reasonable a. 合理的 inconveniencen. 不便 经典句型欣赏
1. I’m writing to apologize for having forgotten to return a music CD to you when I left Canada.（我写这封信的目的是为我离开加拿大时忘了还你音乐CD而道歉。）
2. Had I paid more attention then, I wouldn’t have made such a stupid mistake.（如果当时更加注意的话，我是不会犯这样一个愚蠢的错误的。）
3. I can either send it to you by express mail or alternatively compensate you at a reasonable price. （我可以用快递寄给你或者以合理的价格补偿你。）
3. 辞职信
Directions:
Two months ago you got a job as an editor for the magazine
Designs & Fashions. But now you find that the work is not what
you expected. You decide to quit. Write a letter to your boss, Mr. Wang, telling him your decision, stating your reason(s), and making an apology.
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Dear Mr. Wang,
I am writing to inform you of my decision to resign from my current position.
Thank you very much for having given me this opportunity to take such a promising position. However, after the two months’ work, I have found that my character doesn’t meet the requirement of this position. What’s more, the shortage of professional knowledge, both in designing and editing, has badly influenced my performance in daily work and my personal development in the future. Therefore, I decided to quit this position after careful consideration.
I hope you will consider my request, and I apologize for any inconvenience I might have caused. I wish all of you a prosperous future.
Yo
urs sincerely,
Li
Ming 参考译文 亲爱的王先生：
我写这封信是为了告诉您我即将辞职的决定。
非常感谢您给我机会来从事这样一份有前途的工作。但是，经过2
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个月的工作后，我发现我的性格不能满足这份工作的要求。此外，设计和编辑方面专业知识的缺乏已经严重地影响了我日常工作的表现以及未来个人的发展。因此，经过仔细考虑后我决定放弃这个职位。
我希望您会考虑我的请求，并且我为我可能所造成的任何不便表示歉意。希望你们都有一个美好的未来。
您真
诚的，
李明
亮点词汇
inform sb. of sth. 通知某人某事 promisinga. 有前途的 character n. 性格，特性 prosperousa. 繁荣的 apologize for 为?而道歉 经典句型欣赏
1. I am writing to inform you of my decision to resign from my current position.
（我写这封信是为了告诉你我即将辞职的决定。）
2. Thank you very much for having given me this opportunity to take such a promising position.（非常感谢你给我机会来从事这样一份有前途的工作。）
3. I hope you will consider my request, and I apologize for any
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inconvenience I might have caused.（我希望您会考虑我的请求，并且我为我可能所造成的任何不便表示歉意。）
4. 建议信
Directions:
Restrictions on the use of plastic bags have not been so successful in some regions. “White Pollution” is still going on. Write a letter to the editor(s) of your local newspaper to give your opinions briefly, and make two or three suggestions.
高分范文 Dear Editor,
I am writing this letter to attract your attention to the fact that despite restrictions on the use of plastic bags, people in some regions are still using the bags as they used to. As a result, “White Pollution” still keeps worsening our environment.
To prevent this situation from being further aggravated, I would like to offer several practical suggestions. Firstly, it is high time for us to ban the free use of disposable plastic bags. Secondly, degradable and renewable materials rather than plastics should be used to produce bags. Thirdly, the mass media
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should help to enhance people’s awareness of the harm of the plastic bags.
I hope that my suggestions are helpful. Thank you for your attention.
S
incerely yours,
L
i Ming 参考译文 亲爱的编辑：
我写这封信目的是想请您关注这样的事实：尽管采取了限制措施，一些地区的人仍然像过去一样使用塑料袋。结果，“白色污染”仍然在持续恶化我们的环境。
为了阻止当前形势进一步恶化，我想提供一些切实可行的建议。首先，该是我们禁止塑料袋随意使用的时候了。第二，应该用可降解和可再生的材料代替塑料来制造袋子。第三，大众媒体应该帮助提高人们对于塑料袋危害的意识。
希望我的建议是有用的。感谢您的关注。
您真
诚的，
李明
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