I am terribly sorry to inform you that I am unable to go to school today owingto a severe headache. I enclose a certificate from the doctor who is attendingon me, as she fears it will be two days before I shall be able to resume mystudy. Could you kindly excuse my absence on Monday and Tuesday? Thanks。
Fred is now with us. He is going to New York tomorrow morning to pursue his graduate studyand we will not be able to see him for a long time. We are having a dinnerparty at 7 p.m. this evening at my home. It would be nice if you could comeover and see him。
A friend of yours, Zhang Peng, made a long distance call from Shanghai this morning while you went out. Heasked you to book an air ticket for Hebeiat 2: 30 a.m., February 8, and make a reservation for hotel room tonight. I amsorry that I can’t pass on the message to you in your presence, because I wasordered to do something urgent。
便条(Note)是一种简单的书信。 内容较简单,多是临时的通知、请求、留言等。有时, 几句话就可以解决问题。在日常生活中便条应用非常广泛,如有事需告诉别人,委托他人办事而不面谈,因事因病请假等,都可以写便条。英文的便条包括以下几部分:1. 日期 日期写在右上角,只要写出月、日或星期几, 有时只需写明上、下午的具体几点。2. 称呼 称呼写在第二行,要左起顶格写。语气可随便一些。如Dear Tom, Tom, Xiao Wang等。3. 正文 正文应再起一行,用词要通俗简明,只要把事情说清楚就行。4. 署名 署名要写在正文的右下角。一般的留言条只写留条人的姓名,姓或名均可。请假条、借条的署名要正式些, 在姓名前写上Yours, Your student , Your friend等。遗失、启事、招领启事, 有时不署名,只留下联系单位的电话号码。在中考书面表达中写便条时, 语句要正确, 意思要清楚、简明、易懂, 要符合英语的表达习惯。假如你叫高飞, 是Miss Mary的朋友,请根据以下的提示给Miss Mary写一个留言条。你于今早(6月18日)从广州乘飞机到北京,10:30 去她的办公室看她,Miss Mary不在,你告诉她你住在和平宾馆088房间, 你明天去美国,询问Miss Mary是否给父母带些东西,见条后立即打电话,号码是7782079。10:30 a.m. June 18Dear Mary,I got to Beijing from Guangzhou by plane this morning. I came to your office to see you, but you were not in. I'm going to fly to America tomorrow morning. I don't know if you want to ask me to take something to your parents for you. I live in Room 088 of Heping Hotel. Please ring me up after you read the note. My telephone number is 7782079.Yours,Gao Fei
Tom, Hello,Tom!Next Wednesday I will have my thirteenth birthday party.Many of my classmates will come.Would you like to take part in it?At the party,we will eat birthday cakes,sing the birthday songs and play computer games.I hope that you can come. your friend, Jim