感谢师恩函

June 10, 2005
Dear Mrs. Nelson,
My name is Rick Schultz. I don’t know if you remember me, but I was in your English class at Westview High School in 2000. I used to argue with you about the merits of science fiction as a form of literature. Recently I met several other former students of yours, Gerald Bryant, Ron Brown, Dawn Smith, and Dave Lee. Naturally we spent much of the time we were together talking about your class and how much we enjoyed it. So I decided to write you and find out how you are doing.
As I said, we all remember your class with great fondness. If you are still teaching, I hope your current students appreciate how fortunate they are.
Sincerely yours,
Rick Schultz

亲爱的尼尔森太太：
我是瑞克‧史特滋。我不知道您是否还记得我，二○○○年时，我在西景高中上过您的英文课。我以前常常和您争论科幻小说作为一种文学的优点。最近，我遇到了几个您以前教过的其它学生：杰罗德‧布莱恩、朗恩‧布朗、唐恩‧史密斯和戴夫‧李等人。自然地，我们在一起的时间都在谈论您的课，也谈到我们好喜欢上您的课。所以，我决定写封信给您并想知道您是否安好。
我曾说，我们都记得您的课，各个满怀欣喜。如果您还在教书，希望现在的学生都能知道他们是多么的幸运啊！
学生　
瑞克‧史特滋　敬上
2005年6月10日

字词解说：

1.used to v 以前曾经/常常
例：michael used to work for that company.

2.argue 争论
argue with sb adout/over...和某人争论..
例：Dan argued with his wife over what kind of furniture to buy.

3. merit 优点，长处

4.science fiction 科学幻小说

5.form 方式，形式

6.literature 文学

7.former 以前的

8.find out.. 发现/知道...
例：The police still haven't found out what happened to the stolen painting.

9.current 现在的，目前的
例：Joyce like her current job much better than her previous one.

10.appreciate 察知，知道
例：He is too young to really appreciate how lucky he is .

11.fortunate 幸运的