交流表达-005.Taking Up a Point

1. 对不起插一下话，你是说...? Sorry to butt¹ in,but did you say ...?

多种表达：Sorry to chip in, but did you say ...?

Sorry to interrupt ,but did you say...?

butt in 插话

chip in 插嘴，插话

2. 真奇怪你会提起这事，...。Funny you should say that,...

多种表达：Strange you should bring this up,...

It was strange you should say that, because...

bring up 提起，引起

leave for...离开去往...

3. 谈到...。Speaking of...

多种表达：About...

Talking of...

On the subject of...

To take up the remarks about...

remark 评论，备注

take up 再次开始，重新开始

speak of 谈及，说到

4. 既然你提到...。Now that you mentioned...

多种表达：While we're on the subject of...

subject 题目，主题

mention 提及，说起

5. 等一等，我们可以继续谈...的问题吗？Hang on,can we stick with that point about...?

hang on 稍等， 等待一会儿时间

point 点，要点

6. 真巧！What a coincidence!

7. 你这么说很有意思，因为...。It's interesting you should say so,because ...

8. 这使我想起了...。That reminds me of...

9.回到你刚才谈到的...。To go back to what you were saying about...

多种表达：Reverting³ to your point about...

revert² 回复

10. 你刚才提到...。You mentioned ...just now.

11. 你提出了一个很重要的问题，因为...。You brought up an important issue,because...

多种表达：The problem you raised just now is important ,because ...

issue 问题

12. 请允许我回到你谈到的，....。If I may just go back for a moment to the point you made ,...

多种表达：If I might refer back to the problem wen were discussing,...

refer 提交，谈及

1 butt   

n.笑柄；烟蒂；枪托；臀部；v.用头撞或顶

参考例句：

• The water butt catches the overflow from this pipe.大水桶盛接管子里流出的东西。
• He was the butt of their jokes.他是他们的笑柄。

2 revert   

v.恢复，复归，回到

参考例句：

• Let us revert to the earlier part of the chapter.让我们回到本章的前面部分。
• Shall we revert to the matter we talked about yesterday?我们接着昨天谈过的问题谈，好吗？

3 reverting   

恢复( revert的现在分词 )； 重提； 回到…上； 归还

参考例句：

• The boss came back from holiday all relaxed and smiling, but now he's reverting to type. 老板刚度假回来时十分随和，满面笑容，现在又恢复原样了。
• The conversation kept reverting to the subject of money. 谈话的内容总是离不开钱的事。