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.
Sincerely yours,
Dear Ms.Dong,
Good days to you!I am writing to appologize for missing your classes recently. I slept not well last night , and I didnt hear my alarm clock , so I cut classes in the morning. I have been regretted for what Ive done,and make a decision that I will not be absent in your class from now on.I promise that I will try my best to be a good student and never bring you any trouble.I have the confidence that Ill surely be interested in your lessons in near future through my endeavor in study.I will catch up with my classmates not before long.Hoping you could trust me.
Please accept my sincere appologize.Thank you!
Sincerely yours,
Li Cheng-long
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.
亲爱的大卫:
我怕你会觉得我不可原谅过失没有回答你的`来信7日12月早,但是当我告诉你原因,我相信你会相信忽视是可以原谅的。你的信到的时候,我只是在香港。
作为我的家庭不能转告我我不在的时候,它一直在,因此,躺在我的桌子上,直到那一刻,我欣然接受。现在我要赶紧做的第一件事就是给你写信这些几行表达我深深的遗憾。
我喜欢许多愉快的景象在我的旅行。我将很高兴给你一个账户,当我看到你下一个。
Dear 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,
Tom
亲爱的南希小姐：
小儿上周六突然生病，因此未能应约赴生日宴，殊觉抱歉，希原谅，再见。
因过失或疏忽做错了事，给别人带来了麻烦或损失，发觉后要立即写信给对方赔礼道歉，
这是一种礼貌。道歉信要写得坦率，诚恳。
1、因未能践约赴宴致歉unable to keep ones promise dear 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,
tom
亲爱的南希小姐：
小儿上周六突然生病，因此未能应约赴生日宴，殊觉抱歉，希原谅，再见。
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,
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 enclosed a copy of the medical bill.
I sincerely hope you can understand my situation and accept my apology. I would appreciate your allowing me to take a make-up examination. I will come to your office during your office hour on Monday to discuss this possibility with you. Once again, I apologize for any inconvenience caused.
Sincerely yours,
Wang Hua
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
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亲爱的约翰：
我非常期待着你来参观我们的城市。这么多年来我们一直通信，我早就想见到你了。但是很抱歉我不能按时到机场接你。
因为你的飞机是一大早就到达机场，而我最早也要1小时后才能到。你能不能在旅客休息室等我，你可以利用这段时间吃早饭。
随便说一句，因为我们没过面，我得告诉你怎么找我：我大概1.65米，长发。另外我会穿一件白色的裙子，手上拿一份中国日报。
希望早点见到你。
你真挚的：
艾丽丝