你就簡明扼要地說吧。
Just tell me the story in a nutshell. *nutshell “堅果的殼”，in a nutshell是慣用語，“簡明扼要地說，總結(jié)性地說”。
Give it to me in a nutshell.
告訴我詳細(xì)情況。
Let me know the circumstances.
Let me know the situation.
輕而易舉。
A piece of cake. *像吃一塊蛋糕一樣簡單。“輕而易舉”。
How was the test? (你考試考得怎么樣?)
A piece of cake. (簡直輕而易舉。)
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.
到現(xiàn)在為止還好。
So far, so good.
How's your cooking going? (你做飯做得怎么樣了?)
So far, so good. (到現(xiàn)在為止還好。)
Up till now, no problems.
馬馬虎虎。
So-so. *“不好不壞，過得去”。
How's school? (你們學(xué)校怎么樣?)
So-so. (馬馬虎虎。)
(事情)就是這樣。
That's about it.
沒什么了不起的。
It was nothing.
Wow! How'd you do that? (哇!你怎么做出來的?)
It was nothing. (這沒什么。)
It was no big deal.
這很簡單。
There's nothing to it.
Can you help me E-mail? (你能教我用一下E-mail(電子郵件)嗎?)
Sure, there's nothing to it. (當(dāng)然，這很簡單。)
It's a piece of cake. (這輕而易舉。)
Nothing complicated about it. (這沒什么復(fù)雜的。)
啊，真靈!
It worked!
And if you plug this in... (然后你插上插頭……)
It worked! (啊，亮了!)
It did the job!
還需再加把勁。
It needs work. *還需要努力才能達(dá)到完美，變得更好。
What about the new computer system? (那個新的計算機(jī)系統(tǒng)怎么樣?)
It needs work. (還需改進(jìn)。)
It needs more work.
It needs some work.
就差那么一點兒。
Almost. *表示“可惜”，“差一點兒”。
Almost! (就差那么一點兒。)
I thought it was a home run. (我以為是個本壘打呢。)
越來越不好。
Going from bad to worse. *直譯是“從不好到更糟糕的”，可以用于人際關(guān)系、經(jīng)濟(jì)或成績等多種場合。
How's married life? (婚后生活怎么樣?)
Going from bad to worse. (越來越糟。)
Getting increasingly worse.
Getting worse and worse (all the time).
他一舉成名。
He made it big. *make it big “在社會上取得了成功”。
He became very successful.
He is a big success.
問題解決了。
We're set. *這句用來表示“準(zhǔn)備好了，預(yù)備好了”。set“解決”。
They just fixed the car. (他剛把車修好。)
We're set. (問題解決了。)
We're set. (我們準(zhǔn)備好了。)
Let's get going. (那我們走吧。)
Our problem's solved.
We're ready.
We're okay.
●隨聲附和
我知道了。
I see. *邊向?qū)Ψ奖硎咀约阂牙斫?，邊使對話順利進(jìn)行。
That's why I was late. (……所以我才來晚了。)
I see. (我知道了。)
嗯，嗯。
Uh-huh. *當(dāng)同意對方的意見時，可以代替Yes。
啊，是嗎?
You have? *①I've been to Chicago. (我去過芝加哥。) →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. (他的個子很高。) →He is? ⑤He's cooking now. (他正在做飯。) →He is? 以上各句的答句要作相應(yīng)變化。
是那樣嗎?
Is that right? *可以只表示“是那樣嗎?”，也可以表示“這樣對嗎?”
Is that so?
Is that true?
Is that correct?
是那樣。
That's right.
沒錯!
Exactly! *強(qiáng)調(diào)肯定的語氣。
That's it exactly.
That's exactly it.
是嗎?
Oh, yeah? *比較隨便的說法。
是嗎?
Is that so?
Really?
Oh, really?
Oh, do you?
Oh, you do?
Oh, you like it? (哦，你喜歡嗎?)
Oh, thank you. (哦，謝謝。)
It's nice, isn't it? (是不是特棒呀?)
