赖世雄英语书信通Unit 5：问候车祸函

　　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

　　亲爱的陈亨利先生：

　　我前几天接到哥哥的来信说你在骑摩托车时发生了意外。我哥哥并没有告诉我详情。我希望你受的伤不会很严重。

　　但愿你很快康复。请好好保重，如果有任何我可以帮得上忙的地方，请告诉我。

　　王苏西　敬上

　　二○○五、七、二

　　字词解说：

　　1. I received a letter. . . that you had had an accident...

　　注意:

　　本句型乃表截至过去某时为止所完成的动作或经历，称为

　　“过去完成式”句型，但切记过去完成式不能单独存在，而要

　　与过去式从句或表过去的副词短语连用，即在过去不同时间

　　发生的两种动作:

　　1)先发生的动作一用过去完成式

　　2)后发生的动作一用过去式

　　例:I lost the purse that my grandmother had given me.

　　(我把我祖母给我的钱包弄丢了。)

　　2. the other day前几天，前些日子

　　例:I saw that movie the other day.

　　(我在前几天看过那部电影。)

　　3. accident .意外事故

　　by accident偶然，意外地

　　例:A lot of major discoveries were made by accident.

　　(许多重要的发现都是偶然的。)

　　4. motorbike 摩托车

　　5. detail 细节

　　in detail

　　例:Describe what happened in detail.

　　(详细描述事情的发生经过。)

　　6. injury 伤

　　7. serious 严重的

　　例:Tom has some serious problems.

　　(汤姆有一些严重的问题。)

　　8. speedy 迅速的

　　9. recovery (疾病等的)痊愈，复元

　　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，但他很快就复元了。)

　　10. take care of.照顾……

　　例:Gina helped her mother take care of her little sister.

　　(吉娜帮妈妈照顾小妹。)