名師丁雪明：2010年考研基礎(chǔ)詞匯備考札記

　　I am a commuter and every day I take bus Route 133 to work. Last Friday morning when the bus almost reached the stop where I was to get off, I suddenly felt dizzy and then I lost my consciousness. When I came to, I found myself in St. Mary’s Hospital attended by my wife. The doctor told me it was Mr.Baker who had sent me to the hospital and informed my wife of my condition. Mr.Baker happened to be on the same bus, but I have never met him。

　　My wife and I were very much grateful to Mr.Baker for his kindness. Please forward my heartfelt thankfulness to him. We feel very much proud of your company for having such a good employee. If Mr.baker was late for work that day, I’d like to compensate you。

　　I do hope that your company would reward Mr.Baker for his noble deeds。

　　Yours sincerely,

　　Li Ming

　　你剛從悉尼回來。在那里時(shí)你的朋友杰克遜先生給了你許多幫助。

　　給杰克遜先生寫一封信，對他的好客與幫助表示感謝。

　　Dear Mr. Jackson,

　　I am writing this letter to thank you for the hospitality you gave me when I stayed in San Francesco。

　　It was the first time I have been to San Francisco. During my stay, you let me live in your house. You gave me some very good advice of where to visit. What is more, at the weekend, you drove me to the Bay Bridge and the Fisherman’ Wharf so that I had a wonderful time in the city。

　　I sincerely hope someday in the future when you come to Beijing for a visit, I could repay you for your kindness。

　　Once again, many thanks go to you。

　　Yours sincerely,

　　Li Ming

　　10。致歉信

　　例文

　　你收到你朋友請你參加他結(jié)婚典禮的邀請信，但是那天你正與你的老板在加拿大因公出差。

　　給你的朋友寫一封致歉信，對不能參加他的婚禮而道歉。

　　Dear He Guang,

　　Thank you very much for inviting me to take part in your wedding ceremony on Feb.12。

　　First of all, please accept my warmest and most sincere congratulations to you and Xiao Chun! But I have to ask for your forgiveness of not being able to turn up at the ceremony because on that day I will be in Canada with my boss on business. You know I have just come to this firm and I am the only secretary whose English is good enough to interpret for the boss. Therefore I just cannot tell the boss that I won’t go with him to Canada. What a pity it is to miss your wedding ceremony! What makes me feel even uneasier is that you came to my wedding last year! Well, to make up for the disappointment, I will visit you before I leave for Canada to present my greetings to you. I will give you a call beforehand。

　　Say hello to Xiao Chun。

　　Yours sincerely,

　　Li Ming

　　11。投訴信與抱怨信

　　例文

　　你所住單元的一個(gè)水龍頭漏水。你曾給房屋維修辦公室打電話請他們來修理，他們答應(yīng)了但始終沒有人來。給學(xué)校領(lǐng)導(dǎo)寫一封信關(guān)于這件事的投訴信。

　　Dear Sir or Madam,

　　I’m sorry to bother you with this letter。

　　For quite a few days the water tap in my kitchen has been leaking. It not only wastes the valuable water resource, but also makes big noise. I am now preparing my end-of-term paper, but the noise disturbs my work. In daytime I can’t concentrate myself, at night I can’t sleep well。

　　I have informed the maintenance office of the matter and they promised me they would come to fix it. Two days have passed and nobody ever comes。

　　Please help me solve the problem. I can’t endure it any more。

　　I look forward to a quick solution.       

　　Yours sincerely,

　　Li Ming

　　12。美文賞析：

　　1.       ‘Television is doing irreparable harm’

　　‘Yes, but what did we use to do before there was television?’ How often we hear statements like this! Television hasn’t been with us all that long, but we are already beginning to forget what the world was like without it. Before we admitted the one-eyed monster into our homes, we never found it difficult to occupy our spare time. We used to enjoy civilized pleasures. For instance, we used to have hobbies, we used to entertain our friends and be entertained by them, we used to go outside for our amusements to theatres, cinemas, restaurants and sporting events. We even used to read books and listen to music and broadcast talks occasionally. All that belongs to the past. Now all our free time is regulated by the ‘goggle box’. We rush home or gulp down our meals to be in time for this or that program-me. We have even given up sitting at table and having a leisurely evening meal, exchanging the news of the day. A sandwich and a glass of beer will do-anything, providing it doesn’t interfere with the program-me. The monster demands and obtains absolute silenced and attention. If any member of the family dares to open his mouth during a programme, he is quickly silenced。

　　Whole generations are growing up addicted to the telly. Food is left uneaten, homework undone and sleep is lost. The telly is a universal pacifier. It is now standard practice for mother to keep the children quiet by putting them in the living-room and turning on the set. It doesn’t matter that the children will watch rubbishy commercials or spectacles of sadism and violence-so long as they are quiet。