《英语天堂》

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为何? 
What for?
I bought this beautiful pen。 (我买了一支漂亮的钢笔。)
What for? (那又为何?) 
您说什么? 
Pardon me? *因为声音小而没有听清楚或一时没能理解对方所表达的意思时,与其装作听见或听懂了,不如问一句Pardon me?这样就可以不失礼貌地将对话进行下去。
Is there a post office near here? (这附近有邮局吗?)
Pardon me? (您说什么?)
Pardon?
I beg your pardon? 
现在怎么样? 
How about now? 
对不起,你说什么? 
Excuse me?
What did you say? 
什么? 
What? *用于没听清对方说什么、没理解对方的意思时。但这样的问法让人听起来有些粗鲁和生硬。
Huh? *比what?更随便的说法。 
你说什么来着? 
Did you say anything? *用于没听见对方说什么、或别人说话时,自己走神或不知对方是否说了什么的场合。 
对不起,你说什么来着? 
I'm sorry; what did you say? *确实听到对方说了什么,希望对方能够重复一遍。 
那又怎么样呢? 
So what? *含有不感兴趣和轻蔑的语气。口语中常用。
What of it? 
什么意思? 
What does it mean? *没弄明白对方所说事情时,可以这样积极主动地问。
What do you mean?
Please explain what you mean。 (请您解释一下您的意思。)
What are you trying to say? (您想说什么?)
What do you mean by that? (您这是什么意思?) 
你是说……吗? 
Are you saying that。。。? *确认对方讲话内容时。
Are you saying that it's a bad idea? (你是说这个主意不好?)
That's right。 (是的。)
Do you mean。。。?
Are you trying to say that。。。?
后来怎么样了? 
Then what?
And then?
What happened then? 
他到底想干吗? 
What's he driving at? *用于不明白对方的意图时。 
您能再说一遍吗? 
Would you repeat that; please? *用于没有听清或没有听懂时。
Could you repeat that; please?
Could you say that again; please?
Say it again。 (再说一遍。)
Please say it again。 (请再说一遍。)
Please repeat that。 (请再重复一遍。) 
您说得太快了。 
You're speaking too quickly。
You're talking too fast。 
请您再说慢一点儿。
Please say it more slowly。
Please speak more slowly。
More slowly; please。
Please speak slower。
Please don't speak so quickly。 (请您不要说得太快。)
Would you slow down; please? (您能说慢一点儿吗?) 
我跟不上您说的。 
I can't keep up。 
请再大一点儿声说。 
Please speak a little louder。
Could you speak up? (您能再大一点儿声儿吗?)
A little louder; please? (请大点儿声。)
Speak up; please? (请大声说。)
Please speak up。
Please speak louder。 
我听不见。 
I can't hear you。 *这种情况下只能用hear而不能用listen。
I can't hear a word you're saying。 (我根本听不见你说什么。)
I can't hear you at all。 (根本听不见。)
I can't hear you well。 (我听不太清楚。) 
我没听见你说什么。 
I couldn't catch what you said。 *“听见,明白(话语等)”。
I didn't catch that。 
你在说什么呢? 
What are you talking about? *用于听不懂对方所说的内容,或没注意听对方说什么的场合。
What did you say? (你说什么呢?)

●感想
就像我一样。 
Just like me!
John is very smart。 (约翰真聪明。)
Yeah; just like me! (嗯,就像我一样。)*夫妻谈论自己的儿子约翰。 
好吃吗? 
Was it good?
We had melon for lunch at school。 (在学校吃午饭时,我们吃了哈蜜瓜。)
Was it good? (好吃吗?) 
玩得高兴吗? 
Did you have fun?
After school; we played socomer。 (放学后,我们去踢足球了。)
Did you have fun? (玩得高兴吗?) 
这套衣服怎么样? 
How do you like this suit?
How do you like this suit? (这套衣服怎么样?)
It looks great on you。 (很配你呀!)
How do you like this suit? (你看这件衬衫怎么样?)
I think it's nice。 (我觉得挺好。) 
你觉得怎么样? 
How did you like it?
How did you like it? (你觉得怎么样?)
I liked it very much。 (我非常喜欢。)
What did you think of it? 
你喜欢吗? 
Did you like it?
Did you enjoy it? 
你觉得那个怎么样? 
What do you think of it? *询问别人有何感想时。
What do you think of our new boss? (你觉得我们新老板怎么样?)
I think she's very friendly。 (我觉得她非常友善。)
What do you think about it?