然后呢?
And? *希望對方繼續(xù)說下去，和將對方正在考慮，正在想的事情引出來時。
我也是。
Me, too. *用于同意對方的意見及想法相同時。這是比較隨便的說法，兒童之間常用。在工作場合不用。
So am I.
So do I.
So did I.
我也不……
Neither do I. *用于對對方“我不……”的話的回應(yīng)，表示“我也不……”的意見時。比“Me, neither.”要正式。
Tom doesn't want to go. (湯姆不想去。)
Neither do I. (我也不想去。)
Me, neither. *說法比較隨便。正式的工作場合不用。
別說傻話。
Don't be silly.
I'll pay for dinner. (我付晚飯的錢。)
Don't be silly. (別說傻話。)
Don't be foolish.
真是太倒霉了。
That's too bad. *聽了對方敘述不好的事情時使用。
I've lost my wallet. (我丟了我的錢包。)
That's too bad. (真是太倒霉了。)
真的嗎?
Are you sure?
真是太過分(遺憾)了!
What a shame!
那好哇。
Good! *答應(yīng)、滿足的語氣。
真叫人吃驚。
What a surprise! *用于沒想到的事情，或被對方出其不意地嚇了一跳時。
我真希望不是這樣。
I hope not.
要是那樣就好了!
I hope so.
太棒了!
Great!
難以置信!
Unbelievable!
See? My dog can sing. (你知道嗎？我的狗會唱歌。)
Unbelievable! (難以置信!)
Incredible.
開玩笑吧!
No kidding!
You're kidding!
You're joking!
That can't be!
行!沒問題!
You bet.
May I borrow your pen? (可以借用你的鋼筆嗎?)
You bet. (當(dāng)然行。)
No problem.
Sure.
Certainly.
●一時語塞
嗯……
Well... *這是種很方便的表達(dá)方式。以下三種情況都可以用。(1)一時回答不了或說不上來時。“嗯……”、“唉……”、“這個嘛……”、“話是不錯，可……”。(2)相當(dāng)吃驚時?！鞍パ?”、“什么?”、“啊!”。(3)改變話題繼續(xù)交談時?！澳敲础薄ⅰ翱墒恰?、“后來……”。
Umm...
Hmm...
讓我想想。
Let me see. *see “考慮”、“盤算”、“想”，口語中常用來表示無法立刻答復(fù)，一時想不出回答的話，或想說點什么。
May I take your order? (您點什么菜?)
Well, let me see...(點什么呢?……)
Let's see.
Let me check. (讓我查查。)
I'll find out for you. (我找找。)
我的意思是……
I mean... *“就是說”、“不，其實我是說……”，用于會話中補(bǔ)充或糾正自己的發(fā)言時。
May I ask who you are? (請問您是哪位?)
I'm a friend of John's... I mean, Mr. Sheehan. (我是約翰的朋友，我是說我是希恩先生的朋友。)*當(dāng)說話的人是希恩先生的朋友時。
話就在嘴邊上。
It's on the tip of my tongue.
說什么好呢?
What should I say... *用于委婉表達(dá)難以啟齒的事情，一時找不到合適的詞，爭取考慮時間的情況。
How should I put this...
How should I put it...
我真不知道該說什么好……
I don't know quite how to put this.
You said you wanted to talk to me...
(聽說你有話要對我說……)
Well, I don't know quite how to put this... (嗯，我真不知道該說什么好……)
I don't know how to say this.
I'm not sure how to put this.
這可讓你問著了。
Beats me. *回答不了別人的提問時，“哎呀!這可糟了”、 “怎么說呢”、 “不知道呀”的語氣。
What's the population of Narita? (成田市有多少人口呀?)
Beats me. (這可讓你問著了。)
I can't answer that. (我可答不上來。)
叫什么來著?
What do you call it? *一時想不出要說的東西的名字的時候?？谡Z中常發(fā)音為Whatchamacallit?
