看笑话学英语29:A Letter of Apology道歉信
听笑话学英语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. 惨败) from start to finish. I reminded her of a similar situation a year earlier, and dug out the letter I had written then.
我在公共汽车公司的同事Lisa,有一次需要给一位整个行程一团糟的顾客寄一封道歉信。我提醒她一年前我遭遇过类似情形,并翻出我那时写的道歉信,告诉她:
“ 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细节,日期和姓名。” 她看完信,苦笑道:“连名字都不用改”。
英语单词短语学习:
1 fiasco
n. 惨败
eg:The currency fiasco will accelerate these trends.
货币改革的惨败将会加快这些趋势。
短语
General Fiasco 表演者
Florentine fiasco 佛罗伦萨的惨败
Fiasco Records 出版者
Football fiasco 一败涂地的足球
factory fiasco 混乱工厂
Peter Fiasco 彼得彻底失败
Lupe Fiasco 卢普·菲亚斯科 ; 菲亚斯科 ; 鲁佩·菲亚斯科 ; 路沛费艾斯可
Snow Fiasco 年不列顛群岛暴风雪
rivergate fiasco 所谓的河门事件
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.
我一直记得,当我们要去南塔基特岛时,我丈夫挖苦我是否把我的游泳连衣裙带好了。
短语
I Smiled Wryly 我笑苦笑
She Thought Wryly 她想挖苦
He Commented Wryly 他挖苦说
He Smiled Wryly 他微笑着苦笑
He Said Wryly 他苦笑着说
It is wryly relevant today 讽刺的是现实与往事竟是如此相似
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