賴世雄英語書信通Unit 36：友人羨慕函

February 17, 2005

Dear Vincent,

I was thrilled to get your letter. I’ve never gotten a letter from Asia before. I’m thinking of starting a stamp collection with the stamps from the letters you send me. I really envy you for the opportunity to do so much traveling.

What sort of hotels do you stay in? How is the food? What are the people like? I know you won’t see this until you get back to Thailand, so I guess I’ll have to wait awhile for answers to my questions. I’m looking forward to your next letter.

Sincerely,

Joyce Lee

親愛的文森：

收到你的信令我很興奮。我從未收到從亞洲寄來的信。我想要開始收集你寄來信上的郵票。我真的很羨慕你有機(jī)會大肆旅行。

你住在什么樣的飯店呢?吃得好不好?那里的民情如何?我知道在你回到泰國之前并無法看到這封信，所以我想我得等上一段時間才可得到這些問題的答案。我很期待再收到你的來信。

喬依絲?李　敬上

2005年2月17日

字詞解說：

1. thrill 使感動/興奮

be thrilled to 很感動/興奮……

例:The young actress was thrilled to get a chance to appear in a movie.

(那個年輕的女演員有機(jī)會在一部電影里出現(xiàn)，覺得非常興奮。)

2, stamp collection集郵

collection 收/搜集

(動詞為collect [kalekt])

例:He is in the habit of collecting stamps.

(他有集郵的習(xí)慣。)

3. opportunity 機(jī)會

例:Jim is hoping for an opportunity to ask Mary out.

(吉姆希望有機(jī)會邀瑪麗外出。)

4. sort[.種類(=kind)

例:What sort of books do you like to read?

(你喜歡看什么種類的書呢?)

5, stay in ( a hotel)投宿于(旅館)

例:If you stay in dorms when you travel, you can save a lot of money.

(如果你在旅行時住團(tuán)體房就可省很多錢。)

6. not. . . until…直到……才……

例:The striking workers say they won’t go back to work until their boss gives them a raise.

(罷工的員工說他們不回去工作，直到他們的老板給他們調(diào)薪為止。)