建筑工程项目部:实用英语口语表达总汇(错过难找)

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1. How [What] about…?

(1) 用来询问情况或打听消息等,意为:……怎么样?……如何?如:

I’m ready. What about you? 我准备好了,你呢?

How about Mother?Is she all right? 妈妈怎么样?她好吗?

How about your English exam yesterday? 昨天的英语考得怎么样?

(2) 用来提出请求,建议或征求对方意见,意为:(你认为)……怎么样? ……如何? 如:

How about having a rest? 休息一会儿怎么样?

What about a cup of tea? 喝杯茶怎么样?

Of course I’ll come, what about Friday? 我当然要来,星期五来如何?

What about Father? We can’t just leave him here. 父亲怎么办?我们不能这样把他丢下。

(3) 用来讽刺或挖苦对方,意为:你……又怎么解释? ……又怎么说? 如:

AYou shouldn’t have failed to pass the drivingtest. 你本不该不通过驾驶考试的。

BWhat? How about you---did it three times? 你说什么? 那你考了3次又怎么解释?

AI have never had an accident while driving? 我开车从未出过事故。

BHow about that time you ran into a lamppost?那次你撞到路灯柱上又是怎么回事呢?

2. That’s about it.

表示话讲完了或某事介绍完毕,意为:差不多就这么一回事;大概就这么一些了;就是这样。如:

I’ve told you all I knowthat’s about it. 我把所知道的都告诉你了,差不多就是这么一回事。

ACan you tell us more?你能再告诉我们一些情况吗?

BI’m afraid I can’t. That’s about it. 恐怕没什么可说的了,大概就这些了。

All right, that’s about it. 好吧,就这样。

有时也说成That’s about all.

3. What are you about?

用来询问对方在干什么,意为:你在干什么? 你在忙什么?如:

HiJim. What are you about? 喂,吉姆,你在干什么?

AWhat are you about, John? 约翰,你在干什么?

BI’m writing a letter. 我在写信。

4. while I’m (you’re)about it

表示在做某事的同时,意为:同时,顺便。如:

I’ll make you a cup of tea while I’m about it. 我将顺便给你泡杯茶。

Do the shopping now, and while you’re about it getme that book from the library. 现在去买东西吧,顺便帮我从图书馆把那本书借回来。

 

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above all

用来引出一个说话者特别强调的概念,意为:最重要的是;最主要的是;特别是;首先(可放在句首可插在句中)。如:

Above all, he is reliable. 首要的一点,他是可信赖的。

A clock must be above all correct. 时钟最重要的是要准确。

Children, above all, should be honest. 小孩子首先要诚实。

I’d like, above all, to buy a computer. 最重要的我想要买台电脑。

有时也说成above everything, above all things等。如:

Above all things we should send them some food. 我们最重要的是要给他们送些食物去。