迷你对话学地道口语第823期:登门拜访

 　　Subject : We might as well pay them a call.

　　第一， 迷你对话

　　A: As we and the Jacksons are in the same neighborhood, we might as well pay them a call. I want to bright a bunch of flower to them.

　　Jacksons和我们住在附近，我们去拜访一下他把，我想送一束花给他。

　　B: That’s all right. Is there anything we need to do?

　　没问题。我们还需要带什么呢？

　　第二， 地道表达

　　pay sb. a call

　　1. 解词释义

　　Pay a call的字面意思是“打完电话后付费”，引申为“拜访”的意思。有这样一种猜想：有了电话后，人们相互之间的联系方便多了，去别人家拜访前一般先得打个电话预约。打电话是要付费用的，所以人们就用“付电话费”来表示“去别人家拜访”。

　　2. 拓展范例

　　e.g. I have omitted paying you a call for fear of disturbing you.

　　我怕打扰你而没有来拜访你。

　　e.g. I've never even ventured to pay him a call at his home myself, though I know him so well.

　　我自己从来没有贸然登门拜访过他，虽然我很了解他。

　　e.g. It would be, well, rather awkward¹ for me to pay you a call.

　　唔，如果去拜访您呢，对我有些不便。

　　e.g. I will pay you a call at six o'clock, if that is all right to you.

　　如果对你方便的话，我将在六点前来拜访。

　　第三， 咬文嚼字

　　1. in the neighborhood：在附近

　　e.g. She is a good aunt to all the children in the neighborhood.

　　她是街坊上所有孩子的好阿姨。

　　e.g. Nobody else in the neighborhood can help.

　　邻居中找不到谁还能帮忙。

　　2. might as well：不妨，还是……的好

　　e.g. Since you have started the job , you might as well finish it.

　　既然你开了头, 爽性把它做完吧。

　　e.g. We might as well have another talk with him.

　　不妨同他再谈一次。

1 awkward   

adj.笨拙的，尴尬的，使用不便的，难处理的

参考例句：

• John is so shy and awkward that everyone notices him.约翰如此害羞狼狈，以至于大家都注意到了他。
• I was the only man among the guests and felt rather awkward.作为客人中的唯一男性，我有些窘迫。