Buying a Car 买车 1. Why not try this car? 为什么不试试这辆车？ 鼓励客户试车: Why don’t you try this car? 为什么不试试这辆车? How about taking this car out for a drive to see if you like it? 为什么不开车出去兜兜风,看看你喜不喜欢? 2. Will you offer any discount right now？你们现在有什么折扣吗？ 很幸运有促销: It’s still in the holiday sale and I’ll give you …
Trading Stocks 股票基金 1. I want to trade stocks. 我想炒股。 炒股是一种诱惑: I’ve always been curious about trading stocks. 对于炒股，我一直都很好奇。 我可以给你介绍股票: Well, I can try and help you understand it if you want. 哦，如果你愿意的话,我可以试着帮你了解股票。 ♦ trade stocks 炒股 2. Stock trading seems like such a scam. 炒股看起来像是一个骗局。 炒股赔钱的几率大： It seems like lose money if I …
Newspapers and Magazines 报刊杂志 1. I got a subscription to TIME magazine. 我订了一份《时代》杂志。 买杂志： I bought a monthly subscription for TIME Magazine. 我买了一份《时代》杂志的月刊。 订阅杂志: I get the new issues of TIME magazine every month. 我每个月都能得到一期新的《时代》杂志。 I will get all the new issues of TIME magazine, because I subscribed. 我订了《时代》杂志,所以我能得到最新一期的。 赞同: That’s pretty cool. 那很不错。 …
Flash Marriage 闪婚 1. My girlfriend and I are doing great. 我和我女朋友处得挺好的。 换一种说法: My relationship is going so well. 我和我女朋友相处得很好。 I have a really good relationship right now. 我现在跟她的关系很不错。 为你祝福: That’s good man. 那很好啊,伙计。 Awesome. I’m happy for you. 太好了,我为你们感到高兴。 2. We haven’t been dating too long, but I really like her. 我们约会还没多长时间,但我真的喜欢她。 爱不需要时间: …
Enjoying Single 享受单身 1. Being single is great. I’m not tied down to a relationship. 单身真好。我是不会谈恋爱的。 我喜欢自由,我喜欢单身: I love being single. I have so much freedom. 我喜欢单身，我有很多自由。 Being single is awesome; it’s relieving after a bad relationship. 单身真好,结束一段不开心的恋情后,轻松多了。 It’s a huge relief to be single again. 重回单身是一种很大的解脱。 恭喜你获得自由了: I’m glad you’re taking the break-up …
Tomboy 中性美女 1. She’s such a tomboy! 她真是个假小子! 看,行为举止太男孩化了: What a tomboy! 好一个假小子! 我也看出来了: I know. 我知道。 其实我自己也是一样的: I have been a tomboy since I was born. 我从生下来就很像假小子。 确实是啊: You tomboy!你这个假小子! tomboy n. 假小子,男孩似的顽皮姑娘 2. It’s okay to be boyish. 男孩子气也是可用的。 假小子也不是什么奇怪的事: Don’t worry about it. It’s alright to be a tomboy. 别担心，做一个假小子也没什么的。 ♦ …
Paycheck to Paycheck 月光族 1. I really need this next paycheck or I won’t be able to make rent. 我盼望下一次的工资,否则我就交不起房租了。 同样的说法: • I’m going to be unable to pay my rent if I don’t get paid soon. 如果再不发工资我就要交不起房租了。 放心吧,一定会好起来的: I’m sure you’ll be fine. 我肯定你会好起来的。 ♦ make rent 付房租 2. Could I borrow some …
Holidays 节假日 1. Hey! What do you want for your birthday? 嘿！你生日的时候想要什么? 该过生日了,提前安排哦: Your birthday is coming up. Do you want anything specific? 你的生日就要到了。你有什么具体的安排吗? Do you want anything particular for your birthday? 你生日想要什么特别的东西吗? 呵呵,想送给你生日礼物: I’m going to go shopping for your birthday soon. What do you want? 我一会儿去给你买生日礼物。你想要什么? 我是有些想法: I have a few ideas. …
Online Shopping 网上购物 1. I just set up an account on eBay. 我刚在易趣上注册了一个账户。 注册账户： I made an account on eBay 我在易趣网上注册了一个账户。 My account on eBay is brand new. 我在易趣网上的账户是新开的。 I’m new to eBay. I just made an account. 我是刚来上易趣网的。只是注册了一个账户。 操作很简单的: It’s a pretty easy site to figure out. 这个网站很容易弄明白的。 不要消费过度呀: Cool, just don’t shop …
Blog 博客 1. My friend has a really interesting blog. 我朋友有一个很有趣的博客。 朋友的博客很不错: I have a friend who updates a cool blog. 我有个朋友开通了一个很酷的博客。 My friends update their blog a lot, and the stuff they write is pretty interesting. 我朋友经常更新他们的博客,他们写的东西都特別有趣。 I like reading my friend’s blog. It’s pretty cool. 我喜欢看我朋友的博客，特别酷。 说得我也想看了: I might read it too. …
