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＇mwriting 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 triedseveraltimes, butthere wasno answer.
Anyway, howaboutnextThursday?
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裡的地址，但是信頭裡的日期不能省去。
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於非正式書信，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。