亲爱的朋友,还记得大家的约定吗?我承诺大伙会尽快整理出信件结尾跟你们推荐,今天终于又见面了!真的非常高兴!中国有句古话,叫“善始善终”,我想大家既然有了好看的开头,当然也不可以少了一个画龙点睛的结尾呀!所有我整理了一个美国朋友写给我的十八封邮件的结尾跟大伙推荐,并作了简要的剖析和评论值得积累下来的词语和句型。真诚地期望大伙能从中有所收成。
1. ok, i'd better quit now
so you don't have to spend the whole day reading my message。
i look forward to hearing more from you。
take care。
ben
我的朋友每次给我写邮件都是“飞流直下三千尺”,我目前才反应过来原来我的阅读能力就是如此练习出来的:)不过说实话,我非常喜欢读朋友写的东西,他写的东西确实挺幽默,我常常一个人坐在电脑前一边读邮件一边哈哈大笑。朋友说so you don't have to spend the whole day reading my message说明他非常“体谅”我,所以才说需要离开了,要不然他一直这么写下去我这一整天也什么也不需要做了,光读邮件了:)其实我感觉用中文讲出来都已经没原来的味道了,大伙最好还是用英文的思维去领会其中的幽默吧!
2. that's all i can think of for now. i'll close with another email hug. take good care of yourself。
ben
朋友说今天就写到这儿,如何结束呢?当然是来一个email hug hug是拥抱的意思,目前时尚email hug 哟。如何,够形象吧?
3. i really enjoy conversing with you, and it will be fun to talk more often。
take care, and good luck。
ben
在结尾表达跟我谈话非常高兴,用了enjoy conversing with … converse 这个词大伙应该非常眼熟吧,对啦,它就是conversation的动词,不过大家平常用得少,看来还是得多学学native speaker的地道用词啊:)
4. i look forward to hearing from you again. best wishes in your job search, and best wishes to you and your family。
warmest regards,
ben
这是一个非常常规的结尾,表达了好的祝愿。不过warmest regards大家在课本上仿佛学不到哟!一般大家只了解best wishes 或者是best regards。
5. i guess i will quit writing now. i look forward to hearing from you again very soon.
best wishes,
ben
再一次看到了quit, 应该很熟悉了。掌握如何使用了吗?假如你要结尾了就能说quit writing。
6. please write again soon.
best wishes,
ben
这是最直接的提醒我尽快回信的方法。
7.
i wish you the very best in the coming year. i will talk to you more soon。
ben
结尾非常自然地传递了新年的美好祝福。
8. i need to get to work, so i'll write more later. i look forward to hearing from you again soon.
ben
look forward to doing 这个短语尤为重要,最主如果非常实用,而且非常常用。
9. ok, that's all for now. i've got to get some things done before going to work with santa again today. i'll talk to you soon.
ben
在停笔离开前简要说明缘由,如此不会感觉结束得太唐突。嗯,这一招是可以学一学的!
10.i guess that's all for now. i hope you will write again soon. hearing from you is always a highlight of my day。
take care!
ben
用一个i guess看上去非常自然。还记得highlight 这个词吗?大家在信件开头中见到过,意思是“最精彩的部分”,假如你也如此写给你的朋友,告诉他/她收到他的来信是你一天中最精彩的、非常重要的事,那样,你的朋友必然会很高兴!试一试吧:)
11. do you get just as much or more celebrating at the beginning of the chinese new year? anyway, best wishes and good health to you for the new year。
i better get to work now. i'll talk to you again soon。
take good care of yourself.
ben
在结尾时,提出一个问题作为下次聊天的话题,同时也非常自然地传递了祝福。
12. if you want to talk more about this controversy, let me know。
i look forward to hearing from you again. take care。
ben
用if you want to talk more about…let me know。告诉我假如我还想继续讨论上一次的话题尽管提出来,由于某一个话题可能一次是不够讲的。
13. ok, it's kind of late, so i'll quit for now. i have to go to bed to ensure enough sleep。
i hope to hear from you agan soon.
take care。
ben
ok, it's kind of late。我感觉这种结尾方法最方便了,不需要更多语言,由于充足的睡眠当然是尤为重要的。kind of 的意思是“有一点“
14. well, it's now 1:30 a.m. here, so that means it's 4:30 p.m. in beijing. i need to go to bed so i will be rested for another day。
take care! ben
用相隔遥远的两个地方的时间这么一对比,感觉挺有意思的,反正我一个人是极少算得这么准的,只了解大家这儿是白天,美国就是晚上了:)
15. let me know if you have more questions for better understanding of our humor. i can help you with your training, particularly with the humor. that is something i'm good at。
take care.
ben
我的朋友通常会非常客气地用let me know if you…如此的方法问我是不是需要更多的帮忙等。我当然是抓住所有机会多提问啦!由于问得越多,从他那儿获悉的东西就越多啦。
16. ok, that's it for the moment. i'll be looking for a message from you tonight, i hope。
take care!
ben
朋友没直接说i hope you can write to me tonight, 而是非常委婉地说i'll be looking for a message from you…,这种间接的提出期望和需要的表达方法非常新颖哟,还有点不露痕迹的意思!用一下尝试一下:)
17. well, since i don't have much to respond to this time, and since i have to get up early in the morning, i'll quit for now. i hope you had a good time with your friend.
talk to you soon.
ben
这里用两个since 来给这封邮件画上句号,非常自然也非常贴切。
18. ok, that's all for now. i need to get a little sleep before i go to the airport. talk to you soon。
ben!
这里get a little sleep 用得非常不错,把sleep 当名词用,而且搭配动词get, 可以丰富大家过去单一的表达,如:i need to sleep for a while. 对比一下,哪一个更生动一些呢:)