日积月累学口语:15句见证英国人不同思维的表达
With the greatest respect... 出于最大的尊重……
正解：I think you are an idiot. 我觉得你太二了。
误解：He is listening to me. 他正听我说话呢。
I hear what you say. 我听到你所说的了。
正解：I disagree and do not want to discuss it further. 我不同意也不想就其做进一步讨论。
误解：He accepts my point of view. 他接受了我的观点。
That's not bad. 不算太糟。
正解：That's good. 太好了
误解：That's poor. 太差了。
That is a very brave proposal. 那真是一个非常有勇气的提议。
正解：You are insane. 你真是疯了。
误解：He thinks I have courage. 他觉得我很有胆识。
Quite good. 很不错哦。
正解：A bit disappointing. 有点小失望。
误解：Quite good. 真心不错。
I would suggest... 我想建议的是……
正解：Do it or be prepared to justify yourself. 去实践或者做好准备证明你自己。
误解：Think about the idea, but do what you like. 考虑一下他的点子，但还是做我想做的。
Oh, incidentally / by the way... 顺便说一句……
正解：The primary purpose of our discussion is... 我们讨论的最根本目的是……
误解：That is not very important. 接下来的话不是非常重要。
I was a bit disappointed that... 我对……有点小失望。
正解：I am annoyed that... 我对……很恼火。
误解：It doesn't really matter. 无伤大雅。
Very interesting. 非常有意思啊。
正解：That is clearly nonsense. 那明显是瞎扯淡。
误解：They are impressed. 那真是让人印象深刻。
I'll bear it in mind. 我刻在脑子里了。
正解：I've forgotten it already. 我已经不记得了。
误解：They will probably do it. 他们大概会去做的吧。
I'm sure it's my fault. 我确定是我错了。
正解：It's your fault. 那其实是你的错。
误解：Why do they think it was their fault? 为什么他们会觉得是他们的错呢？
You must come for dinner. 你一定要来赴宴。
正解：It's not an invitation, I'm just being polite. 那绝不是什么邀请，我只不过想礼貌一些。
误解：I will get an invitation soon. 马上我就会收到一个邀请了”。
I almost agree. 我基本同意。
正解：I don't agree at all. 我一点儿都不同意。
误解：He's not far from agreement. 他真的是非常非常同意啊。
I only have a few minor comments. 我只是有一点儿建议。
正解：Please re-write completely. 请从头到尾地重写一份吧。
误解：He has found a few typos. 他只不过发现了一些言语错误。
Could we consider some other options? 我们可以再考虑一些其他的选择吗？
正解：I don't like your idea. 我着实不喜欢你的点子
误解：They have not yet decided. 他们还没有决定下来吧。
