【内容提示】
假定你是赵建强，刚收到一封电报，说你父亲病重，要你立刻回家。请你写一张假条给你们的班主任张老师，说明你想从次日（12月9日）起请假三天。与假条一道附上从你家拍来的电报。
【作文示范】
Asking for Business Leave
December 8， 1999
Dear Head Teacher Zhang，
A telegram has just reached me saying that my father is seriously ill and urging ① me to go home at once。 Because of this I would like to have a leave of two days beginning on the next day（December 9）。 I hope that my request will be given due consideration②。
Yours truly，
Zhao Jianqiang
Encl。 : a telegram from my home