賴世雄英語書信通Unit 30：友人賀產(chǎn)女函

友人賀產(chǎn)女函

December 26, 2005

Dear Cathy,

Congratulations on your new baby! I remember when our son was born two years ago. Labor wasn’t much fun; that’s for sure. After we took the baby home, I was nervous about doing something wrong. I read a bunch of books on taking care of babies. Now I could write a book myself! If you have any problems, don’t hesitate to ask me. But I’m sure you’ll be okay.

I’m sending a little something for the baby. I hope she likes it! Take care of yourself, and say hi to Joshua for me.

Happy Holidays,

Helen Roberts

親愛的凱西：

恭喜你生了小寶寶!我還記得兩年前我們的兒子出生時(shí)的事情。陣痛很不好玩，那是真的。我們把小寶貝帶回家后，我很怕做錯(cuò)事情。所以我看了一些有關(guān)照顧嬰兒的書?，F(xiàn)在我自己都可以寫一本書呢!如果你有任何問題的話，不要猶豫來問我。不過，我確信你會(huì)做得很好的。

我寄了一點(diǎn)東西給小寶寶。希望她喜歡這些東西!好好照顧你自己，并代我向約書亞問好。

?！〖倨谟淇?/p>

海倫?羅伯絲　敬上

2005年12月26日

字詞解說：

1. congratulations 祝賀(恒用復(fù)數(shù))

congratulate 向某人道賀

congratulate sb on}-N因某事恭賀某人

例:Everyone congratulated the winner on his victory.

(每個(gè)人都向優(yōu)勝者恭賀勝利。)

2. bear [be司vt.生(孩子)

動(dòng)詞三態(tài):bear, bore [ba:], born [bxn] Jborne [bo:n]o

注意

bear的過去分詞有borne及born兩個(gè):

borne只用于“have borne"(已生了……)及“be borne by"(被

……所生)的兩種情況;而born作形容詞用，常置于be動(dòng)詞之后。

例:That woman has borne eight children.

(那個(gè)女人已經(jīng)生了八個(gè)小孩子。)

John was borne by Mary.

(約翰是瑪麗生的。)

He was born in 1949.

(他是1949年出生的。)

3. labor 分娩，陣痛

be in labor在分娩中

4. for sure確定地

=for certain

例:Can you tell me for sure when you will finish the job?

(你可以確定地告訴我你何時(shí)會(huì)完成這件工作嗎?)

5. bunch [ bnnt f }:.串，束，捆，堆

a bunch of...一串/束/捆/堆……

例:Tom gave his girlfriend a bunch of flowers.

(湯姆送他女朋友一束花。)

6. hesitate[heziteit} vi.猶豫，遲疑

hesitate to V猶豫……

例:Charles hesitated to say what he thought in front of the boss.

(查理不敢在老板面前說出他的想法。)