What would you call it? *把“do”換成“would”則用于另外一種場合。意思是“你管它叫什么?”
讓你問住了。
You've got me. *回答不上來問話時。
Who's the prime minister of Canada? (加拿大的總理是誰?)
You've got me. (讓你問住了。)
●催促別人說話
你說點什么吧!
Say something.
Say something. (你說點什么吧!)
I'm speechless. (我連話都說不出來了。)
A penny for your thoughts. *這是慣用表達(dá)方式，用于當(dāng)對方在考慮什么的時候。直譯是“給你一便士也好，請告訴我你在想什么。”
我想知道得詳細(xì)一些。
Tell me more (about it).
I want to know more about it in detail.
I'd like to know more details. *比較有禮貌的說法。
你的旅行怎么樣?
How was your trip?
How was your trip? (你的旅行怎么樣?)
It was terrible. (太糟糕了。)
我在認(rèn)真地聽呢。
I'm all ears. *“聚精會神地聽”。
會開得怎么樣?
How was the meeting?
How was the meeting? (會開得怎么樣?)
We didn't accomplish much. (沒什么結(jié)果。)
繼續(xù)說呀。
I'm listening. *在對方停止談話時，向?qū)Ψ奖硎尽罢埨^續(xù)說下去，我在呢”或“我聽著呢”。
Keep talking.
我很想聽聽那件事。
I'd like to hear the story.
Did you hear about my trip? (你聽說我旅行的事了嗎?)
Not yet. I'd like to hear the story. (沒呢。我很想知道。)
I'd like to know the story.
I'd like to hear about it.
我們只是閑聊一會兒。
We had small talk. *small talk “閑話，不著邊際的話”。
電影怎么樣?
How was the movie?
How was the movie? (電影怎么樣?)
I really enjoyed it. (我覺得很有意思。)
那部戲有意思嗎?
Did you enjoy the play?
Did you enjoy the play? (那部戲有意思嗎?)
No, it was dull. (真沒勁。) 轉(zhuǎn)
Just tell me the story in a nutshell. *nutshell “堅果的殼”，in a nutshell是慣用語，“簡明扼要地說，總結(jié)性地說”。
Give it to me in a nutshell.
告訴我詳細(xì)情況。
Let me know the circumstances.
Let me know the situation.
輕而易舉。
A piece of cake. *像吃一塊蛋糕一樣簡單。“輕而易舉”。
How was the test? (你考試考得怎么樣?)
A piece of cake. (簡直輕而易舉。)
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.
到現(xiàn)在為止還好。
So far, so good.
How's your cooking going? (你做飯做得怎么樣了?)
So far, so good. (到現(xiàn)在為止還好。)
Up till now, no problems.
馬馬虎虎。
So-so. *“不好不壞，過得去”。
How's school? (你們學(xué)校怎么樣?)
So-so. (馬馬虎虎。)
(事情)就是這樣。
That's about it.
沒什么了不起的。
It was nothing.
Wow! How'd you do that? (哇!你怎么做出來的?)
It was nothing. (這沒什么。)
It was no big deal.
這很簡單。
There's nothing to it.
Can you help me E-mail? (你能教我用一下E-mail(電子郵件)嗎?)
Sure, there's nothing to it. (當(dāng)然，這很簡單。)
It's a piece of cake. (這輕而易舉。)
Nothing complicated about it. (這沒什么復(fù)雜的。)
啊，真靈!
It worked!
And if you plug this in... (然后你插上插頭……)
It worked! (啊，亮了!)
It did the job!
還需再加把勁。
It needs work. *還需要努力才能達(dá)到完美，變得更好。
What about the new computer system? (那個新的計算機(jī)系統(tǒng)怎么樣?)
It needs work. (還需改進(jìn)。)
It needs more work.
It needs some work.
