賴世雄英語書信通Unit 19：答謝幫助函

　　答謝幫助函

　　February 17, 2005

　　Dear Sam,

　　Thanks a lot for your help. I’m sure the apartment you found will do fine, but as it happens, I’ll be making a trip up to Denver the week after next, so I can do as you suggest and take a look at the place. Of course, if you’ve found any other place, I’ll check those out, too.

　　I’ll be arriving on the morning of March 2nd. After I take care of business, I should be free in the afternoon to look at apartments and, of course, I’ll buy you that dinner in the evening. I have to fly back at 9 PM, or I’d buy you a beer at your favorite pub as well.

　　Your friend,

　　Nick

　　親愛的山姆：

　　非常謝謝你的幫忙。我確信你所找的那間公寓是很不錯的房子，剛巧，我在下下個禮拜將到丹佛去，所以我會像你所建議的到那地方看看。當(dāng)然，如果你找了其它的地方我也會去看看。

　　我將在三月二日的早上到達(dá)。在我處理完事情后，下午我應(yīng)該有空可以去看一下那些公寓，當(dāng)然，那天晚上我會請你吃晚餐。我必須在晚上九點鐘飛回來，要不我也會在你最喜愛的酒吧請你喝杯啤酒。

　　友

　　尼克　敬上

　　2005年2月17日

　　字詞解說：

　　1. sure 確信的

　　be sure-that從句 確信……

　　例;The coach is sure that his team will win the game.

　　(教練確信他的球隊會贏得比賽。)

　　2. make a trip ( up/down ) to+地方名詞 到某地去旅行

　　=take a trip (up/down) to+地方名詞

　　注意:

　　此處的up或down乃指從緯度低的地方到高的地方去，或從

　　緯度高的地方到低的地方去，故從本文中可推知Nick是住在

　　美國南部，所以他才使用make a trip up to以表示要到較北部

　　的Denver去。

　　例:Alex made a trip down to Tainan last week.

　　(艾力克斯上個星期南下到臺南去旅行。)

　　3. the week after next下下個禮拜

　　4, take a look at…看一看……

　　例:You should take a look at this article in the newspaper.

　　(你應(yīng)該看一看報上的這篇文章

　　。)

　　5. take care of.二處理……

　　=deal with. . .

　　例:Can you take care of this matter for me?

　　(你能為我處理這件事嗎?)

　　6. free [f ri習(xí)a.有空的

　　= available仁aveilabl]

　　例:I' m busy today, but I’11 be free tomorrow afternoon.

　　(我今天很忙，但我明天下午會有空。)

　　7. buy sb dinner請某人吃晚餐

　　=buy dinner for sb

　　例:Ted bought dinner for his friends to celebrate his promotion.

　　(泰德請他的朋友吃晚餐以慶祝他高升。)

　　8. beer 啤酒

　　9. favorite 最喜愛的&. n.最喜愛的人或物

　　例:Rick took his favorite book with him on the trip.

　　(瑞克把他最喜歡的書隨身帶著去旅行。)

　　I like all the songs on this CD, but this one is my favorite.

　　(我喜歡這張CD上的所有歌曲，但這首是我最喜歡的歌。)