Letter of Apology
Ⅰ. Sample Study
Sample I
Dear Susan,
I’m very sorry that I was out when you came to see me yesterday evening. I’m afraid I’d gone to the pub with some friends and didn’t get back until 12 o’clock. I wish I had known you were in Luoyang as you could have come with us. It would have been a good introduction to the night life!
Anyway, I will call on you at 10 o’clock on Saturday morning at your hotel. We can have the day together, if you have nothing else planned? I’ll 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 wishes
Chen Cheng
Sample II
Dear Mary,
I’m very sorry for not having replied to your July 6th letter sooner. When your letter arrived, I was in Beijing. As my secretary couldn’t forward it to me, it has been lying on my desk until I got back.
Thank you for all your news. It is good to know that your company has agreed to sign the contract to continue the cooperation with us. And we surely will have a bigger success in the near future.
Look forward to catching up and once again apologize for the delay.
Sincerely,
Tom
Dear Bob,
I am the Chinese student who stayed in your apartment during my vacation in Canada. Now I have returned home in China and the purpose of my writing this letter is to express my sincere apology for the stupid mistake I have made.
Upon arriving home, I found the music CD which belongs to you in my luggage. I am in great worry because I know this your birthday present from your wife. Your CD will be sent immediately through EMS in the very near future. I have been told it will take about a week to reach Canada .
Once again, please accept my sincere apology for any inconveniences I have caused. Thank you for your understanding and please send me a reply at your earliest convenience.
Sincerely yours,
Li Ming
Dear prof. wang,
I m writing to ask you to excuse me for not being able to keep our appointment. i do know that this is very impolite and must have caused you much trouble.
I do reckon that at present any explanation is pale and futile. however i do not want you to misunderstand me. on my way to your office, an old lady suddenly fainted due to heart attack on the bus. i stopped a taxi and sent her into a nearby hospital. i stayed there until her son came, which spoiled our appointment.
I am aware that our appointment is of importance. i do hope that you would be kind enough to spare your valuable to meet me.
I am looking forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely yours
亲爱的王教授，
我写信请求你原谅我的失约。我知道，这是非常不礼貌的，一定会给你造成麻烦。
我认为目前任何解释是徒劳的。但是我不想你误解我的意思。在我去你办公室，一个老太太突然晕倒了，由于车上的心脏病。我拦了一辆出租车，送她到附近的医院。我呆在那里，直到她儿子来，把我们的约会。
我知道我们的约会是很重要的。我真的`希望你能抽出你宝贵的迎接我。
我期待着你的来信。
你真诚的。
Dear Sarah，
I am terribly sorry to tell you that I am unable to attend 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 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， (sincerely)
Li Hua
Beloved teacher Zhang
Hello
I'm sorry. I know I'm very sorry for you, you were so good to me. And I...
I'm sorry. I have forgotten, when we got so stiff, perhaps, is the words I snapped our relationship. At that time, every day my heart was very messy. I actually knew I was wrong, and I wanted to find you to apologize. But I'm afraid... I'm afraid of your eyes. I know I'm disappointing you. So, I chose to go wrong. I know I'm going away. After listening to what you said, think a lot. The heart is very guilty. Be ashamed。 It's full of the sense of crime. I feel very disappointed with so many people who are good to me.
You say I always go to regret one, not change my own shortcomings. I was really sober this time. I learned it well. I won't learn any more, and I won't be in contact with those people. "To the MS silt but don't dye" I can do it! I have improved a lot of academic achievements now.
You always say that I want to get rid of the trouble I had a good talk, then think not to regard it as right, their own negligence, before the time to make mistakes always want to "irren ist menschlich?" Now I think that the mistakes are their own, do not look for any external reasons, I believe I will be better, and always pay attention to my own words and deeds.
The school is a small society, if it is in the community, against the boss, the consequences will be very serious. This is what you usually teach us. Thank you, Mr. Zhang. You have taught me to be a person. I sincerely thank you. Mr. Zhang, I hope you can forgive me, and I hope you can teach me as well as before.
Please forgive me. I'm really getting better this time. Forgive me, please say, don't ignore me.
Sincerely
Your student: Bai Yu
June 20th 20xx
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 reGRE t。
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，
Tom
1、I am writing to apologize for … /I am writing to say sorry for
我写这封信是因……向你致歉。
2、I would like to give you my apology for…
对于……我向你道歉。
3、Please accept my sincere apology for…
关于……请接受我真诚的道歉。
4、I am indeed very sorry for what I said/did, but believe I had no intention to…
对于我说的话/做的事,我确实感到很抱歉。但请相信,我并非故意要……
5、Please forgive me for a stupid choice of words.
请原谅我说话欠妥。
6、I feel awfully sorry about it and want you to know what happened.
为此我感到非常内疚,所以想告诉你实情。
7、Please accept my apologies for my oversight.
请原谅我的疏忽。
8、Please allow me to say sorry again.
请允许我再次表示歉意。
9、I sincerely hope you can understand my situation/think in my position and accept my apologies.
我真心希望你能理解我的处境/设身处地地为我考虑,并接受我的道歉。
10、Once again, I’m sorry for any inconvenience caused/you have sustained.
对于造成的不便我再次表示歉意。
因遗失借书致歉
Because oflosing aborrowed 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