親愛的朋友，還記得我們的約定嗎?我承諾大家會儘快整理出信件結尾跟你們分享，今天終於又見面了!真的很開心!中國有句古話，叫「善始善終」，我想我們既然有了漂亮的開頭，當然也不能少了一個畫龍點睛的結尾呀!所有我整理了一個美國朋友寫給我的十八封郵件的結尾(closing statements)跟大家分享，並作了簡要的分析和評論，粉紫色字體是值得積累下來的詞彙和句型。真誠地希望大家能從中有所收穫。
1. OK, I'd better quit now
so you don't have to spend the whole day reading my message。
I look forward to hearing more from you。
Take care。
Ben
我的朋友每次給我寫郵件都是「飛流直下三千尺」，我現在才反應過來原來我的閱讀能力就是這樣訓練出來的：)不過說實話，我很喜歡讀朋友寫的東西，他寫的東西確實挺幽默，我經常一個人坐在電腦前一邊讀郵件一邊哈哈大笑。朋友說so you don't have to spend the whole day reading my message說明他很「體諒」我，所以才說必須離開了，要不然他一直這麼寫下去我這一整天也什麼也不用做了，光讀郵件了。其實我覺得用中文講出來都已經沒有原來的味道了，大家最好還是用英文的思維去體會其中的幽默吧!
2. That's all I can think of for now. I'll close with another email hug. Take good care of yourself。
Ben
朋友說今天就寫到這兒，怎麼結束呢?當然是來一個email hug hug是擁抱的意思，現在流行email hug 喲。怎麼樣，夠形象吧?
3. I really enjoy conversing with you, and it will be fun to talk more often。
Take care, and good luck。
Ben
在結尾表達跟我談話很開心，用了enjoy conversing with … converse 這個詞大家應該很眼熟吧，對啦，它就是conversation的動詞，不過我們平時用得少，看來還是得多學學native speaker的地道用詞啊：)
4. I look forward to hearing from you again. Best wishes in your job search, and best wishes to you and your family。
Warmest regards,
Ben
這是一個很常規的結尾，表達了良好的祝願。不過Warmest regards我們在課本上好像學不到喲!一般我們只知道Best wishes 或者是Best regards。
5. I guess I will quit writing now. I look forward to hearing from you again very soon.
Best wishes,
Ben
再一次看到了quit, 應該不陌生了。學會怎麼用了嗎?如果你要結尾了就可以說quit writing。
6. Please write again soon.
Best wishes,
Ben
這是最直接的提醒我儘快回信的方式。
7.
I wish you the very best in the coming year. I will talk to you more soon。
Ben
結尾很自然地傳遞了新年的美好祝福。
8. I need to get to work, so I'll write more later. I look forward to hearing from you again soon.
Ben
look forward to doing 這個短語非常重要，最主要是很實用，而且很常用。
9. OK, that's all for now. I've got to get some things done before going to work with Santa again today. I'll talk to you soon.
Ben
在停筆離開前簡要說明原由，這樣不會覺得結束得太唐突。嗯，這一招是可以學一學的!
10.I guess that's all for now. I hope you will write again soon. Hearing from you is always a highlight of my day。
Take care!
Ben
用一個I guess顯得很自然。還記得highlight 這個詞嗎?我們在信件開頭中見到過，意思是「最精彩的部分」，如果你也這樣寫給你的朋友，告訴他/她收到他的來信是你一天中最精彩的、最重要的事，那麼，你的朋友一定會非常的開心!試試吧：)
11. Do you get just as much or more celebrating at the beginning of the Chinese New Year? Anyway, best wishes and good health to you for the New Year。
I better get to work now. I'll talk to you again soon。
Take good care of yourself.
Ben
在結尾時，提出一個問題作為下次聊天的話題，同時也很自然地傳遞了祝福。
12. If you want to talk more about this controversy, let me know。
I look forward to hearing from you again. Take care。
Ben
用If you want to talk more about…let me know。告訴我如果我還想繼續討論上一次的話題儘管提出來，因為某一個話題可能一次是不夠講的。
13. OK, it's kind of late, so I'll quit for now. I have to go to bed to ensure enough sleep。
I hope to hear from you agan soon.
Take care。
Ben
OK, it's kind of late。我覺得這種結尾方式最簡便了，無需更多語言，因為充足的睡眠當然是非常重要的。Kind of 的意思是「有一點「
14. Well, it's now 1:30 a.m. here, so that means it's 4:30 p.m. in Beijing. I need to go to bed so I will be rested for another day。
Take care! Ben
用相隔遙遠的兩個地方的時間這麼一對比，覺得挺有意思的，反正我自己是很少算得這麼準的，只知道我們這兒是白天，美國就是晚上了：)
15. Let me know if you have more questions for better understanding of our humor. I can help you with your training, particularly with the humor. That is something I'm good at。
Take care.
Ben
我的朋友經常都會很客氣地用Let me know if you…這樣的方式問我是否需要更多的幫助等。我當然是抓住一切機會多提問啦!因為問得越多，從他那兒了解到的東西就越多啦。
16. OK, that's it for the moment. I'll be looking for a message from you tonight, I hope。
Take care!
Ben
朋友沒有直接說I hope you can write to me tonight, 而是很委婉地說I'll be looking for a message from you…，這種間接的提出希望和要求的表達方式很新穎喲，還有點不露痕跡的意思!用一下試試看：)
17. Well, since I don't have much to respond to this time, and since I have to get up early in the morning, I'll quit for now. I hope you had a good time with your friend.
Talk to you soon.
Ben
這裡用兩個since (表原因)來給這封郵件畫上句號，很自然也很貼切。
18. OK, that's all for now. I need to get a little sleep before I go to the airport. Talk to you soon。
Ben!
這裡get a little sleep 用得很好，把sleep 當名詞用，而且搭配動詞get, 可以豐富我們過去單一的表達，如：I need to sleep for a while. 對比一下，哪一個更生動一些呢：)