跟艾米莉一起學(xué)口語 第705期:提出邀請

How about going for afternoon tea with me?

What about having afternoon tea with me?

和我去喝下午茶怎么樣？

How/What about...?

...怎么樣？

I want you to be my dance partner.

I hope you can be my dance partner.

我希望你能成為我的舞伴。

I hope/want...

我希望/想...

I hope you won't turn down my invitation.

希望你不會(huì)拒絕我的邀請。

Would you like to come and have dinner with us?

你要不要來和我們一起用餐？

Would you like to...?

你愿意...嗎？

I wonder if you're free tonight?

我想知道你今晚有空嗎？

I wonder if...

我想知道是否...

A: Are you free next weekend?

下周你有空嗎？

Are you available?也可以表示“有空嗎？”

B: What's up?

怎么了？

What's up是美語中一個(gè)非常常用的句子，有兩個(gè)主要用法。一，表示詢問別人有什么事；二，作為問候語，相當(dāng)于how are you，表示詢問對方的近況，有時(shí)也相當(dāng)于Hi或者Hello.

A: We're going on an outdoor expedition next weekend. Would you like to join us?

下周末我們要去戶外探險(xiǎn)，你想加入嗎？

expedition表示“（以探險(xiǎn)為目的的）有組織的旅行”

B: It's a long-awaited activity. But I can't give you a clear answer, because I am not sure if I'm going to work overtime next weekend.

這可是我期盼已久的活動(dòng)啊，但是我還不能給你明確的答復(fù)，因?yàn)槲也淮_定下周末我是否要加班。

A: What do you mean?

你這句話指什么意思？

What do you mean表示“你什么意思”？在口語中因?yàn)檎Z氣的不同而有不同的含義。一，表示對對方的話會(huì)行為不理解；二，表示反問對方，對對方的話和行為生氣。

B: Well, we got a big order. All the people are busy with this recently, so maybe we have to work overtime.

是這樣的，我們公司接了一個(gè)大的訂單，最近所有的人員都在忙于此事，因此我們可能要加班。

A: Well, the job matters. When can you fix the time? We are counting the numbers.

好吧，工作重要，那你什么時(shí)候能確定呢？我們正在統(tǒng)計(jì)人數(shù)。

fix除了表示“修”，比如：fix the computer修電腦；還可以表示“確定（時(shí)間；日期；價(jià)格；政策等）”，fix a time表示“確定時(shí)間”。

B: Next Tuesday at the latest. How many of you are there now?

最晚下周二，現(xiàn)在你們有幾個(gè)人了？

A: Six if you're in. We plan to invite ten persons in.

如果加上你就是六個(gè)人，我們計(jì)劃邀請十個(gè)人。

B: I've been longing for an experience like this. I really don't want to miss it. Thank you for telling me.

我一直期盼能有一次這樣的體驗(yàn)，我真不想錯(cuò)過啊，感謝你告訴我這事兒。

long for表示“期盼；渴望”