译林牛津选修六Unit3GUIDEDWRITING写作指导

Writing a letter of apology 【情景呈现】 假定你是李华，最近去听了美国好友兼外教 David 的一节有关最新教学法的 展示课。尽管他在一开始说过不要录像，但是你非常喜欢这节课，于是没有在意， 还是将部分内容录了像，他得知后有些生气。事后你与另一位外国朋友聊起这件 事时，才知是文化差异所致。为此你准备给 David 写一封道歉信，解释自己的行 为并请求原谅。 注意：词数 150 左右。 参考词汇：冒犯的 offensive；侵犯个人隐私 an invasion of privacy 【写作分析】 一、文体分析 道歉信是写信人向收信人表达歉意并请求对方谅解自己过失的信件。写道歉 信时，用词应坦率、真诚，以消除误会，增进友谊和信赖。本文应包括以下内容： 1. 开头：说明自己的过失并表达歉意； 2. 正文：解释具体原因，并让对方明白你当初的行为并非故意为之； 3. 结尾：再次请求收信人的谅解，也可以提出补救的办法或建议等。 二、思路演进 三、语言风暴 请根据所给句子和策略尝试填空（每空一词）。 1. My rudeness in your class caused you to feel angry. （信件开头说明写作目的，开门见山） I am _____ to apologize for my rudeness in your class. 2. I thought your class was vivid and inspiring, so I recorded part of it in order to review it later. （转换句式并运用习惯表达解释初衷，使理由更客观） Your class was _____ vivid and inspiring _____ I _____ _____ recording part of it in order to review it later. 3. I got to know such behavior was offensive later. （运用复合句解释自己意识到错误的过程，以表真诚） I didn’t realize such behavior was offensive _____ I talked about it with another foreign friend. 4. I failed to recognize our cultural differences. （运用强调来加强语气，以求理 解） I _____ fail to recognize our cultural differences. 5. I didn’t understand and respect your feelings. （运用“情态动词+ have done 结构”来表达懊悔） I _____ _____ _____ and respected your feelings. 【参考范文】 Dear David, I am writing to apologize for my rudeness in your class. It’s quite clear that you devoted much time and effort to your presentation of the latest teaching methods. Your class was so vivid and inspiring that I couldn’t help recording part of it in order to review it later. I didn’t realize doing that without your permission was offensive until I talked about it with another foreign friend. In most cases, it’s acceptable to record lectures, because no lecturer here minds others doing so. However I did fail to recognize our cultural differences. I regret taking what I did for granted. I should have understood and respected your feelings on the matter. Besides, I should have realized such behavior was also an invasion of your privacy. Please believe me, I will try my best to reduce such cultural conflicts and strengthen our emotional ties. Please accept my apologies and I hope our friendship will not be affected. Yours sincerely, Li Hua 【实战演练】 假定你是李华，目前在美国留学。最近你发现你的朋友 Peter 对你不理不睬， 由于你们之前并未发生冲突，所以你感到很困惑。后来你偶然看到一篇文章才恍 然大悟，原来是文化差异导致的误解（中国人有时随口说“改天一起吃饭”或“下 次请你喝咖啡”是客套话，可如果没有下文，外国人可能会觉得你食言，进而觉 得你不可信）。因为你之前也和 Peter 说过类似的话，为此你准备给他写一封道歉 信。 注意：词数 150 左右。 参考答案 语言风暴 1. writing 2. so; that; couldn’t help 3. until 4. did 5. should have understood 实战演练 Dear Peter, I am writing to apologize for the misunderstandings I caused. I felt quite upset about you ignoring me recently. Not until yesterday when I came across an article about the different ways people from different countries communicate, did I realize that I seemed to have cheated you because of my ignorance of our cultural differences. I did often warmly invite you to dinner and to have coffee and so on the next time we met, but I never did it. For Chinese it’s just a polite greeting to say “Let’s have dinner another day, bye”. However, now I know that in your culture, it is quite formal to make an appointment and people who do will make good preparations for the appointment and keep it. I have to say sorry for my behavior. I hope you can forgive me. And let’s have dinner this Saturday if you’re free. This time, I do mean it. Looking forward to your reply. Yours sincerely, Li Hua