第一个人有麻烦时,第二个人回答如果知道如何解决则提出一个建议,如果不知怎么办则安慰第一个人。 $ u J8 D v' o
建议本身就是答案。
4 Q% B2 r1 J; _4 x$ [0 }- V* |表示安慰: % d+ ~3 W0 j4 M- C# o$ j
Don’t worry. Never mind. Take it easy. Calm down. + h3 b1 e# O" k4 h
表示建议: & U7 m3 o! g5 |$ }
You should. You ought to (oughta) ...
. Q& b! x2 a2 kShouldn’t you比you should 语气强烈的多 + B4 P ^) ^- U9 i/ C
Why not ... Why don’t you ... * r7 h: U# s+ Y" T
How about ... What about ...
8 `# f! d8 s+ J7 u& a! i" U* UIf I were you I would ... = You should ...
% g. H% v" g; p3 f# P$ Thad better Let’s ... 5 | @" Q4 C; y( L6 E
Is there anything wrong with ... l1 Z6 l& @/ E7 a! j* e
例题
+ `3 i9 j( |; N/ [A) They get a bargain right away.
c9 y: \1 r3 I+ x8 z, JB) They go and buy a big TV set.
! L1 O* j: ~. ]- cC) They sell their TV set.
8 @0 u* D! c" w( ~D) They have a look at the advertisement. 6 ?' f5 P9 O% j
M: This TV set is getting worse and worse. Now it doesn’t work at all. 4 S; C) W+ O; \0 N, S
W: Here’s an advertisement about a big TV sale. There might be some good bargains in it. ! W- a" [0 S) ~. R& h( z
Q: What does the woman suggest? 6 q3 J+ _0 ?# e+ ~! i+ T
注:不要进行递推。 " |. `) I' n6 V% o; l- `( r3 l. O
Why don’t you ask Betty? % ^( F( z( ?: j
例题
& F$ g, @+ \; w$ }7 j% kA) She could help him with the problems.
' \& u) B8 j3 d' I( L: e0 g( tB) He should go out for a while.
" `2 h! _; x0 O$ Z. o# GC) She could go out together with him.
/ t1 V% t& H e' sD) He should do the problems himself. + A5 |9 J4 m6 A* `" h; ~& `
M: I’m getting absolutely nowhere with these physics problems. 8 w$ A7 g8 W. Z! g4 f7 |9 C) H
W: How about my going through them with you? $ W# X% u1 w$ h1 E1 W, v
Q: What does the woman mean? ; y3 a6 f! U1 z) q
注:getting absolutely nowhere with 做某件事毫无进展
2 b$ Q9 f0 ^2 B/ `& Q3 p! P例题 8 S0 Z) Z4 T4 R; b9 d1 T) L, d* ] a
A) It was probably Mr. Brown’ s phone number that the woman wrote down.
6 ~; @/ w9 n3 E6 D; j% YB) It was just an hour ago that the man met Mr. Brown. 9 a$ l* l0 O' o6 X
C) The woman forgot to write down the phone number. `; A8 {% k) ]
D) The woman needed a sheet of paper to put down the number.
$ ~0 F6 W# ]3 X5 L: bW: What a memory I have! I did write down the number on a sheet of paper when I answered the phone this morning. But now the paper has disappeared without any trace.
6 b+ h0 ]" ~8 O- [/ o4 E1 {1 Y. BM: Don’t worry. I will be seeing Mr.Brown in an hour. * d2 u4 B- B; o, N% z. A
Q: What do we learn from this conversation?
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A) She could help him with the problems.
" E2 s0 `; C+ f ]B) He should go out for a while.
; x& a n P% kC) She could go out together with him.
' h6 u2 a7 Z$ h6 K4 W$ y/ I6 O( cD) He should do the problems himself. 3 F% X7 X% i& n) A& K
M: I’m getting absolutely nowhere with these physics problems. + Q! R& U# z! q6 W0 i
W: How about my going through them with you?
. o. q( S: O8 \9 k6 GQ: What does the woman mean?
9 e" q m& {" v: L2 G: D/ k注:getting absolutely nowhere with 做某件事毫无进展
! s9 G D) H4 A) W3 X& d- h例题 8 c" g" V+ L. z1 W- P8 p
A) It was probably Mr. Brown’ s phone number that the woman wrote down. % y2 w, K" b" e4 N: O5 a
B) It was just an hour ago that the man met Mr. Brown. * d# K/ \& e! r
C) The woman forgot to write down the phone number.
# G3 S1 G6 B( d/ L% OD) The woman needed a sheet of paper to put down the number. |