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【正文】 在真正的英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)言環(huán)境中，你不說(shuō)英語(yǔ)也得說(shuō)，而且得天天說(shuō)，這樣不僅會(huì)提高得很快，又學(xué)到了地道的口語(yǔ)?？傊?，英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)不但要學(xué)，而且要學(xué)得地道。而他謙虛地回答：“ I am just a small potato.”“ Small potato”是指不起眼的小人物、小角色。其實(shí)，當(dāng)時(shí)白人學(xué)生剛考完試，心情正好，要找個(gè)人與他拍掌慶賀。這時(shí)，花店老板說(shuō)：“ It’s normally expensive, but I’ll let you have it for a song.”“ For a song”在這里形容非常便宜，便 宜得幾乎白送，而不是“要唱一首歌才賣給你”。好不容易等來(lái)一輛，卻把錢包忘在家里了。又如，你踩了對(duì)方的腳，說(shuō)聲 Sorry，英國(guó)人會(huì)說(shuō) All right，簡(jiǎn)潔明了。與朋友見(jiàn)面打招呼是“ All right?”，意思是“怎么樣，一切都好吧？”。 英國(guó)人很會(huì)化繁為簡(jiǎn)。沒(méi)想到，一到英國(guó)，卻發(fā)現(xiàn)英國(guó)人并不都說(shuō) BBC 英語(yǔ)。所以不同地區(qū)的人就互相聽(tīng)不懂對(duì)方的話。”商人被他的態(tài)度給激怒了，說(shuō)：“電梯可是我們美國(guó)人發(fā)明的。） / It’s my treat today. I’ll pay.（今天我請(qǐng)客。他可能會(huì)問(wèn)： Can I take your order now? / Are you ready to order now, sir? 然后詢問(wèn)就餐者想吃什么： Anything to drink? / Do you want any soup? / Do you want anything to start with? / How about the dessert? / What dishes would you like? / Anything else? / And what to follow? / And any vegetables? / 那么，你可以先了解餐館當(dāng)天有什么菜肴，你可以問(wèn)： Could we see the menu, please? / Show me the menu, please. / Do you have all types of seafood here? / Anything cold? / What are your specialties? / What do you have today for dinner? / What’s good today? / What’s special for tonight? / What kinds of desserts do you serve? 等服務(wù)員介紹完餐館當(dāng)天的菜肴，你就可以點(diǎn)菜了： A clear soup for me, please. / Bring me two beers, please. / Some chicken salad, please. / And two coffees with cream after that, please. / All right, I’ll order the same. / Anything’s all right with me. / I prefer seafood. / I’d like some chips. 就餐時(shí)，服務(wù)員會(huì)詢問(wèn)你對(duì)菜肴有什么要求： How do you like your coffee? / Do you like your steak welldone or underdone? / Do you like your tea strong or weak? / With milk or sugar? / Would you like it with tomato sauce? / How would you like it done? 那么，你可以按你的具體要求回答服務(wù)員的詢問(wèn)。） We don’t give discounts.（我們不打折扣。） That’s the best we can do.（我們不能再讓了。） It’s our standard price.（這是我們的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)價(jià)格。原來(lái)“ What is up”（頭頂上是什么）與“ What’s up”有著天壤之別。他說(shuō)，第一天去學(xué)校，美國(guó)朋友們非常熱情。旁邊的同學(xué)問(wèn)他：“ What’s eating you?”他還沒(méi)弄明白，就回答：“ I am just eating some potato chips.”大家聽(tīng)了大笑。 I. Greetings: 見(jiàn)面時(shí)打招呼，我們最習(xí)慣的是下面幾種： How do you do?（初次見(jiàn)面時(shí)用） Glad to meet you! / Nice to see you! / Hi! / Hello! / Good morning! / Good afternoon! / Good evening! / Good day! 問(wèn)近況如何，可以說(shuō)：
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