就差那么一點兒。
Almost. *表示“可惜”，“差一點兒”。
Almost! (就差那么一點兒。)
I thought it was a home run. (我以為是個本壘打呢。)
越來越不好。
Going from bad to worse. *直譯是“從不好到更糟糕的”，可以用于人際關(guān)系、經(jīng)濟(jì)或成績等多種場合。
How's married life? (婚后生活怎么樣?)
Going from bad to worse. (越來越糟。)
Getting increasingly worse.
Getting worse and worse (all the time).
他一舉成名。
He made it big. *make it big “在社會上取得了成功”。
He became very successful.
He is a big success.
問題解決了。
We're set. *這句用來表示“準(zhǔn)備好了，預(yù)備好了”。set“解決”。
They just fixed the car. (他剛把車修好。)
We're set. (問題解決了。)
We're set. (我們準(zhǔn)備好了。)
Let's get going. (那我們走吧。)
Our problem's solved.
We're ready.
We're okay.
●隨聲附和
我知道了。
I see. *邊向?qū)Ψ奖硎咀约阂牙斫?，邊使對話順利進(jìn)行。
That's why I was late. (……所以我才來晚了。)
I see. (我知道了。)
嗯，嗯。
Uh-huh. *當(dāng)同意對方的意見時，可以代替Yes。
啊，是嗎?
You have? *①I've been to Chicago. (我去過芝加哥。) →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. (他的個子很高。) →He is? ⑤He's cooking now. (他正在做飯。) →He is? 以上各句的答句要作相應(yīng)變化。
是那樣嗎?
Is that right? *可以只表示“是那樣嗎?”，也可以表示“這樣對嗎?”
Is that so?
Is that true?
Is that correct?
是那樣。
That's right.
沒錯!
Exactly! *強(qiáng)調(diào)肯定的語氣。
That's it exactly.
That's exactly it.
是嗎?
Oh, yeah? *比較隨便的說法。
是嗎?
Is that so?
Really?
Oh, really?
Oh, do you?
Oh, you do?
Oh, you like it? (哦，你喜歡嗎?)
Oh, thank you. (哦，謝謝。)
It's nice, isn't it? (是不是特棒呀?)
然后呢?
And? *希望對方繼續(xù)說下去，和將對方正在考慮，正在想的事情引出來時。
我也是。
Me, too. *用于同意對方的意見及想法相同時。這是比較隨便的說法，兒童之間常用。在工作場合不用。
So am I.
So do I.
So did I.
我也不……
Neither do I. *用于對對方“我不……”的話的回應(yīng)，表示“我也不……”的意見時。比“Me, neither.”要正式。
Tom doesn't want to go. (湯姆不想去。)
Neither do I. (我也不想去。)
Me, neither. *說法比較隨便。正式的工作場合不用。
別說傻話。
Don't be silly.
I'll pay for dinner. (我付晚飯的錢。)
Don't be silly. (別說傻話。)
Don't be foolish.
真是太倒霉了。
That's too bad. *聽了對方敘述不好的事情時使用。
I've lost my wallet. (我丟了我的錢包。)
That's too bad. (真是太倒霉了。)
真的嗎?
Are you sure?
真是太過分(遺憾)了!
What a shame!
那好哇。
Good! *答應(yīng)、滿足的語氣。
真叫人吃驚。
What a surprise! *用于沒想到的事情，或被對方出其不意地嚇了一跳時。
我真希望不是這樣。
I hope not.
要是那樣就好了!
I hope so.
太棒了!
Great!
難以置信!
Unbelievable!
See? My dog can sing. (你知道嗎？我的狗會唱歌。)
Unbelievable! (難以置信!)
Incredible.
開玩笑吧!
No kidding!
You're kidding!
You're joking!
That can't be!
行!沒問題!
You bet.
May I borrow your pen? (可以借用你的鋼筆嗎?)
You bet. (當(dāng)然行。)
No problem.
Sure.
Certainly.
