賴世雄英語書信通Unit 67：告訴友人在美求學生活近況函

October 9, 2005

Dear Yulin,

Once again, I’m sorry it’s taken me so long to write you back. My classes are going well; I’m having less trouble understanding my professors. But we have tests coming up soon, and I’m not very confident about my English writing ability.

My roommate is okay; she’s a little bit picky about some things, like keeping the place clean, but we get along all right. The student association organizes dances and parties. I’ve met a few guys at them, but none that I’m really interested in. Anyway, I don’t necessarily have to date Taiwanese guys, do I? I need to make some American friends, too. But for now I’m too busy with schoolwork to think about finding a boyfriend.

Well, I’ve got to go do some reading, so I’ll end this letter here. Let me know how you are doing.

Sincerely,

Julie

親愛的玉琳：

再次的抱歉這么久才回你的信。我的功課還不錯;現在對了解教授上課講的話較沒有問題了。不過我們即將要考試，而我對我的英文寫作能力并不很有信心。

我的室友不錯;但是她對一些事情有點挑剔，像保持房間整潔啦，不過我們相處得很好。學生會舉辦跳舞和派對。我在那些場合遇到了不少人，不過并沒有我真正感到有趣的。反正，我不一定要和臺灣男孩子約會，是不是?我也須交一些美國朋友。但目前我功課太忙了，因此不想去找男朋友。

好了，我必須去讀些書了，就此擱筆。寫封信讓我知道你的近況吧。

茱莉　敬上

2005年10月9日

字詞解釋：

1.come up 前/到來

2.confident 有把握的，有信心的

be confident of/ about+v-ing/n 對....有把握/信心

例：sandy is very confident of getting the job.

3. picky 挑剔的

be picky about..對...挑剔

例：he's very pick about what he eats.

4.association 協(xié)會

5.organize 籌辦，安排

例：the environmental group is organizing a big march.

6.I've met a few guys at them,but none that I’m reaylly interested in.

7.not necessarily.. 未必..

例：you don't necessarily have to be tall to be a model.