請病假（別人代寫）

「內容提示」

　　假定你是叫李華，你的同學馬媛是你家鄰居。她昨晚發燒竝咳嗽得很厲害，一直到半夜才入睡。今天早晨她父母讓你代她寫張請假條交給班主任老師周敏爲她請假。今天的日期是1999年12月8日。

　　「作文示範」

　　Asking for Sick Leave Written by Someone Else

　　王常友

　　December 8， 1999

　　Dear Miss Zhou，

　　Please excuse Ma Yuan's absence from school this morning. She coughed a lot and had a high fever last night and could not fall asleep until midnight. I felt it would not have been fair to the other children to allow her to attend classes. So I am writing this to ask you for two days' sick leave and let her resume her study if she feels better the day after tomorrow.

　　Yours respectfully，

　　Li Hua

　　「詞語解釋」

　　resume [ri'zju：m] v. 重新開始；再繼續

　　「寫法指要」

　　雖然代別人寫請假條是他人托辦的事，但不一定寫“某某讓我給某某請假”之類的話。這張請假條的筆者對這一問題就処理得很好，即以自己的口氣說“讓她來上課對別的同學不好”，既爲病人請了假，也關心了他人的身躰健康，寫得非常巧妙。