賴世雄英語書信通Unit 12：老同學再回函

　　April 3, 2005

　　Dear Rick,

　　Your plan for a get-together sounds great. I’d love to see everybody after all these years. If Ron, Dave and Dawn all come, it’ll be like lunchtime in high school. I’ll invite Sherry Williams, too. She’s working at an advertising company here in town.

　　Both dates sound okay to me, though maybe it’d be better to pick the second one, since that’ll give us more time. If anyone can’t make it then, we could also meet in May. After all this time, a few more weeks don’t matter, right?

　　Let me know when everything is set. I’m looking forward to seeing you again.

　　Sincerely,

　　Gerald

　　親愛的瑞克：

　　你這個聚會的計劃聽起來很不錯。過了這么多年后我很樂意和每個人見面。如果羅恩、大衛(wèi)和阿唐都來，那將會像我們高中時的午餐時刻了。我也將邀請雪莉?威廉斯。她目前在城里的一家廣告公司上班。

　　這兩個日子對我來說都沒問題，但是選第二個日期也許會較好，因為那樣子我們較有時間。要是有人在那天不能來，我們也可以在五月聚會。在分別這么久之后，再多等幾周也沒關系，不是嗎?

　　事情安排妥當后請告訴我。我期待與你們再見面。

　　吉羅德　敬上

　　2005年4月3 日

　　字詞解說：

　　1.sound 聽起來

　　例:That language sounds difficult to learn, but it isn't.

　　(那種語言聽起來很難學，但卻不是這樣。)

　　2. lunchtime 午餐時間

　　3. advertising 廣告

　　advertise 為……做廣告

　　an advertising company廣告公司

　　例:The company plans to advertise its new product on

　　(那家公司計劃在電視上做新產(chǎn)品的廣告。)

　　4. pick 挑選

　　例:We have to pick a good place to hold our party.

　　(我們必須挑一個好地方來舉辦我們的派對。)

　　5. If anyone can't make it then,…

　　=If anyone can't come then,…

　　6. matter 關系重大

　　例:It doesn't matter whether he comes or not.

　　(他來不來無所謂。)

　　7. set 準備好的(常與all并用)

　　be all set一切準備妥當(=be ready)

　　例:We were all set to go when the airline called to say the flight had been cancelled.

　　(我們準備好要出發(fā)，這時航空公司打電話來說班機被取消了。)

　　8. look forward to V-ing/N期待……

　　例:Susie singer is looking forward to meeting her favorite pop

　　(蘇西正期待會見她最喜歡的流行歌手。)