賴世雄英語書信通Unit 62：老師回函

June 15, 2005

Dear Rick,

I must say that when I first saw your name on the envelope, I didn’t recognize it at all. But after I read your letter and thought for a while, I remembered you. I recall your efforts to convince me that science fiction is as worthy a form of literature as any other. I also recall that you were one of my better students. As for your classmates, I remember the names vaguely. If you described them to me, I would no doubt be able to recollect them with greater clarity.

I am still teaching, and enjoying it very much. My current students don’t appreciate me as much as I think they should, but doubtless it’s harder to see a teacher’s good side when she is busy giving you homework and tests. I am very pleased to hear that you and your classmates enjoyed my class. There’s nothing that a teacher loves to hear more.

If you are ever in the area, please drop by and visit.

Sincerely yours,

Margaret Nelson

親愛的瑞克：

我必須說，第一次看信封上你名字時，我壓根兒也認不出來。但是在看了你的信并想了一下后，我就想起你了。我記得你拼命想說服我科幻小說以文學(xué)的形式來說是和任何其它的作品一樣有價值的。我也記得你是我較優(yōu)秀的學(xué)生之一。至于你的同學(xué)，我對他們的名字都記不得了。如果你向我描述他們一下的話，我確定更能清楚記起他們來。

我仍在教書，并樂此不疲。我現(xiàn)在的學(xué)生并不那么地感激我，不過老師忙著給學(xué)生出家庭作業(yè)及考試時，要看到她好的一面當然難上加難了。我很高興聽到你和你班上的同學(xué)都喜歡我的課。老師最愛聽到這個不過了。

你若來我們這里的話，就請順道來坐坐。

瑪格麗特?尼爾森　敬上

2005年6月15日

字詞解說：

1.recongnize 認得

例：when i met my childhood friend after many years,i could hardly recognize him.

2.recall 想起

例：I just recalled that I had a date tomorrow night.

3.convince 說服，使信服

convince sb+that 從句 說服某人...

4.as for ....,s+v 至于...

例：the leader of the gang got sentenced to life imprisonment.As for his follows,they got 5 to 10 years sentences

5. vaguely 模糊地

6.describe 描述

describe A as B 把a描述為b

7.no doubt 無疑的，必定的

= without doubt

8. recollect 記起，憶起

9.claity 清晰