【正确答案】Dear Linda,
I am writing to you to express my warm congratulations on [1] your winning a full scholarship from Stanford University for a further study.
Actually, I am not surprised at all to hear your good news because I know what and how you have done to make your dream come true. [2] Being an ambitious person, you have always been eager for a further study as a postgraduate in a prestigious university. In order to realize your dream, you have shown both diligence and persistence in your study in the past four years of school life, which has finally been rewarded [3] in this way. It makes me firmly believe in the proverb—no pains, no gains.[4] After all, your excellent performance indeed deserves that. I am pleased to say that what is right ahead of you is a promising future. [5]
Congratulations again. I wish you all the best in your future life and study.
Yours sincerely,
Li Ming
【答案解析】[1] 名词短语congratulations on意思是“祝贺;恭喜”,也可用缩略形式congrats on,这是表达祝贺的常用表达方法。
[2] 第二段首句本段主题句,统领全段内容。后面内容对其进一步阐释,结构清晰。其中ambitious、diligence和persistence三个词的使用,展现出了Linda所具备的成功者的品质和付出的努力。句中的原因状语从句中又包含一个宾语从what and how you have done ...,不仅起到承上启下的作用,而且增加了句式的灵活性。
[3] 采用了which弓1导的非限制性定语从句,表明Linda的勤奋努力终于得到了回报n
[4] 破折号后的谚语no pains,no gains意为“一分耕耘,一分收获”,与前文的内容相呼应,句子之间衔接紧凑,自然流畅。
[5] a promising future意为“有前途的未来”,这里的promising可以替换为rosy、favorable、bright等形容词。
[参考译文]
亲爱的琳达:
我写此信以祝贺你获得美国斯坦福大学的全额奖学金。
事实上,得知这个好消息,我一点也不感到意外。我知道你为了实现梦想付出了什么以及是如何付出的。你是一个有抱负的人,一直期望去名牌大学继续攻读研究生学位。而且一直以来,你学习勤奋、锲而不舍。四年的勤奋努力终于得到了回报,这也使我坚信“一分耕耘,一分收获”这句谚语所表达的涵义。毕竟,你的出色表现的确应当获得这项荣誉。美好的未来就在前方等着你。
再次祝贺你。祝你未来的生活和学习一切顺利。
诚挚的,
李明