实用英语口语3

 　　Don't let me down. 不要让我失望

　　Let someone down 是一个固定搭配，意思是使某人失望，使某人沮丧，或者在紧要关头不支持、抛弃某人。

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　　A：How is the negotiation¹ going?谈判现在进展如何？

　　B：I'm stuck on one issue². It's hard to tell what the final result will be.我被一件事缠住了，现在很难讲结果会如何。

　　A：Don't let me down.别令我失望。

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　　A：The football team has let the fans down again.球队又一次让球迷失望。

　　B：It's not a big surprise to me.对我来说这没什么大惊小怪的。

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　　A：Did you see the famous singer's performance last night? What did you think of his show?昨晚你看没看那位歌星的表演，你觉得他演得怎么样？

　　B：Oh, his performance really let me down.哦，他的表演真令我失望。

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　　A：Tomorrow you're going to attend the entrance exam. Don't let me down.明天你就要参加高考了，不要让我失望。

　　B：No problem. I won't let you down.没问题，我不会让失望的。

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　　A：At the game this tennis player really let me down.这网球运动员在比赛中的表现令人失望。

　　B：I'll say.我也有同感。

　　Give it to me straight. 有话直说

　　如果你认为对方说话拐弯抹角、吞吞吐吐，让人难以理解，你可以用这句口语。英语中，要对方直接说出自己的想法、意图，除了Give it to me straight. 这句常用的表达方式外，还有 Stop beating around the bush³. 别绕圈子。bush 在这里的意思是灌木丛。

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　　A：I'm sorry, I don't have good news for you.很抱歉，我有个坏消息要告诉你。

　　B：Give it to me straight.你就直说吧。

　　A：You failed your final examination⁴.你期未考试不及格。

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　　A：I have to trouble you for a while. I need to tell you some bad news.我得打扰你一会儿，有个坏消息要告诉你。

　　B：Give it to me straight. Did my son cause some trouble?

　　直说吧。是不是我儿子捣乱？

　　A：He had a fight with his classmate and the boy was taken to the hospital.他跟同学打架，现在那孩子送去医院了。

　　Sentences

　　1. I was fired! Tell me the reason. Give it to me straight.我被解雇了！告诉我什么原因，直说吧。

　　2. You want to live at your office. Why? Give it to me straight.你想住办公室，为什么？有什么话就直说吧。

　　3. You said my salary is too high. What do you means⁵? Give it to me straight.你说我薪水太高，什么意思？有话请直说。

　　He's in a conference⁶ now. 他正在开会

　　在繁忙的日常生活中，开会是经常要碰到的事。打电话找人或者直接去公司找人，经常会发生要找的人正在开会的情况。如果他的秘书或者同事告知：He's in conference now. 你只有等待或者回头再来。

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　　A：Hello! This is Helen, May I speak to Miss Du?喂，我是海伦，杜小姐在吗？

　　B：I'm sorry. She's in a conference now. May I help you with something?对不起，她正在开会，有什么我可以帮你吗？

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　　A：Excuse me. I'd like to see your manager.打搅一下，我想见你们经理。

　　B：I'm sorry. He's in a conference now. May I have your name please?对不起，他正在开会，可以留下您的姓名吗？

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　　A：I'd like to speak with Mr. Chen, the engineer of your department.我想和你们部的陈工讲话。

　　B：I'm sorry. He's in a conference now.抱歉，他正在开会。

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　　A：A telephone call from your wife.您太太的电话。

　　B：Tell her I'm in a conference now. I'll call her later.告诉她我正在开会，过一会打给她。

　　Do you have any openings. 你们需要人手吗？

　　这句话通常用来求职，如果你需要一个工作，去咨询聘方有无空缺，通常会用到这句话：Do you have any openings? opening是open的动名词形式，意思是空白、缺位。

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　　A：Excuse me, sir. I heard that you're looking for an interpreter⁷. Do you have any openings?打扰一下，听说您这正在招聘一名翻译，请问还有空缺吗？

