请病假（别人代写）

「内容提示」

　　假定你是叫李华，你的同学马媛是你家邻居。她昨晚发烧并咳嗽得很厉害，一直到半夜才入睡。今天早晨她父母让你代她写张请假条交给班主任老师周敏为她请假。今天的日期是1999年12月8日。

　　「作文示范」

　　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

　　「词语解释」

　　resume [ri'zju：m] v. 重新开始；再继续

　　「写法指要」

　　虽然代别人写请假条是他人托办的事，但不一定写“某某让我给某某请假”之类的话。这张请假条的笔者对这一问题就处理得很好，即以自己的口气说“让她来上课对别的同学不好”，既为病人请了假，也关心了他人的身体健康，写得非常巧妙。