聽笑話學英語29:A Letter of Apology道歉信
聽笑話學英語29:道歉信,講述關於道歉信的中英雙語笑話
聽笑話學英語29:A Letter of Apology 道歉信
Lisa, my coworker at the bus company, needed to send a letter of apology to a customer whose trip was a complete fiasco(n. 慘敗) from start to finish. I reminded her of a similar situation a year earlier, and dug out the letter I had written then.
我在公共汽車公司的同事Lisa,有一次需要給一位元整個行程一團糟的顧客寄一封道歉信。我提醒她一年前我遭遇過類似情形,並翻出我那時寫的道歉信,告訴她:
“ All you have to do," I told her," is changing the details, the date and the name." She looked it over and smiled wryly." We do not need to change the name."
“你所要做的就是修改一下細節,日期和姓名。” 她看完信,苦笑道:“連名字都不用改”。
英語單詞短語學習:
1 fiasco
n. 慘敗
eg:The currency fiasco will accelerate these trends.
貨幣改革的慘敗將會加快這些趨勢。
短語
General Fiasco 表演者
Florentine fiasco 佛羅倫斯的慘敗
Fiasco Records 出版者
Football fiasco 一敗塗地的足球
factory fiasco 混亂工廠
Peter Fiasco 彼得徹底失敗
Lupe Fiasco 盧普·菲亞斯科 ; 菲亞斯科 ; 魯佩·菲亞斯科 ; 路沛費艾斯可
Snow Fiasco 年不列顛群島暴風雪
rivergate fiasco 所謂的河門事件
2 wryly
adv. 挖苦地;表情冷漠地
eg:I'll never forget when my husband wryly asked if I packed my 'Swimming Frock' when we were heading out to Nantucket.
我一直記得,當我們要去南塔基特島時,我丈夫挖苦我是否把我的游泳連衣裙帶好了。
短語
I Smiled Wryly 我笑苦笑
She Thought Wryly 她想挖苦
He Commented Wryly 他挖苦說
He Smiled Wryly 他微笑著苦笑
He Said Wryly 他苦笑著說
It is wryly relevant today 諷刺的是現實與往事竟是如此相似