賴世雄英語書信通Unit 51：向友人探詢豪雨災(zāi)情關(guān)切函
April 2, 2005
Dear Tracy,
I heard on the news last night that torrential rains and even some flooding have hit Missouri over the past few days. I remember that you live fairly near to the river. I hope that you and your family are okay and your house hasn’t suffered any damage.
I’m anxiously awaiting your reply. Please write as soon as possible.
Yours,
Rebecca Jones
親愛的崔西：
我昨天晚上聽到新聞廣播說，過去幾天以來密蘇里州有暴雨發(fā)生，甚至還有洪水泛濫。我記得你住的地方蠻靠近河邊。希望你和你的家人都平安沒事，你們的房子也沒有遭到任何損壞。
我急切地等待你的回信。請盡快寫信給我。
莉貝卡?瓊斯 敬上
2005年4月2 日
字詞解說：
1. torrential 急流般的
torrential rain 暴雨
例:Torrential rains often hit Southeast Asia during the rainy season.
(雨季里暴雨常常侵襲東南亞。)
2. flooding 泛濫
flood 使泛濫，淹沒
例:The swollen river flooded the town.
(泛濫的河流淹沒了該城。)
3. hit [hit〕 vt.侵襲
動詞三態(tài):hit, hit, hito
例:A typhoon hit that area last month.
(上個月臺風侵襲了該地區(qū)。)
4. Missouri 密蘇里州(美國中西部之一州)
5.…torrential rains and even some flooding have hit Missouri over the past few days.
……過去幾天來暴雨及洪水一直對密蘇里州肆虐。
例:He has been working hard over the last three months.
(過去三個月來他一直很用功。)
6. fairly 蠻，還算
例:It's fairly cold today.
(今天蠻冷的。)
7. suffer 遭受(苦難、痛苦等). vi.患病
suffer from+疾病催患……疾病
例:The general suffered several defeats before finally
overcoming the enemy.
(那個將軍遭受了幾次失敗，最后終于擊敗敵軍。)
Mr. Lin suffers from high blood pressure.
(林先生患了高血壓癥。)
