1. After you.你先請。
這是一句很常用的`客套話,在進/出門和上車的場合你都可以表現一下。
2. I just couldn’t help it.
我就是忍不住。下面是隨意舉的一個例子:
I was deeply moved by the film and I cried and cried. I just couldn’t help it.
3. Don’t take it to heart.
別往心裡去,別為此而憂慮傷神。
生活例項:This test isn’t that important. Don’t take it to heart.
4. We’d better be off.我們該走了。It’s getting late. We’d better be off.
5. Let’s face it.面對現實吧。
常表明說話人不願意逃避困難的現狀。
參考例句:I know it’s a difficult situation. Let’s face it, OK?
6. Let’s get started. 咱們開始幹吧。
勸導別人時說:Don’t just talk. Let’s get started.
7. I’m really dead.我真要累死了。坦誠自己的感受時說:After all that work, I’m really dead.
8. I’ve done my best.我已盡力了。
9. Is that so?真是那樣嗎? 常用在一個人聽了一件事後表示驚訝、懷疑。
10. Don’t play games with me! 別跟我耍花招!
11. I don’t know for sure. 我不確切知道。
Stranger:Could you tell me how to get to the town hall?
Tom: I don’t know for sure. Maybe you could ask the policeman over there.
12. I’m not going to kid you. 我不是跟你開玩笑的。
Karin:You quit the job? You are kidding.
Jack: I’m not going to kid you. I’m serious.
13. That’s something. 太好了,太棒了。
A: I’m granted a full scholarship for this semester.
B: Congratulations. That’s something.