Dear ______,
①I am truly sorry that ______(道歉的原因).
②The reason is that ______(介绍原因). ③Once again, I am sorry for any inconvenience caused. ④Hope you can accept my appologies and understand my situation.
Yours sincerely,
Li Ming
Unable to return borrowed book on time
Dear Kate:
Excuse me for my long delaying in returning to you your “Robinson Crusoe” which I read through with great interest. I had finished reading the book and was about to return it when my cousin 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,
Tom
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 doctor 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 it 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 ming
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 good luck. please forgive me.
cordially,
li ming
Dear John,
I am extremely sorry to tell you that I am unable to go to your party this Sunday. It is very kind of you to invite me to your house and I really look forward to going to your party and sharing your happy experience abroad.
Much to my regret, I will be absent from your party, owing to the fact that the College Entrance Exam, for which I am now really busy preparing, is just around the corner. What's worse, I have caught a bad cold lately and I am really not myself. Anyway, we will have many more chances to get together. Shall we make it after the Exam? I am truly sorry. I hope you will forgive me and accept my sincere apology.
Enjoy yourself and wish your party a great success. Yours
Lihua
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, 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 wear a white skirt and carry a china daily at hand.
hope we can meet soon.
sincerely yours,
alice
In retrospect, despite of a number of setbacks, we have walk along so many days hands in hands. Every little kindness you show me is in my deep heart. Just close your eyes and keep your mind wide open. You can feel about that you are my
touch point, which immediately take me to be happy or sorrow. For both of us, it's best to forget the bad times and just remember the good ones, isn’t it?
Of course, The answer is probably not, it means the existence of me is only drain on you, chances are we’ve run out of our friendship. Sincerely wish you happiness!
It's not for the first time that we have continual arguments with each other for trifles. Maybe we should not communicate with an overpowering and domineering style，seeking to convince or impose one's thought to another. What we need best is trust, tolerance, understanding and communication and leave plenty of space for another.
When we were in cold war, for just a second, I flatter myself that you were so sad for me, just for me, only for me. Hahaha …. As the saying goes, only the people who in your heart may hurt you deeply. By this token, I’m an important person for you.
Look back to our past happy days and for the old time’s sake, forgive me for my slight offence. As Shakespeare wrote, the course of true friendship never did run smooth. So do not give me a cold shoulder any more. I can’t live with it. This is a lose-lose situation, not a desirable outcome.
I'm willing to concede that I have hurt you, but that's not my real intention. I'm the victim too.
Sometimes I think you just saw your pain and neglect my feeling.
Sometimes we’ve talked too much about the problem and stuff, but no effect. …….
I hate the atmosphere of tension filled the room, It is stifling.
Dear___________,
I am terribly sorry to tell you that_________,and I am writing this letter to show my deep regret.Please accept my sincere apology with gratitude.I hope you will understand my situation and excuse me for___________.
The reason why__________is that__________.Under that circumstance,____________.Therefore,it was not my power to___________.
If possible,I would like to suggest that___________.I shall be obliged if you will kindly write and tell me___________.I am looking forward to seeing you again.
Yours,
________
Para1：表示歉意
1. I’m very sorry for not being able to visit Beijing with you nextweekend. I’m writing to apologize to you for it.
2. The reasons why I can’t go with you are as follows.
Para2：解释原因，提出补救办法
1. Just now I received a call from my cousin, who went to Australia forfurther study last year.
2. He told me that he would be back to China at 8 am on Saturday, and hehoped I could pick him up at the airport with his family.
3. We haven’t seen each other for a year, so I think I am supposed to meethim.
4. I make an apology to you for any inconvenience caused, and I hope youcan understand my situation.
5. Let’s make it another time. How about May Day?
Para3：再次致歉，希望得到理解
1. I would appreciate it if you could accept my apology. Looking forward toyour early reply.
Dear ______,
I am writing this letter to apologize to you for my failing to .
The reason is that ______ . I am sorry that I cannot finish in time, but is it possible that I make up the loss by ? If so, I will put everything else aside to .
I do hope that you can understand my situation and accept my apology.
Yours sincerely,
Li Ming
Dear Ms Jenkins,
How are you doing? I am LiHua, a 17-year-old teenager currently studying in your school. Recently, I plan to apply for a part time job in a foreign company in the coming summer vacation. So, I have written my application letter and my resume and I am writing to turn to you for help.
For one thing, would you be so kind as to tell me if my application letter has been written in the correct format? For another, I would appreciate it if you could help me improve my vocabulary and grammar used in my application letter, which is of great significance to me.
Hopefully, you could do me the favor and help me win this precious chance. Thank you so much. I am looking forward to your reply.
