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第4章 无敌话题王(1)

Unit1开场我最行

情境1破冰之旅

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Can we talk? 能跟你聊聊吗?

May I speak with you? 我能跟你谈谈吗?

I want to talk to you privately.我想跟你私下谈谈。

May I see you in private? 咱们能私下谈谈吗?

→in private 表示私下。

Look…/Listen to me.听我说。

Let me tell you.我跟你说。

Can I ask you something? 能问你件事儿吗?

I have something to tell you.我有话要跟你说。

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Can I talk to you for a second? 我能跟你说句话吗?

Are you free to talk? 你有空吗?我想跟你谈谈。

I have a question for you.我有个问题想问你。

I'd like to have a word with you.我想跟你谈谈。

There is something important I need to talk to you about.

我有重要的事要和你说。

Guess what! 你猜怎么着!

Check it/this out.听我说。

You know what? 你知道吗?

Do you have time to chat? 你有时间聊聊吗?

→chat 更为随意,多用于朋友之间。

Mind if I ask you something? 介意我问你件事吗?

I have an inquiry.我有个问题想问你。

→inquiry 较正式

Do you have time to spare 有空吗?

Can I have some of your time? 有时间吗?我有事要跟你说。

Let's hang out together.什么时候一起出去玩吧。

情境想要插话时

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Excuse me… 打扰一下……

Sorry to disturb you… 抱歉打扰您一下……

Pardon me… 不好意思,请问……

→注意在打断别人的时候要礼貌地先表示歉意。

Can I say a word? 我能插句话吗?

Mind if I speak? 介意我说两句吗?

Can I borrow you for a second? 能借一步说话吗?

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If you don't mind, may I say something please?

如果您不介意,我能插句话吗?

→非常谦虚且正式。

May I be excused? 我先离开一下。

Excuse us.失陪一下。

Sorry, I have to run along.抱歉我得走了。

Sorry for being rude, but I have to go.

虽然很不礼貌,不过我必须得走了。

Just let me finish.请让我把话说完。

Don't cut me off.请不要打断我。

→cut off 打断

I'm still talking.我话还没说完呢。

Give me a chance to finish.请让我把话说完。

Please hear me out.请听我把话说完。

→hear out 听完

情境3 无话可说时

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Well… 恩……

Hmm… 恩……

Let me see… 让我想想啊……

You know… 你知道……

You see… 你看……

Actually… 其实……

In fact… 实际上……

I mean… 我的意思是……

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What I really mean is… 我真正想说的是……

I don't know how to put this.我不知道该怎么说。

I don't know what to say.我不知道还能说什么。

Where were we? 我们说到哪儿了?

偶像剧场Role-Play

偶像剧必备经典桥段之一,灰姑娘苦苦哀求王子,想要澄清误会:

A.Sorry for being rude, but I have to go.

实在不好意思,我得走了。

B.Just let me finish. It's important. Please.

听我说完好吗?这很重要,拜托了。

A.OK. Go ahead. /好,你说吧。

Unit2对话进行式

(1)传递信息

情境消息来源

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Did you hear the news? 你听说了吗?

You didn't hear? 你没听说吗?

Where did you hear that? 你从哪儿听来的?

Who told you this 这是谁告诉你的?

How did you find out? 你怎么知道的?

Guess what.你猜怎么着。

Check this out.听我说。

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You won't believe what I just heard.猜猜我听说什么了。

You'll never guess what I heard.你肯定猜不到我刚才听到什么了。

→表示听说了秘密。

It was in the headlines.现在那可是头版头条。

Everyone is talking about it.大家都在聊。

情境不可置信

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Unbelievable! 太不可思议了!

Really? 真的假的?

No way! 不可能吧!

No kidding? 别开玩笑了!

→kidding 开玩笑

Oh, come on! 哦,得了吧!

→表示不相信,别逗了。

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Are you serious? 你说真的?

You've got to be kidding me! 别开玩笑了!

That blows my mind! 太不可思议了!

→blow one's mind 令人震惊

You must be joking! 你在开玩笑吧?

(2)提问

情境1我能问您个问题吗?

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Can I ask you something? 我能问您件事吗?

Do you mind if I ask you a question? 你介意我问您个问题吗?

If you don't mind, I'd like to ask you a few questions.

你不介意的话我想问你几个问题。

Are you free now? I have a question for you.

你现在有空吗?我有个问题想问你。

I want to ask you for one thing.我想问你件事。

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May I ask you a personal question? 我能问您个私人问题吗?

Would you please tell me…? 您能告诉我……吗?

Could you please explain it for me? 你能给我解释一下吗?

