五、每日佳作赏析

五、每日佳作赏析

Directions:For this part，you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter of apology to your teacher.You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words，and base your composition on the outline given below in Chinese

1.表达自己对未能按时交论文一事的歉意。

2.说明未能按时交论文的原因。

3.表示自己将尽快补交论文并保证以后按时交作业。

范文

March 10，2011

Dear Mr.Wang，

（1）I am writing you this letter to apologizefor my failing to hand in the paper on time.I am very sorry for（2）the inconvenience brought by my delay.（3）Please accept my sincere apologywith gratitude.

（4）The reason for my delay was that I was knocked down by a cold.（5①）Moreover，I had a fever and was too weak to write a single word.（5②）Therefore，it’s not（6）in my power to finish the paper on time.I hope you could understand me and excuse me for my delay.

I will（7）do my utmost to finish my paper and hand it in（8）as soon as possible.（5③）In my opinion，the importance of punctuality（9）cannot be emphasized too much，so I assure you that I will hand in my homework on time from now on.

Sincerely yours，(https://www.daowen.com)

Yu Ming

点评

（1）道歉信开头常用句式。

（2）意为“由……带来的不便”。

（3）意为“请接受我诚挚的歉意”，表示道歉的常用句式。

（4）列举原因常用句式。

（5）衔接词语使文章条理清晰、意思连贯。

（6）意为“在能力范围之内”。

（7）意为“尽最大的努力”。

（8）意为“尽可能快”。

（9）意为“再怎么强调也不为过”，表示非常重要。