“当然!”怎么说?你会说:“Of course!"但如果你说:"You bet!"就更地道了。老美许多的习惯用语,不是想当然就会的!
喜 悦
如果你会说这些表现喜悦的词句,你的英语可算是到家了!
万岁! Hurray!
●Hurray! Hurray! Hurray!通常是连说三次。
成功了! I (We) did it! / I (We) made it! / Way to go!
●Way to go! 是看到或听到别人成功时所说的。
太棒了! Excellent! / Superb! / Splendid! /Magnificent! / Brilliant!
真高兴! Hurray! / Delightful! Rah-rah-rah!
哇 ! Wow! / Yippee! / Wah!
●Wow! 或Wah! 是惊喜的语气,Yippee!表现的是期待趣事发生时的喜悦。
太好了! Great! / Terrific! / Wonderful! / I'm glad it turned out so well ?穴that way?雪!
●Great! 与Terrific!是“事情这么顺利真是太好了”的意思,最后一句则是“事情如你所愿,真是太好了”的意思,带有庆幸的意味。
好棒!好酷! Excellent! / Cool! / Oh, boy! / Yeah! / Goody gumdrops!
●Goody gumdrops! 是小孩子的常用语。
太酷了! That's cool!
惊 喜
惊奇是一瞬间的情绪表现,中英文在这方面的词汇同样是多彩多姿的。每个人多半有各自的习惯用法,以下介绍的都是经常听到的惊讶之语。
没这回事! No way! / Impossible!
●年轻人最常使用的是No way!
这真是太神奇了!Great! / Wow! That's amazing! / Oh, my gosh!
●Gosh是God的委婉表述法,通常是女性用语。
你说什么? What? / Huh? / What was that? / What did you say ?穴want?雪?!
●Huh?!的发音是?眼h?蘧?演(尾音上升); What was that? 则是强调What,而 What did you say ?穴want?雪?! 语调在语尾上升。
哪有这种事! No! / Pooh! /Bah!
●No! 是“不可能有这种事”的意思。
我太惊讶了! I am amazed ?穴impressed?雪! /Oh, my! / This is a surprise ?穴shock?雪!
不可能吧! I can't believe it! / Unbelievable! / Who would have believed it?
你骗人! You must be kidding! / You must be joking ?穴pulling my leg?雪! /Come on! / That ?穴just?雪 can't be!
●若照中文字面翻译为“You are lying”,表示你肯定对方在说谎,会叫人难堪得下不了台的!Come on! 的重音落在on上。
生 气
有的人动不动就发火,有的人则爱生闷气。生气的方式表现出每个人的个性,不论是中文还是英文都是一样的。
闭嘴! Shut up! / Shut your mouth! / Keep ?穴Be?雪 quiet!
●Shut up! / Shut your mouth! 是相当严厉的、不客气的表现方式。Keep ?穴Be?雪 quiet! 的前或后加上please可缓和语气。
太过分了! That's awful ?穴terrible?雪! / That's too much! / That's mean!
●如要进一步强调严重性,可以用terrible。That's mean! 针对的是人而不是事。
可恶! Damn it! / Shit! / God damn it!
●每一种都是不雅的表意方式,表示“可恶”、“糟糕”、“讨厌”等责骂的意思。
我受不了了! I can't stand it ?穴this?雪 any longer!
●除了stand,还可以使用endure/ put up with/ bear/tolerate等词句来代替。这些词句当中以put up with 最为口语化。
随你便! Suit yourself! / Do ?穴Have?雪 it your way! / ?穴Do what you want and?雪 See if I care. / ?穴You just?雪 Go right ahead.
●最后一句有挖苦的意味。
笨蛋! You idiot! / You dummy!
●经常不知不觉就会用fool这个字,但fool是更加轻蔑的表现方式。
无聊! That's nonsense! / Don't be silly ?穴stupid?雪! / Get serious! / Don't say such silly ?穴stupid?雪 things!
●和silly比起来,stupid有更加侮蔑的意思。
我生气了! I'm mad! / That makes me angry ?穴mad?雪. / That's the last straw.
●the last straw来自“ the last straw that broke the camel's back.”“压垮骆驼的最后一根稻草”——表示最后的忍耐限度。
你真丢脸! Shame on you! / You ought to be ashamed! / You should be ashamed of yourself!
责备、拒绝
拒绝或责备都会伤害人际关系。如果你非说不可,就用最委婉的方式吧!
吵死了! Drop dead!
