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.
Yours sincerely,
Dear charlie，
Kindly excuse me for my not being able to see you off at the airport this saturday as i have promised. a major business partner of our company will be attending an important conference in xiamen this weekend, and my boss finally chooses me to accompany him there to negotiate about a new transaction. i have just been informed of this plan and am happy about the decision—this is an opportunity to both display and enhance my abilities, so i am afraid i cannot be present at the airport.
Pursuing study overseas is an essential step in the accomplishment of your dream.
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 could not forward it to me during my absence, it has been, therefore, lying on my desk until the moment when i took it up. now the 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 you an account to of them when i see you next.
Dear Jane,
I am excessively sorry to tell you that I won’t be able to come this afternoon because I have to go to the airport at 2:00 p.m. to meet an overseas visitor from Australia.
I really have kept our date in my mind all these days. However, I received my boss’e-mail this morning, and he asked me to go to the airport to meet one of his friends from abroad. It’s sudden and urgent and I must go.
I’m sorry for any inconvenience caused. Please forgive me. Would you please ring me up to make another time? We may meet again and I hope to see you soon.
Sincerely，
Li Ming
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 Cnit 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 Charlie,
Kindly excuse me for my not being able to see you off at the airport this Saturday as I have promised.
A major business partner of our company will be attending an important conference in Xiamen this weekend, and my boss finally chooses me to accompany him there to negotiate about a new transaction. I have just been informed of this plan and am happy about the decision—this is an opportunity to both display and enhance my abilities, so I am afraid I cannot be present at the airport. Pursuing study overseas is an essential step in the accomplishment of your dream.
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