1、英语口语 8000 句(9) 随意的谈话 征求意见 懂吗? Do you understand? *是一般的说法。 Do you understand? (懂吗?) I understand. (懂了。) 懂了吗? Understood? *既可以用于提问也可以用于回答。 You have to improve. Understood? (你得有所提高，明白吗?) Understood. (明白了!) Do you understand? 清楚了吗? Is that clear? Is that clear? (清楚了吗?) Its clear. (清楚了。) 你了解情况吗? Get the
2、picture? *这里的 picture 不是“照片”， 而是“状态”、 “情况”、 “事 态”。这句是 Do you get the picture 的缩略形式。 Did you grasp the overall situation? 你懂我说的意思吗? Do you know what I mean? Do you know what I mean? (你懂我说的意思吗?) I think so. (我想我明白了。) You know what I mean? Are you following me? Do you get my drift? 你在听吗? Are you listen
3、ing to me? *这句是用于确认对方是否在注意听自己讲 话。注意在这儿不能用动词 hear。 Are you paying attention? 你不知道吗? Are you blind? *blind 是“看不见的”、“盲目的”意思。但在这里它表示 的是“没察觉”、“不知道”的意思。 Its a great deal. (这可是笔大买卖。) Are you blind? (你不知道吗?) Cant you see? Whats the matter with you? 你明白我说的意思吧。 You know what Im talking about. *就自己所说的某个问题确认对方
4、是否明白时使用。 You know what I mean. Dont play stupid. *更随意的说法。 我是那样说的吧? I said that, didnt I? *用 that 代替自己所说的话，反复征求对方的确 认。 I said that, didnt I? Thats okay. Did I repeat myself? 你知道那事吗? Do you know that? Do you know about that? 说不定你知道吧? Do you happen to know.? Tom, do you happen to know Marys phone numbe
5、r? (汤姆，说不 定你知道玛丽的电话号码吧?) Yes, I do. (是的，我知道。) 我辨别不出来。 I cant tell the difference. I cant tell. 你听得见吗? Can you hear me? *用于周围很吵， 难以听清楚所说内容时。 这时的“听” 只能用 hear，不能用 listen to。 Can you hear me? (你听得见吗?) Loud and clear. (声音很大，听得很清楚。) 你听见我说的了吗? Did you hear me? 同意 知道了。 I understand. *“理解了”。 I cant go today.
6、 (今天我不能去。) I understand. (知道了。) I dont understand. (不能理解。) I get it. 明白了吗? See? *see “明白”、“知道”。 Do you see? Do you understand? Do you get it? 完全明白。 I understand very well. Do you understand? (明白了吗?) I understand very well. (完全明白。) 我想我懂了。 I think I understand. 我明白你说的了。 I see what you mean. 我太清楚那种事了。
7、I know that too well. 我明白你的意思。 I see your point. I think we need to expand. (我认为我们必须再扩展。) I see your point. (我明白你的意思。) I see what you mean. I understand what you mean. That makes sense. I get the point. 噢，我终于明白了。 I get it. *终于明白对方所说的事情。语感较随便。 If you change this, it will work. (如果你改变一下这个， 它就能运作了。 ) I
8、 get it. (噢，我终于明白了。) I dont get it. (我还是不明白。) 这样啊，原来是这么回事。 I got it. *随意说法。 You see? (明白了吗?) I got it. (这样啊，原来是这么回事。) I see. 这点事儿我还是知道的。 I know that much! *表示“这点事儿我知道，别把我当傻瓜”。 原来是这样啊! That solves it. *在对方指点下，问题、疑问得以完全解决。 I left because I didnt feel well. (因为不舒服，我回去了。) That solves it. (原来是这样啊!) Well,
9、 that solves that. Thats that. *比较随意的说法。 好吧，好吧，我知道了。 All right, all right. I understand. *被对方反复地嘱咐时的回答。 You have to change your attitude. (你得改变你的态度。) All right, all right. I understand. (好吧，好吧，我知道了。) 我知道呀! I know. *表示“无需对方解释，我很清楚”。 L.A. is in California. (洛杉矶在加利福尼亚州。) I know. (我知道呀。) I know that. I
