再告诉友人寄宿生活近况函

September 10, 2005
Dear Yulin,
Sorry that it’s taken me awhile to write you back. I’ve been busy. I found an apartment last week. I’m sharing it with another Taiwanese student, a friend of my cousin’s. There are quite a few other Taiwanese students here, and even a Taiwanese student organization, which I’ve joined. To answer your third question, my roommate and I usually cook at home. We usually eat Chinese food (yes, you can buy it here), but sometimes we try to make Western dishes or go out to eat.
Classes have already started, so I have a lot to do. I have trouble understanding the professors’ lectures, so I take a tape recorder to class. This means I have to spend time listening to the tapes. I hope my English improves quickly so I won’t have to do this anymore. You may think my English is better than yours, but I don’t. In any case, mine still isn’t good enough!
How are things in Taiwan?
Sincerely,
Julie Chen

亲爱的玉琳：
抱歉过了这么久才回你的信。我太忙了。上星期我找到了一间公寓。我和另一位台湾学生一起住，她是我表姊的一位朋友。这里有相当多的其它台湾学生，甚至还有一个台湾学生组织，我已加入这个组织了。回答你的第三个问题，我和室友常在家煮饭。我们通常吃中餐（当然，在这里可买得到），但有时候，我们也会设法做西餐或到外面吃。
学校已经开始上课了，所以我有很多事情要做。我对教授授课内容的了解仍有问题，所以我都带录音机去上课。这表示我必须花时间去听录音带。希望我的英文能很快进步，那么我就不用再这么做了。你可能认为我的英文比你好，但我却不这样想。无论如何，我的英文仍不够好！
在台湾一切都好吗？
陈茱莉　敬上
2005年9月10日

字词解释：

1.awhile 一会儿

2.share 共有，分享
share sth with sb 和某人分享某物
例：The little boy didn't want to share his toy with his sister.

3. cousin 堂兄弟

4.quite a few+复数名词 相当多的...
quite a little +不可数名词 相当多的...
例：Kate has been to quite a few rock concerts.

5.organizaton 组织

6.join 参加
例：Over 30 students have joined the new club.

7.roommate 室友

8.dish 菜肴，食品

9.have trouble in V-ing
=have difficulty (in) v-ing
=have problems (in) v-ing
有...方面的麻烦/问题

例：He's so out of shape that he has trouble climding the stairs to the second floor.

10.Lecture 讲课

11.tape recorer 录影机