日積月累學口語:15句見證英國人不同思維的表達
With the greatest respect... 出於最大的尊重……
正解：I think you are an idiot. 我覺得你太二了。
誤解：He is listening to me. 他正聽我說話呢。
I hear what you say. 我聽到你所說的了。
正解：I disagree and do not want to discuss it further. 我不同意也不想就其做進一步討論。
誤解：He accepts my point of view. 他接受了我的觀點。
That's not bad. 不算太糟。
正解：That's good. 太好了
誤解：That's poor. 太差了。
That is a very brave proposal. 那真是一個非常有勇氣的提議。
正解：You are insane. 你真是瘋了。
誤解：He thinks I have courage. 他覺得我很有膽識。
Quite good. 很不錯哦。
正解：A bit disappointing. 有點小失望。
誤解：Quite good. 真心不錯。
I would suggest... 我想建議的是……
正解：Do it or be prepared to justify yourself. 去實踐或者做好準備證明你自己。
誤解：Think about the idea, but do what you like. 考慮一下他的點子，但還是做我想做的。
Oh, incidentally / by the way... 順便說一句……
正解：The primary purpose of our discussion is... 我們討論的最根本目的是……
誤解：That is not very important. 接下來的話不是非常重要。
I was a bit disappointed that... 我對……有點小失望。
正解：I am annoyed that... 我對……很惱火。
誤解：It doesn't really matter. 無傷大雅。
Very interesting. 非常有意思啊。
正解：That is clearly nonsense. 那明顯是瞎扯淡。
誤解：They are impressed. 那真是讓人印象深刻。
I'll bear it in mind. 我刻在腦子裏了。
正解：I've forgotten it already. 我已經不記得了。
誤解：They will probably do it. 他們大概會去做的吧。
I'm sure it's my fault. 我確定是我錯了。
正解：It's your fault. 那其實是你的錯。
誤解：Why do they think it was their fault? 爲什麼他們會覺得是他們的錯呢？
You must come for dinner. 你一定要來赴宴。
正解：It's not an invitation, I'm just being polite. 那絕不是什麼邀請，我只不過想禮貌一些。
誤解：I will get an invitation soon. 馬上我就會收到一個邀請了”。
I almost agree. 我基本同意。
正解：I don't agree at all. 我一點兒都不同意。
誤解：He's not far from agreement. 他真的是非常非常同意啊。
I only have a few minor comments. 我只是有一點兒建議。
正解：Please re-write completely. 請從頭到尾地重寫一份吧。
誤解：He has found a few typos. 他只不過發現了一些言語錯誤。
Could we consider some other options? 我們可以再考慮一些其他的選擇嗎？
正解：I don't like your idea. 我着實不喜歡你的點子
誤解：They have not yet decided. 他們還沒有決定下來吧。