10、know it. I didnt know. (我怎么不知道。) 我认识那个人。 I know that person. Im acquainted with that person. 我见过他。 I know him by sight. *know. by sight “知道，见过面”。 Do you know that man? (你认识那个人吗?) No, but I know him by sight. (不认识，但我见过他。) 嗯，我听说了。 Yeah, I heard about it. Jeff got married. (杰夫结婚了。) Yeah, I heard about
11、it. (啊，我听说了。) Yeah, someone told me. Yes, Ive been told. Yeah, I know. 我听着呢。/我知道了。 I hear you. *对对方所说的事情表示“知道了”、“听到了”。 We have to work harder. (我们得更加努力地工作了。) I hear you. (我听着呢。/我知道了。) Yes, I understand. 我理解了。 Im following you. *向对方再一次表示“我懂了”。 So, do you get it? (怎么样?你理解了吗?) Im following you. (理解了。)
12、Im with you. Im following. Im not following you. (我不明白你的意思。) 言之有理。 Makes sense. *认为所听到的事情“有道理”、“可以理解”时。 He got fired because he was lazy. (他因为懒，才被解雇了。) Makes sense. (说得有道理。) That makes sense. Makes sense to me. Youre making sense. That doesnt make sense. (这也太奇怪了。) 不明白、不知道 我不明白。 I dont understand. I
13、cant tell you. (我不能告诉你。) I dont understand. (我不知道是什么事。) Im not following. I dont get it. *比较随便的说法。 Im confused. I get it. /I understand. (明白了。) 我不太明白。 I dont really understand. I dont understand very well. 我不清楚。 Thats not clear. *不清楚对方所说的事情时。 So, was he the thief? (这么说，他是个小偷?) Thats not clear. (那不太清
14、楚。) 我不明白你在说什么。 I cant see your point. *表示“我不同意你所说的，我不明白你为什么 会这样说”。 We should do this first. (我们首先应该做这个。) I cant see your point. (我不明白你在说什么。) I dont see where youre coming from. I dont see your point. 我不明白你的意思。 I cant understand what you mean. I cant see what you mean. I dont understand what youre tr
15、ying to say. I dont get your drift. 我弄不清楚你想说什么。 Im not sure what you mean. Thats how you do it. (所以应该这样做呀。) Im not sure what you mean. (我弄不清楚你想说什么。) Im not sure I understand. Im not sure I see what you mean. I dont know if I understand what youre trying to say. 我根本不知道这是怎么回事。 I dont know whats what.
16、*whats what 是 what is what 的缩略 形式，直译为“什么是什么”。 I dont have any idea whats going on. I dont know anything any more. 太难了，我弄不懂。 Its over my head. *直译是“它超过了我的头脑”。用于所听到的信息或 事情，难于理解、弄不懂时。 .so, thats the way to use computers. (总之，电脑是这样使用的。) Its over my head. (太难了，我弄不懂。) Its beyond me. 我也搞不清楚。 Your guess is
17、as good as mine. *guess “推测，猜想”。这是句常用 表达方式，意为“你要不知道，那我更不知道了”。 How many people live in this town? (这个镇上住了多少人?) Your guess is as good as mine. (我也不清楚。) 越想越糊涂。 The more I think about it, the less I understand it. *如例句所示， 在 more(更好的， 更多的)、 less(比较少的， 更少的)等比较级前面加 the， 构成 the+比较级，the+比较级。 我不知道他要干什么。 I don
18、t know what he is driving at. *drive at. “打算做”。 I dont know what he intends. I dont know what he is getting at. I dont know what he is trying to do. Its not clear. (我不清楚。) Thats unclear. Thats clear. (那很清楚了。) 她到底想干什么? Whats she after? Whats she after? (她到底想干什么?) Im not sure. (我不清楚。) Whats her game?
