Chapter 3 退選慰問

郵件速覽

From: James Kennedy

To: Daniel Williams

Subject: Sympathies on Your Withdrawing from the Competition

Dear Daniel,

As you might know, an emergency board meeting took place at the corporate headquarters yesterday afternoon. The meeting lasted longer than anticipated, in order to achieve consensus on who should take over the post of CFO.

You were once regarded as the board's first pick. However, against all expectations, you decided to withdraw from the competition for the position three days ago, due to personal reasons. Eventually, Elliot Williams, the former general manager of the accounting department, was chosen as the successor to the CFO. The new appointment will take effect from and including July 19th, 2017. It's anticipated that Elliot Williams will lead the company to greater success.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you feel like to know further details. With best regards.

Yours cordially,

James

寄件人：詹姆斯·肯尼迪

收件人：丹尼爾·威廉姆斯

主旨：退選慰問

親愛的丹尼爾：

你也許知道，昨天下午，在公司總部召開了一次緊急董事會議，商議由誰來出任首席財務官，為了就此事達成一致，此次會議所持續(xù)的時間遠遠超出預期。

你曾經(jīng)被視為董事會的第一人選。然而，出乎意料的是，由于個人原因，3天之前你決定退出這個職位的競爭。最終，會計部的前任總經(jīng)理艾略特·威廉姆斯，被選定為首席財務官的繼任人。這項新任命將于2017年7月19日當天生效。希望艾略特·威廉姆斯可以引領(lǐng)公司取得更大的成功。

如果你想要知道更多詳情，盡請與我聯(lián)系。致以最好的問候。

真誠的

詹姆斯

學以致用

1. As you might know, an emergency board meeting took place at the corporate headquarters yesterday afternoon.

你也許知道，昨天下午，在公司總部召開了一次緊急董事會議。

★ 解析：

句首的as you might know可以視為插入語，表示“你也許知道”，通常用逗號與主句隔開。句中的emergency board meeting、take place為固定用法，分別表示“緊急董事會議”“發(fā)生”。

★ 套用：

As you might know, they reached an agreement at the board meeting.

你也許知道，他們在此次董事會議上達成了一致意見。

As you might know, Jessica had no thought of competing with you for the position.

你也許知道，杰西卡無意與你競爭這個職位。

As you might know, several employees are competing with each other for the prize.

你也許知道，有幾個雇員在競爭這個獎項。

2. However, against all expectations, you decided to withdraw from the competition for the position three days ago, due to personal reasons.

然而，出乎意料的是，由于個人原因，3天之前你決定退出這個職位的競爭。

★ 解析：

However, against all expectations, you decided to..., due to personal reasons．可以視為習慣用法，表示“然而，出乎意料的是，由于個人原因，你決定……”。其中的轉(zhuǎn)折連詞however表示“然而，但是，可是”，通常用逗號與主句隔開；against all expectations可以視為插入語，表示“出乎意料的是，意想不到的是”，通常用逗號與主句隔開，相當于contrary to all expectations、contrary to expectation、against expectation。句中的decide to do、withdraw from...、due to..．可以視為固定用法，分別表示“決定……”“退出……；從……取出；從……撤退”“由于……”。

★ 套用：

However, against all expectations, you decided to withdraw from the election contest, due to personal reasons.

然而，出乎意料的是，由于個人原因，你決定退出此次競選。

However, against all expectations, you decided to drop out of the election campaign, due to personal reasons.

然而，出乎意料的是，由于個人原因，你決定退出此次競選。

However, against all expectations, you decided to give up standing for election, due to personal reasons.

然而，出乎意料的是，由于個人原因，你決定放棄此次參選機會。

句式集錦

1. In the end 100 candidates ran for the position．最終有100人競選這個職位。

2. He had the good sense to withdraw from the election contest．他很明智，退出了競選。

3. Do you have any idea how many people have flung their hats into the ring?你知道有多少人參加了此次競選嗎？

4. He flung himself into the election campaign．他全力投入競選運動。

5. He failed in the election for a variety of reasons．由于種種原因他競選失敗了。

6. The candidate was beaten into fits during the election 這位候選人在競選中遭到慘敗。

7. The candidate lost the election by a whisker．這位候選人以細微之差在競選中失敗。

8. They are raising money to run for President．他們籌集資金準備競選總統(tǒng)。

9. He determined to bolt the ticket．他決定退出競選。

10. I think Mr. Johnson would be elected, you know he has spent millions and he blasted the opposition in his campaign speech.我覺得約翰遜先生會當選，他在這次競選活動中花了數(shù)百萬，并在競選演說中猛烈地抨擊他的對手。