Chapter 2 朋友問候

郵件速覽

From: Noah Cody

To: Jacob Cohen

Subject: Invitation to Our New House

Dear Jacob,

Thanks for your last E-mail dated August 12th, 2017 expressing your concern for the pace of our new home improvements.

We're delighted to inform you that the decoration work has just been finished. We have been busy in cleaning up the rooms these days. When all things be settled down, we will hold a housewarming party to celebrate the beginning of new life. The scheduled time is 6 p.m. on August 16th. And many of our friends and colleagues will gather together in this new house then. We kindly invite you and your family to come. I will also cook dinner for you by myself that day. I' m sure that your visit here will be a great honor for our humble house.

Looking forward to your arrival!

Yours sincerely,

Noah

寄件人：諾亞·科迪

收件人：雅各布·科恩

主旨：邀請參觀我們的新房子

親愛的雅各布：

謝謝你在2017年8月12日發來郵件，關心我們的新房子的裝修進度。

我們很高興通知你，新房的裝修工作剛剛完成。我們這些天一直在忙著打掃房間。等一切收拾妥當，我們會舉辦一個喬遷聚會，慶祝新生活的開始。聚會預定時間為8月16日下午6點。到時候，我們的一些朋友和同事都會聚在這里。我們真誠地邀請你和家人前來。當天我還會為大家親自下廚。我相信你的到來會讓我們家蓬蓽生輝。

期待你的到來！

真誠的

諾亞

學以致用

1. We're delighted to inform you that the decoration work has just been finished.

我們很高興通知你，新房的裝修工作剛剛完成。

★ 解析：

句首的We're delighted to inform you that..．可以視為習慣用法，表示“我們很高興通知你……”。其中的be delighted to do為固定用法，表示“很高興……”，相當于be delighted at...、be delighted that...；而inform sb that..．表示“告知某人……”，相當于inform sb of...、tell sb that...、tell sb of...。

★ 套用：

We're delighted to inform you that we are going to throw a housewarming party tomorrow.

我們很高興通知你，明天我們將要舉辦喬遷聚會。

We're delighted to inform you that we will move to the city center soon.

我們很高興通知你，很快我們就要搬遷到市中心去了。

We're delighted to inform you that we have settled down in Paris.

我們很高興通知你，我們已經在巴黎定居下來了。

2. We have been busy in cleaning up the rooms these days.

我們這些天一直在忙著打掃房間。

★ 解析：

句首的We have been busy in..．可以視為習慣用法，表示“我們一直在忙著……”，介詞in后接動名詞結構。句中的clean up the room也可以用作clean the room，表示“打掃房間”。

★ 套用：

We have been busy in decorating our new house these days.

我們這些天一直在忙著裝修新房子。

We have been busy in looking for a satisfying apartment these days.

我們這些天一直在忙著找一棟合意的公寓。

We have been busy in renovating our old house these days.

我們這些天一直在忙著翻修老房子。

句式集錦

1. We can reach out to our friends by E-mail．我們可以通過電子郵件與朋友聯系。

2. We visited the museum in company with foreign friends.我們和幾個外籍朋友一起參觀了公司的博物館。

3. Although we have different opinions, we are still friends.雖然我們意見不一，但仍然是朋友。

4. Although she often disagreed with me, she was always courteous.盡管她常常和我意見不一，但她總是很謙恭有禮。

5. With her help, he ought to have no problem.有了她的幫助，他應當不會有什么問題。

6. Thank you for giving me this chance to help．謝謝你給我這個機會來幫忙。

7. She is so independent that she refused all aids．她很獨立，拒絕一切資助。

8. He seems indisposed to help．他似乎不愿意幫忙。

9. She is always asking me for help．她總是找我幫忙。

10. Your encouragement made me more confident．你的鼓勵使我更加有信心了。