高中英语作文1300字：致歉信:失约致歉-An Apology for Not Keeping an Appointment
失约致歉
【内容提示】
请根据下列内容提示给你的朋友alan写一封致歉信。他住在driffield。假设你名叫tom，住在pigston。
参考词语：
apologize about last thursday
did not come to see you
lost my wallet----found it
too late for the train
took the bus, but a wrong one
went to milford
didnt speak to you on the phone----tried, no answer
fi some other time
【作文示范】
an apology for not keeping an appointment
july 24, 199___
dear alan,
im writing to apologize about last thursday. i am terribly sorry that i didnt go to see you, for i lost my wallet. anyway, i found it. but it was too late for the train. i had to take the bus. what a pity that i took a wrong one. it went to milford. there, i waited for half an hour for a bus to driffield. it was much worse that on the way to your home, the bus broke down. so i just went back home to pigston. i really do apologize because i didnt speak to you on the phone, but it wasnt my fault. i tried several times, but there was no answer.
anyway, how about net thursday?
love,
tom
【写法指要】
1）这是一封私人信件。私人书信一般不写信内地址和信头里的地址，但是信头里的日期不能省去。
2）致歉信应包括三个部分：①道歉（apology）；②叙述原因或问题（reason or problem）；③后果及解决办法（consequence and solution）。
3）私人书信，尤其是亲属间和朋友间的信件属于非正式书信，所以要用非正式文体来写；就是说信文中可以出现缩约形式，如“im writing”，“didnt”等，也可以用像“phone”这类非正式词语。句法结构简短，随便。