1、1directions: suppose that sarah, a friend of yours, has invited you to her birthday party, but you cannot go for some reason. write a letter in about 100 words to make an apology to her. do not sign your own name at the end of your letter, using li ming instead.-dear sarah,i am terribly sorry to tel
2、l you that i am unable to attend your birthday part next thursday evening. that is owing to the fact that my younger brother suddenly fell ill and was taken to a hospital this morning. i have to go there immediately and take care of him. as told by the doctor in charge, it will take around five days
3、 for him to recover and i have asked my boss for a leave.i really regret that i cannot go to celebrate your birthday personally and would miss the perfect chance of enjoying myself with all our old friends. i have chosen a small gift for you and will send it to you tomorrow to show my best wishes. b
4、esides, please give my regards to our friends when you meet them at the party.cordially,li ming2directions: suppose you cannot see your younger brother off at the airport as expected for some reason. write a letter in about 100 words to make an apology to him. do not sign your own name at the end of
5、 your letter, using li ming instead.-dear charlie,kindly excuse me for my not being able to see you off at the airport this saturday as i have promised.how i wish i could have the chance to share with you my personal feelings and suggestions before you are away! i hereby send you a gift to wish you
6、good luck. please forgive me.cordially,li ming3directions: you were unable to attend mr. smiths examination on international business english writing because you got sick that morning. write a letter to express the reasons for not being able to attend it and apologize. write the letter with no less
7、than 100 words. do not sign your own name at end of the letter. use wang hua instead. do not write the address.-dear mr. smith,i am indeed very sorry that i missed the examination on international business english writing you gave last friday. i feel awful about it and want you to know what happened
8、 that day.i suddenly fell sick early that morning and my parents had to send me to the hospital. please find enclosed a copy of the medical bill.once again, i apologize for any inconvenience caused.sincerely yours,wang hua4directions: one of your pen friends, john, will be visiting your city. howeve
9、r, for some reasons, you can not meet him at the airport on time. write a letter asking to wait for you at the airport and tell him how to recognize you. your letter should be no less than 100 words. you dont need to write the address. dont sign your own name at the end of the letter, use alice inst
10、ead.dear john,i am eagerly looking forward to your visit to our city. after all these years of writing to each other, i can not wait to see you. however, i regret to inform you that i will not be able to meet you at the airport on time.the reason is that your flight will arrive early in the morning,
11、 and the earliest i can reach the airport will be about an hour after you land. will you please wait for me in the arrival lounge? you can have breakfast while you wait.by the way, as we have never met i must tell you home to identify me: i am of 165cm tall and have a long hair. in addition, i will
12、wear a white skirt and carry a china daily at hand.hope we can meet soon.sincerely yours,alice11.655you should write about 100 words on answer sheet 2.do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. use li ming instead. do not write the address.dear anne,thank you for your invitation to dinner a
13、t your home tomorrow evening. unfortunately, it is much to my regret that i cannot join you and your family, becauseplease allow me to say sorry again.regards,li ming6directions: you failed to finish an important task assigned by your professor because of a severe illness. write a letter to your pro
14、fessor tp express your apology, explain your reason, and suggest a solution to make up the loss.you should write about 100 words on answer sheet 2.do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. use li ming instead. do not write the address.dear prof. patent,i would be very much obliged if you c
15、ould grant me another week for the task, as my health is turning better.hope you can understand my situation and accept my apology.yours faithfully,li mingpatent7dear mr minister,on behalf of the united states government, i now outline steps to resolve this issue.both president bush and secretary of
16、 state powell have expressed their sincere regret over your missing pilot and aircraft. please convey to the chinese people and to the family of pilot wang wei that we are very sorry for their loss. although the full picture of what transpired is still unclear, according to our information, our seve
17、rely crippled aircraft made an emergency landing after following international emergency procedures. we are very sorry the entering of chinas airspace and the landing did not have verbal clearance, but very pleased the crew landed safely.we appreciate chinas efforts to see to the well-being of our c
18、rew. in view of the tragic incident and based on my discussions with your representatives, we have agreed to the following actions:both sides agree to hold a meeting to discuss the incident. my government understands and expects that our air crew will be permitted to depart china as soon as possible
19、.the meeting would be april 18, 2001.sincerelyjoseph w. prueher8as you are reading this letter, i bet that you have seen/heard about what happened earlier in our country.tourists were hostages of a policeman here, rolando mendoza. after a few hours of the horrible crime, some of the victims were dea
20、d including the hostage-taker.i wrote this letter not just to apologize but also to let everyone know that we filipinos are not all like mendoza. we are loving and good-hearted people.for so many years, our country has been standing tall and surpassing every dilemma; be it small or big. years ago (b
21、ack when i wasnt born yet), you have watched us fight for what we think is right. we fought for the democracy of our nation. the edsa revolution. but thats just one out of many.the philippines is more than just a group of islands. we are a nation of strong and remarkable people. a country of beauty
22、and love known to be hospitable and well-valued. i humbly apologize for what happened tonight. no one in this world would want something like that to happen for life should be valued.i politely ask the attention of the world. please do not judge and mistreat us justbecause of what happened tonight.
