英语小达人 302 Writing Home with Ease(在线收听

   Writing Home with Ease

  方便地写家信
  Dear Parent(s), Date:
  亲爱的爸爸妈妈,日期:
  I am too busy to write, but this checklist covers most of the topics of interest to both of us.
  我太忙了,没时间给你们写信。不过下面的清单里包含了所有你们和我都感兴趣的话题。
  Please send me:
  请给我寄:
  Money (Cash) Amount:
  钱(现金)数额:
  Food (Cookies) Dozens:
  食物(饼干)打数:
  Clean clothes!
  干净衣服!
  Relationships:
  关系:
  What?
  什么?
  I am in love with myself.
  我爱上自己了。
  I am in love!
  我恋爱了!
  I am engaged.
  我订婚了。
  I got married last weekend.
  我上个周末结婚了。
  My Roommate:
  我的同屋:
  Worships the ground I walk on.
  极其崇拜我。
  Gave me a black eye.
  把我打得鼻青脸肿。
  Committed suicide and left a note blaming me.
  自杀了还留了张字条怪我。
  Has fleas.
  有跳蚤。
  My Professors are:
  我的教授们:
  Sadistic water walkers.
  是变态。
  Mental institution escapees.
  是神经病。
  Brain dead nerds.
  是大笨蛋。
  Super oxygen thieves.
  是大肥猪。
  Latest News:
  最新消息:
  I wrecked the car.
  我把车撞坏了。
  I can’t use your credit card because I exceeded the credit limit.
  我的信用卡不能使了,因为我透支过了限额。
  You are going to have a grandchild.
  你们要抱孙子了。
  False alarm--you aren’t going to have a grandchild.
  虚假警报——你们还没有要抱孙子呢。
  Food:
  这里的饭菜:
  is great!
  太好吃了!
  Even makes me appreciate your cooking.
  甚至让我想念你做的菜了。
  I have had pizzas and soda for the last twenty meals.
  我已经吃了20顿批萨饼就苏打水了。
  I stopped eating out of fear.
  出于恐惧心理,我已经不吃饭了。
  Grades:
  我的学习成绩:
  I am making all A’s.
  我门门都是“优”。
  I am not being properly challenged.
  考查我的方式不对。
  I will be home after this semester.
  这学期结束我就要回家了。
  I never knew they had a letter grade below F.
  我从来不知道还有比不及格更低的分数。
  I study:
  我学习的时间:
  Night and day.
  夜以继日。
  All the time.
  整天。
  Eighty hours a week.
  一星期80小时。
  Only on Sunday afternoon.
  只有星期日的下午。
  None of the above.
  以上全不是。
  Daily Devotions:
  每天的祈祷:
  I read my Bible everyday.
  我每天都读《圣经》。
  I can’t read.
  我不能读。
  Someone stole my Bible while I was at the local bar.
  我去酒吧的时候有人偷了我的《圣经》。
  On my last visit home, I left:
  上次我回家的时候,落下了:
  My glasses.
  我的眼镜。
  My paper that was due yesterday.
  我昨天要交的作业。
  The clothes you washed for me.
  你们给我洗好的衣服。
  The check to cover my delinquent tuition payment.
  支付我拖欠的学费的支票。
  Other.
  其他 。
  Please send above items by FedEx (Priority One) or UPS (Blue).
  请把上面提到的物品用FedEx(加急件)【联邦快递】或UPS【联合包裹服务公司】(蓝色件)快递给我。
  Laundry:
  关于洗衣服:
  My white underwear is now .
  我的白色内衣现在已经 。
  I am saving money but not using detergent.
  我现在为了省钱而不用洗涤剂了。
  I don’t worry, I washed my clothes last semester.
  别担心,上学期我洗衣服了。
  I hang my clothes out the window when it rains.
  下雨时,我把衣服挂在窗外。
  My room:
  我的宿舍:
  Can pass your “white glove” test.
  能通过你们严格的检查。
  Is only % full.
  只装了%的东西。
  Could not be located last Saturday night.
  上星期六找不着了。
  Was rented by the ROTC for hazardous terrain training.
  后备军官训练队租了我的房子做危险地形训练基地。
  Parties:
  聚会:
  I don’t inhale.
  我不吸烟。
  I only go to meet people.
  我只是去见人的。
  Haven’t been to one since this morning.
  从今早算起还没去过。
  Hope you:
  希望你们:
  Miss me.
  想念我。
  Can live without me.
  没有我也能过下去。
  重点讲解:
  1. be in love with sb.
  对…倾心;爱慕;热恋;
  eg. I've never really been in love with anyone.
  我从来没有真正爱上过谁。
  eg. It is said that Jenny is in love with Tom.
  据说詹妮正在和汤姆恋爱。
  2. stop doing
  停止;停下做某事;
  eg. Stop throwing those stones!
  不要再扔那些石头了!
  eg. I've been told to lose weight and stop smoking.
  我被告知要减肥并戒烟。
  3. out of
  出于;由于;
  eg. He took up office out of a sense of duty.
  他就任公职是出于一种责任感。
  eg. Some people have left out of embarrassment at what's happened to them.
  一些人已经由于为发生在自己身上的事感到难堪而离开了。
  4. night and day
  日日夜夜;夜以继日;
  eg. Chantal kept a fire burning night and day.
  尚塔尔让一堆火日夜不熄地一直燃着。
  eg. He would have a nurse in constant attendance day and night.
  会有一位护士日夜不间断地陪护着他。
  5. all the time
  一直,始终;
  eg. Conditions are changing all the time.
  情况始终都在变化。
  eg. I've kept on thinking about that all the time.
  我一直惦记着这件事。
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