October 30, 2005
Dear Mom and Dad,
I’m finally through with all my midterm exams. I can’t say that I did as well as I hoped I would, but I didn’t do too bad, either. At least I passed all of them. I hope I can do even better on my finals.
Otherwise everything is going well. I’ve gone to a couple of football games over the past few weeks. Our team won only one game. They’re not really good, but it’s still fun to watch them play. I haven’t gone out as much in the past month because of all the tests. Don’t worry, Mom. I’m staying away from alcohol, except for a beer or two now and then.
By the way, do you think you could send me a little extra spending money? US$100 isn’t really enough.
Your studious son,
Brad
亲爱的爸妈：
我终于很顺利的通过了期中考。我不能说我考得和我期待的一样好，但也不至于太差。至少，都考及格了。我希望我可以在期末考时表现得更好。
其它方面也都满顺利的。我在过去几个礼拜中去看了几场足球赛。我们的队伍仅赢了一场球赛。他们并非很好的球员，但看他们打球仍蛮有趣。因为这些考试的缘故，我在过去这一个月已没那么常出去玩了。别担心了，老妈。我现在除了偶尔喝一、两杯啤酒以外是不碰酒的。
顺便一提，您们可以寄一点零用钱给我吗?一百块美金实在不太够。
您勤勉的儿子
布莱德 敬上
2005年10月30日
字词解说：
1. be through with…结束……
=be finished with. . .
=finish.，.
例;When the doctor was through with his examination, he made out a prescription for some medicine.
(医师在看诊之后就开了药方。)
2. midterm 期中的
3. as. . . as.二和···一样地……
注意:
在“as... as...”的短语中，第一个as为副词，表“一样地”，
而第二个as则为连接词，表“和，与”之意。
例:That test wasn't as hard as I thought it would be.
(那次考试没有我所预期的那么难。)
4.例:We've learned a lot during the past few months.
(过去几个月以来我们学了很多东西。)
5. win 赢得(比赛、战争等)
动词三态:win, won仁wnn}，won a
例:Hannibal won a lot of battles but lost the war.
(汉尼拔将军打赢了很多战役却输了那场战争。)
6. stay away from二避开/远离……
例;You should stay away from casinos unless you want to lose a lot of money.
(除非你想输掉很多钱，否则你应该远离赌场。)
7. except for…除了……之外
=except...
例:He has been to every county in Taiwan except for Nantou.
(他除了南投县没去过外，曾去过台湾省的每一个县。)
