情景会话口袋书人际篇187:写信(3)

 　　9. Immediately after he got to Wuxi, he wrote to me.

　　他一到无锡就给我写信了。

　　还能这样说：

　　He wrote back to me as soon as he arrived in Wuxi.

　　The instant that he reached Wuxi, he wrote to me.

　　应用解析：

　　immediate¹ cause 直接原因；

　　immediate family 至亲，直系亲属；

　　take immediate action 采取紧急行动；

　　immediate reply 立即答复

　　10. I'm looking forward to hearing from you soon.

　　望早日回信。

　　还能这样说：

　　Please reply at your earliest convenience.

　　Please write back as soon as possible.

　　谚语：

　　Fear always springs from ignorance².

　　恐惧源于无知。

　　11. How long has it been since you've heard from your sister?

　　从你上次接到你姐姐的信以来有多长时间了？

　　还能这样说：

　　How long have you had your sister's last letter?

　　How long didn't you hear from your sister after she wrote to you?

　　应用解析：

　　Hear and tremble!

　　好好听着，牢牢记住！

　　12. I enclosed some photographs in my letter.

　　我在信里夹了几张照片。

　　还能这样说：

　　There were some photographs in my letter.

　　I put some photographs in the envelope.

　　应用解析：

　　the enclosed 附件；

　　half enclosed 半包封的

1 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

2 ignorance   

n.无知，愚昧，不了解，（of，about）不知道

参考例句：

• The relation of disease to poverty and ignorance is easy to see.疾病与贫穷、无知之间的关系是显而易见的。
• Maybe it is all due to my own ignorance.也许是我少见多怪。