赖世雄英语书信通Unit 40：告知友人旅游函

March 18, 2005

Dear Joyce,

I got back to Bangkok a few days ago. I was very happy to find two letters from you waiting for me at the post office. My two weeks in India were exciting. Among other things, I saw the Taj Mahal. It is really as beautiful as everyone says.

To answer a few of your questions, I usually stay in cheap hotels which are listed in my guidebook. Most of them cost under US$10 a night. The food is great. In Thailand and India they have a lot of spicy food, which I like, and in Nepal they have lots of really cheap Western-style restaurants for travelers. The people in all the three places are friendly. Of course, not everyone speaks English, but people who deal with tourists a lot speak at least a little.

All the places I’ve visited are very interesting, but if I had to pick one, I’d say Katmandu is the most interesting. I’ve taken a lot of photos, so you can see for yourself what these places are like when I get back.

Sincerely,

Vincent

亲爱的乔依丝：

我几天前回到曼谷。非常高兴邮局里有两封你寄给我的信。在印度的两个星期很令人兴奋。除了众多的行程外，我尚参观了泰姬玛哈陵。它真的就如大家所说的一样美。

回答一些你的问题，我通常住在旅游指南上所列的廉价旅馆。它们大部分一个晚上索价都低于美金十元。吃得很棒。在泰国和印度有很多我喜欢的辛辣食物，在尼泊尔则有廉价的西式餐厅供旅客享用。这三个国家的人民都很友善。当然并非人人都会说英语，不过常与观光客相处的人至少会说一些。

所有我参观过的地方都非常有趣，但如果要选一个，我觉得加德满都最令我感兴趣。我已经拍了很多相片，所以我回去后你就可以亲自看到这些地方像什么样子了。

文森　敬上

2005年3月18日

字词解说：

1. wait for.二等候……

例:I'm waiting for their package to arrive.

(我正在等候他们的包裹到来。)

2. Among other things, S-f- V其中，……;撇开别的不谈，

……;除了……还……

例:John is really busy. Among other things，he has to prepare for the big conference next week.

(约翰非常忙。撇开别的不谈，他得准备下星期的大型研 讨会。)

3. the Taj Mahal 泰姬陵

(位于印度，为以白色大理石建成的宫殿式坟墓)

4, list 将……列于名单中

例:Cathy listed all the things she had to buy at the grocery store.

(凯西把所有必须在那家杂货店要购买的东西都列在单子上。)

5. guidebook 旅行指南

6. spicy 加香料的，辛辣的

7. Western-style 西方风格的

8. friendly 友善的

例:The friendly farmer gave the stranger a ride into town.

(友善的农夫载那个陌生人进城。)

9, tourist 观光客

10. at least至少

例:The tycoon has at least US $100，000,000.

(那个大亨至少有一亿美金。)

11, pick [pike vt.选择，挑选

例:He picked one watch for himself and another for his wife.

(他为他自己挑了一只手表，而另一只则给他太太。)