●询问、叙述情况
结果怎么样? 
How'd things turn out? *turn out。。。 “结果是……”。
How'd things turn out? (结果怎么样?)
They turned out to be miserable。 (结果很惨。)
How was it?
How did it go?
How did it turn out?
How did it end up? 
长话短说…… 
To make a long story short;。。。 
你就简明扼要地说吧。 
Just tell me the story in a nutshell。 *nutshell “坚果的壳”,in a nutshell是惯用语,“简明扼要地说,总结性地说”。
Give it to me in a nutshell。 
告诉我详细情况。
Let me know the circumstances。
Let me know the situation。 
轻而易举。 
A piece of cake。 *像吃一块蛋糕一样简单。“轻而易举”。
How was the test? (你考试考得怎么样?)
A piece of cake。 (简直轻而易举。)
It was a piece of cake。
It was very easy。
It was a snap。
It was no problem (at all)。
It was as easy as 1;2;3。
It was as easy as A;B;C。 
到现在为止还好。 
So far; so good。
How's your cooking going? (你做饭做得怎么样了?)
So far; so good。 (到现在为止还好。)
Up till now; no problems。
马马虎虎。 
So…so。 *“不好不坏,过得去”。
How's school? (你们学校怎么样?)
So…so。 (马马虎虎。) 
(事情)就是这样。
That's about it。 
没什么了不起的。
It was nothing。
Wow! How'd you do that? (哇!你怎么做出来的?)
It was nothing。 (这没什么。)
It was no big deal。 
这很简单。 
There's nothing to it。
Can you help me E…mail? (你能教我用一下E…mail(电子邮件)吗?)
Sure; there's nothing to it。 (当然,这很简单。)
It's a piece of cake。 (这轻而易举。)
Nothing complicated about it。 (这没什么复杂的。) 
啊,真灵! 
It worked!
And if you plug this in。。。 (然后你插上插头……)
It worked! (啊,亮了!)
It did the job! 
还需再加把劲。 
It needs work。 *还需要努力才能达到完美,变得更好。
What about the new computer system? (那个新的计算机系统怎么样?)
It needs work。 (还需改进。)
It needs more work。
It needs some work。 
就差那么一点儿。 
Almost。 *表示“可惜”,“差一点儿”。
Almost! (就差那么一点儿。)
I thought it was a home run。 (我以为是个本垒打呢。) 
越来越不好。 
Going from bad to worse。 *直译是“从不好到更糟糕的”,可以用于人际关系、经济或成绩等多种场合。
How's married life? (婚后生活怎么样?)
Going from bad to worse。 (越来越糟。)
Getting increasingly worse。
Getting worse and worse (all the time)。 
他一举成名。
He made it big。 *make it big “在社会上取得了成功”。
He became very sucomessful。
He is a big sucomess。 
问题解决了。 
We're set。 *这句用来表示“准备好了,预备好了”。set“解决”。
They just fixed the car。 (他刚把车修好。)
We're set。 (问题解决了。)
We're set。 (我们准备好了。)
Let's get going。 (那我们走吧。)
Our problem's solved。
We're ready。
We're okay。

●随声附和
我知道了。 
I see。 *边向对方表示自己已理解,边使对话顺利进行。
That's why I was late。 (……所以我才来晚了。)
I see。 (我知道了。)
嗯,嗯。 
Uh…huh。 *当同意对方的意见时,可以代替Yes。 
啊,是吗? 
You have? *①I've been to Chicago。 (我去过芝加哥。) →You have? ②He's from Chicago。(他是芝加哥人。) →He is? ③He went to Chicago。 (他去芝加哥了。) →He did? ④He is tall。 (他的个子很高。) →He is? ⑤He's cooking now。 (他正在做饭。) →He is? 以上各句的答句要作相应变化。 
是那样吗? 
Is that right? *可以只表示“是那样吗?”,也可以表示“这样对吗?”
Is that so?
Is that true?
Is that correct? 
是那样。 
That's right。 
没错! 
Exactly! *强调肯定的语气。
That's it exactly。
That's exactly it。 
是吗? 
Oh; yeah? *比较随便的说法。 
是吗? 
Is that so?
Really?
Oh; really?
Oh; do you?
Oh; you do?
Oh; you like it? (哦,你喜欢吗?)
Oh; thank you。 (哦,谢谢。)
It's nice; isn't it? (是不是特棒呀?) 
然后呢? 
And? *希望对方继续说下去,和将对方正在考虑,正在想的事
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