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Chinese → English SIR, Level 8/10

我妻子非常喜欢烤奶酪,她向他表示问候,并想请问在伦敦是否能买到他上个圣诞节好心送给我们的那种奶酪。

My wife, who is very fond of toasted cheese, presents her compliments to him, and begs to know if there's any of that kind, which he was so good as to send us last Christmas, to be sold in London.

Vocabulary

wife
妻子,已婚男性的配偶
fond
喜爱的,对某事物有好感的
toasted
烤过的,经过加热使表面变脆
cheese
奶酪,由牛奶制成的乳制食品
presents
此处作动词,表示正式传达或转达
compliments
问候,致意,表达敬意的礼貌用语
begs
恳请,礼貌地请求某人做某事
kind
种类,某一类型或品种
send
寄送,将某物发送给他人
Christmas
圣诞节,每年12月25日的西方节日
sold
出售,sell的过去分词,有售
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