單元4. Tricky Words（容易混淆的字詞）

單元4. Tricky Words（容易混淆的字詞） 

Grateful vs. Thankful

● grateful

英譯：to talk about how we feel when someone is kind to us or does us a favour

解釋：充滿感激的

例句：
I would be very grateful if you could send me more information about your company.
（若能多給我一些貴公司的訊息，我會非常感激。）
Not: I would be thankful …(x)

● thankful

英譯：when we are relieved that something unpleasant or dangerous didn't happen

解釋：覺得慶幸的

例句：
I'm just thankful that no one was injured.（還好沒有人受傷。）
I was thankful that they hadn't asked for more.（慶幸的是，他們沒有再要更多。）◇