You have just come back from Canada and found a music CD in your luggage that you forgot to return to Bob, your landlord there. Write him a letter to make an apology, and suggest a solution.
你刚从加拿大回来，发现行李中遗留了一张音乐CD忘了还给你在加拿大的房东——鲍勃。请给他写一封信，表示你的歉意，并提出一种解决措施。
【经典范文】
Dear Bob,
I'm writing the letter to express my sincere apologies to you.
To begin with, I'd like to take this opportunity to extend my heartfelt appreciation for the kind assistance you rendered me during my stay in Canada. During my stay in Canada, I borrowed a CD of Beethoven's symphonies from you in Canada. Unfortunately, when I returned home, I found to my surprise that the CD was in my personal baggage due to my carelessness.
To solve the problem, I would like to send this CD to you by Express Mail Service. Once again, please accept my sincere apologies for any inconveniences that I have caused. I hope this will settle the matter to your satisfaction.
Yours sincerely,
Li Ming
【参考译文】
我写这封信是为了向你表示真诚的歉意。
首先，对于我在加拿大期间你所给予的热心帮助，我想借此机会来表示衷心的感谢。在加拿大时，我向你借了一张贝多芬交响乐的 CD。然而，由于我的粗心大意，当我回家后，我惊讶地发现那张 CD竟然在我的个人行李中。
为了解决这个问题，我想用特快邮政专递把这张 CD 寄给你。对于我所造成的任何不便，我再次表示真诚的歉意。我希望这个解决办法能使你满意。
【要点解析】
① I'm writing the letter to...
常用于信件开头，表达写信的目的。
② To begin with,
首先之意，常用于正文开头。
③ I'd like to take this opportunity to...
“我想借此机会来……”，常用来表示感谢或歉意。
④ (to) extend my heartfelt appreciation for...
为某事表示衷心的感谢，for后面接要感谢的内容。
⑤ the kind assistance you rendered me
“你给我的热心帮助”，名词性短语。
⑥ During my stay in Canada,
在加拿大期间，during常与一段时间连用，这边stay作名词，有“逗留”之意。
⑦ Unfortunately,
You can use unfortunately to introduce or refer to a statement when you consider that it is sad or disappointing, or when you want to express regret.
常用于对所提到的事情表示遗憾或惋惜，可表示转折。
⑧ due to my carelessness
“归咎于我的粗心大意”，due to 可用来表示“由于，归因于”的意思。
⑨ Once again, please accept my sincere apologies for any inconveniences that I have caused.
道歉信常用套话，再次对自己造成的不便表示歉意。once again 为“再一次”之意。
⑩ I hope this will settle the matter to your satisfaction.
道歉信常用套话，表达希望能让对方满意，以便求得原谅，有种礼多人不怪的感觉。settle 作动词，有“解决”之意。
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