赖世雄英语书信通Unit 29：告知友人产女函

December 18, 2005

Dear Helen,

I’m very happy to inform you that on the 12th of this month I gave birth to a baby girl. She weighs 8 pounds and 2 ounces, and is perfectly healthy. They tell me it was an easy birth, though it sure didn’t seem easy at the time!

We were discharged from the hospital two days ago. I’m still getting used to having to get up in the middle of the night to feed her. But whenever I look at her, I know she’s worth all the trouble.

Sincerely,

Cathy Patterson

亲爱的海伦：

我很高兴告诉你，我在这个月的十二号生了一个小女婴。她有八磅两盎斯重，非常健康。他们告诉我生产顺利，但实际上是那时候似乎不是件易事!

我们在两天前出院了。我尚未习惯必须在午夜时起来喂她吃奶。不过每当我盯着她看时，我知道总总辛苦都是值得的。

凯西‧派德森　敬上

2005年12月18日

字词解说：

1. inform 通知，告知

例:The army informed the soldier’s family that he’d beep killed in battle.

(军方通知那个士兵的家人说他已阵亡了。)

2. give birth to.二生产(婴儿)

例:Mrs. Black gave birth to a healthy 4-kilogram baby last night.

(布雷克太太昨晚生了一个四公斤重的健康宝宝。)

3. weigh 重达

weight 重量

例:How much do you weigh

(你有多重?)

Why do you want to lose weight? You're too thin already.

(你为什么要减重?你已经很瘦了。)

4. discharge 使出院

be discharged from a hospital出院

例:Diana will be discharged from the hospital on Friday.

(黛安娜星期五将出院。)

5. get used to V-ing渐渐习惯(某种动作)

例:It took a long time for the divorced man to get used to cooking his own dinner.

(那个离婚的男子花了很长的一段时间才习惯自己做饭。)

6. feed [fi:d] vt.给(婴儿)喂奶

三态为:feed,fed [fed],fedo

例:I have to feed our baby every evening.

(我必须每晚给我们的宝宝喂奶。)

7, be worth+N/V-ing值得……

例：Do you think there's anything worth dying for?

(你认为有任何值得死的事情吗?)