【内容提示】
假定你是叫李华，你的同学马媛是你家邻居。她昨晚发烧并咳嗽得很厉害，一直到半夜才入睡。今天早晨她父母让你代她写张请假条交给班主任老师周敏为她请假。今天的日期是1999年12月8日。
【作文示范】
Asking for Sick Leave Written by Someone Else
December 8， 1999
Dear Miss Zhou，
Please excuse Ma Yuan"s absence from school this morning。 She coughed a lot and had a high fever last night and could not fall asleep until midnight。 I felt it would not have been fair to the other children to allow her to attend classes。 So I am writing this to ask you for two days" sick leave and let her resume her study if she feels better the day after tomorrow。
Yours respectfully，
Li Hua
【词语解释】
resume [ri"zju:m] v。 重新开始；再继续
【写法指要】
虽然代别人写请假条是他人托办的事，但不一定写“某某让我给某某请假”之类的话。这张请假条的笔者对这一问题就处理得很好，即以自己的口气说“让她来上课对别的同学不好”，既为病人请了假，也关心了他人的身体健康，写得非常巧妙。