【话匣子英语】笔友

最初是通过手写的信件。然后演变为通过电脑发e-mail。笔友之间的联系也在悄然发生着改变。

Harp¹: So you met him on the Internet, and then you guys become pen pals² and used³ traditional snail⁴ mail. Then you met in real life and then now you met again, years later, using Facebook.

Maura: Yup. It’s pretty cool.

Harp: That’s a very cool story.

Maura: Yeah, it was fun. And it’s always fun to meet people from different places and exchange with them and get to know people. I like that.

Harp: Yeah. I had pen pals when I was young but they were always living somewhere far and I never wrote to them for a long time. I never met any of my pen pals. That’s very cool.

Maura: Yeah, yeah, it was fun.

1 harp   

n.竖琴；天琴座

参考例句：

• She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
• He played an Irish melody on the harp.他用竖琴演奏了一首爱尔兰曲调。

2 pals   

n.朋友( pal的名词复数 )；老兄；小子；（对男子的不友好的称呼）家伙

参考例句：

• We've been pals for years. 我们是多年的哥们儿了。
• CD 8 positive cells remarkably increased in PALS and RP(P CD8+细胞在再生脾PALS和RP内均明显增加(P 来自互联网

3 used   

adj.用旧了的，旧的；习惯于…；过去惯/经常

参考例句：

• I used to work until nearly 6:00 o'clock each day.我过去常常工作到6:00左右。
• He used to walk anywhere from two to five miles an hour.他过去经常一小时走二至五英里。

4 snail   

n.蜗牛

参考例句：

• Snail is a small plant-eating creature with a soft body.蜗牛是一种软体草食动物。
• Time moved at a snail's pace before the holidays.放假前的时间过得很慢。