Yours,
LiHua
Dear Tom,
It’s a long time since we met last time and I miss you very much. hanks for your invitation. However, I regret to tell you that I can’t travel o America this winter holiday for some unavoidable reasons.
First of all, it’s the coming of the Spring Festival that makes me refer to stay at home rather than take a travel to America. As far as
we Chinese are concerned, the Spring Festival is a family time treasured
by us all. What’s more, the College Entrance Examination is coming. So
significant is it to me that I will attend some tutorial classes during this
winter holiday for some of my weak divisions. Taking all the above
factors into consideration, I have to say sorry again
Anyway, shall I make it after the Exam? I will appreciate it if you
can be my guide at the time. Yours
Li Hua
Dear Mr. Wang，
I am much grateful to be employed by you two months ago as an editor for your magazine Design & Fashions. I appreciate the opportunity of having worked here with you and other colleagues.
The experiences will be unforgettable throughout my life.However, as a young man whose primary interest is in computer science rather than fashion designing, I find my present job doesn’t fall in with my previous training and strength.
I therefore decide to quit this job for something else that may conform to my former preparation.Please accept my sincere apologies for any inconvenience my leaving may cause.
Yours truly,
Li Ming
假如你是李华，好朋友Sarah邀请你去参加他的生日聚会，但由于弟弟突然生病，医生说需要住院5天左右，请写信给Sarah表达未能和老朋友一起给他庆祝生日的`歉意，并请Sarah帮忙转达对朋友们的问候。
Dear Sarah,
I am terribly sorry to tell you that I am unable toattend your birthday party next Thursday evening. That is owing to（因为） the fact that （同位语从句）my younger brother suddenly fell ill and was taken to a hospital thismorning. I have to go there immediately and take care of him. As told by thedoctor in charge, it will take around five days for him to recover and I haveasked my boss for a leave.
I really regret that I cannot go to celebrate yourbirthday personally and would miss the perfect chance of enjoying myself withall our old friends. I have chosen a small gift for you and will send it to youtomorrow to show my best wishes. Besides, please give my regards to our friendswhen you meet them at the party.
Cordially, （sincerely）
Li Hua
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 Zhang Jie. I hope you’ll like this birthday present.
I’m looking forward to seeing you soon.
Yours,
Wang Tao
Because of losing a borrowed book
Dear 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 can never be replaced. They are connected with cherished associations which the new ones can never have. And for this irrecoverable loss, I am to blame. I was so careless with my things. This is a warning to me to be more careful in the future.
Yours truly,
Tom
Dear Tom,
How is everything going with you?
Im terribly sorry that Im not able to go to your birthday party this Saturday afternoon. Im 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 Im 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 Zhang Jie. I hope youll like this birthday present.
Im looking forward to seeing you soon.
Yours,
31 January, 20xx
Dear Susan
I’m awfully sorry I forgot to meet you at the railway station yesterday.
We had an end-of-term party in our dormitory the night before.
I was so proud of the final exam results that I drank like a fish all night.
I felt dizzy all day yesterday and had little sense of what I should do.
It was in the evening that I realized I forgot to meet you at the railway station.
Since then, I’ve tried to call you several times, but I feel you are still angry with me and wouldn’t answer my phone call.
I promise this will not happen and wish you would forgive me.
Love James
Dear Sir or Madame,
As one of the regular customers of your online store, I am writing this letter to express my complaint against the flaws in your product—an electronic dictionary I bought in your shop the other day.
The dictionary is supposed to be a favorable tool for my study.
Unfortunately, I found that there are several problems.
To begin with, when I opened it, I detected that the appearance of it had been scratched.
Secondly, I did not find the battery promised in the advertisement posted on the homepage of your shop, which makes me feel that you have not kept your promise.
What is worse, some of the keys on the keyboard do not work.
I strongly request that a satisfactory explanation be given and effective measures should be taken to improve your service and the quality of your products.
You can either send a new one to me or refund me my money in full.
I am looking forward to your reply at your earliest convenience.Sincerely yours,Li Hua
dear linda,
i am excessively sorry to say that i had failed to keep the appointment that we made last friday.
now, i am writing you this letter of apology to show my deep regret.
please accept my sincere apology. i hope you will understand me and excuse me for my failure to turn up.the reason for my absence was that my mother fell ill at that time.
i had no way out because i had to send her to hospital and look after her.
therefore, it’s not in my power to meet you.naturally, i want to suggest that we should make another appointment next time.
i shall be obliged if you will kindly write and tell me when and where you will be at convenience.
we may meet again and i hope to see you soon.