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<p><strong>●催促别人说话 </strong></p><p><strong>◎你说点什么吧! Say something. </strong><br />I'm speechless. (我连话都说不出来了。) <br />= A penny for your thoughts. <br />*这是惯用表达方式，用于当对方在考虑什么的时候。直译是"给你一便士也好，请告诉我你在想什么。"</p><p><strong>◎我想知道得详细一些。 Tell me more (about it). </strong><br />= I want to know more about it in detail. <br />= I'd like to know more details. <br />*比较有礼貌的说法。</p><p><strong>◎你的旅行怎么样? How was your trip? </strong><br />It was terrible. (太糟糕了。)</p><p><strong>◎我在认真地听呢。 I'm all ears. </strong><br />*"聚精会神地听"。</p><p><strong>◎会开得怎么样? How was the meeting? </strong><br />We didn't accomplish much. (没什么结果。)</p><p><strong>◎继续说呀。 I'm listening. </strong><br />*在对方停止谈话时，向对方表示"请继续说下去，我在呢"或"我听着呢"。 <br />= Keep talking.</p><p><strong>◎我很想听听那件事。 I'd like to hear the story. </strong><br />Did you hear about my trip? (你听说我旅行的事了吗?) <br />Not yet. I'd like to hear the story. (没呢。我很想知道。) <br />= I'd like to know the story. <br />= I'd like to hear about it.</p><p><strong>◎我们只是闲聊一会儿。 We had small talk. </strong><br />*small talk "闲话，不着边际的话"。</p><p><strong>◎电影怎么样? How was the movie? </strong><br />I really enjoyed it. (我觉得很有意思。)</p><p><strong>◎那部戏有意思吗? Did you enjoy the play? </strong><br />No, it was dull. (真没劲。)</p><p><strong>◎我想现在就谈谈那件事。 I want to talk about it now. </strong><br />Let's talk about it later. (那事我们以后再谈吧。) <br />= I want to talk about it now. (我想现在谈。)</p><p><strong>◎说吧，说吧。 Shoot! </strong><br />*动词shoot有"发射，射击"的意思，但在口语中也可以用来催促对方，"请说吧"、"说吧，说吧"。 <br />= I need to tell you something. (我有事要告诉你。) <br />= Shoot! (说吧，说吧。)Go ahead. <br />= What's on your mind.</p><p><strong>◎咱们说英语吧。 Let's talk in English. </strong><br />= Let's speak in English.</p><p><strong>◎咱们聊会儿天吧! Let's have a chat. </strong></p><p><strong>◎抓重点的说。 To the point, please. </strong><br />*用在说话人说一些无关痛痒的事，或没有时间听完说话人要说的事情以及不想听的场合。 <br />= Stop beating around the bush. *常用短语。 <br />= Get to the point, please.</p><p><strong>◎今天过得怎么样? How was your day? </strong><br />Exhausting. (我已经精疲力尽了。)</p>
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