小故事

Writing Home with Ease
方便地写家信
Dear Parent(s), Date:
亲爱的爸爸妈妈，日期：
I am too busy to write, but this checklist covers most of the topics of interest to both of us.
我太忙了，没时间给你们写信。不过下面的清单里包含了所有你们和我都感兴趣的话题。
Please send me:
请给我寄：
Money (Cash) Amount:
钱（现金）数额：
Food (Cookies) Dozens:
食物（饼干）打数：
Clean clothes!
干净衣服！
Relationships:
关系：
What?
什么？
I am in love with myself.
我爱上自己了。
I am in love!
我恋爱了！
I am engaged.
我订婚了。
I got married last weekend.
我上个周末结婚了。
My Roommate:
我的同屋：
Worships the ground I walk on.
极其崇拜我。
Gave me a black eye.
把我打得鼻青脸肿。
Committed suicide and left a note blaming me.
自杀了还留了张字条怪我。
Has fleas.
有跳蚤。
My Professors are:
我的教授们：
Sadistic water walkers.
是变态。
Mental institution escapees.
是神经病。
Brain dead nerds.
是大笨蛋。
Super oxygen thieves.
是大肥猪。
Latest News:
最新消息：
I wrecked the car.
我把车撞坏了。
I can’t use your credit card because I exceeded the credit limit.
我的信用卡不能使了，因为我透支过了限额。
You are going to have a grandchild.
你们要抱孙子了。
False alarm--you aren’t going to have a grandchild.
虚假警报——你们还没有要抱孙子呢。
Food:
这里的饭菜：
is great!
太好吃了！
Even makes me appreciate your cooking.
甚至让我想念你做的菜了。
I have had pizzas and soda for the last twenty meals.
我已经吃了20顿批萨饼就苏打水了。
I stopped eating out of fear.
出于恐惧心理，我已经不吃饭了。
Grades:
我的学习成绩：
I am making all A’s.
我门门都是“优”。
I am not being properly challenged.
考查我的方式不对。
I will be home after this semester.
这学期结束我就要回家了。
I never knew they had a letter grade below F.
我从来不知道还有比不及格更低的分数。
I study:
我学习的时间：
Night and day.
夜以继日。
All the time.
整天。
Eighty hours a week.
一星期80小时。
Only on Sunday afternoon.
只有星期日的下午。
None of the above.
以上全不是。
Daily Devotions:
每天的祈祷：
I read my Bible everyday.
我每天都读《圣经》。
I can’t read.
我不能读。
Someone stole my Bible while I was at the local bar.
我去酒吧的时候有人偷了我的《圣经》。
On my last visit home, I left:
上次我回家的时候，落下了：
My glasses.
我的眼镜。
My paper that was due yesterday.
我昨天要交的作业。
The clothes you washed for me.
你们给我洗好的衣服。
The check to cover my delinquent tuition payment.
支付我拖欠的学费的支票。
Other.
其他 。
Please send above items by FedEx (Priority One) or UPS (Blue).
请把上面提到的物品用FedEx（加急件）【联邦快递】或UPS【联合包裹服务公司】（蓝色件）快递给我。
Laundry:
关于洗衣服：
My white underwear is now .
我的白色内衣现在已经 。
I am saving money but not using detergent.
我现在为了省钱而不用洗涤剂了。
I don’t worry, I washed my clothes last semester.
别担心，上学期我洗衣服了。
I hang my clothes out the window when it rains.
下雨时，我把衣服挂在窗外。
My room:
我的宿舍：
Can pass your “white glove” test.
能通过你们严格的检查。
Is only % full.
只装了%的东西。
Could not be located last Saturday night.
上星期六找不着了。
Was rented by the ROTC for hazardous terrain training.
后备军官训练队租了我的房子做危险地形训练基地。
Parties:
聚会：
I don’t inhale.
我不吸烟。
I only go to meet people.
我只是去见人的。
Haven’t been to one since this morning.
从今早算起还没去过。
Hope you:
希望你们：
Miss me.
想念我。
Can live without me.
没有我也能过下去。

重点讲解

重点讲解：
1. be in love with sb.
对…倾心；爱慕；热恋；
eg. I've never really been in love with anyone.
我从来没有真正爱上过谁。
eg. It is said that Jenny is in love with Tom.
据说詹妮正在和汤姆恋爱。
2. stop doing
停止；停下做某事；
eg. Stop throwing those stones!
不要再扔那些石头了！
eg. I've been told to lose weight and stop smoking.
我被告知要减肥并戒烟。
3. out of
出于；由于；
eg. He took up office out of a sense of duty.
他就任公职是出于一种责任感。
eg. Some people have left out of embarrassment at what's happened to them.
一些人已经由于为发生在自己身上的事感到难堪而离开了。
4. night and day
日日夜夜；夜以继日；
eg. Chantal kept a fire burning night and day.
尚塔尔让一堆火日夜不熄地一直燃着。
eg. He would have a nurse in constant attendance day and night.
会有一位护士日夜不间断地陪护着他。
5. all the time
一直，始终；
eg. Conditions are changing all the time.
情况始终都在变化。
eg. I've kept on thinking about that all the time.
我一直惦记着这件事。