26个口语常用句子详解
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当你有重要事要打断别人的谈话或工作,最好先礼貌地问句:May I have a word with you? (我可以和你谈一会吗?)。虽然是a word,但不是只说一个字而已,而是一段很简短的对话,或可以说:May I have a quick word with you? / May I have a word in your ear? 通常有这样的要求,谈话内容可能比较私人或秘密,或者也可以用A word if you don't mind.(只是一句话,如你不介意)。 p1AL)w x
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A: Julie, may I have a word with you, please?
B: Sorry, I'm a bit tied up at the moment. Can we talk later?
A: You said that earlier and I've been waiting all afternoon. I only need 5 minutes to go over this. VK:U(Cp0d @*X+M
B: , please take a seat.
甲:茱莉,我可否和你谈一会吗?
乙:对不起,我现在很忙,可否迟些再谈?
甲:你较早前已这样说过,而我已等了整个下午,我只需要5分钟就足够了。
乙:好吧,请坐。
May I have a word with you?即‘我可否和你谈谈吗?’A word两字可不可以改作words? 改作words,意思就完全不同了。To have a word with somebody. 是‘和某人谈谈’,To have words with somebody. 则是‘和某人吵架’,例如:He had words with his wife last night. (他昨晚和妻子吵架)。 N&O7EA x
又请看以下两句有什么分别:He had white hair、He had white hairs。 按hair泛指毛发,是不可数名词,例如:I find her shoulder-length hair very beautiful.(我觉得她及肩的头发很美丽)。但是,一根毛发却是可数名词(countable noun),例如成语to hang by a hair即‘系于一发’,His life is hanging by a hair. 等于‘他生死悬于一发’。He had white hair.是说‘他满头白发’,He had white hairs.则是说‘他头上有些白发’。v\ R*U2Q[9CT&m
[[i] 本帖最后由 yanding142857 于 2007-1-18 00:35 编辑 [/i]] Who is your favorite singer?
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相信每个人心里都有一些最喜欢的东西。最喜欢的英文就是favorite。最喜欢的食物(favorite food)、最喜欢的颜色(favorite color)、最喜欢的歌手(favorite singer)。那么你最喜欢的歌手是谁?Who is your favorite singer?如果你没有特别偏爱的歌手,可回答:I don't have a particular favorite.(我没有特别的偏爱)。相反你有一个非常喜欢的歌手,可以用firm favorite,例如:Michael Jackson is my firm favorite.(米高积逊是我非常喜爱的歌手。) Hot favorite是指非常流行 / 受欢迎的东西,例如:This song is a hot favorite in Hong Kong.(这首歌在香港非常流行)。
对话
A:What were your hobbies at university?
B:Well, I liked to do so many things so I didn't really have a regular hobby. But I was a rock singer and I still perform occasionally.
A:Who is your favorite singer?
B:I'm a fan of the Beatles and Rod Stewart. #\5UG$Y?o*BD"{;x
甲:你在大学时期有什么嗜好? o\Yr$bbR5o
乙:哦,当时我喜爱做太多事情了,并没有特定的嗜好。但我以前是一个摇滚乐手,现在偶然也会表演一下呢。
甲:谁是你最喜爱的歌手? 1ijI`Y8tFMk
乙:我是披头四和洛史都华的歌迷。
要说所喜欢的人、物等,英文多会用favorite一字,作形容词(adjective)解作‘特别喜爱的’,作名词(noun)则是指‘特别喜爱的人、物’,例如:(1) War and Peace is my favorite novel.(《战争与和平》是我很喜欢的一本小说)。(2) Coca-Cola is a firm favorite with my son.(可口可乐是我儿子百喝不厌的饮料)。