充分利用材料的技巧: 先看中文,看能否比較快就口譯為英文,再與后面的英文比較,看自己的中文式英語(yǔ)表現(xiàn)在哪些方面。
一、委婉抱怨 不知你是否能夠幫助我一下 很抱歉,打擾了,我想…… 有點(diǎn)事情想請(qǐng)你幫個(gè)忙 真不好意思,只是 I wonder if you could help me Look, I’m sorry to bother you, but There’s something you could help me with I hate to have to say this, but
二、如何勸解別人的生氣 放心吧 你難得不覺(jué)得你自己是不是反應(yīng)過(guò)度了一點(diǎn)嗎?(太敏感了嗎) 沒(méi)什么值得心煩的 你一說(shuō),我還真不好意思(難為情了) Take it easy! Don’t you think you’re overacting a bit? There is no reason to get upset. I am sorry to hear that.
三、提出建議和忠告 不知您有沒(méi)有考慮過(guò)…… 我想那是一個(gè)不錯(cuò)的注意 你想到過(guò)沒(méi)有 你總是…… 我要是你,就…… 你最好 I was wondering if you’d ever thought of I think it might be a good idea. Have you ever thought of Don’t you think it might be a good idea to You could always…… If I were you I’d…… Why don’t you…… You’d better……
四、了解別人經(jīng)歷 Didn’t you once…… Did you ever…… Tell me about the time you…… I hear you once…… You’ve…, haven’t you? 幫助別人回憶 后來(lái)呢 你為什么不 哪之前你 那時(shí)候你感覺(jué)如何 What happened next? Why didn’t you…? Did you… before that? How do you feel when…? Where were you doing while……? Then what did you do? Did you think of…?
五、回顧時(shí)引導(dǎo)別人的想象 要是……你會(huì)干了些什么 要是……情況會(huì)怎么樣 如果……你會(huì)有什么樣的感覺(jué)? What would you have done if What would have happened if How would you felt if
六、這樣回應(yīng)引導(dǎo) 我不知道,我猜我會(huì) 很難說(shuō),但是我想我會(huì) 當(dāng)然啦,我…… Oh, I don’t know, I guess I would have…… Hard to say, but I think I would have…… Well, of course, I could have……
七、老實(shí)道歉 噢,實(shí)在對(duì)不起 歉意之深,實(shí)在是無(wú)以言表(我無(wú)法告訴你我是多么的內(nèi)疚) 我真不知該怎樣說(shuō)才好 萬(wàn)分抱歉 Oh, I’m awfully sorry…… I can’t tell you how sorry I am…… I just don’t know what to say…… I’m extremely sorry。
八、我錯(cuò)了 我為……而道歉 恐怕我得說(shuō) 真不知該怎樣說(shuō),…… 要解釋清楚并不容易 I’ve got to apologize for I’m afraid I have something to say I’m not exactly sure how to put this, but Um, this isn’t easy to explain
九、沒(méi)關(guān)系,我原諒你 沒(méi)關(guān)系,不要在意 算了 不是你的錯(cuò) 啊呀,不要放在心上,真的沒(méi)什么 千萬(wàn)別自怨自艾了(別再自責(zé)了) Oh, that’s right; don’t worry about it Forget it It’ not your fault Oh, never mind never mind. It really doesn’t matter. Please don’t blame yourself。
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