充分利用材料的技巧：先看中文，看能否比较快就口译为英文，再与后面的英文比较，看自己的中文式英语表现在哪些方面。
一、委婉抱怨
不知你是否能够帮助我一下
很抱歉，打扰了，我想……
有点事情想请你帮个忙
真不好意思，只是
I wonder if you could help me
Look, I’m sorry to bother you, but
There’s something you could help me with
I hate to have to say this, but
二、如何劝解别人的生气
放心吧
你难得不觉得你自己是不是反应过度了一点吗？（太敏感了吗）
没什么值得心烦的
你一说，我还真不好意思（难为情了）
Take it easy!
Don’t you think you’re overacting a bit?
There is no reason to get upset.
I am sorry to hear that.
三、提出建议和忠告
不知您有没有考虑过……
我想那是一个不错的注意
你想到过没有
你总是……
我要是你，就……
你最好
I was wondering if you’d ever thought of
I think it might be a good idea.
Have you ever thought of
Don’t you think it might be a good idea to
You could always……
If I were you I’d……
Why don’t you……
You’d better……
四、了解别人经历
Didn’t you once……
Did you ever……
Tell me about the time you……
I hear you once……
You’ve…, haven’t you?
帮助别人回忆
后来呢
你为什么不
哪之前你
那时候你感觉如何
What happened next?
Why didn’t you…？
Did you… before that?
How do you feel when…？
Where were you doing while……?
Then what did you do?
Did you think of…？
五、回顾时引导别人的想象
要是……你会干了些什么
要是……情况会怎么样
如果……你会有什么样的感觉？
What would you have done if
What would have happened if
How would you felt if
六、这样回应引导
我不知道，我猜我会
很难说，但是我想我会
当然啦，我……
Oh, I don’t know, I guess I would have……
Hard to say, but I think I would have……
Well, of course, I could have……
七、老实道歉
噢，实在对不起
歉意之深，实在是无以言表(我无法告诉你我是多么的内疚)
我真不知该怎样说才好
万分抱歉
Oh, I’m awfully sorry……
I can’t tell you how sorry I am……
I just don’t know what to say……
I’m extremely sorry。
八、我错了
我为……而道歉
恐怕我得说
真不知该怎样说，……
要解释清楚并不容易
I’ve got to apologize for
I’m afraid I have something to say
I’m not exactly sure how to put this, but
Um, this isn’t easy to explain
九、没关系，我原谅你
没关系，不要在意
算了
不是你的错
啊呀，不要放在心上，真的没什么
千万别自怨自艾了（别再自责了）
Oh, that’s right; don’t worry about it
Forget it
It’ not your fault
Oh, never mind never mind. It really doesn’t matter.
Please don’t blame yourself。
十、开始一个故事
我告诉过你那时我
那使我想起
你竟然提起那件事，真是很有意思。因为类似的事情也曾经在我身上发生过
Did I ever tell you about the time I
That reminds of the time I
Funny you should mention that, because something similar happened to me once
十一、有效控制叙述
言归正传
当我说这句话的时候
不管怎么样,无论如何
长话短说
不敢怎么说，最后的结局就是这样的
To get back to the story
As I was saying
To make a long story short
Anyway, what happened in the end was this:
十二、制造悬念
倒霉的就是（然后呢）他掉到了河里
他打开的是一封信
你可以猜猜他当时的感觉
你想他会怎么做？
然后你知道他干了吗？
你根本无法想象，下面发生了什么事情
当他……想想我的惊讶吧
What happened to him was he fell into the river
What he die was open the letter
You can guess what he felt like
What do you think he did
And then do you know what he did
You’ll never guess what happened next
Imagine my surprise when he
十三、如何陈述观点
如果你问我的话
你知道我的想法吗？我认为
要点就是
您不这样说吗？
你不这样认为吗？
照我看来，
我只是想说说我的想法，……
我要指出的是……
If you ask me,
You know what I think? I think that
The point is
Wouldn’t you say that
Don’t you agree that
As I see it
I’d just like to say that I think that
I’d like to point out that
十四、如何表示同意与不同意
（1） 同意
的确如此（完全同意）
我一万个同意
那正是我想的
那正是我想的
好注意
英雄所见略同
Exactly
I couldn’t agree more
That’s just was I was thinking
You know, that’s what I think
That’s a good point
Great minds think alike
（2） 不同意
是的，说的不错，但是，
我不敢肯定我是否同意……
你在那一方面是有道理，但是，
也许吧，但是你难道没有想到
yes, that’s true, but
I’m not sure if I agree
Well. You have s point there, but
Maybe, but don’t you think that
（3） 朋友之间
开玩笑吧
别装蒜了！
吹什么吹！别骗人了。
Are you kidding?
Don’t make laugh!
Come off it!
十五、如何进行讨论
（1） 委婉表达意见
有时我想
我听说过
你不是说
你认为你说……是对的吗？
我倒觉得
I sometimes think that
Well, I’ve heard that
Wouldn’t you say that
Do you think it’s right to say that
It’s my feeling that
（2） 不懂就问
我不明白你说的关于……的情况
对不起，我不明白你的意思
你到底想告诉我什么
我不能完全理解难得意旨
I didn’t follow what you said about
Sorry，I don’t see what you mean
I don’t see what you’re getting at
What exactly are you trying to tell me
（3） 被人误解和被人不懂立即解释
那不完全是我想表达的
让我换一种说法
让我再讲一次
That’s mot exactly what I mean
Let me put it another way
Sorry, let me explain
十六、如何提出问题；如何拖延，回答的技巧
（1） 提问
不知你是否能够帮助我，我想知道
I was wondering if you could help me. I’d like to know
不知你是否介意告诉我
I wonder if you could tell me
这也许听起来是一个愚蠢的问题，但我想知道
我希望你不要介意我的问题，我想知道
你很介意告诉我
打扰一下，我能不能很快问你一个问题
你是否碰巧知道
This sounds like a dumb a question but I’d like to know
Excuse me, do you know
I hope you don’t mind my asking, but I’d like to know
Would mind telling me…
Excuse me, but could I ask you a quick question?
Do you happen to know
（2） 拖延, 避免冷场
好好好，让我想想
好的，我想一下
我不敢肯定，我要核查一下
那真实一个有趣的问题
Well，let me see
Oh let me think for a minute
I’ m not sure; I’ll have to check
That’s a very interesting question
十七、巧妙拒绝
我真的不能肯定
我无法回答
对不起，真是不知道
我没什么想法
我很愿意帮你，只是
这个嘛，我现在不是很想谈
别问我这个
I’m not really sure
I cannot answer that one
I’m sorry, I really don’t know
I’ve got no idea
I’d like to help you, but.
That’s something I’d rather not talk about just now
十八、如何知道得更多
您再讲一些有关……的情况吗？
你能不能再多说一点关于……
关于……我还想了解的更多
我还想知道
另外我想知道的是
对不起，我指的不是那个。我想知道的是
对不起，向您问个没完。您能不能告诉我
对不起，我不是太明白为什么
Could you tell me some more about
Could you mind telling me more about
I’d like to know more about
Something else I was wondering about was
Something else I’ d like to know is
Sorry to keep after you, but could you tell me
Sorry, I don’t quite understand
