賴世雄英語書信通Unit 49：告知友人新址函

May 10, 2005

Dear Cindy,

How have you been lately? Sorry I haven’t written in such a long time. In the future, I’ll make an effort to write you more often.

I will be moving to Houston next week to take a job in a law office there. My new address will be 1324 Park St. I am almost finished packing and hopefully the move itself will go smoothly.

Though Houston is several hours’ drive from San Antonio, it’s a lot closer than Phoenix. I hope that I’ll occasionally be able to visit you or vice versa. Write me and let me know how you’re doing.

Sincerely,

Albert Coleman

親愛的辛蒂：

你近來好嗎?抱歉我這么久以來都沒有寫信給你。未來，我會(huì)盡全力更常寫信給你。

下個(gè)星期我將搬到休斯敦去，并在那里的一家法律事務(wù)所上班。我的新地址是公園街1324號(hào)。我?guī)缀跻淹瓿纱虬?，希望搬家很順利?/p>

雖然從圣安東尼奧開車到休斯敦要好幾個(gè)小時(shí)，但是那比鳳凰城近太多了。希望我有時(shí)候能去看你，反之也希望你能來看我。請寫封信給我讓我知道你近來如何吧。

艾伯特?柯爾曼　敬上

2005年5月10日

字詞解說：

1. in the future今后

例:In the future, we will assign this kind of task to Robert.

(今后，我們將把這種工作指派羅勃特來做。)

2.effort 努力

make an effort to V盡某人最大努力……

=spare no effort to V

=try as hard as one can to V

=try/do all one can to V

=try/do one's utmost to V

=try/do one's best to V

例:Simon made an effort to prevent his wife from finding out what happened.

(西蒙竭盡所能防止他太太發(fā)現(xiàn)端倪。)

3.move 搬家，遷居

move to+地方名詞搬到……

例:Stacy moved to Hong Kong last year.

(史塔西去年搬到香港。)

4. Houston 休斯敦(美國德州東南部的一個(gè)港都及工業(yè)城)

5. finished 做完的

be finished-l-V-ing

=have finished+V-ing

例:I am finished writing the letter.

=I have finished writing the letter.

(這封信我寫完了。)

6. pack [ p}k} vi.包裝，打包

例:We'll leave as soon as you have finished packing.

(一旦你打包好了，我們就出發(fā)。)

7. hopefully ['haupfaly ad.作為希望;但愿

例：Hopefully I can finish the work by ten.

=I hope I can finish the work by ten.

(我希望在十點(diǎn)能完成這工作。)

8. smoothly (事情)順利地