July 2, 2005
Dear Mr. Henry Chen,
I received a letter from my brother the other day saying that you had had an accident on your motorbike. My brother didn’t give me any details. I hope your injuries are not serious.
I wish you a speedy recovery. Take good care of yourself, and if there is anything I can do to help, please let me know.
Sincerely,
Susie Wang
親愛的陳亨利先生:
我前幾天接到哥哥的來信說你在騎摩托車時發(fā)生了意外。我哥哥并沒有告訴我詳情。我希望你受的傷不會很嚴重。
但愿你很快康復。請好好保重,如果有任何我可以幫得上忙的地方,請告訴我。
王蘇西 敬上
二○○五、七、二
字詞解說:
1. I received a letter. . . that you had had an accident...
注意:
本句型乃表截至過去某時為止所完成的動作或經歷,稱為
“過去完成式”句型,但切記過去完成式不能單獨存在,而要
與過去式從句或表過去的副詞短語連用,即在過去不同時間
發(fā)生的兩種動作:
1)先發(fā)生的動作一用過去完成式
2)后發(fā)生的動作一用過去式
例:I lost the purse that my grandmother had given me.
(我把我祖母給我的錢包弄丟了。)
2. the other day前幾天,前些日子
例:I saw that movie the other day.
(我在前幾天看過那部電影。)
3. accident .意外事故
by accident偶然,意外地
例:A lot of major discoveries were made by accident.
(許多重要的發(fā)現都是偶然的。)
4. motorbike 摩托車
5. detail 細節(jié)
in detail
例:Describe what happened in detail.
(詳細描述事情的發(fā)生經過。)
6. injury 傷
7. serious 嚴重的
例:Tom has some serious problems.
(湯姆有一些嚴重的問題。)
8. speedy 迅速的
9. recovery (疾病等的)痊愈,復元
例:Mr. Johnson was very sick for a few days,but he made a quick recovery.
(詹森先生催患重病多天,但他很快就復元了。)
10. take care of.照顧……
例:Gina helped her mother take care of her little sister.
(吉娜幫媽媽照顧小妹。)