赖世雄英语书信通Unit 38：向友人告知旅游近况函

February 28, 2005

Dear Joyce,

I just arrived in New Delhi yesterday. During my last week in Nepal, I went to a town west of Katmandu which is very close to the Himalayas. It’s really incredible to be able to walk out of a hotel in the morning and see snow-covered, 25,000-foot high mountains. I can’t imagine what it would be like to climb one!

As I just mentioned, I flew into India yesterday. I haven’t had much time to look around yet, but one first impression I got was that this is a really crowded place. It’s not hard to believe that there are over a billion people in this country. This morning I went to the big mosque and fort in Old Delhi. They are pretty impressive. They had some great architects in those days.

I’ll be in India for two weeks, and then I’ll fly back to Bangkok. I’m looking forward to picking up your letter(s).

Sincerely,

Vincent

亲爱的乔依丝：

我昨天刚到新德里。上星期我在尼泊尔时到加德满都西边一个临近喜马拉雅山脉的城镇。在早晨走出饭店时能看到两万五千英尺高覆盖着白雪的山实在是非常令人难以置信。我简直无法想象去爬上一座山会是什么样子!

我刚才提到，我昨天已飞抵印度。我还没有很多时间去四处看看，但我所得到的第一印象是这里真的很拥挤。这个国家有十亿多的人口并不难想象。今天早上我去了旧德里一座很大的清真寺和一座堡垒。它们真的是令人印象深刻。当时的印度有一些很杰出的建筑师。

我会在印度待两星期，之后就会搭机回曼谷。我很期待接到你的来信。

文森　敬上

2005年2月28日

字词解说：

1. New Delhi },nju:dely n.新德里(印度首都)

2. be close to.二很接近……

例:His office is close to the train station.

(他的办公室很近火车站。)

3. the Himalayas [,himaleiaz} n.喜马拉雅山脉

4. incredible 法相信的，难以置信的

例:It was incredible to have the opportunity to meet that famous actor.

(有机会遇见那个著名的演员真是令人难以相信。)

5. snow-covered 被雪覆盖的

6. imagine 想象

例:Can you imagine living on a boat?

(你能想象住在船上是什么样子吗?)

7. mention .提及，说到

例:The boss didn't mention you at the meeting.

(老板在会议上没有提到你。)

8. look around/round四处看看

例:Let's go to the museum and look around.

(咱们到博物馆去四处看看。)

9. impression 印象

impress 使有深刻印象

leave/make a favorable/bad impression on sb

给某人留下好/坏印象

be impressed with…对……印象深刻

例:The student left a favorable impression on his teachers.

(那个学生给他的老师们留下了好印象。)

The manager is impressed with the new employee，s performance.

(经理对那位新来员工的表现印象深刻。)