Please accept my appreciation for all your help studying for the law school exam.
您幫我準備法學院考試,請接受我的謝意。
Please accept my deepest thanks for throwing this going away party for me.
你幫我辦了這場送別會,請接受我最深的謝意。
Please accept our deepest gratitude for helping our son find his way home.
你幫我們兒子找到路回家,請接受我們最深的謝意。
Please accept our most humble thanks for attending the grand opening of our store.
您來參加本店的盛大開幕儀式,請接受我們最誠摯的謝意。
★延伸應用..........................
Please accept my warmest thanks for offering me this position at the firm.
您讓我在公司擔任這個職務,請接受我最誠摯的謝意。
Please accept this bonus for all of the overtime you did last month to finish the project.
上個月你加班完成這個案子,請接受這份獎金。
★你知道嗎?.........................
除了口頭道謝外,也可寫封感謝函(thank-you letter),一般會說明幾個重點:欲感謝的事、收穫、再次感謝等。例如:Thank you for taking me out on your boat. Seeing the sunrise from the ocean has to be the best way to start the day. Some of the pictures from the trip are on my wall to help me remember the wonderful time I had. Thanks again for such a great time.
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警告對方要跟上級或能主持公道的人舉發他不妥的行徑,語氣中帶有警告意味。
If you don't give me back my toys, I'll tell on you!
如果你不把我的玩具還給我,我會打你小報告的。
A: I'm going to sneak out tonight and meet my friends.
今晚我要偷溜出去跟我朋友碰面。
B: If you do, I'll tell on you. You know it's wrong.
你如果這麼做的話,我會打你小報告的,你知道這樣做不對。
★你還可以這麼說.......................
I'll tell the cops / your mom / my big brother.
我會跟警察/你媽/我哥說的。
★警告對方後果會怎樣時可以這麼說...............
You're going to get caught.
你會被逮到的。
You'll get in trouble.
你會惹麻煩的。
A: Quick! Tell me the answer to number seven.
快點,跟我說第七題的答案。
B: No, that's cheating. You'll get in trouble.
不行,那可是作弊,你會惹麻煩的。
★你知道嗎?.........................
背叛、出賣某人也可用 rat on someone 這個片語,不過呢,因為你不會稱自己為 rat(作名詞指「老鼠;叛徒;無恥之徒」),所以不會用在主詞為第一人稱的時候,也就是說沒有人會說:I'll rat you out、I'll rat on you,不過你可以說 Tommy ratted me out(湯米把我抖出來)。