老外常用口語有哪些
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1. I couldn''t care less.
這句話的意思是「我不在乎」,「缺乏興趣」lack of interest,也就是:I don''t care at all. 或 I don''t give a hoot. 例如:
人家如果問: What do you think of the budget-cut?你對預算削減有何看法?
你回答: I couldn''t care less.我毫不在乎
How do you like Mr. Lee''s political point of view?你喜歡李先生的政見嗎?
I couldn''t care less.我才不在乎呢!
但是有時說話者也有「口是心非」: 例如:
I couldn''t care less about the promotion or pay raise.我不在乎升級或加薪
而實際上他是根本在乎升級和加薪的,那麼人家也許就會回答說: Yes, you docare.
至於 I couldn''t care more. 就是「我很在乎」I care a lot.或 I care deeply. 同理:
I couldn''t agree more.=I totally agree.我完全同意
I couldn''t please you more.=I did my best to please you.我儘量使你高興
I couldn''t be more right.=I am totally right.
但是老外為了「自尊」,不願強調自己的錯誤,所以很少人說:
I couldn''t be more wrong.
注意:一般人都用否定句,但也有老外把肯定句與否定句互用。
不過,嚴格來說,I could care less. = I care to some degree.care 的程度可能減少
I could care more.=I care some.care的程度也許增加主詞可用任何人稱代名詞:he, she, you, we, they 等。但只用 could,不用 can。
2. No bones about it.
意思是:真實的,誠懇的truly, sincerely or exactly,也就是 to make no bones about it.bone 要加 s, it 是指 something例如:
His wife is beautiful;no bones about it.他的太太真是很漂亮
Mr. A made no bones about it when he talked about abortion issue.當 A 先生談到墮胎問題時,他是誠懇的。
When I spoke on the topic,he said, "No bones about it."也就是他同意我的看法
No bones about it;the weather is very chilly today.今天是真的太冷了
3. take it on me!
意思是:「這是我的,請用吧!」「這是免費的」help yourself to it; it is free,這多半是指吃的東西或一些不貴重的東西。例如:
Here are some candies from England; take one on me. 這是來自英國的糖果,嘗一個吧! one = candy
The restaurant owner said to me, "Take the dessert on me." 餐館老闆對我說:「嚐嚐我的甜點吧!」
Please take these pencils on me.取用一些我的鉛筆吧! 也許鉛筆上刻有名字,做為宣傳之用而免費。
可見 take 後面的 it,是指 something,而 on 的後面通常不指別人,所以多半也只用在第一人稱單數 me。
假如夫婦在一起,也可以說:Take it on us.
4. I am from Missouri.
這句話有時後面要加一句:「I need to be shown.」或「You have got to show me.」,意思是 Missouri 州的人很固執 stubborn,不太信任別人,一定要人家「證明一下」prove it to me,所以密蘇里州也被稱為「The Show Me State」。
據說這句話所以流行 尤其在美國中西部 是因為美國一些名人都住過密蘇里州,包括 Harry Truman, Mark Twain, Walt Disney 等。後來老外不輕易相信別人時,就使用這句話。也有半開玩笑性質 例如:
He is not easily convinced because he is from Missouri. 他是來自密蘇里州,所以不容易說服他。
Don''t try to fool me; I am from Missouri.You have got to show me. 別愚弄我,我是來自密蘇里州。
We are all from Missouri; we need to be shown.
As Mr. Smith is a tough guy; he must be from Missouri. Smith先生是位倔強的人,他一定是來自密蘇里州。
常用英語口語