赖世雄英语书信通Unit 51：向友人探询豪雨灾情关切函

April 2, 2005

Dear Tracy,

I heard on the news last night that torrential rains and even some flooding have hit Missouri over the past few days. I remember that you live fairly near to the river. I hope that you and your family are okay and your house hasn’t suffered any damage.

I’m anxiously awaiting your reply. Please write as soon as possible.

Yours,

Rebecca Jones

亲爱的崔西：

我昨天晚上听到新闻广播说，过去几天以来密苏里州有暴雨发生，甚至还有洪水泛滥。我记得你住的地方蛮靠近河边。希望你和你的家人都平安没事，你们的房子也没有遭到任何损坏。

我急切地等待你的回信。请尽快写信给我。

莉贝卡‧琼斯　敬上

2005年4月2 日

字词解说：

1. torrential 急流般的

torrential rain 暴雨

例:Torrential rains often hit Southeast Asia during the rainy season.

(雨季里暴雨常常侵袭东南亚。)

2. flooding 泛滥

flood 使泛滥，淹没

例:The swollen river flooded the town.

(泛滥的河流淹没了该城。)

3. hit [hit〕 vt.侵袭

动词三态:hit, hit, hito

例:A typhoon hit that area last month.

(上个月台风侵袭了该地区。)

4. Missouri 密苏里州(美国中西部之一州)

5.…torrential rains and even some flooding have hit Missouri over the past few days.

……过去几天来暴雨及洪水一直对密苏里州肆虐。

例:He has been working hard over the last three months.

(过去三个月来他一直很用功。)

6. fairly 蛮，还算

例:It's fairly cold today.

(今天蛮冷的。)

7. suffer 遭受(苦难、痛苦等). vi.患病

suffer from+疾病催患……疾病

例:The general suffered several defeats before finally

overcoming the enemy.

(那个将军遭受了几次失败，最后终于击败敌军。)

Mr. Lin suffers from high blood pressure.

(林先生患了高血压症。)