交流總是離不開日常生活，而和外國友人“拉家常”，也會拉近彼此的距離。願你會生活也會談論生活。
英語口語休息——我真想睡個午覺。
I want to take a nap.
I want to take a nap. (我真想睡個午覺。)
But you just woke up. (你不是剛剛起來嗎?)
I want to take a catnap. *catnap “打盹”、“小睡一下兒”。
I'd like to lie down for a while. (我想躺會兒。)
英語口語休息——我去躺一會兒。
I'm going to lie down. *用於稍感疲勞的時候。
I'm going to take a rest. (我休息一會兒。)
英語口語休息——你在裝睡啊!
You're pretending to be asleep.
You're just pretending that you're asleep.
You're not really asleep. (你其實沒睡吧!)
I know you're still awake. (我知道你還沒睡。)
英語口語休息——你睡著了嗎?
Were you sleeping?
Were you asleep?
英語口語休息——沒有，還沒睡呢。
No, I was awake.
英語口語用語——你能給孩子換塊尿布嗎?
Will you change the baby's diaper? *diaper“尿布”。
Will you change the baby's diaper? (你能給孩子換塊尿布嗎?)
Again? (又要換呀?)
Will you change the baby's diaper? (你能給孩子換塊尿布嗎?)
I just changed it ten minutes ago. (10分鐘前我剛換過的。)
英語口語用語——想尿尿嗎?
Do you need to pee? *主要對小孩子用。
該尿尿了。
It's time to go wee-wee. *主要對小孩子用。
It's time to go pee-pee. *對兒童用wee和pee，對嬰幼兒用重疊wee-wee和pee-pee的'形式表示“小便”。
英語口語用語——蒙一兒。
Peekaboo! *孩子們在玩藏貓遊戲時常用。大人有時也半帶玩樂地使用。
Peekaboo! (蒙一兒。)
Do it again. (再來一次。)
英語口語日常用語——胳肢胳肢。
Kuchi-kuchi-koo. *胳肢嬰兒時用。大人有時開玩笑時也用。
英語口語日常用語——我們來投球吧。
Let's play catch.
Let's play catch. (我們來投球吧。)
Great! (好呀!)
Let's play ball.
漏水了。
The water is leaking.
The pipe is leaking. (水管漏了。)
全是灰呀。
It's so dusty. *dusty“到處都是灰塵”、“沾滿塵土”。
It's so dusty. (都是灰啊!)
I didn't notice. (我倒沒注意。)
It needs to be dusted. (得掃掃了。)
這間屋子通風真差。
It's stuffy in this room. *stuffy 房間等地方“通風不好”、“憋悶得慌”。
The air is thick. (這裡真悶。)
I can't breathe in this room. (這屋讓人喘不過氣來。)
The air is dense. (空氣混濁。)
這個房間很通風。
It's drafty in this room. *drafty “有穿堂風的”。
你能去喂喂狗嗎?
Will you feed the dog? *feed “餵食”。
Please give the dog some food.
你去遛遛狗吧?
Will you take the dog for a walk?
幫我照看一下弟弟和妹妹啊。
Take care of my brother and sister.
Take care of my brother and sister. (幫我照看一下弟弟和妹妹。)
You bet. (放心吧。)
英語口語日常用語——請(給植物)澆點水。
Please water the plants. *water在這裡是動詞“澆水，灑水”。
Can I help? (要我幫忙嗎?)
Yes, please water the plants. (好吧，請幫我給花澆澆水。)
英語口語日常用語——啊!怎麼這麼亂呀!
What a mess! *母親看到孩子們的房間時常說的一句話。
Look at the mess!
What a pigsty! * 含有髒得像個豬窩的語氣。
幫幫我吧。
Help me.
Help me. (幫幫我吧。)
What do you want me to do? (我能幫你做什麼呢?)
把你的屋子收拾收拾。
Clean up your room.
Clean up your room. (把你的屋子收拾收拾。)
But I'm watching TV now. (可我正在看電視呢。)
Straighten up your room.
Tidy up the room.
