A:Professor Smith,may I ask you a question?
甲:史密斯教授,我可以問(wèn)您一個(gè)問(wèn)題嗎?
B:Of course.Go ahead.
乙:當(dāng)然,問(wèn)吧。
A:How can I improve my oral English?
甲:我怎樣才能提高英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)呢?
B:You'd better speak English any time you can.
乙:你最好利用一切機(jī)會(huì)說(shuō)英語(yǔ)。
經(jīng)典句型:Could you spare me a few minutes? 您能給我?guī)追昼姇r(shí)間嗎?
A:Could you spare me a few minutes?
甲:您能給我?guī)追昼姇r(shí)間嗎?
B:Yes.What's the matter?
乙:可以。什么事?
A:I'd like to talk about my term paper with you.
甲:我想和您談?wù)勎业膶W(xué)期論文。
句型講解:
向別人提問(wèn)或請(qǐng)求幫助的時(shí)候,語(yǔ)氣要委婉,Could you please…要比Can you…客氣。Could you spareme a few minutes中的spare表示“提供,給出”的意思;而spare time中的spare則是“空閑”的意思。