賴世雄英語書信通Unit 57：友人彼此打聽借款者底細函

September 17, 2005

Dear Richard,

Long time no see. I hope all is well with you. I understand Harry recently asked you to lend him some money but you turned him down. I know, because he wrote me and asked to borrow the money from me. I lent it to him, but with some misgivings because it was a pretty large sum. I’ll admit his promise of an interest payment of $2,500 helped persuade me.

He said you told him you couldn’t afford to lend him the money, but he didn’t seem convinced. I have to say I find it hard to believe, too, because I know you are as well off as I am, if not more so. But perhaps you had some other reason for not wanting to lend him anything. If you have reason to believe I may not get my money back, by all means let me know.

Sincerely,

Timothy White

親愛的理查：

很久沒見了。希望你一切安好。我知道哈利最近曾要求你借給他一些錢，但你拒絕他了。我知道這件事是因為他寫信給我向我借錢。我把錢借給他了，但心里卻有些不安，因為那是一筆鉅額的金錢。我承認他答應要付我兩千五百元利息，這件事說服了我把錢借給他。

他說你告訴他，你沒錢借給他，不過他好象不相信。我必須說，我也不相信，因為我知道縱使你不比我富裕，起碼也像我一樣有錢。但也許你有其它某個不想借錢給他的理由吧。如果你有理由相信我無法拿回我的錢的話，一定要讓我知道。

提摩西?懷特　敬上

2005年9月17日

字詞解說：

1.misgiving 不安的心，焦慮

have misgiving about ..對....感到不安

例：Mr. Lin had some misgivings about sending his son to America, but he decide to go ahead.

林先生對送他二子到美國這件事雖然心里不安，但他仍 決定那樣做。

2. paymen報酬，酬勞

3. persuade 說服

例:The conman persuaded the old lady to give him money.

(那個騙子說服該老婦給他錢。)

4. afford .有足夠的(金錢、時間等)去做……;

例:Can you afford such an expensive present?

(你買得起這么貴的禮物嗎?)

5. convinced確信的

convince [使信服;使確信

convince sb+that從句使某人確信/信服……

be convinced of+N相信……

例:We convinced him that he was wrong.

(我們使他相信他是錯的。)

We are all convinced of his innocence.

=We are all convinced that he is innocent.

(我們都相信他是無辜的。)

6. be well off小康的

例:Ms. Liu is not rich, but she is quite well off.

(劉小姐不是很有錢，但是她過得去。)

7. by all means必定，一定

例:By all means tell me if you notice any mistakes in my essay.

(如果你在我的文章里看到任何錯誤，請務必告訴我。)