賴世雄英語書信通Unit 52：友人感謝函

April 6, 2005

Dear Rebecca,

Thank you for your letter and your concern. It rained really heavily for a few days but fortunately the river stayed within its banks in our area. There was a little flooding, but it wasn’t too serious, and our neighborhood was unaffected. Other areas of the state were hit much worse.

So we are all fine here. Thank you once again for your concern. I’ll write you a longer letter in the near future.

Sincerely,

Tracy Brown

親愛的莉貝卡：

謝謝你的來信和關心。下了幾天的暴雨，但幸運的是，在我們這地區(qū)河水并沒有泛濫。雖然稍有淹水，不過并不嚴重，我們的住宅區(qū)也沒有受到影響。本州的其它地區(qū)則被洪水侵襲得很嚴重。

我們在這里都很好。再次謝謝你的關心。不久之后，我會寫給你一封較長的信。

崔西?布朗　敬上

2005年4月6日

字詞解說：

1. concern 關心

concerned 關心的

be concerned about… 關心··

例:We should all be concerned about the environment.

(我們都應該關心環(huán)境。)

2. fortunately ['f}afanath] ad.幸運地

3. bank [baer}k] n.河堤

4. neighborhood 鄰近地區(qū)，住家附近

in one's neighborhood 在某人住處附近

例:There are several bookstores in our neighborhood.

(我們住處附近有幾家書店。)

5. unaffected 不受影響的

offect 影響

例:His wife's illness is certain to affect his decision.

(他太太的病一定會影響他的決定。)

6. in the near future在不久的將來

例:We will take a long vacation in the near future.

(我們在不久的將來會度個長假。)