华尔街中级英语Lesson 52

Apartment 3C, 11 Truleigh Court, February 11th

Dear Mom,
I thought I’d just write you letter to tell you how I’m doing, as it’s quite a long time since I last saw you. 
As you can see, I’ve moved, but only to the next apartment.  I decided¹ to leave my old apartment; it was really getting much too small for me, and I’m just staying here for the moment while I’m looking for another one.  Do you remember Mr. Peters? That real nice and polite old guy who used² to live next door to me?  Well, he very kindly³ said I could stay in his apartment while he was away on business.  Wasn’ t that nice of him? Unfortunately⁴, he took all his furniture away with him, and for some reason the phone doesn’t work, either.  Perhaps he forgot to pay the bill.  Now about my work.  I decided to leave that job with the oil⁵ company and move into the music and entertainment⁶ business.  I’m having a very interesting time, and ---what do you think?  I saw Clive the other week.  I took one of my groups down to New Camford to play in his club.  Everybody enjoyed themselves very much and asked us to come again.
Well that’s all for now.  Look after yourself, Mom.  See you soon.

All my love,

John

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 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。

3 kindly   

adj.和蔼的，温和的，爽快的；adv.温和地，亲切地

参考例句：

• Her neighbours spoke of her as kindly and hospitable.她的邻居都说她和蔼可亲、热情好客。
• A shadow passed over the kindly face of the old woman.一道阴影掠过老太太慈祥的面孔。

4 unfortunately   

adv.不幸地，可惜的是

参考例句：

• I called on you yesterday,but unfortunately you were out.昨天我来看你，但是不幸的是你不在。
• She had gone home,unfortunately.遗憾的是她已回家了。

5 oil   

n.油，油画颜料；v.涂油，溶化，加油

参考例句：

• China is rich in oil resources.中国的石油资源丰富。
• It might need some oil.它大概需要一些油。

6 entertainment   

n.娱乐，乐趣，快乐，招待；娱乐业

参考例句：

• The city offers many forms of entertainment.这个城市提供各种娱乐。
• Playing card is an entertainment.打牌是一种娱乐。