考研英语小作文大体分为如下几类：摘要、通知、信件，其中，信件主要包括辞职信、求职信、推荐信、申请信、投诉信、邀请信、祝贺信、感谢信、道歉信、咨询信、建议信等。小作文的主要特点是句法多变但所用词汇和相关表达相对固定且易被归类，属于一半靠背诵一半靠练习的文字游戏，要写好小作文不需要很好的英语基础，而需要看大量的优秀范文并且模仿，可以说，坚持仿写优秀的范文重复正确的练习是一篇优秀的小作文出现的充分条件。大作文则是积累大量语言素材后进行的一种思维博弈，仿写范文只能得到高频语句和词汇的碎片，充其量只是必要条件，有时甚至容易东施效颦，这是大小作文最大区别，也是我在班里几乎没有花时间来讲小作文的原因。既然这样，我们就分类背诵一些小作文常用表达吧，你会发现跟你曾经看过的一些书有重复，这是正常的，正如我所说，小作文的表达易归类，反过来证明小作文的难度确实不大。

　　一 道歉信常用表达：

　　1.I am writing this letter to apologize for …/ I am writing to say sorry for …

　　我写这封信是为了…而向你道歉

　　2.I would like to give you my apology for…

　　对于… 我向你道歉

　　3. please accept my sincere apology for…

　　关于…请接收我真诚的道歉

　　4.I am indeed very sorry for what I did/said, but believe I had no intention to..

　　对于我所做的所说的，我深深地抱歉。但请你相信我，我不是故意要…

　　5.please forgive me for a stupid choice of words.

　　请原谅我说话不妥

　　6.I feel awfully sorry about it and want you to know what happened.

　　为此我感到非常内疚，所以想告诉你实情

　　7.Please accept my apologies for my oversight.

　　请原谅我的疏忽

　　8.Please allow me to say sorry again.

　　请允许我再次表示歉意。

　　9. I sincerely hope you can understand my situation / think in my position and accept my apologies.

　　我真心的希望你能理解我的处境/设身处地地为我考虑，并接受我的道歉。

　　10. Once again, I am sorry for any inconvenience caused / you have sustained.

　　对于给你造成的不便我再次表示歉意。

　　以 2008年为例

　　首段： 自我介绍+首次道歉+说明原因

　　二段：提建议

　　三次：重申歉意+期盼回信/简单祝福/万能感谢

　　Dear Bob,

　　I am the Chinese student who stayed in your apartment during my vacation in Canada. Now I have returned home in China and the purpose of my writing this letter is to express my sincere apology for the stupid mistake I have made.

　　Upon arriving home, I found the music CD which belongs to you in my luggage. I am in great worry because I know this your birthday present from your wife. Your CD will be sent immediately through EMS in the very near future. I have been told it will take about a week to reach Canada .

　　Once again, please accept my sincere apology for any inconveniences I have caused. Thank you for your understanding and please send me a reply at your earliest convenience.

　　Sincerely yours,

　　Li Ming

　　附：

　　一些期盼回信

　　I am looking forward to your quick reply.

　　I am expecting your reply at your earliest convenience.

　　I am looking forward to hearing from you in the near future.

　　I look forward to hearing from you soon.