Dear Mr. John,Thank you for your letter of January 1.

尊敬的约翰先生感谢您1月1日的来信。

I must apologize for taking so long in answering, a situation caused by a number of recent conferences.

由于近来会议繁多，这么长时间才给你回信，特此向您表示歉意。

We appreciate your desire to offer your services to our University.

我们非常感谢你你愿意申请我们大学的职位。

From the information you supplied about yourself, there would be no question about your qualifications.

从您提供的个人信息来看，您的资历无疑可以胜任。

However, we have only a small quota for foreign teachers, and all our positions for this year and the coming academic year have already been filled.

然而，我们只有少量的外籍教师名额，而且我们今年和下一学年的职位都已满额。

We shall keep your offer on file and inform you should there be any openings.

我们将保留您的申请，如果有职位空缺会通知您。

In the meantime, you might try other colleges here in Beijing or other cities.

同时，您可以申请北京或其他城市的其他大学。

Thank you once again for your offer.

再次感谢您的申请。

Best Wishes for success.

祝您事业成功。

Yours sincerely, Li Ming Chairman Department of English

您真诚的，李明 英语系主任