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明信片post card[英][pəust kɑ:d] [美][post kɑrd] 中英文小故事：十二张明信片 一个夏天，我十多岁的女儿在她祖父母家过了几周。她准备回家时，祖父给了她十二张明信片。 “每月给我们来封信。”他说。 几个月过去了,可明信片一直放在那儿没用——直到有一天来了这样一封信：“亲爱的詹妮芙：生活是由一系列阶段组成的。 还是个孩子的时候，我期待着成为一个青少年——我如愿以偿了。 还是个年轻人的时候，我期待着遇到一个年轻的女人，恋爱、结婚——我如愿以偿了。 结了婚，我便期待着成为一个父亲——我如愿以偿了。 作为父亲，我期待着成为一个祖父，有漂亮、聪明的孙儿孙女——我也如愿以偿了。 接着，我期待着有一天他们学会写信——我却还没有如愿以偿。 敬启” 明信片（postcard或post card)的起源 明信片的起源，曾与贺年卡有段饶有趣味的不解之缘。据记载,1865年的元 旦前夕，有位德国画家在硬纸上画了一幅画，背面写有几句问候节日的词语,准备作为贺年片寄给亲友，可却找不到合适的大信封来装这张贺年卡，一位邮局职工建议他在背面写上亲友的姓名和地址，寄出去试试。结果，其亲友却真收到了。敏感的新闻界报道了有关这张明信片产生经过的新闻，此后,不少人也纷纷效仿, 此类公开信件便越来越多。4年后，奥地利开始采用这种明信片，3个月竟发行了 300万张，德国见起源于本国的明信片如此受欢迎，便于1870年7月开始公开发行。此后，明信片便在世界各地流行起来。 Post Cards My teen-age daughter was preparing to return home after having visited her grand¬parents for a few weeks one summer. Her grandfather gave her 12 post cards. “Here，write us a few lines every month，” he said. Months passed and the cards remained unused 一 that is until the day this letter ar¬rived： “Dear Jennifer, Life is a series of stages. As a child, I looked forward to becoming a teenager - that happened. As a teenager, I looked forward to becoming a young man - that happened. As a young man, I looked forward to meeting a young woman, in love and becoming a married man 一 that happened. As a married man，I looked forward to becoming a father - that happened. As a father, I looked forward to becoming a grandfather to beautiful, intelligent grandchildren 一 that happened. Then I looked forward to the day they would leam to write 一 that has not happened yet. Yours Sincerely 中英文例句 1. Write me a post card every now and then. 请不时地给我写张明信片。 2. Please send me a post card. 请给我寄张明信片。 3. I love to receive post card from my friend. 我喜欢从我的朋友那收到贺卡。 4. Isn't this post card too big for mailing? 这张明信片是不是太大了？ 5. We'll send you a post card from england. 我们从英格兰给你邮寄明信片。 |
