首先看一篇道歉信~

　　要求：You are the secretary of a computer hardware company. Write an email to Mr Gatt one of your customers, to apologise for the inconvenience createdbecause he has not received an order. Mr Gatt’s email address is joegatt@webcom.net.mt . You should write between 60 and 80 words.

　　To: joegatt@webcom.net.mt

　　Subject: Missing Order

　　Dear Mr Gatt,

　　I am sorry to hear about the problems you have been experiencing with the order you placed with us on the 23rd January.[1] I cannot as yet say who is at fault but I assure you there will be a full investigation.[2] Moyra Brown, who is our production assistant, will contact you shortly to arrange suitable compensation for the inconvenience that has been caused.[3]

　　I would like to apologise once more.[4]

　　Yours sincerely,

　　George Hili

　　[0]这篇道歉信比较短，不知道日常生活中的道歉信是否也这么短。或许是因为对方本来就可能比较生气了，再发一篇长篇大论可能对方也不想看，对方其实就像知道问题怎么解决，后果谁承担。因此这篇邮件的逻辑基本也是按照这一顺序。

　　[1]开头道歉。[2]然后可能会讲述问题原因，或者将解决方案先讲完，再解释原因(如果比较长)。

　　[3]解决办法，越细越好，落实到人头和时间。这里用的shortly，或许发完邮件当天就会着手处理，但如果解决的时间比较长一些，或许应写明大约需要多少时间。

　　[4]最后再次道歉。

　　再来看一篇非正式的邮件~

　　要求：You cannot go for basketball practice. Write an email to your coach, George explaining why. George’s address is george.xerri@vmail.com . You should use between 50 and 60 words.

　　To: george.xerri@vmail.com

　　Subject: Basketball Practice

　　Hi George,

　　I’m really, really sorry but I just can’t make it for basketball practice this evening. We’ve got a biology test tomorrow and I haven’t yet started studying for it. I can’t afford to fail the test, because I already failed the last one.

　　I promise to make up for it by the next practice session.

　　Ron

　　*逻辑同上，首先道歉，然后解释原因，然后表明态度、补救措施I promise to make up for it by the next practice session。由于比较简短，也并不非常正式，最后礼节性的结尾就省去了。

　　来试一试~

　　要求：Write an email to Ms Sciberras, the school librarian, apologising for not returning the books on time. The school library email address is library88@gov.mt . You should write between 50 and 60 words.

　　来试一试~

　　Sample

　　to:library88@gov.mt

　　subjectz: Library Books

　　Dear Ms Sciberras,

　　I would like to apologise for not returning the books but I have been away from school for a week because I had the measles. I will not be coming to school for another week or so. I promise I will return the books as soon as I am back.

　　Thank you.

　　Regards,

　　Anita Borg