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生活英语|生活英语:情景英语指导之语气的魔力二

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4. Some people have a hard time understanding what 'Glass Only' means. 人們就是無法知道這塊寫著 Glass only 的牌子代表什麼意思。不少人都有類似的經驗吧?明明牌子上寫的,No Glass 就是會有人把玻璃丟進去,明明是 Glass only 又會有人把非玻璃的東西給混雜其中。我每次看到這種情況,也只會說,How can people do that? ,不然就是只能搖頭苦笑走開。後來有一次 Katie 看到了,她是個非常有正義感的人,她一邊撿起不應屬於這裏的垃圾,一邊氣憤地跟我說,People have a hard time understanding what 'Glass Only' means. 是否她這樣子的表達方法聽起來非常通順,各位覺不覺得呢?
在上面的例句中, Katie 小妹妹用了have a hard time 是個片語,意即有困難,也就相當於 have difficulty V+ing 這個片語。同樣的句型我們可以用在其它的場合。比方說你坐在非吸煙區,偏偏就是有人要抽煙,這時候你就能來一句,People have a hard time understanding what 'No smoking' means. 或是 People have difficulty understanding what 'No smoking' means. 這樣的講法,遠比平鋪直述地說,How can people smoke here?來得生動有趣地多了。

5. I laughed incredibly hard last night. I almost died.

我笑得非常誇張,差點沒笑死。

講話誇張,表情豐富的人總是比較受歡迎的,這是我多年來慢慢累積出來的技巧。記得上次跟一群美國朋友去看電影,回來之後別人問我們這部電影怎么样看。我是覺得蠻好笑的,所以我就平鋪直述地說,It was fun. I like it. 但當他問另一個美國人時,那個美國人的回答則是, I laughed incredibly hard last night. I almost died. 當場我就覺得自己被比下去了,因為你光聽他的回答,都可以深深地感覺到這部電影有多麼地有趣。 另外,跟前一句話意思很像,而且在美國也常聽到的還有一種講法,叫 I almost died laughing. 翻譯成中文就是「我差點沒笑死」的意思。

從這件事上我學到的技巧是,1. incredibly 是個非常不错用的副詞,三不五時可以拿出來加強自己說話的語氣 2. I almost died. 是句非常有戲劇成效的話,假如一句話說完自己覺得不夠誇張,立刻在句末加上一句,I almost died. 或是 I almost died +V+ing 立刻就有劃龍點睛之效。比方說吧,你要跟美國人強調昨晚去吃的 All-you-can-eat buffet1 實在是太美味了,害我實在是吃得太飽太飽了。假如平鋪直述的話,就是 I was so full last night. 但呢?假如你把之前學到的句法活用一下,就變成了,I was incredibly full last night. I almost died. 成效是否差不少呢?

6. He is the smartest scientist I've ever seen on this planet.

他是我所見過地球上最聰明的科學家。

On earth 和 on this planet 是兩個當你想要加強語氣時很有用的片語,一般和最高級連用。比方說今天我想跟你推銷一部吸塵器,我想告訴你它不但馬力強而且很輕,那麼我就能誇張地說 This is the most powerful and lightest vacuum cleaner you can get on this planet. 最後加上這個 on this planet 用以強調全世界你再也找不出第二台像這樣的吸塵器了。你看這樣的使用方法是否非常酷?再來比方我們要表達美國總統是全世界最有權力的人,想要打誰就打誰!你就能說,The US president is the most powerful man on earth/ on this planet. 簡單吧!


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