19、我一点儿都不知道。 I have no idea. Do you know where my pen is? (你知道我的笔在哪儿吗?) I have no idea. (我一点儿都不知道。) I have no clue. No idea. Its all Greek to me. 我怎么不知道。 I didnt know that. John got married last week. (约翰上星期结婚了。) I didnt know that. (我怎么不知道。) Thats news to me. *习惯用法。 I wasnt aware of that. 不知道。/不太清楚。 I
20、dont know. Do you know where shes from? (你知道她是从哪儿来的吗?) I dont know. (不知道。/不太清楚。) I have no idea. 我不太清楚。 I dont know for sure. *for sure 有“确切地”、“毫无疑问地”的含意。 Do you know the way to my house? (你认识去我家的路吗?) I dont know for sure. (我不太清楚。) I dont know for certain. Im not absolutely sure. 谁也不知道确切的情况。 No one
21、knows for sure. *这种说法与“who knows?”几乎相同，但因 为有了 for sure，所以句子含有知道得不确切，但也有各种各样的说法的 语感。 我怎么会知道? How should I know? *用于被问到“自己不可能知道”、“根本不知道”的 问题时。根据说话的语气，有时会给人以不理睬对方、冷淡对方的语感。 Is he married? (他结婚了吗?) How should I know? (我怎么会知道?) 谁能知道? Who knows? *该句有时让人听起来有些富有哲理。 What is the meaning of life? (什么是人生?) Who k
22、nows? (谁能知道?) Nobody knows. No way of knowing. Theres no way of knowing. Its impossible to find out. 反问 有事吗? Yes? Excuse me. (对不起) Yes? (有事吗?) 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
23、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
24、了什么的场合。 对不起，你说什么来着? Im 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? (
25、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 its a bad idea? (你是说这个主意不好?) Thats 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? Whats 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
26、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。 Youre speaking too quickly. Youre talking too fast. 请您再说慢一点儿。 Please say it more slowly. Please speak more slowly. More slowly, please. P
27、lease speak slower. Please dont 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 cant 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.
28、我听不见。 I cant hear you. *这种情况下只能用 hear 而不能用 listen。 I cant hear a word youre saying. (我根本听不见你说什么。) I cant hear you at all. (根本听不见。) I cant hear you well. (我听不太清楚。) 我没听见你说什么。 I couldnt catch what you said. *“听见，明白(话语等)”。 I didnt 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
29、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 soccer. (放学后，我们去踢足球了。) Did you
30、 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 its 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 thin
31、k 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 shes 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? Howd things turn out? *turn out. “结果是”。 Howd things turn out? (结果怎么样?)
32、 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 ci
33、rcumstances. 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.
34、 Hows 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”。 Hows school? (你们学校怎么样?) So-so. (马马虎虎。) (事情)就是这样。 Thats about it. 没什么了不起的。 It was nothing. Wow! Howd 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
35、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, theres nothing to it. (当然，这很简单。) Its 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
36、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。 Hows married lif
37、e? (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 successful. He is a big success. 问题解决了。 Were 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。) Were set
38、. (问题解决了。) Were set. (我们准备好了。) Lets get going. (那我们走吧。) Our problems solved. Were ready. Were 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。 Thats 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? *Ive been to Chicago. (我去过芝加哥。) You have? Hes from Chicago.(他
39、是芝加哥人。) He is? He went to Chicago. (他去芝加哥了。) He did? He is tall. (他的个子很高。) He is? Hes 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。 Thats right. 没错! Exactly! *强调肯定的语气。 Thats it exactly. Thats exactly it. 是
40、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。) Its nice, isnt 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，正在想的事情引出来 时。 我也是。 Me, too. *用于同意对方的意见及想法相同时。这是比较随便的说法，儿 童之间常用。在工作场合最好不用。 So am I. So do I. So did I. 我也不 Nei
41、ther do I. *用于对对方“我不”的话的回应，表示“我也不”的意 见时。比“Me, neither.”要正式。 Tom doesnt want to go. (汤姆不想去。) Neither do I. (我也不想去。) Me, neither. *说法比较随便。正式的工作场合最好不用。 别说傻话。 Dont be silly. Ill pay for dinner. (我付晚饭的钱。) Dont be silly. (别说傻话。) Dont be foolish. 真是太倒霉了。 Thats too bad. *听了对方叙述不好的事情时使用。 Ive lost my wallet.
