http://www.appledaily.com.tw/appledaily/article/international/20140118/35587438/DearAbby

Dear Abby

親愛的艾比

Have you ever heard of Abigail Van Buren? While you may not know this name, you have probably heard of Dear Abby. More than 110 million readers have been following her advice since January 9, 1956, when her column was first published in newspapers.

Dear Abby delights readers because her advice is so down-to-earth and humorous. No problem is too big or too small since she deals with everything from jobs, marriage, children, to even grades. She receives over 10,000 letters and emails each week, 80 percent of which are from readers between 18 and 49 and the rest are from those under 18. Dear Abby is so popular that she is often referred to in movies, on TV, and in other written works. There is no doubt that Dear Abby is now an American icon.

中譯

你聽過艾比蓋爾．馮．布倫這個人嗎？你或許不知道這個名字，但你可能聽過『親愛的艾比』。從 1956年一月九日，她的專欄第一次在報紙上刊出起，超過一億一千萬的讀者一直在聽從她的建議。

《親愛的艾比》讓讀者開心，因為她的建議既實際又詼諧。她所處理的問題包羅萬象，不管大事或小事，從工作、婚姻、孩子、甚至到成績。她每周收到一萬多封的信和電子郵件，百分之八十的讀者年齡層在十八歲到四十九歲之間，剩下的讀者年齡在十八歲以下。《親愛的艾比》很受歡迎以致於電影、電視及其他著述都會提到她。無庸置疑地，《親愛的艾比》現今已成為美國的象徵。

生活必備字詞：

1. advice [ədˋvaɪs]　　n. [U] 意見; 忠告﹐勸告; 建議

There ' s lots of advice in the book on baby care.  
（這本書中有許多嬰兒護理方面的建議。）

2. column [ˋkɑləm]　　n. [C] (報紙, 雜誌的)短評欄, 專欄　columns

3. delight [dɪˋlaɪt]　　vt. 使高興

delight - delighted - delighted - delighting

The clown delighted the audience.（小丑逗樂了觀眾。）

4. down-to-earth　　a. 實事求是的﹐實際的﹐切實的﹐務實的﹐腳踏實地的

a down - to - earth approach to health care （切實可行的衞生保健方法）

Dear Abby delights readers because her advice is so down-to-earth and humorous.
（《親愛的艾比》讓讀者開心，因為她的建議既實際又詼諧。）