要】
雖然代別人寫請假條是他人托辦的事，但不一定寫“某某讓我給某某請假”之類的話。這張請假條的筆者對這一問題就處理得很好，即以自己的口氣說“讓她來上課對別的同學不好”，既為病人請了假，也關心了他人的身體健康，寫得非常巧妙。