23、i have been searching the net and found terrible things. hong kong advices to avoid travels here, china and hk bans filipinos and that philippines is the worst place to go.i cant blame you for what you have decided but i hope that you could understand. our country is now in a sea of problems. and i
24、know for sure that we helped you in a way or another. let peace and understanding reign this time.i know that this letter will just be trash but i wish that you would understand. on behalf of the philippine population. we are sorry.as a song puts it-and i believe that in my life i will see an end to
25、 hopelessness, giving-up and suffering. and we all stand together this one time then no one will get left behind. stand up for life. stand up for lovesincerely yours,reigno jose dilao rolando mendozamendoza-.edsa .-reigno jose dilao1-2-3-directions: you were unable to attend mr. smiths examination o
26、n international business english writing because you got sick that morning. write a letter to express the reasons for not being able to attend it and apologize.write the letter with no less than 100 words. do not sign your own name at end of the letter. use wang hua instead. do not write the address
27、.dear mr. smith,i am indeed very sorry that i missed the examination on international business english writing you gave last friday. i feel awful about it and want you to know what happened that day. i suddenly fell sick early that morning and my parents had to send me to the hospital. please find e
28、nclosed a copy of the medical bill.sincerely yours,wang hua1i am writing to apologize for - /i am writing to say sorry for2i would like to give you my apology for-3please accept my sincere apology for-4i am indeed very sorry for what i said/did, but believe i had nointention to-5please forgive me fo
29、r a stupid choice of words.6i feel awfully sorry about it and want you to know what happened.7please accept my apologies for my oversight. -9i sincerely hope you can understand my situation/think in my position and accept my apologies.10once again, im sorry for any inconvenience caused/you have sust
30、ained.dear sarah,i am terribly sorry to tell you that i am unable to attend your birthday part next thursday evening. that is owing to the fact that my younger brother suddenly fell ill and was taken to a hospital this morning. i have to go there immediately and take care of him. as told by the doct
31、or in charge, it will take around five days for him to recover and i have asked my boss for a leave.i really regret that i cannot go to celebrate your birthday personally and would miss the perfect chance of enjoying myself with all our old friends. i have chosen a small gift for you and will send i
32、t to you tomorrow to show my best wishes. besides, please give my regards to our friends when you meet them at the party.cordially,li mingdear charlie,kindly excuse me for my not being able to see you off at the airport this saturday as i have promised.cordially,li ming1letter of apology. sample stu
33、dysample idear susan,anyway, i will call on you at 10 oclock on saturday morning at your hotel. we can have the day together, if you have nothing else planned? ill show you some of the places of interest that you may not have seen.please let me know if you will be available on saturday morning.best
34、wisheschen chengsample iidear mary,im very sorry for not having replied to your july 6th letter sooner. when your letterarrived, i was in beijing. as my secretary couldnt forward it to me, it has been lying on my desk until i got back.look forward to catching up and once again apologize for the dela
35、y.sincerely,tom1unable to keep ones promisedear miss nancy,much to my regret i was unable to keep my promise to attend your birthday party last saturday, owing to the fact that my little son was suddenly taken ill early that day.hoping to see you soon.truly yours,tom2because of answering ones letter
36、 late dear david:i am afraid that you will think me unpardonably negligent in not having answered your letter dated 7, december sooner, but when i have told you the reason, i trust you will be convinced that the neglect was excusable. when your letter arrived, i was just in hong kong. as my family c
37、ould not forward it to me during my absence, it has been, therefore, lying on my desk until the moment when i took it up. nowthe first thing i have to hasten to do is to write to you these few lines to express my deep regret.i enjoyed many pleasant sights during my trip. i shall be pleased to give y
38、ou an account to of them when i see you next.sincerely yours,tom-127-3unable to return borrowed book on time dear kate:excuse me for my long delaying in returning to you yourrobinson crusoe which i read through with great interest. i had finished reading the book and was about to return it when my c
39、ousin came to see me. never having seen the book, she was so interested in it that i had to retain it longer. however, i hope that in view of the additional delight thus afforded by your book, you will overlook my negligence in not returning it sooner.thanking you again for the loan.sincerely yours,
40、tom-4because of losing a borrowed bookdear frank:i am terribly sorry to tell you that i have lost the valuable book you were so kind to lend me last week. i read it everyday and intended to finish it next month. last night when i came to my room, it was nowhere to be found. i will try to recover it as soon as possible. if i fail to find it, i will get a new book for you.but i am afraid it can never take the place of the old one. old books are like old friends. once lost, they
