想学说英语吗?我们的学习美国英语日常对话在这里提供一个练习机会。请点击以下录音链接,收听美国人在不同场景中的一段对话,同时还可以参照每篇对话的英文原文和对语言点的中文解释。今天的对话场景是表达看法

Jake: Where should we take a vacation this year? Let’s decide soon.

Melissa: Well, I’d like to go somewhere warm. How about the beach? Or we could rent a cabin on the lake.

Jake: You want to go to the beach again? I want to ski this winter. How about a compromise? What about traveling to the Alps in Europe next April? We can find a ski resort on a lake.

Melissa: Oh, we’ve never been to Europe before! But I don’t know if it will be sunny and warm then. I need to do some research first. That will help me make up my mind.

语言点

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  • Decide(决定)是用来表达选择的一个有用的动词。习惯用语“to “make up my mind””也是“作决定”的意思。如:There are so many choices in this menu. It’s going to take awhile to make up my mind/decide.(菜单上有这么多选择。我需要一点时间才能决定。) 也就是说,这里可以用短语“make up my mind”或者用动词“decide”来表达同样的意思。
  • How about: (你觉得……怎么样):这个词组是用来提出另一建议,后面可以跟主语+变形动词或者跟名词。如How about we go swimming?(我们去游泳怎么样?) / How about a movie tonight?(今晚看场电影怎么样?)
  • 许多动词可被用来表达观点。例如:to think(认为)/ to believe(相信)/ to suppose(猜想) / to assume(设想),等等。但它们的含义不完全相同。如:“to suppose” 和 “to assume”这两个词表示说话者有预想的观点,例句:He came back late from work, so I assumed that traffic was bad.(他下班回来晚了,所以我猜是路上交通很堵。) / I suppose that may not have been the case, and that he might just have had a lot of work.(我想情况也许并非如此,他可能就是工作上事情多。)
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