賴世雄英語書信通Unit 11：再與老同學話舊函

　　March 22, 2005

　　Dear Gerald,

　　I’m glad to hear you’re doing so well. It’s hard to imagine you as a manager, but then I guess we’ve all changed a lot in the years since high school.

　　I’ve gotten in touch with a few of our ex-classmates over the past few weeks. I’ve contacted Ron Brown, Dawn Smith and Dave Lee, and everybody seems interested in getting together. If you can think of anyone else who is still in the area, invite them, too.

　　My idea is that we have dinner at TGI Friday’s on a Saturday night. April 17 or 22 are the best days for me. Is either of these dates okay with you, or do you have another suggestion?

　　Sincerely,

　　Rick

　　親愛的吉羅德：

　　我很高興聽到你工作表現那么杰出的消息。實在很難想象你成了經理，但我想我們自高中畢業(yè)后都已變了許多。

　　在過去幾個禮拜以來，我已和我們的一些老同學聯絡過。我已聯絡上羅恩?布朗、唐?史密斯和大衛(wèi)?李，每個人對聚會似乎都有興趣。如果你能想到其它住在這個地區(qū)的任何人，也一道邀請他們過來。

　　我的構想是選一個星期六的晚上到TGI星期五餐廳吃晚餐。四月十七日或二十二日對我來說是最佳時刻。這兩個日子中的任何一天你可以嗎?或是你有其它的建議呢?

　　瑞克　敬上

　　2005年3月22日

　　字詞解說：

　　1. imagine 想象

　　imagine sb as…把某人想象成……

　　例:Can you imagine our old friend Sam as a politician?

　　(你能想象我們的老朋友山姆是個政治人物嗎?)

　　2. manager 經理

　　3. get in touch with sb和某人聯絡/聯系

　　例:Nancy wants to get in touch with her childhood friend.

　　(南茜想和她孩童時期的朋友聯絡。)

　　4. ex-classmate 以前的同班同學

　　5. contact 聯系，接觸

　　例:If you see a crime being committed, you should contact the police immediately.

　　(如果你看到有人在犯罪，就應該立刻向警方報案。)

　　6. area 地區(qū)

　　7. TGI Friday' s ( Restaurant )星期五餐廳

　　TGI Friday的意思是:Thank God It's Friday(好不容易總算

　　又到周末)。

　　8, suggestion 建議

　　suggest 建議

　　注意:

　　suggest表“建議”的含義時，屬意志動詞，其后that從句中要

　　使用助動詞should，而should往往予以省略。意志動詞有下列:

　　建議:suggest, propose, advise, recommend, urge, move

　　要求:ask, demand, require, request

　　命令:command，order

　　規(guī)定:rule, stipulate

　　主張:insist, advocate

　　例:I suggest that we take a few days off and go camping.

　　(我建議咱們應該休幾天假去露營。)

　　The injured worker demanded that the company pay him 5 million NT.

　　(那名受傷的員工要求公司賠他5000000元新臺幣。)