Asking
for
Leave
of
Absence
To:
Ms.
Riddle,
an
Oral
English
teacher
From:
Sam,
a
sophomore
student
in
Oral
English
Class
Two
Date:
June
18th,
2005
Subject:
Asking
for
Leave
of
Absence
Dear
Ms.
Riddle,
I’m
Sam,
a
respectful
sophomore
student
of
yours
in
Oral
English
Class
Two.
I
wonder
if
I
could
be
excused
for
absence
from
your
Oral
English
class
this
Wednesday
morning.
Yesterday
evening
I
got
a
phone
call
from
my
cousin,
who
is
now
running
a
small
firm
in
the
suburbs
of
this
city.
He
needs
an
interpreter
for
two
days
but
cannot
find
the
most
reliable
person,
so
he
wants
me
to
have
a
try.
Personally,
I
regard
this
as
a
golden
opportunity
to
put
what
I
have
learned
in
your
class
into
practice,
but
I
need
your
permission
of
absence.
If
you
think
I
may
go
and
help
him
get
over
the
difficulty,
I
am
confident
that
I’ll
do
a
good
job
and
both
of
us
will
be
grateful.
Earnestly
yours
Sam
2.
On
Power
Shortage
(1).
很多城市缺电现象严重
(2).
分析原因
(3).
提出建议
Recently,
every
morning
when
I
wake
up,
I
find
my
air-conditioner
automatically
turned
off.
I
didn’t
understand
why
at
first,
but
soon
I
learned
that
there
is
a
great
shortage
of
electricity
supply
in
our
city—my
air-conditioner
turned
off
because
of
a
power
failure
midnight.
With
the
rapidly
developing
industry
and
the
ever
increasing
population,
demand
for
electricity
supply
is
soaring.
Besides,
summers
in
recent
years
are
much
hotter
than
before,
so
most
working
places
and
households
are&
nbsp;air-conditioned,
which
consumes
additional
electricity.
Faced
with
such
a
hard
nut,
we
have
to
find
ways
to
crack
it.
Above
all,
in
western
areas
of
China,
there
is
surplus
of
electricity
supply.
So,
cities
that
are
thirsty
for
electricity
may
ask
for
remote
help.
Then,
when
we
have
electricity,
we
should
remember
to
save
it.
Set
your
air-conditioners
at
270C
and
you
won’t
feel
less
comfortable
than
when
they
are
at
260C.
In
fact,
some
factories
already
shift
their
working
hours
to
avoid
the
peak
time
of
electricity-consuming.
My
parents
don’t
work
from
Monday
through
Friday
as
before—they
work
from
Sunday
through
Thursday
and
have/take
the
following
two
days
off
instead.
This
is
also
a
way
out,
isn’t
it?
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