Dear Miss Liu,

My mother has been ill for two days, but my father has gone to Shanghai. Nobody in my family can take good care of her. So I have to write to you to ask for leave of one day.

Your student,

Xiao Fei

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亲爱的刘老师：

我妈妈病了两天了，可是我爸爸去了上海，家里无人照顾妈妈。因此，我只好向您请假一天。

您的学生，

小菲

2007年8月8日