●一時語塞
嗯……
Well... *這是種很方便的表達(dá)方式。以下三種情況都可以用。(1)一時回答不了或說不上來時。“嗯……”、“唉……”、“這個嘛……”、“話是不錯，可……”。(2)相當(dāng)吃驚時?！鞍パ?”、“什么?”、“啊!”。(3)改變話題繼續(xù)交談時?！澳敲础薄ⅰ翱墒恰?、“后來……”。
Umm...
Hmm...
讓我想想。
Let me see. *see “考慮”、“盤算”、“想”，口語中常用來表示無法立刻答復(fù)，一時想不出回答的話，或想說點什么。
May I take your order? (您點什么菜?)
Well, let me see...(點什么呢?……)
Let's see.
Let me check. (讓我查查。)
I'll find out for you. (我找找。)
我的意思是……
I mean... *“就是說”、“不，其實我是說……”，用于會話中補(bǔ)充或糾正自己的發(fā)言時。
May I ask who you are? (請問您是哪位?)
I'm a friend of John's... I mean, Mr. Sheehan. (我是約翰的朋友，我是說我是希恩先生的朋友。)*當(dāng)說話的人是希恩先生的朋友時。
話就在嘴邊上。
It's on the tip of my tongue.
說什么好呢?
What should I say... *用于委婉表達(dá)難以啟齒的事情，一時找不到合適的詞，爭取考慮時間的情況。
How should I put this...
How should I put it...
我真不知道該說什么好……
I don't know quite how to put this.
You said you wanted to talk to me...
(聽說你有話要對我說……)
Well, I don't know quite how to put this... (嗯，我真不知道該說什么好……)
I don't know how to say this.
I'm not sure how to put this.
這可讓你問著了。
Beats me. *回答不了別人的提問時，“哎呀!這可糟了”、 “怎么說呢”、 “不知道呀”的語氣。
What's the population of Narita? (成田市有多少人口呀?)
Beats me. (這可讓你問著了。)
I can't answer that. (我可答不上來。)
叫什么來著?
What do you call it? *一時想不出要說的東西的名字的時候?？谡Z中常發(fā)音為Whatchamacallit?
What would you call it? *把“do”換成“would”則用于另外一種場合。意思是“你管它叫什么?”
讓你問住了。
You've got me. *回答不上來問話時。
Who's the prime minister of Canada? (加拿大的總理是誰?)
You've got me. (讓你問住了。)
●催促別人說話
你說點什么吧!
Say something.
Say something. (你說點什么吧!)
I'm speechless. (我連話都說不出來了。)
A penny for your thoughts. *這是慣用表達(dá)方式，用于當(dāng)對方在考慮什么的時候。直譯是“給你一便士也好，請告訴我你在想什么。”
我想知道得詳細(xì)一些。
Tell me more (about it).
I want to know more about it in detail.
I'd like to know more details. *比較有禮貌的說法。
你的旅行怎么樣?
How was your trip?
How was your trip? (你的旅行怎么樣?)
It was terrible. (太糟糕了。)
我在認(rèn)真地聽呢。
I'm all ears. *“聚精會神地聽”。
會開得怎么樣?
How was the meeting?
How was the meeting? (會開得怎么樣?)
We didn't accomplish much. (沒什么結(jié)果。)
繼續(xù)說呀。
I'm listening. *在對方停止談話時，向?qū)Ψ奖硎尽罢埨^續(xù)說下去，我在呢”或“我聽著呢”。
Keep talking.
我很想聽聽那件事。
I'd like to hear the story.
Did you hear about my trip? (你聽說我旅行的事了嗎?)
Not yet. I'd like to hear the story. (沒呢。我很想知道。)
I'd like to know the story.
I'd like to hear about it.
我們只是閑聊一會兒。
We had small talk. *small talk “閑話，不著邊際的話”。
電影怎么樣?
How was the movie?
How was the movie? (電影怎么樣?)
I really enjoyed it. (我覺得很有意思。)
那部戲有意思嗎?
Did you enjoy the play?
Did you enjoy the play? (那部戲有意思嗎?)
No, it was dull. (真沒勁。) 轉(zhuǎn)