aug. 12, 2006 

dear mum and dad, 

      i am sorry for not having written to you for such a long time. i am afraid you must think i have forgotten you and the whole family. actually i really miss you, but i have been busy preparing my exam these days. and now i have passed the exam and feel very relaxed as if a heavy burden has been removed. i can’t help waiting to write to you and so here i am. 

      what about dad’s health? is he still coughing at night? i have been worrying about it. the last day i saw an advertisement on a newspaper introducing a new kind of syrup which is said to have magic effect on coughing. i have bought one bottle and sent it back home by post. have you received it? what about the effect? 

     please write to me soon, i am eager to hear from you. 

your daughter, 

li hua 

原文翻譯：

親愛的爸爸媽媽： 

      我為這么長時間沒有給你們寫信而感到抱歉，恐怕你們都認(rèn)為我把你們和家人都忘了吧。其實(shí)我真的非常想念你們，但這些日子我在忙著準(zhǔn)備考試?，F(xiàn)在考試通過了，我感覺如釋重負(fù)，迫不及待地要提筆給你們寫信。 

     爸爸的身體怎么樣？晚上還咳嗽嗎？我一直非常擔(dān)心。前幾天我在報紙上看到一則廣告，其中介紹了的那種咳嗽藥，據(jù)說有奇效。我已經(jīng)買了一瓶寄回去了。你們收到了嗎？效果怎么樣？ 

     盡快給我回信好嗎？我早就想收到你們的信了。 

女兒：李華 

2006年8月12日