●Drop dead! 是“好吵”、“赶快走开”的意思。
不开玩笑! I mean it! / It's ?穴This is?雪 no joke!
●I mean it! 是“我是说真的”的意思。
不行! No way! / That's out of the question! / Don't be silly!
别闹了! That's enough! / Cut it out! / Stop it!
●要缓和语气,可改用Just stop it! 或者说Stop it now!并且不要重读。
你到底在想什么?What on earth are you thinking?
不是这个问题! That's got nothing to do with it! / What are you talking about? / That's not the point!
●美国人喜欢率直地表达自己的意见,这些话若和气地说,是对对方所说的话表示不赞同时常见的方式。
看你干的好事! Look what you did! / What have you done?
你怎么可以这样!How could you? / Oh my goodness! / Oh my!
●一般人最常用Oh my God!但如果你不是基督教徒,最好还是不要这么说。另外,goodness的“d”通常是不发音的。How could you? 表现的是责备的心情。
放 弃
有些事情就是不得不放弃,虽然令人惋惜,但想一想That's life! (这就是人生),就连放弃的方式也是多彩多姿的呢!
没辙了! It's can't be helped ?穴avoided?雪. /That's life. / We have no choice?穴alternative?雪. / There's nothing you ?穴we?雪 can do about it.
●和That's life相同的说法是: Such is life。
我简直不敢相信!I can't believe it! / I'm in shock. / I don't know what to say.
好蠢! What an idiot! / How stupid?穴silly?雪! / I can't believe it!
随你便! Suit yourself! / Do as you like!/ Buzz off!
●这些例句开头可加上Then或者Go ahead。
够了! That's enough! / Stop it. / Let's not have any more of this!
运气真背! Just my luck. / That's what I would call bad timing. / I'm out of luck.
后 悔
向别人表达自己的后悔之意并不容易。有时候是为自己的失败感到着急,或带有自责之意,或向对方表示自己做错了的反省之意。
完了! Oh no! / Oops! / Uh-oh! / Darn?穴it!?雪 / Oh darn! / Oh dear!
●Uh-oh!将重音放在Uh。Darn是不雅的说法,是Damn的替代字,语气较Damn轻。
可惜! That's too bad. / That's a ?穴real?雪 bummer! / Bummer! / There's always a next time.
●bummer是“失败之作”、“拙劣之作”的口语,近来年轻人之间经常可以听到。
非常抱歉! I'm really (terribly/awfully?雪 sorry. / I feel so bad!
我不应该这样做的。I shouldn't have ?穴done it?雪. / I didn't really mean to do it! / Why did I do that?
怎么会这样? It wasn't supposed to be ?穴turn out?雪 like this ?穴this way?雪. / This isn't the way I had planned it. / What went wrong?
我不在乎。 I don't care. / Who cares? / Whatever. /See if I care.
●See if I care虽是“怎样都好”的意思,但带有“实际上我很在意的”意味。
悲 伤
表现悲伤的词汇相对较少,中外皆然。对悲伤的人表示过多的安慰并没有什么用处,只说一句How sad!其实就够了。
真悲惨! How sad! / How tragic!
好可惜! That's too bad! / What a pity! /How unfortunate!
真失望! What a disappointment! / What a letdown!
真可怜! How sad! / Poor thing! / I feel so sorry for...
●Poor thing!是对晚辈或地位较自己低的人说的。I feel so sorry for...之后必定要加上具体的人或事。
我很难过/遗憾。 You have my condolences. / I was so sorry to hear... / Please accept my sincere sympathy.
鼓 励
鼓励,给拼命争取荣誉的运动选手,给悲伤的人……用英语鼓励也是要看状况的。
加油! Go for it! / Good luck! / Stick with ?穴to?雪 it!
●这些词汇多用于运动竞赛时的加油打气,另外还有Let's go, Tom.等用法,也相当常见。Let's work harder!虽带有勉励之意,但很容易变成“你不够努力”的暗讽,要特别注意。
不要着急。 Take it easy. /Take your time.
冷静! Calm down. / Take it easy.
打起精神! Cheer up! / ?穴Just?雪 Hang it there! / Keep your spirits up! / Keep your chin up!
不要在意。 Don't let it get to you. / Let it go at that. / If I were you, I wouldn't worry about it.
不要想太多。 Don't get worked up ?穴over nothing?雪! / Stop thinking about it all the time.
不要担心。 Don't worry ?穴about it?雪 ! / Everything is going to be all right! /Don't let it get you down!