赖世雄英语书信通Unit 36：友人羡慕函

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

亲爱的文森：

收到你的信令我很兴奋。我从未收到从亚洲寄来的信。我想要开始收集你寄来信上的邮票。我真的很羡慕你有机会大肆旅行。

你住在什么样的饭店呢?吃得好不好?那里的民情如何?我知道在你回到泰国之前并无法看到这封信，所以我想我得等上一段时间才可得到这些问题的答案。我很期待再收到你的来信。

乔依丝‧李　敬上

2005年2月17日

字词解说：

1. thrill 使感动/兴奋

be thrilled to 很感动/兴奋……

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

(那个年轻的女演员有机会在一部电影里出现，觉得非常兴奋。)

2, stamp collection集邮

collection 收/搜集

(动词为collect [kalekt])

例:He is in the habit of collecting stamps.

(他有集邮的习惯。)

3. opportunity 机会

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

(吉姆希望有机会邀玛丽外出。)

4. sort[.种类(=kind)

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

(你喜欢看什么种类的书呢?)

5, stay in ( a hotel)投宿于(旅馆)

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

(如果你在旅行时住团体房就可省很多钱。)

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.

(罢工的员工说他们不回去工作，直到他们的老板给他们调薪为止。)