You’re right. Maybe I should buy that jacket. 你说得对。也许我应该买那件夹克衫。
A Oh, I can’t decide!
A 噢,我决定不下来!
B Why? What’s the problem?
B 怎么了?有什么问题?
A It’s this jacket. I don’t know if I should buy it. I don’t know if it suits me. And it’s quite expensive.
A 就是这件夹克衫。我不知道我是不是应该买。我不知道它适不适合我。而且它太贵了。
B But it suits you perfectly. If I was you, I would buy it.
B 但是它非常适合你。如果我是你,我就买。
A Do you think so? Do I look OK in it?
A 你这样认为吗?我穿上好看吗?
B Yes, you look great. And it’s not really too expensive – that’s a good price.
B 是的,你看起来很棒。而且也不太贵——价钱很便宜。
Notes 注释
1 If you can’t decide about something, you can say various things, eg: I can’t decide / I can’t decide: I can’t make my mind up / I can’t make my mind up.
如果你不能决定做某事,你可以用不同的方式来表达,例如:I can’t decide / 我决定不了: I can’t make my mind up /我下不了决心。
2 Also, if you have doubts about something, or you are not sure, it’s very common to say I don’t know . . . / I don’t know . . . (or I’m not sure . . . / I’m not sure . . .) eg: I don’t know if it suits me / I don’t know if it suits me: I’m not sure what I will do this weekend / I’m not sure what I will do this weekend.
还有,如果你对某事有疑虑,或者你不太肯定,通常说I don’t know . . . / 我不知道 . . .(或者I’m not sure . . . / 我不太肯定 . . .)例如:I don’t know if it suits me / 我不知道它适不适合我: I’m not sure what I will do this weekend /我不太肯定这个周末做什么。
3 Remember how to give advice or make a suggestion using If . . . / If . . . eg: If I was you, I would buy it / If I was you, I would buy it.
记住怎样用If . . . / 如果. . .提出劝告或者建议,例如:If I was you, I would buy it /如果我是你,我就买。
Key phrases and sentences Oh, I can’t decide! Why? What’s the problem? It’s this jacket. I don’t know if I should buy it. I don’t know if it suits me. And it’s quite expensive. But it suits you perfectly. If I was you, I would buy it. Do you think so? Do I look OK in it? Yes, you look great. And it’s not really too expensive – that’s a good price. | 重要的短语和句子 噢,我决定不下来! 怎么了?有什么问题? 就是这件夹克衫。 我不知道我是不是应该买。 我不知道它适不适合我。 而且它太贵了。 但是它非常适合你。 如果我是你,我就买。 你这样认为吗? 我穿上好看吗? 是的,你看起来很棒。 而且也不太贵——价钱很便宜。 |