42、(我丢了我的钱包。) Thats too bad. (真是太倒霉了。) 真的吗? Are you sure? 真是太过分(遗憾)了! What a shame! 那好哇。 Good! *答应、满足的语气。 真叫人吃惊。 What a surprise! *用于没想到的事情，或被对方出其不意地吓了一跳 时。 我真希望不是这样。 I hope not. 要是那样就好了! I hope so. 太棒了! Great! 难以置信! Unbelievable! See? My dog can sing. (你知道吗？我的狗会唱歌。) Unbelievable! (难以置信!) Incredible. 开
43、玩笑吧! No kidding! Youre kidding! Youre joking! That cant be! 行!没问题! You bet. May I borrow your pen? (可以借用你的钢笔吗?) You bet. (当然行。) No problem. Sure. Certainly. 一时语塞 嗯 Well. *这是种很方便的表达方式。以下三种情况都可以用。(1)一时回 答不了或说不上来时。 “嗯”、 “唉”、 “这个嘛”、 “话是不错， 可”。 (2)相当吃惊时。“哎呀!”、“什么?”、“啊!”。(3)改变话题继续交谈时。“那 么”、“可是”、“后来”。 Umm.
44、 Hmm. 让我想想。 Let me see. *see “考虑”、“盘算”、“想”，口语中常用来表示无法立刻 答复，一时想不出回答的话，或想说点什么。 May I take your order? (您点什么菜?) Well, let me see.(点什么呢?) Lets see. Let me check. (让我查查。) Ill find out for you. (我找找。) 我的意思是 I mean. *“就是说”、“不，其实我是说”，用于会话中补充或纠正自 己的发言时。 May I ask who you are? (请问您是哪位?) Im a friend of Johns.
45、I mean, Mr. Sheehan. (我是约翰的朋友， 我是说我是希恩先生的朋友。)*当说话的人是希恩先生的朋友时。 话就在嘴边上。 Its on the tip of my tongue. 说什么好呢? What should I say. *用于委婉表达难以启齿的事情，一时找不到合适 的词，争取考虑时间的情况。 How should I put this. How should I put it. 我真不知道该说什么好 I dont know quite how to put this. You said you wanted to talk to me. (听说你有话要对我说) W
46、ell, I dont know quite how to put this. (嗯，我真不知道该说什 么好) I dont know how to say this. Im not sure how to put this. 这可让你问着了。 Beats me. *回答不了别人的提问时，“哎呀!这可糟了”、 “怎么说呢”、 “不知道呀”的语气。 Whats the population of Narita? (成田市有多少人口呀?) Beats me. (这可让你问着了。) I cant answer that. (我可答不上来。) 叫什么来着? What do you call it? *
47、一时想不出要说的东西的名字的时候。口语中常 发音为 Whatchamacallit? What would you call it? *把“do”换成“would”则用于另外一种场合。 意思是“你管它叫什么?” 让你问住了。 Youve got me. *回答不上来问话时。 Whos the prime minister of Canada? (加拿大的总理是谁?) Youve got me. (让你问住了。) 催促别人说话 你说点什么吧! Say something. Say something. (你说点什么吧!) Im speechless. (我连话都说不出来了。) A penny f
48、or your thoughts. *这是惯用表达方式，用于当对方在考虑 什么的时候。直译是“给你一便士也好，请告诉我你在想什么。” 我想知道得详细一些。 Tell me more (about it). I want to know more about it in detail. Id like to know more details. *比较有礼貌的说法。 你的旅行怎么样? How was your trip? How was your trip? (你的旅行怎么样?) It was terrible. (太糟糕了。) 我在认真地听呢。 Im all ears. *“聚精会神地听”。 会开得怎么样? How was the meeting? How was the meeting? (会开得怎么样?) We didnt accomplish much. (没什么结果。) 继续说呀。 Im listening. *在对方停止谈话时，向对方表示
