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Apr.15,2014
Dear Professor Martin,
I'm sorry that I couldn't keep our 2 o'clock appointment.There is to be an urgent conference in my department this afternoon and I have to make some preparation for it.Could we meet at 3 o'clock on this Friday afternoon?If that is not convenient for you,please leavea notein my mailbox.With many apologies.
Sincerely yours,
Michael
（1）道歉行为和内容：I'm sorry that I couldn't keep our 2 o'clock appointment.
（2）道歉的具体理由：There is to be an urgent conference in my department this afternoon and I have to make some preparation for it.
（3）弥补方法：Could we meet at 3 o'clock on this Friday afternoon？
（4）进一步致歉：If that is not convenient for you，please leave a note in my mailbox.With many apologies.
（1）道歉行为。
① I'm writing to show my apology for...
② I would like to express my apologies for not being able to...
③ I'm sorry I couldn't...
④ I'm sorry to say that I've not finished reading it through,and have to keep it until next Friday.
⑤ Excuse me for my delaying in turning in my assignment.
（2）道歉理由。
I had a minor accident/operation/...
（3）弥补、纠正及其承诺。
① I am sure I can make up the loss by...
② I promise it will never happen again.
③ It would be very kind of you to give me another chance to...
④ It would be very considerate of you to give me another two days to...
（4）进一步致歉。
① With many apologies.
② I feel terribly sorry about that.
adj./n .+accident
serious/severe～（严重事故）
minor/slight～（轻微事故）
fatal～（致命的事故）
dreadful/horrifc/terrible/tragic～（可怕的事故）
car/train～（汽车/火车事故）
plane/flying～（飞行事故）
traffic～（交通事故）
hit-and-run～（驾车肇事逃逸）
nuclear～（核事故）
v .+acciden
be involved in～（被牵涉到事故中）
meet with～（遇到事故）
cause～（引发事故）
典型例句
① The experiment was cancelled because a serious accident happened in the lab last night.
由于昨晚实验室发生了严重事故，本次实验取消。
② On my way to school I met with a slight acciden t,which made me late.
我在上学的路上遇到了一个小事故，因此迟到了。
adv .+apologiz
sincerely～（真诚道歉）
profusely～（再三道歉）
humbly～（谦恭地道歉）
apologize +pre p .
～for（为……道歉）
～to（向……道歉）
典型例句
I apologized for being late for yesterday's seminar.
我为昨天研讨会迟到表示歉意。
adj .+apolog
humble～（谦虚的道歉）
profuse～（再三道歉）
heartfelt/profound/sincere～（诚挚的道歉）
formal～（正式道歉）
public～（公开道歉）
written～（书面道歉）
v .+apolog
convey/issue/make～（致歉）
reject～（拒绝接受道歉）
典型例句
① I made a full written apology to the professor for not handing in the assignment.
我因没有上交作业向教授写了一份完整的书面道歉。
② The managem ent has issued an apology to the lab users for the inconvenience.
管理方就其带来的不便向实验室使用者致歉。
adj .+loss
slight～（轻微损失）
temporary～（暂时的损失）
permanent～（永久的损失）
economic～（经济损失）
trading～（贸易亏损）
great/major/serious/significant/substantial/tremendous～（重大损失）
v .+l o s
incur/make～（导致损失）
suffer/sustain～（遭受损失）
cut/minimize～（减少/最小化损失）
recover/recoup～（挽回损失）
offset～（抵消损失）
make up for～（弥补损失）
prep .+loss/loss +prep
at a～（亏本地）
～on（……方面的损失）
～of（……的损失）
典型例句
① I hope I can make up for the losses incurred by my fault.
我希望能够弥补因我的错误造成的损失。
② We hope that your company can minimize our losses.
我们希望贵公司能够尽量减少我们的损失。
adj./ n.+promise
broken/unfulfilled～（未遵守的承诺）
rash～（轻率的承诺）
empty/false/hollow～（空口承诺）
vague～（含糊的承诺）
binding/firm～（坚定的承诺）
campaign/election/pre-election～（竞选承诺）
v .+promise
give/make sb.～（向某人承诺……）
fulfill/honor/keep～（兑现承诺）
break/go back on～（食言）
hold sb.to～（要求某人遵守誓言）
promise +prep .
～about/of（关于……的诺言）
典型例句
① I will fulfill my promise that I will invite you to my hometown to spend the summer vacation next year.
我会兑现明年暑假邀请你到我的家乡度假的承诺。
② I'll consider it,but I make no promise .
我会考虑，但我不会承诺什么。
promise+ adv .
～faithfully（信誓旦旦地许诺）
～solemnly（庄严许诺）
promise+ prep .
～sth.to sb.（向某人许诺……）
典型例句
① I am sending you information on holidays as promised .
我将承诺给你的度假资料发给你。
② I promise faithfull y I will submit the assignment before next Friday.
我承诺下周五前提交作业。
v .+sorry
be/feel～（感到抱歉）
adv .+sorry
deeply～（深感抱歉）
awfully/very/terribly～（非常抱歉）
desperately/dreadfully/extremely/frightfully/genuinely/really/truly～（极为抱歉）
sorry+ prep .
～about（对……感到抱歉）
～for（因为……感到抱歉/难过）
典型例句
① I'm truly sorry that I can not make the appointm ent.
非常抱歉我无法赴约。
② I'm deeply sorry for the inconvenience incurred in this incident.
我对这次事件所带来的不便深表歉意。