賴世雄英語書信通Unit 9：與老同學話舊函
February 25, 2005
Dear Gerald,
Do you remember me? We went to high school together many years ago. We used to eat lunch together in our junior and senior years. We were also in Mrs. Nelson’s English class together. She used to get mad at me because I always turned in my assignments late.
You are no doubt wondering why I am writing you after all these years. The truth is there is no special reason. I was just looking through our high school yearbook the other day, and I started wondering what had happened to all my old classmates.
Let me tell you a little about what I have been up to. As you may remember, I went to the University of Michigan after high school. After I graduated, I went overseas to teach English in Taiwan. I came back last year and now I’m working on a graduate degree. I hope we can meet sometime and I’ll give you the details.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Rick Schultz
親愛的吉羅德：
你還記得我嗎?幾年前我們曾一起上高中。在國中、高中時我們常一起吃午餐。我們也一起上尼爾森老師的英文課。她很氣我因為我總是遲交作業(yè)。
無疑地，你一定想知道為何我在這么多年后還寫信給你。事實上也沒有什么特別的理由。我只不過是在前幾天翻閱高中畢業(yè)紀念冊后，就開始想知道我的老同學們過得如何。
讓我告訴你一點我最近干什么。也許你還記得，我高中畢業(yè)后上了密西根大學。畢業(yè)后，我出國到臺灣教英文。去年我回來了，現(xiàn)在正攻讀研究所學位。希望我們能找個時間見面，我將會與你詳談。
期待有你的消息。
瑞克?史庫滋 敬上
2005年2月25日
字詞解說：
1.get mad at…對……發(fā)脾氣/生氣
例：Whenever John spends all day watching sports on TV,
his wife gets mad at him.
(約翰每次花整天時間看電視運動比賽節(jié)目時，他太太就生氣。)
2. turn in.二交/繳……
例;We have to turn in our assignments tomorrow
(我們明天必須交作業(yè)。)
3. assignment 指定作業(yè)
4. no doubt無疑地
=undoubtedly
=doubtlessly
=without doubt
例:Vanessa will no doubt win the beauty contest.
(無疑地，薇妮莎將贏得選美比賽。)
5. wonder 想知道，對……感到好奇
注意:
wonder作及物動詞，表“想知道/對……感到好奇”時，其后
必須用疑問詞引導的名詞從句作賓語。
例:I wonder how he will do it/where he lives.
(我不知道他要怎么做這件事/他住在哪里。)
6. look throw沙…翻閱……
例:The man sat in the hotel lobby，looking through amagazine.
(那個人坐在旅館大廳里翻閱一本雜志。)
7.yearbook 年鑒，畢業(yè)紀念冊
8.…what I have been up to.……我一直在做什么。
=...what I have been doing.
9. graduate 畢業(yè)邑,研究所的
graduate from…畢業(yè)于……
a graduate degree研究所的學位(碩士或博士)
例:Has your younger brother graduated from high school yet?
(你的弟弟高中還沒畢業(yè)嗎?)
10. go overseas到海外
overseas [,auvasi:z} ad.向/在海外
例:Many young New Zealanders go overseas to travel for a few years before they get jobs.
(許多新西蘭的年輕人都到國外旅行多年再找工作。)
11. work on…致力于……
例:The author is working on a new novel.
(該作者正著手寫一本新小說。)
12. look forward to V-ing/N期望/等待……
例:I'm looking forward to my next vacation.
(我正期待我的下一個假期。)
