英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)-各種各樣的問(wèn)題

　　這是什么味兒?

　　What's that smell? *完全不清楚時(shí)。

　　What's that smell? (這是什么味兒?)

　　Oh, no! Something's burning. (噢，不好!是什么糊了吧。)

　　I wonder what that smell is?

　　I wonder where that smell is coming from?

　　什么聲音?

　　What's that noise?

　　What's that noise? (什么聲音?)

　　It's my alarm clock. (是我的鬧鐘的聲音。)

　　這是排什么的隊(duì)?

　　What is this line for?

　　What is this line for? (這是排什么的隊(duì)?)

　　I have no idea. (我也不知道。)

　　Why are people lined up? (人們?yōu)槭裁磁抨?duì)?)

　　打什么鬼主意呢?(你忙什么呢?)

　　What are you up to? *up to “就某事有……企圖”、“打……的壞主意”、“從事……”。

　　What are you up to tonight? (你今天晚上忙什么?)

　　Why should I tell you? (我干嗎非得告訴你不可?)

　　What's going on? (是什么呀?)

　　我可以問(wèn)一個(gè)問(wèn)題嗎?

　　May I ask you a question?

　　May I ask you a question? (我可以問(wèn)一個(gè)問(wèn)題嗎?)

　　Sure, what is it? (當(dāng)然，什么問(wèn)題?)

　　“drowsy”是什么意思?

　　What does “drowsy” mean?

　　What does “drowsy” mean? (“drowsy”是什么意思?)

　　It means “sleepy.” (“drowsy”表示“犯困”。)

　　這是什么?

　　What's this?

　　What's this? (這是什么?)

　　It's a foldable bed. (這是折疊床。)

　　那是什么?

　　What's that?

　　這是誰(shuí)的?

　　Who does this belong to?

　　Whose is this?

　　To whom does this belong?

　　哪一個(gè)?

　　Which one?

　　That's my car. (那是我的車(chē)。)

　　Which one? (哪輛?)

　　這叫什么?

　　What's it called?

　　What's it called? (這叫什么?)

　　It's called tempura. (這叫“天麩羅”。)

　　What do you call it?

　　這是什么禮物?

　　What did you get for me? *這種說(shuō)法不只限于送禮物時(shí)。還有“你給我買(mǎi)什么了?”、“你給我?guī)裁磥?lái)了?”等的語(yǔ)感。

　　What did you get for me? (是什么禮物?)

　　I got you a doll. (我給你買(mǎi)了一個(gè)娃娃。)

　　去哪兒呀?

　　Where are you headed? *比較隨便的口語(yǔ)說(shuō)法。

　　Where are you headed? (去哪兒?)

　　Home. (回家。)

　　Where are you going?

　　Where are you off to?

　　比如說(shuō)?

　　For example?

　　For instance?

　　隔多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間?

　　How often? *“隔幾分鐘來(lái)一趟車(chē)”或者“隔多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間打一次網(wǎng)球”等用于詢(xún)問(wèn)時(shí)間的間隔時(shí)。

　　How often should I take this medicine? (這藥一天吃幾次?)

　　Five times a day. (一天5次。)

　　How frequently?

　　U.S.A.是什么的縮寫(xiě)?

　　What does USA stand for?

　　What does USA stand for? (U.S.A.是什么的縮寫(xiě)?)

　　It stands for the United States of America. (它是United States of America的縮寫(xiě)。)

　　多長(zhǎng)?

　　How long? *詢(xún)問(wèn)距離、尺寸時(shí)間的長(zhǎng)短，聽(tīng)到這樣的提問(wèn)，對(duì)方以具體數(shù)字回答。

　　How long have you dated her? (你和她交往了多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間?)

　　About four years. (大概4年吧。)

　　How long is her hair? (她的頭發(fā)有多長(zhǎng)?)

　　Very long. (很長(zhǎng)。)*不能用具體數(shù)字回答時(shí)，也可以用類(lèi)似very long這樣的話(huà)來(lái)回答。

　　多早?

　　How early?

　　How early should we leave? (咱們多早出發(fā)合適?)

　　Let's leave at 7∶30 am. (早晨7∶30吧。)*用How表示問(wèn)“多……”的說(shuō)法還有以下幾種。

　　How short? (多短?)

　　How fast? (多快?)

　　How far? (多遠(yuǎn)?)

　　How quickly? (多快的速度?)

　　How slowly? ([速度、動(dòng)作]多慢?)

　　How soon? ([時(shí)間/期間]多快?)

　　How late? ([時(shí)間/時(shí)刻]多晚?)

　　How much? ([不可數(shù)]多少?)

　　How many? ([可數(shù)]多少?)

　　How big/large? (多大?)

　　How small/little? (多小?)

　　暑假什么時(shí)候開(kāi)始?

　　When does summer break start?

　　When does summer break start? (暑假什么時(shí)候開(kāi)始?)

　　On July 25th. (7月25號(hào)。)

　　開(kāi)學(xué)典禮是哪天?

　　When was the opening ceremony?

　　When was the opening ceremony? (開(kāi)學(xué)典禮是哪天?)

　　January 8th. (1月8日。)

　　你知道這個(gè)生詞的意思嗎?

　　Do you know the meaning of this word?

　　這個(gè)詞怎么發(fā)音?

　　How do you pronounce this word?

　　How do you pronounce this word? (這個(gè)詞怎么發(fā)音?)

　　Climb. The “b” is silent.

　　A和B之間有什么區(qū)別?

　　What's the difference between A and B?

　　What's the difference between A and B? (A和B之間有什么區(qū)別?)

　　They're about the same. (它們幾乎相同。)