　　B：Do you have any similar experience?你以前有过类似的经验吗？

　　A：I'm afraid I don't have any experience, but I majored in English when I was in college.恐怕我没有什么经验，但我上大学时主修英文。

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　　A：Do you have any openings?你们有缺人吗？

　　B：What would you like to do?你希望做什么？

　　A：I wish I could be a movie star. I mean, I'd like to do something which is related⁸ to film making.我希望成为电影明星。或者做一些与电影有关的工作。

　　B：First you have to learn the ropes.首先，你得做一些杂活。

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　　A：Do you have any openings?你们需要人手吗？

　　B：We need a driver/lawyer/doctor.是的，我们需要一名司机/律师/医生。

　　Far from it. 一点也不

　　Far from it 的意思是绝对没有那事、远非如此、差得远。可以用来表示强烈的否认，谦虚等。当有人赞扬你的时候，可以用这个短评表示谦虚，或者当自己对某件事不甚精通的时候，可以用这个短评表示虚心。

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　　A：Can I ask you a question about finance⁹?能向你请教一个财务问题吗？

　　B：Far from it. 我可是一窍不通。

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　　A：Can you help translate this news into English?能帮我把这条新闻译出来吗？

　　B：Oh, I'm afraid I can't. My English isn't good, far from it.我恐怕不行，我的英语不好。

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　　A：What's your sign of the zodiac（星座）?你是什么星座？

　　B：I don't know anything about the zodiac. Do you know anything about the zodiac? 我对星座问题不了解，你了解吗？

　　A：Far from it.一点也不懂。

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　　A：Can you run fast?你跑得很快吗？

　　B：Far from it. I'm quite slow.一点也不，我跑得相当慢。

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　　A：I've heard you're a TV expert. Could you repair the TV for me?听说你是电视专家，能帮我修一下电视吗？

　　B：Far from it. But I can try.绝对谈不上专家，不过我可以试一下。

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　　A：I've heard you're going to get married to Margaret.听说你要娶玛格丽特为妻？

　　B：Far from it. We're just good friends.绝无此事，我们只是朋友。

1 negotiation   

n.谈判，协商

参考例句：

• They closed the deal in sugar after a week of negotiation.经过一星期的谈判，他们的食糖生意成交了。
• The negotiation dragged on until July.谈判一直拖到7月份。

2 issue   

n.出版，发行，（报刊等）期、号，论点，问题，结果， （水，血等的）流出；vt.使流出，放出，发行（钞票等），发布（命令），出版（书等）发给；vi.发行，流出，造成...结果，进行辩护，传下

参考例句：

• I bought the book the day after its issue.这书出版后的第一天，我就去买了它。
• I'll support her down the line on that issue.在那个问题上我将全力支持她。

3 bush   

n.灌木，灌木丛，矮树

参考例句：

• This bush has grown up a lot in the last few months.这矮树丛几个月来已向上长高了很多。
• A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.一鸟在手，胜于二鸟在林。

4 examination   

n.考试，考查，试题；检查，调查

参考例句：

• Teachers always judge their students on the final examination.老师常根据期末考试来评价他们的学生。
• He put up a good show in the final examination.他在期末考试中表现得不错。

5 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

6 conference   

n.（正式的）会议；讨论

参考例句：

• We're having a conference and we'd like you to sit in.我们将举行一次会议，希望你来旁听。
• The conference will come to a close this afternoon.今天下午会议闭幕。

7 interpreter   

n.翻译；口译者

参考例句：

• We must allow him to be a good interpreter.我们必须承认他是个好译员。
• We employ her as an English interpreter.我们雇用她作英语翻译。

8 related   

adj.有关系的，有关联的，叙述的，讲述的

参考例句：

• I am not related to him in any way.我和他无任何关系。
• We spent days going through all related reference material.我们花了好多天功夫查阅所有有关的参考资料。

9 finance   

n.财务管理，财政，金融，财源，资金

参考例句：

• She is an expert in finance.她是一名财政专家。
• A finance house made a bid to buy up the entire company.一家信贷公司出价买下了整个公司。