【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
didn"t speak to you on the phone----tried， no answer
fix some other time
【作文示范】
An Apology for Not Keeping an Appointment
July 24， 199___
Dear Alan，
I"m writing to apologize about last Thursday。 I am terribly sorry that I didn"t 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 didn"t speak to you on the phone， but it wasn"t my fault。 I tried several times， but there was no answer。
Anyway， how about next 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“I"m writing”，“didn"t”等，也可以用像“phone”这类非正式词语。句法结构简短，随便。