賴世雄英語書信通Unit 50：友人回信告知生活近況函

May 16, 2005

Dear Albert,

I’m glad to hear you’re moving back to Texas. I also hope that means we’ll have more chances to see each other. It’s been quite some time since we’ve seen each other face to face.

Everything is fine with me. My little shop near the Riverwalk is doing well, and my social life is fun, too, if not as wild as it was back in school. I still haven’t found a steady boyfriend, though I have my eye on this handsome guy I met at a party a few weeks ago.

That’s all for now. Good luck with your new job.

Sincerely,

Cindy Ramirez

親愛的艾伯特：

很高興聽到你將搬回德州。我也希望那意味我們將有較多的機會彼此見面。自從我們上次見面以來已經(jīng)有很長的一段時間了。

我一切安好。我的小店靠近Riverwalk區(qū)，生意還不錯，而我的社交生活也很有趣，縱使它沒有像以前在學(xué)校時那么瘋狂。我仍然沒有找到固定的男朋友，不過我對幾天前在派對里遇到的一位帥哥有意思。

就此擱筆。祝你的新工作順利。

辛蒂?拉蜜瑞滋　敬上

2005年5月16日

字詞解說：

1. mean .意味，代表(以名詞或that從句作賓語);有意

要……(以動詞不定式短語作賓語)

例:Do you mean that you are quitting?

(你的意思是你將辭職嗎?)

I meant to help her but was turned down.

(我打算要幫助她但遭拒絕。)

2. It’s been quite some time since we' face.

=It has been quite a while since we

seen each other face to saw each other.

(自從我們上次見面后已有好長一段時間了。)

3. face to face面對面

例:We should discuss this matter face to face.

(我們應(yīng)該當(dāng)面討論這件事。)

4, the Riverwalk 圣安東尼市中的河岸步道區(qū)

5. have one' s eye on sb對某人有意思/愛慕之意，在注意某人

注意:

此處的eye是單數(shù)，表“注意”之意。

例:The detective has his eye on that gangster.

(警探盯上那個匪徒了。)