浅谈交际英语在日常生活中的应用

浅谈交际英语在日常生活中的

应用

浅谈交际英语在日常生活中的应用

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吴小凰

人们要进行交际，就必须用语言。 而语言无

非就是书面语和口语两种形式。

从语言的发展规

律或学习语言的自然规律来看，应是口语居先，

因此，

口语表达能力的培养，

是外语教学中一个

非常重要的方 面。

任何人学习语言，

如果只有读

写能 力，而听不懂，说不出，那么运用语言进行

交际，就要受到很大限制，哪怕学得再好，也 不

能摆脱“聋哑”的缺陷。中国学生学说英语，说

出的往往是书 面语或中国式英语，

而非地道的口

语，

结果口语表达既生硬又不甚得体，

有时还会

引起误解。所以，口 语不但要学好，而且要学得

地道，

合乎英美国家的表达习惯。< /p>

下面就日常生

活中的几个方面，谈谈英语口语是如何应用的。

I.

Greetings:

见面时打招呼，我们最习惯的是下面几种：

How do you do?

（初次见面时用）

Glad to meet you! / Nice to see you! / Hi!

/ Hello! /

Good

morning!

/

Good

afternoon!

/

Good evening! / Good day!

问近况如何，可以说：

How are you? / How are you getting on

with you work? / How are you doing? /

Are

you

well?

/

How

is

everything?

/

What are you doing these days? / How

are

things

with

you?/

Anything

new?

/

How goes it with you?

可是，有些问话要根据具体的语 言环境，才

能知道其确切的含义，而不能望文生义。如：有

一位 老顾客走进美容店，

向一个经常为她服务的

小姐打招呼：

“

Hello!

How

are

you?

What’s < /p>

cooking?

”这位小姐却回答：

“

No,

I

am

not

cooking. My mom is cooki ng.

”那位老顾客顿时

一头雾水，不知如何往下再问。其实，

“

What’s

cooking?< /p>

”是一句英语俗语，意为“怎么样？在

忙什么？”

又如：

有位留美学生讲，

他 在学校吃午饭时，

大家坐在一起。他因为上一堂课的考试很不理

想，所以不高兴。旁边的同学问他：

“

What’s

eating you?

”

他还没弄明 白，

就回答：

“

I am just

eating some potato chips.

”大家 听了大笑。后来

他才知道这句话是问“你怎么了”

。原来如此。

有一位初到美国的朋友，对于美国 人打招呼

的惯用语实在是摸不着头脑。

他说，

< br>第一天去学

校，美国朋友们非常热情。周围的同学问他

“

What’s up

”

，经追问后得知是“

How are you

doing

”之意。于是第二天他一见到旁边 的同学

就说

“

What is up< /p>

”

，

只见那位同学用手指了指天

花板。

他意识到自己说错话了。

原来

What is up

”

（头顶上是什么）与“

What’s

up

< br>”有着天壤之

别。

II.

F

inding the way:

问路，通常可以有下面几种：

Can you tell me where the bus stop is? /

Can

you

tell

me

how

I

can

get

to

the

bus

stop? /

Excuse me .Which is the way to the bus

stop? / Excuse me. Where is the nearest

bus stop? Could you tell me the way to

the bus stop? / Is there a bus stop near

here? /

Am I on the right road to the bus stop?

/ Can you direct me to the bus stop? /

Excuse me .Is the bus stop straight on?

/ Is this the right way to the bus stop? /

Excuse

me,

please,

but

I’m

trying

to

find a post office.

如果不知道路有多远，可以这样问：

Is

it

far

to

walk?

/

Is

the

station

far

from here? / Will it take me long to get there?

/

How soon shall I get there?

有问路就应该有指路。指路的表达方式有：

Go straight

on.

/ Cross

the

square

and

turn left. / East street is the first turning on

the left.

Follow this path back for about a mile

and you can’t miss it. /

Go

down

the

first

turning

on

the

left

until you come to a tall building. /

Go

straight

along

this

street

to

the

traffic lights. /

Go

this

way

about

ten

minutes.

When

you see a motorcar advertisement, turn left.

/

I

think

it

is

opposite

the

post

office.

/

I’m

afraid

you’re

going

in

the

opposite

direction. /

I’m going there myself. Let me lead you

the way. / It’s about ten minutes’ walk. /

It’s just round the corner. / It’s only two

blocks away. / It’s ne

xt to the National Bank.

/

It’s too far to walk. You’d better take a

taxi.

III.

Shopping:

售货员招呼顾客通常用以下表达法：

Can I help you? / Anything I can do for

you? / What can I do for you? /

What can I show you? / Are you being

served? / Are you being seen to?

顾客要告诉店员想买点什么，可以这么说：

Do you have any coat that will fit me? /

I need a pair of shoes, size 26, please. /

Can you show

me a

skirt? / I’d

like

to

buy a ready-made suit.

如果想要的物品型号、颜色、款式不对，可以

这么说：

Bring me a larger size, please. /I prefer

a different color. / I want something in light

color.

I

suppose

I’d

like

something

made

in

China.

/

I

want

a

pair

of

trousers

without

turn-ups. /

I’d

like

something

plain

and

quiet.

/

Please show me the blue one my size. /

Show me this one, please. / I don’t think

the cushion matches the sofa. /

It’s a bit small on me. / I think the skirt

is a shade darker. / It’s too small all over.

如果顾客要询问物品的价格，可以这么问：

Are these apples on sale?

（这些苹果降

价吗？）

/

How do you sell the watermelons?

（这

些西瓜怎么卖？）

/

How

much

do

you

ask

for

it?

/

How

much do you sell it? / How much does it cost?

/

How much is that worth? / How much

is it altogether? / How much, please? /

How much shall I pay for it? / What’s it

worth? / What does it cost? /

What’s the price of the apples? / What

does it come to? / What does it sell for? /

Is this the sale price?

< br>（

这是减价以后的

价格吗？）

如果顾客想讨价还价，可以这么说：

I

think

it’s

too

expensive.

/

Can

you

come down a bit? / It’s daylight robbery!

（

太

贵了！

）

I

can

give

you

no

more

than

$$20.

Can

you sell it for me? /

That’s a bit more than I wanted to pay.

/ That sounds reasonable. /

I don't think I could afford to spend so

much money for this jewel. /

The

price

is

not

reasonable.

/

This

is

nice, but I suppose it’s quite expensive.

如果卖方要讨价还价，他会这么说：

How much would you like it to be?

（你

想出多少钱

?

）

It’s

a

real

bargain.

（这是真正的便宜

货。

）

It’s our standard price.

（这是我 们的标

准价格。

）

One

hundred

dollars,

you

can’t

be

wrong on that.

（一百美元，这个价钱您不会

吃亏的。

）

Our prices are not dearer than those in

other places.

）

That’s a fire sale.

（这是便宜货。

）

That’s the best we can do.

（我 们不能再

让了。

）

You get a chance like this only once in a

blue moon.

（这可是千载难逢的机会呢。

）

We don’t ask for two prices.

（我们不讨

两种价格。

）

The

price

is

reasonable

because

the

quality

is

super.

（这价格是合理的，因为质

量极好。

）

We

don’t

give

discounts.

（我 们不打折

扣。

）

That’s our rock bottom price.

（这是我

们的最低价了。

）