【正确答案】本例要求考生写一则道歉信：因考试耽误了编排短剧的任务，故向老师道歉，并申请延期表演。
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　October 12th, 2009
Dear Professor Li,
I'm writing to apologize to you that we haven't prepared the play scripts for tomorrow morning. As you know, we have had several exams in the last two weeks, so all of us were engaged in preparing for the exams. After the examinations, we tried to prepare the play scripts, but we just can't get well prepared. So I was just wondering whether we could do it next Wednesday so that we would have a week more to get well prepared.
I promise it won't happen again. My sincere apology again!
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Respectfully yours.
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　James

【答案解析】[解题步骤] 第一步：确定题材——道歉信，注意格式
第二步：列出要点一一任务没能及时完成的原因；申请延期；保证不会再发生
第三步：列出关键词——apologize；be engaged in；get well prepared；sincere apology，etc．
第四步：落笔成文