賴世雄英語書信通Unit 13：老鄰居生病慰問函

　　November 15, 2005

　　Dear Mr. Sanchez,

　　Thank you for all the kindness you showed me when I was a boy living next door to you. I remember with great fondness going over to visit you with my mother and taking care of your dog when you went on vacation. When I heard from my mother that you had had a heart attack and were in the hospital, I could hardly believe it. I hope it was not too serious. Take good care of yourself. I will visit you the next time I am in town.

　　Sincerely yours,

　　Tom Jones

　　親愛的山奇斯先生：

　　非常感謝您對我這個住在您隔壁男孩的關(guān)愛。我滿懷溫馨地憶起當(dāng)年和母親一同去拜訪您，及在您出遠門度假時替您照顧狗兒的情形。當(dāng)我由母親那里得知您心臟病發(fā)而住院時，簡直令我難以相信。希望您的病情并不嚴重。請您自己好好照顧自己。我會在下次進城時去探望您。

　　湯姆?瓊斯　敬上

　　2005年11月15日

　　字詞解說：

　　1. live next door to sb住在某人家的隔壁

　　例:That beautiful woman lives next door to me.

　　(那個漂亮的女人住在我的隔壁。)

　　2. fondness 溫馨，喜歡

　　3. take care of.照顧……

　　=look after. . .

　　例：Sue took care of her brother's children when he was out of town.

　　(蘇在她哥哥出城時照顧他的小孩。)

　　4. go on (美式)去度假

　　go on holiday(英式)

　　注意：

　　go on都與下列名詞并用:

　　go on a trip去旅行

　　go on an excursion去遠足

　　go on a picnic去野餐

　　go on a diet節(jié)食

　　go on a mission出任務(wù)

　　go on an outing去郊游

　　例:I want to go on vacation this month.

　　(這個月我想去度假。)

　　The spy went on a mission behind enemy lines.

　　(那個間諜到敵后去出任務(wù)。)

　　5, a heart attack心臟病發(fā)作

　　attack (疾病的)發(fā)作

　　6. be in the hospital在住院中

　　=be hospitalized仁'hpspitalaizid}

　　例:Todd was in the hospital for two weeks after the accident.

　　=Todd was hospitalized for two weeks after the accident.

　　(陶德在車禍之后住了兩個禮拜的醫(yī)院。)