Exercise: Letter to Request Delay of My New Job TASK DESCRIPTION: You have been offered a job, asking you to start next week. You want the job very much but, because of a previous commitment, you want to delay the start for another two weeks. Write to the Manager, accepting the job, but explaining your situation and asking for the change to your start date. • You should write at least 150 words. • Allow yourself 20 minutes for this task. • You do not need to write your own address. • Begin your letter as follows: Dear Sir or Madam . . . , MY LETTER: Dear Sir or Madam, Thank you for offering the job as a programmer in your company. I regret to say, however, due to a previous commitment to my current employer, I have to stay in this post for another two weeks. Therefore, I am writing to request for a permission to delay the start of the job if possible. My current team leader asked me to continue to work until the end of the ongoing project I am in. Because I received this request after my job interview in your company and before I gott the offer, and I was not sure if you would grant me the post, I accepted the superior’s request. Nevertheless, I sincerely love my position in your company for my interest of being a programmer and the salary you have offered. Therefore, I hope that you can allow me to begin the job two weeks later. I am sorry for all the inconvenience to you as a result and would accept a fine for this. I would be grateful if you could reserve this job opportunity for me. Thank you. Yours sincerely, Melaminefree Wang