Jill, I have a question. Do you know…?

吉尔,我有个问题。你知道……吗?

情境2有问题吗?

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Any questions/problems? 有问题吗?

Any problems about this part? 这部分有问题吗?

No questions? 没问题吗?

What's the problem? 有什么问题?

Is there a problem here? 这里有问题吗?

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Is there any doubt there? 这里有什么疑问吗?

Are there any questions? 有什么问题吗?

Does anyone have any questions? 谁有不懂的问题吗?

Is there anything that you want me to explain?

有什么问题需要我解释一下吗?

Senator Obama, you have a question for Senator McCain on that?

奥巴马议员,对麦凯恩议员刚才所说的有问题吗?

情境3 明白了吗?

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Understand 懂了吗?

Do you understand 明白了吗?

OK? 行了吗?

Got it? 懂了没?

Do you know what I'm talking about? 知道我在说什么吗?

Do you see what I mean 你懂我的意思吗?

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Are you following me? 跟得上我的思路吗?

Are you with me? 跟得上我的思路吗?

Get the picture? 明白了吗?

→表示明白了吗?跟图画没有关系。

Did you get anything I said so far?

到目前为止我说的你明白了没有?

Were you able to catch up? 跟得上吗?

→ catch up 跟得上节奏

Are you able to comprehend what I've said? 我说的你能理解吗?

→ comprehend 明白,理解

情境4 出什么事了?

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What happened? 出什么事了?

What's wrong? 怎么了?

What's the matter? 出什么事了?

What's up? 怎么了?

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What is it? 这是怎么回事?

What's going on? 发生了什么事?

Is everything okay? 一切还好吗?

What's all this for 这是怎么啦?

情境5 什么意思?

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What? 什么?

What does this mean 这是什么意思?

What does it stand for 这代表什么?

→stand for 代表

What do you mean by…? 你说的……是什么意思?

What's the meaning of …? ……是什么意思?

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Could you tell me what it means? 你能告诉我这是什么意思吗?

What do you propose? 你说的是什么意思?

What are you talking about? 你在说什么?

What are you saying? 你说什么?

What's your implication? 你的意思是?

→implication 指暗示

What does it signify? 这是什么意思?

→signify 意味着

情境6 你在听吗?

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Are you there? 你还在听吗?

Hello? 喂?

Are you listening to me? 你在听我说吗?

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Pay attention! 注意听!

Can't you hear me? 你听不到我说话吗?

Weren't you listening? 你有没有在听啊?

(3)表达想法

情境是吗?/ 怎么可能!

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Really? 是吗?

Oh? 哦?

Oh,really? 哦,是吗?

Is that so? 是那样吗?

Are you serious? 你说真的?

Are you sure? 你确定?

→可省略 are.

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That's interesting! 有意思!

You don't say! 怎么可能!

How nice! 太好了!

I can't believe it! 真不敢相信!

No way! 不可能!

That's ridiculous! 太荒谬了!

→表示荒谬得难以置信。

That's impossible! 不可能!

No kidding! 开什么玩笑!

Give me a break.让我想想。

→表示一时难以理解。

That's too bad.太烂了。

What a shame! 真丢人!

It's horrible.太可怕了。

I feel terrible to hear that.那件事真是太可怕了。

How unfortunate! 真不幸啊!

情境是啊

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I think so.我也这么觉得。

I agree.我同意。

That's true.没错。

Certainly.那当然。

Obviously.很明显嘛。

Absolutely.绝对的。

Exactly.没错。

Of course.当然。

Whatever.随便了。

I don't care.我才不在乎。

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Can't agree more.再好不过了。

Indeed.确实如此。

That's what happened.原来如此。

I knew it! 我就知道。

That explains it all.这样一来就都对了。

I don't give it a shit.关我屁事。

→较为粗俗

It doesn't matter to me.我才不在乎。

It's none of my business.关我什么事。

情境3 越界了

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How can you talk to me like that? 你怎么能这么跟我说话?

That is cross the line.你越界了。

That was too much.那样做太过分了。

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That's over limit.那样做太过分了。

You went too far.你做得太过了。

You are out of line.你过界了。

(4)理解/不理解

情境1理解

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Oh, I see.哦,我懂了。

I got it! 我知道了!

I understand it perfectly.我完全能理解。

→understand it perfectly完全理解。

I know.我懂。

I see what you mean.我知道你的意思了。

I know what you're talking about.我明白你在说什么。

I understand your situation.我能理解您的处境。

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I see where you're coming from.我明白您的意思了。

→指明对方的意图,而不是对方来自哪里。