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<p><strong>●一时语塞 </strong></p><p><strong>◎嗯…… Well... </strong><br />*这是种很方便的表达方式。以下三种情况都可以用。<br />(1)一时回答不了或说不上来时。"嗯……"、"唉……"、"这个嘛……"、"话是不错，可……"。<br />(2)相当吃惊时。"哎呀!"、"什么?"、"啊!"。<br />(3)改变话题继续交谈时。"那么……"、"可是……"、"后来……"。 <br />= Umm... <br />= Hmm...</p><p><strong>◎让我想想。 Let me see.</strong><br />*see "考虑"、"盘算"、"想"，口语中常用来表示无法立刻答复，一时想不出回答的话，或想说点什么。 <br />May I take your order? (您点什么菜?) <br />= Well, let me see...(点什么呢?……) <br />= Let's see. <br />= Let me check. (让我查查。) <br />= I'll find out for you. (我找找。)</p><p><strong>◎我的意思是…… I mean... </strong><br />*"就是说"、"不，其实我是说……"，用于会话中补充或纠正自己的发言时。 <br />May I ask who you are? (请问您是哪位?) <br />I'm a friend of John's... I mean, Mr. Sheehan. (我是约翰的朋友，我是说我是希恩先生的朋友。)*当说话的人是希恩先生的朋友时。</p><p><strong>◎话就在嘴边上。 It's on the tip of my tongue. </strong></p><p><strong>◎说什么好呢? What should I say...</strong> <br />*用于委婉表达难以启齿的事情，一时找不到合适的词，争取考虑时间的情况。 <br />= How should I put this... <br />= How should I put it...</p><p><strong>◎我真不知道该说什么好…… I don't know quite how to put this. </strong><br />= You said you wanted to talk to me... (听说你有话要对我说……) <br />= Well, I don't know quite how to put this... (嗯，我真不知道该说什么好……) <br />= I don't know how to say this. <br />= I'm not sure how to put this.</p><p><strong>◎这可让你问着了。 Beats me. </strong><br />*回答不了别人的提问时，"哎呀!这可糟了"、 "怎么说呢"、 "不知道呀"的语气。 <br />What's the population of Narita? (成田市有多少人口呀?) <br />= I can't answer that. (我可答不上来。)</p><p><strong>◎叫什么来着? What do you call it? </strong><br />*一时想不出要说的东西的名字的时候。口语中常发音为Whatchamacallit? <br />= What would you call it? <br />*把"do"换成"would"则用于另外一种场合。意思是"你管它叫什么?"</p><p><strong>◎让你问住了。 You've got me. <br /></strong>*回答不上来问话时。 <br />Who's the prime minister of Canada? (加拿大的总理是谁?) <br />You've got me. (让你问住了。)</p>
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