英语口语课堂 08 意见与建议

 

Advice and suggestions 意见与建议

Giving Advice or Making Suggestions

提出意见或建议

You'd better...

你最好...。（较随便）

A:What's the matter?You look unhappy.

怎么了？你看起来不高兴。

B:I love my girlfriend but my parents disapprove¹ of our marriage.

我爱我的女朋友,可是我父母不同意我们的婚事.

A:It's no use complaining.You'd better talk it over with your parents again.

抱怨没有用.最好再和你的父母谈谈。

B:All right,I'll try it again.

好吧，我再试试。

Why not ...?

干嘛不...？（较随便）

A:could you recommend a good restaurant?

介绍个好餐馆好吗？

B:Why not go to the White Rose?That's my favorite place.

干嘛不去白玫瑰？那是我最喜欢的地方。

A:Thank you.I'll take your advice.

谢谢。听你的。

Be sure to ...

一定要...。（较随便）

A:What're you going to do next month?

下个月有什么打算？

B:I'll go to France and work as an interpreter for a company.

我将去法国给一家公司做翻译？

A:That's a good chance!

好机会！

Be sure to have your picture taken in front of Eiffel Tower!

一定要在埃菲尔铁塔前留个影！

What about...?

...怎么样？（较随便）

A:Prof.Smith,which novels should I cover first?

史密斯教授，我先读哪些小说呢？。

B:English novels or American novels?

是英国的还是美国的？

A:American novels.B:What about The Scarlet² Letter?I think it's worth reading.

美国的."红字"怎么样?我认为值得一读.

The way I see it,you should...

依我看，你应该......。（较随便）

A:I'm not on good terms with one of the guys.He's really annoying.

有一个家伙我不在和得来，很烦人。

B:Don't feel unhappy.We need hands in the marketing³ department.

别不高兴。我们市场部需要人手，

The way I see it, you should join us.

依我看你应该和我们一起干。

If I were in your shoes,...

如果我是你，...。

A:Do you thin I should join the volley ball team,Mary?

玛丽，你认为我应该参加排球队吗？

B:Why not?If I were in your shoes, I certainly would.

为什么不参加呢？我要是你肯定参加。

A:But I'm afraid it'll take up much of my time.

可我担心占时间太多。

B:As the saying goes,all work and no play makes Jack⁴ a dull boy.

俗话说，只工作不娱乐，聪明孩子变笨拙。

You should take more exercise.

你该多活动活动。

You'd be unwise to ...

...是不明智的。（较正式）

A:Where're you going,Henry?

亨利，你去哪儿？

B:I'm going to buy some stocks at the exchange center.

我准备在中心买些股票。

A:It's a good way to make money.

那命题赚钱的好方法。

But you'd be unwish to invest all your savings⁵ in stocks.

但是用所有的积蓄买股票是不明智的。

I'd rather you didn't...

我倒觉得你不...为好。（较随便）

Have you read oday's newspager?There's a very good job opportunity.

读今天的报纸了吗？有一个很好的工作机会。

B:I'd rather you didn't apply for that position.

我倒觉得你不该去申请那个职位。

A:Why? B:You can not compete with the postgraduates⁶.

为什么？你可不如那些研究生有竞争力。

You may/might as well...

你不妨......。（通用）

A:I've been working on this problem for a long time.

我在这个问题上花了好长时间。

But I still can't work it out.

但是还是解决不了。

B:Take it easy.You might as well do something else now.

别急。你不妨先干别的事情。

May be you can find some clues later. A:I hope so.

也许以后能找到一些线索。但愿如此。

I'd suggest you...

我建议你...。（通用语）

A:What's wrong with you ?You look very pale.

你怎么了？你脸色不好。

B:I've got a bad headache.A:Really?

我头痛的厉害。真的？

I'd suggest you see the doctor at once.

我建议你去看看大夫。

Would it be a good idea...?

......是个好主意吗？（通用语）

A:Bob,why are you looking so depressed⁷?

鲍白，你怎么看起来那么不高兴？

B:Mum,I'm not a good boy.I broke papa's glass just now.

妈妈，我不是好孩子。刚才我把爸爸的杯子打碎了。

A:Oh,sonny.Would it be a good idea to tell nim the truth?

