原帖由 Xbfeng 于 2008-9-21 13:59 发表 * l9 f9 I5 V; k5 O# o+ I( R(1) "it is a good question"! when you have to answer a difficult question. ( f# p* o# u* I" A9 i4 v(2) "You know"...... 讲话中作为转折语。& z' t1 \' D5 O$ D
(3) "Please be seated!"* X% i8 K$ V5 l
In China, English teachers always taught us "Sit Down Ple ...
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It's a good question = That's a good catch.: K- W$ b R. @5 d' A
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It's done. I'm done. He's done. They're done. etc.$ |1 u0 p; D0 Z6 F5 l) ]! G
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As a student in China, I was taught to speak as "It is finished", "I finished.....", etc.0 r x- v. {# E1 A% q' m
+ R/ R# C" g! l6 R+ |) y" x& gIt really surprised me when I heard those for the first time. ) D: J1 ~) W( | . r8 S9 w$ |& O3 W4 H[ 本帖最后由 Crisis 于 2008-11-28 23:14 编辑 ]
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all are very elegant expressions
原帖由 Cold_Beer 于 2008-9-29 10:16 发表 0 |, P% S8 a' S) R9 D/ U % k& d+ c" Y$ q7 ~0 h+ ~6 t- [5 E3 W ) j' O5 R) p3 l8 b5 ]! n. |2 X3 DIt's a good question = That's a good catch. 3 ^- }& c. ?- a6 ?1 D) C ; o6 v; g Y- J: @) S+ O k"Please be seated" is more formal.
I was impressed by 礼貌地在电话里问对方是谁 , sounds like "whom am I speaking/talking to?"(I don't remember the sentence, anyone can help?) 5 \( X Y0 S: ] + ~5 K5 @! s7 Y c# h8 I. I0 ~[ 本帖最后由 谢长峰 于 2008-12-31 14:48 编辑 ]