为什么你跟老外讨论时,英文表达总是显得很不礼貌?
You can further explore useful phrases and proper language usage by looking at a meeting dialogue. During a meeting you might want to have a phrase reference sheet nearby to help conduct the meeting. 你可以通过看会议对话,进一步探索有用的短语和恰当的语言用法。在会议期间,你可能希望有一个短语参考表来帮你组织语言和主持会议。 Interrupting 打扰 Use the following phrases to interrupt or join in the conversation: 使用下列短语来打断或加入对话: May I have a word? 我可以说句话吗? If I may, I think... 如果我可以,我想… Excuse me for interrupting. 对不起,打断一下。 Giving Opinions 给意见 These phrases will give your opinion during a meeting: 这些短语会帮你在会议期间表达出你的意见: I (really) feel that... 我(真的)觉得… In my opinion... 依我看来... The way I see things... 我看待事物的方式... Asking for Opinions 询问意见 These questions will help you ask for feedback and opinions during a conversation: 这些问题将有助于你在对话中寻求反馈和意见: Do you (really) think that... 你真的认为…(name of participant) can we get your input? (参加者姓名)我们能期待您的加入吗? How do you feel about...? 你认为...怎么样?Commenting on Opinions 评论意见 Use these phrases to show that you are carefully listening: 这些短语可用来表明你在认真倾听: I've never thought about it that way before. 我以前从来没有这样想过。 Good point! 说得好! I get your point. 我明白你的意思。 I see what you mean. 我懂你的意思。 Agreeing With Other Opinions 同意其他意见 If you agree with what has been said, use these phrases to add your voice in agreement: 如果你同意别人所说的话,用这些短语来表达你的同意支持: Exactly! 完全正确! That's (exactly) the way I feel. 这正是我的感受。 I have to agree with (name of participant). 我必须同意(参加者姓名)。 Disagreeing With Other Opinions 不同意别人的意见 Sometimes we have to disagree with others. These phrases are used to be polite, but firm when disagreeing: 有时我们不得不和别人意见不一致。这些短语是礼貌的,但在不同意时是坚定的: Up to a point I agree with you, but... 在一定程度上,我同意你的观点,但是…… (I'm afraid) I can't agree. (恐怕)我不能同意。 Advising and Suggesting 劝告与建议 These phrases can be used to advise or make a suggestion during a meeting: 这些短语可以用来在会议期间提出意见或建议: We should... 我们应该... Why don't you.... 你为什么不… How/What about...? ...如何? I suggest/recommend that... 我建议/推荐… Clarifying 澄清,解释 Sometimes it's important to clarify what you've said. That might mean that you need to rephrase your point in other words. Use these phrases to help clarify: 有时候,解释清楚你所说的话很重要。这可能意味着你需要用另一种说法重新表达你的观点。使用这些短语帮助你解释说明: (Statement) Have I made that clear? (声明)我说清楚了吗? (Statement) Do you see what I'm getting at? (声明)你明白我的意思了吗? Let me put this another way (statement). 让我用另一种方式(陈述)。 I'd just like to repeat that (statement). 我想重复一遍(声明)。 Asking for Repetition 请求对方重复 If you don't understand what's been said, use one of these phrases: 如果你不理解别人所说的话,请用下列短语之一: I didn't catch that. Could you repeat that, please? 我没听明白。请你再说一遍好吗? I missed that. Could you say it again, please? 我错过了。请你再说一遍好吗? Could you run that by me one more time? 你能再跟我说一遍吗? Asking for Clarification 要求解释阐明 If you'd like to check on some of the details, use these phrases to ask for more details and get clarification: 如果你想核对一些细节,请使用这些短语来寻求更多细节并阐明: I'm afraid I don't understand what your are getting at. 恐怕我不明白你指的是什么。 Could you explain to me how that is going to work? 你能给我解释一下那个是怎么运行的吗? I don't see what you mean. Could we have some more details, please? 我不明白你的意思。请再给我们一些细节好吗? Asking for Contributions for Other Participants 向其他参与者请求帮助 You can ask for more feedback by directly asking whether others have something else to contribute with these phrases: 你可以通过直接询问别人是否有其他意见,用这种方式,来寻求更多的反馈: What do you think about this proposal? 你觉得这个建议怎么样? Would you like to add anything, (name of participant)? 您有什么要补充的吗? Has anyone else got anything to contribute? 还有其他人有什么想说的吗? Are there any more comments? 还有什么意见吗? Correcting Information 更正信息 At times, it's necessary to correct what someone else has said if it's vital to the conversation. Use these phrases to correct information: 有时,如果这对谈话至关重要,有必要纠正别人说的话。使用这些短语来纠正信息: Sorry, that's not quite right. 对不起,这不太对。 I'm afraid you don't understand what I'm saying. 恐怕你听不懂我在说什么。 That's not quite what I had in mind. 这不是我想的那样。 That's not what I meant. 那不是我的意思。 Keeping the Meeting on Time 保证开会时间 FInally, it's common to go too long. These phrases can help keep the meeting on time: 最后,时间太长是很常见的。这些短语有助于准时开会。 Please be brief. 请长话短说。 I'm afraid that's outside the scope of this meeting. 恐怕这不在本次会议的范围之内。 Let's get back on track, why don't we? 让我们回到正轨,为什么不呢? Why don't we return to the main focus of today's meeting. 我们为什么不回到今天会议的主要焦点呢? Keep to the point, please. 请紧扣主题。 |