孩子啊，把实情告诉爸爸不好吗？

B:Yeah,but I'm afraid he'll scold me.

好是好，但是我怕爸爸责备我。

You have to ...if you listen to me.

听我的话，你应该......。（通用）

A:John,you should take good care of yourself.

约翰，你应该好好照顾自己。

B:What do you mean by this?

你的意思是什么？

A:You're coughing all these days.

这些天你一直在咳嗽，

You have to cut down on smoking,if you listen to me.

听我的话，少抽烟。

B:Thank you for your kindness.I'll try to give it up.

谢谢你的好意。我会高潮戒烟的。

I recommend ...

我建议......。（较正式）

A:Do I need to carry out the plan now? B:No,you'd better not.

我需要马上实施计划吗？最好现在不要实施。

A:Could you offer me some advice?

你能给我一些建议吗？

B:I recommend you to think it over.

我建议你认真考虑一下。

It seems to me that you should...

我想你应当......。（较正式）

A:I haven't seen you or a long time.

好久不见啦！

B:Yeah,what did you do in your winter vacation? n是啊。寒假做什么了？

A:Nothing at all.Just relaxation⁸.\

没做什么。只是放松放松。

B:Do you realize you're putting on weight?

你没意识到你胖了不少吗？

It seems to me you should go on a diet.

好像你该节食了。

Would you be interested in...?

你对...有兴趣吗？（较正式）

A:I've seen little of you these days.What're you doing?

最近很少见你，忙什么呢？

B:I've been tied up with my business.

工作奇谈怪论，实在脱销不开身。

A:It's Sunday today.Would you be interested in doing something outdoors?

今天是星期天，对户外活动感兴趣吗？

B:Great!I've been expecting that.

太棒了！我盼着呢！

Asking for Advice or Suggestions

征求意见或建议

What do you think we should do?

你觉得我们该做些什么呢？（通用）

A:It's fine today.What do you think we should do ?

天儿很好，你觉得我们该做些什么呢？

B:How about going out for a picnic? A:Sounds a good idea.

出去野餐怎么样？这主意听起来不错。

I'd like to have your advice on...

我想请你对......提些建议。（较正式）

A:Prof.White,I'd like to have your advice on my article.

怀特教授，我希望您给我的文章提些建议。

B:It's good except for some spelling mistakes.

不错，只是有几处拼写错误。

What's more,the first paragraph is irrelevant⁹ to the article.

此外，每一段与本文无关，

It should be omitted.

该把它删掉。

A:Thank you very much.

谢谢。

1 disapprove   

v.不赞成，不同意，不批准

参考例句：

• I quite disapprove of his behaviour.我很不赞同他的行为。
• She wants to train for the theatre but her parents disapprove.她想训练自己做戏剧演员，但她的父母不赞成。

2 scarlet   

n.深红色，绯红色，红衣；adj.绯红色的

参考例句：

• The scarlet leaves of the maples contrast well with the dark green of the pines.深红的枫叶和暗绿的松树形成了明显的对比。
• The glowing clouds are growing slowly pale,scarlet,bright red,and then light red.天空的霞光渐渐地淡下去了，深红的颜色变成了绯红，绯红又变为浅红。

3 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。

4 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

5 savings   

n.存款，储蓄

参考例句：

• I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假，那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
• By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时，他的存款已全部用完。

6 postgraduates   

研究生( postgraduate的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Professor Zhu will give lectures to the postgraduates [graduate students] this term. 朱教授这学期给研究生开课。
• These postgraduates were a very talented group. 这些研究生是一群天分很高的学生。

7 depressed   

adj.沮丧的，抑郁的，不景气的，萧条的

参考例句：

• When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
• His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。

8 relaxation   

n.松弛，放松；休息；消遣；娱乐

参考例句：

• The minister has consistently opposed any relaxation in the law.部长一向反对法律上的任何放宽。
• She listens to classical music for relaxation.她听古典音乐放松。

9 irrelevant   

adj.不恰当的，无关系的，不相干的

参考例句：

• That is completely irrelevant to the subject under discussion.这跟讨论的主题完全不相关。
• A question about arithmetic is irrelevant in a music lesson.在音乐课上，一个数学的问题是风马牛不相及的。