賴世雄英語(yǔ)書(shū)信通Unit 12：老同學(xué)再回函

　　April 3, 2005

　　Dear Rick,

　　Your plan for a get-together sounds great. I’d love to see everybody after all these years. If Ron, Dave and Dawn all come, it’ll be like lunchtime in high school. I’ll invite Sherry Williams, too. She’s working at an advertising company here in town.

　　Both dates sound okay to me, though maybe it’d be better to pick the second one, since that’ll give us more time. If anyone can’t make it then, we could also meet in May. After all this time, a few more weeks don’t matter, right?

　　Let me know when everything is set. I’m looking forward to seeing you again.

　　Sincerely,

　　Gerald

　　親愛(ài)的瑞克：

　　你這個(gè)聚會(huì)的計(jì)劃聽(tīng)起來(lái)很不錯(cuò)。過(guò)了這么多年后我很樂(lè)意和每個(gè)人見(jiàn)面。如果羅恩、大衛(wèi)和阿唐都來(lái)，那將會(huì)像我們高中時(shí)的午餐時(shí)刻了。我也將邀請(qǐng)雪莉?威廉斯。她目前在城里的一家廣告公司上班。

　　這兩個(gè)日子對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)都沒(méi)問(wèn)題，但是選第二個(gè)日期也許會(huì)較好，因?yàn)槟菢幼游覀冚^有時(shí)間。要是有人在那天不能來(lái)，我們也可以在五月聚會(huì)。在分別這么久之后，再多等幾周也沒(méi)關(guān)系，不是嗎?

　　事情安排妥當(dāng)后請(qǐng)告訴我。我期待與你們?cè)僖?jiàn)面。

　　吉羅德　敬上

　　2005年4月3 日

　　字詞解說(shuō)：

　　1.sound 聽(tīng)起來(lái)

　　例:That language sounds difficult to learn, but it isn't.

　　(那種語(yǔ)言聽(tīng)起來(lái)很難學(xué)，但卻不是這樣。)

　　2. lunchtime 午餐時(shí)間

　　3. advertising 廣告

　　advertise 為……做廣告

　　an advertising company廣告公司

　　例:The company plans to advertise its new product on

　　(那家公司計(jì)劃在電視上做新產(chǎn)品的廣告。)

　　4. pick 挑選

　　例:We have to pick a good place to hold our party.

　　(我們必須挑一個(gè)好地方來(lái)舉辦我們的派對(duì)。)

　　5. If anyone can't make it then,…

　　=If anyone can't come then,…

　　6. matter 關(guān)系重大

　　例:It doesn't matter whether he comes or not.

　　(他來(lái)不來(lái)無(wú)所謂。)

　　7. set 準(zhǔn)備好的(常與all并用)

　　be all set一切準(zhǔn)備妥當(dāng)(=be ready)

　　例:We were all set to go when the airline called to say the flight had been cancelled.

　　(我們準(zhǔn)備好要出發(fā)，這時(shí)航空公司打電話來(lái)說(shuō)班機(jī)被取消了。)

　　8. look forward to V-ing/N期待……

　　例:Susie singer is looking forward to meeting her favorite pop

　　(蘇西正期待會(huì)見(jiàn)她最喜歡的流行歌手。)