賴世雄英語書信通Unit 14：老鄰居感謝函

　　November 24, 2005

　　Dear Tom,

　　It was a great pleasure to hear from you. It’s still hard for me to believe that the boy who used to take care of my dog Rover is already a grown man. Thank you so much for your concern. Fortunately, my heart attack was a mild one. The doctor says I should be able to go home soon. He has also advised me to take better care of myself and eat a better diet. I will certainly heed his warnings. Even a mild heart attack is not an experience I want to repeat.

　　Again, thanks for your concern. I look forward to seeing you when you are in town.

　　Sincerely,

　　John Sanchez

　　親愛的湯姆：

　　接到你的來信令人高興。對我來說，實在很難相信那個過去時常替我照顧小狗盧瓦的小男孩已經(jīng)長大成年了。非常感謝你的關(guān)心。幸運地是，我的心臟病并不嚴(yán)重。醫(yī)師說我很快就可以回家。他也建議我要好好照顧自己，并且要吃較好的飲食。我會確實遵照他的警告。即使是輕微的心臟病我也不想再患了。

　　再次謝謝你的關(guān)心。當(dāng)你進城時，我期待與你會面。

　　約翰?山奇斯　敬上

　　2005年11月24日

　　字詞解說：

　　1. sb used to V某人以前曾經(jīng)/常常……

　　例:My friend Dave used to live in that apartment.

　　(我朋友戴夫以前住在那公寓。)

　　2.graon 已長大的，成年的

　　3. concern關(guān)心

　　注意:

　　concern亦可作動詞用，用于下列結(jié)構(gòu)中:

　　As far as sb is concerned, S+V就某人而論，……

　　例:As far as Lucy is concerned, all men are idiots.

　　(就蘇西而論，所有的男人都是白癡。)

　　4. mild (疾病)輕微的

　　5. diet (為了治病、調(diào)節(jié)體重等而限制的)規(guī)定飲食

　　on a diet 進行規(guī)定飲食，節(jié)食

　　例:The overweight man decided to go on a diet.

　　(那名過重的男子決定節(jié)食。)

　　6. heed 注意

　　take heed of…注意……

　　例:You should heed my advice.

　　=You should take heed of my advice.

　　(你應(yīng)該注意我的忠告。)

　　7. warning 告誡，警告

　　warn [wa:n} vt.告誡，警告

　　warn sb of sth警告某人某事

　　例:The experienced hiker warned the young men of the dangers of mountain climbing.

　　(那個有經(jīng)驗的健行者警告這些年輕人爬山的危險。)

　　8. repeat [ripia} vt.重復(fù)

　　例:I repeated my suggestion to the manager several times，but he wouldn't listen.

　　(我向經(jīng)理重復(fù)我的意見好幾次了，但他就是不聽。)