2009年8月21日 星期五

Email 用語蒐集

稱謂
  • Dear Mr. Lee,
  • Hi Mike,
  • Dear Sir or Madam:
  • To Whom May It Concern: (敬啟者)
打招呼
  • It's been a while.
  • How's everything going with you?
  • It's been crazy here. How's everything with you?
  • Sorry, it's taken me so long to get back to you.

收尾
  • Hope that helps.
  • If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know.
  • If there's anything else I can help with, just let me know.
  • I'm looking forward to hearing from you.
結尾問候語

非常嚴肅,寫給不認識的人,或長官
  • Yours faithfully,
  • Yours truly,

專業有禮貌,寫給客戶
  • Best wishes,
  • Best regards,
  • Regards,
  • Sincerely,

親切,寫給一般朋友
  • Warmest regards,
  • Best,

2009年8月2日 星期日

Make 與 Do

Do 簡介:

I don't know who did it.
Have you done yet?

合適,可用
Will this book do?

過活
How is he doing?
How are you doing?

Do 片語:

do away with sth
廢除、丟棄某東西
I think we should do away pennies. You can't buy anything with them.
People thought that the use of robots would do away with boring low-paid factory jobs.

do sth over
1.重新裝飾
2.重新做某事 (由指一開始做錯)
The whole apartment has been done over in Art Deco style.
Your homework was full of mistakes. You'll have to do it over.

could do with sth
想要或需要某東西
I'm so thirsty. I could do with a cup of tea.

do without sth
無須,沒有某東西而過活
We can't do without water.

Make 簡介

做,製造
He will make me a cake.
A desk is made of wood. (本質不變的原料)
Butter is made from milk. (變化很大的原料)

成為
She will make a good wife.

使...怎樣
His parents made him a doctor.
He made them happy.
John makes me laugh.

Make 的片語

make up for sth
補償,彌補
She doesn't have a natural talent for music but she makes up for it with hard work.
I'm sorry I was late. To make up for it, let me treat to a meal.

make sth up
編造
You didn't believe his story, did you? He make the whole thing up.

說明:make up 實在是一個奇妙的片語,他有幾個不同組合,每各組合都有不同的意思,像 make-up 為化妝品,make up for 為弭補,make sth up 為編造、虛構,make up sth 為準備、組成等等相當多意思,這邊要強調 make sth up ,因為它主要意思為捏造。

make off with sth
偷走
Thieves broke into the mansion and made off with jewelry and antique paintings.
Someone has made off with my purse.

make (sth) of sth/sb
了解
What do you make of (i.e. think of) the new manager?

Make 與 Do 的差異

make a good impression
make arrangements
make a decision
make a difference
make an effort
make a suggestion

do me a favor
do research
do business
do a good job