賴世雄英語書信通Unit 59：要求借款人還錢函

January 25, 2006

Dear Harry,

Last fall you borrowed US$6,000 from me with the understanding that you would pay it back at the end of the year. But it is nearly February and I have yet to hear from you. I hope I am correct to presume that you have merely been delayed in repaying me.

Let me add that I am not really concerned about the interest you promised me. But I hope you can at least pay back the principal. If you are having financial difficulties, you can return the money in installments, but I would like to have it all by the end of June at the latest, and at least half of it by the end of February. I would like to give you more time, but I need the money myself.

Sincerely,

Timothy White

親愛的哈利：

去年秋天你向我借六千元美金，并約定在年底還我錢。但現(xiàn)在已將近二月了，我還沒有你的訊息。我猜你只是延緩還我錢，希望我的猜測是正確的。

讓我補充說明一下，我并不是真的在乎你答應要給我的利息。但我希望你至少還我本金。如果你有財務上的困難，可以分期付款還錢，不過我想最遲在六月底要還我全部的錢，而在二月底前則至少還我一半的錢。我本想給你更多的時間才還我錢，但我自己卻須要用錢。

提摩西?懷特　敬上

2006年1月25日

字詞解釋：

1.fall 秋天

=autumn

2.borrow 借用

borrow sth from sb 向某人借某物

例：mr carter borrow a hammer from his neighbor.

卡特先生從鄰居那里借了一只鐵錘。

3.understanding 約定，契約，諒解

4.presume 推測

presume+that從句 推測

5.merely 僅，只

6.delay 延緩，耽擱

例：You shouldn't delay sending off your application for graduate school.

你不可延遲寄出研究所的申請書。

7.repay 償還

動詞三態(tài)：repay，repaid,repaid。

8.principal 本金

9.financial 財務上的

10.installment 分期付款

in installment 以分期付款方式