道歉信是针对日常生活中出现一些差错，如失约、损坏东西等情形下，向对方写的信，以消除不必要的误解，维系正常的关系。道歉信除应及时写之外，还必须写得诚恳，歉意应发自内心，决不可敷衍塞责。再则，事情的原委要解释清楚，措辞应当委婉。写好道歉信的关键在于措辞要朴实、委婉，语气要诚恳、真挚，解释要详细明了。
【题目要求】
（2016·新课标卷III）假定你是李华，与留学生朋友Bob约好一起去书店，因故不能赴约。请给他写封邮件，
内容包括：
1.表示歉意；
2.说明原因；
3.另约时间。
注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
【品读范文】
Dear Bob,
I’m sorry to say that I can’t go to the bookshop with you on Sunday morning as we planned last week. I am writing to apologize for breaking my promise.
Here is the reason why I can’t go to the bookstore with you. Since the final exam is just around the corner, I decide to stay at home to go over my lessons. You know, I didn’t do well in the last exam. So I want to devote all my spare time to working on my lessons in order to get good scores in the final exam.
I am wondering if we can go to the bookstore on the second Sunday in January. Sorry again for the inconvenience caused to you.
Yours,
Li Hua
【道歉信常用词汇】
1.keep promise 信守诺言
2.be absent/present from 缺席/出席
3.apologize to sb.for sth. 因某事向某人道歉
4.show an apology to sb.for sth.因某事向某人道歉
5.make an apology to sb.for sth. 因某事向某人道歉
6.say sorry to sb. 对某人说抱歉
7.beg your forgiveness for 恳求你的原谅
8.cause inconvenience 造成不便
9.miss/cancel the appointment 错过/取消约会
10.make up for 弥补.…
11.express my regret 表达我的歉意
12.be considerate of 体谅
13.accept my apology 接受我的道歉
14.conflict with… 与……冲突
15.have no choice/option but to do sth. 除了做某事别无选择
16.make a choice 选择
【道歉信常用句型结构】
【Writing 1】
假设你是李华，你本来计划周六下午要去参加好朋友Tom生日晚会，但你因故不能赴约。请根据以下要点用英语给他写一封电子邮件：
1. 表示歉意；
2. 解释原因；
3. 祝福他生日快乐。
注意：
1. 词数120~150；
2. 可适当增加细节。
【Writing 2】
假如你是李华，上周在外教Mr.Jackson的口语课上使用手机被老师发现，手机被收走。请给外教写一封道歉信，
内容应包括以下要点：
1.表示歉意；
2.解释上课使用手机的原因；
3.提出自己的请求并适当表态。
注意：
1.可适当添加细节使文章连贯；
2.字数100左右；
【Writing 1】
Dear Tom,
How is everything going with you?
I’m terribly sorry that I’m not able to go to your birthday party this Saturday afternoon. I’m in Beijing now because my mother is seriously ill and will have an operation here. She is in bad need of my care these days, so I’m staying here to take care of her in the hospital.
I wish you a happy birthday and hope everything will go well with the party. By the way, I have sent you the latest CD of Xu Song. I hope you’ll like this birthday present.
I’m looking forward to seeing you soon.
Yours,
Li Hua
【Writing 2】
Dear Mr. Jackson,
I’m really sorry about my using the mobile phone in your lecture last week. Please accept my heart-felt apology for being so rude a student.
I know any word might sound a made-up excuse. But I didn’t use the mobile phone for no reason. I was trying to apply to some American universities last week and that day, I got an offer and they needed my further information immediately. Therefore, I had no other choice but to try sending them a text message in class and that was exactly what I was doing when you discovered. I promise it will never happen again. But I do need my phone back to get in touch with others. Will you be kind enough to give it back to me?
I sincerely hope you can accept my apology and understand my situation.
Yours,
Li Hua
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