Unit 6 在机舱内与人换位子
Y: Excuse me. Would you mind trading seats with me?
X: Not at all.
Y: Oh, thank you. That's very kind of you.
X: You're welcome. I prefer a window seat.
Y: Oh, you do? Good. Looking out of the window sometimes scares me. So I prefer to be the man in the middle.
Y: 对不起。您介意和我换位子吗?
X: 不会啊!
Y: 哦,谢谢您。您真好。
X: 不客气。我较喜欢窗边的位子。
Y: 哦,真的?很好。向窗外看有时会让我害怕。因此我较喜欢坐在中间的位子。
字词词组精解
1.mind vt. 介意, 在意
a.mind当『介意』解时, 其后通常接动名词。
例: Would you mind opening the door?
动名词
(请问你在意打开门吗?)
Would you mind lending me some money?
动名词
(请问你介意借我一些钱吗?)
b.回答此类询问时, 若是表『不介意』, 千万不可用『Yes』回答, 因为那即表示了『是的, 我很介意……』, 我们欲表『不在意』的正确答话, 应是:
Not at all. (一点也不介意。) 或Of course not. (当然不介意。)
c.若果真『介意』时, 总不能硬着头皮说"Yes."或"Of course."然后让自己身心遭殃吧?此时, 我们就该这么说了: "Well,..."然后耸耸肩, 摇头晃脑一阵, 人家就知道你是什么意思了。
d.mind尚有下列重要用法:
1)当别人因某事向我们道谢时, 我们应客气回答"Never mind." (别客
气。)
例: A: Thank you very much.
B: Never mind.
=Not at all.
=You're welcome.
(甲: 非常谢谢你。)
(乙: 别客气。)
2)若我们向别人请求帮助, 而对方因不便而推辞时, 我们就说"Never
mind." (没关系。)
例: A: Sorry, I cannot help you.
B: Never mind.
(= That's all right.)
(甲: 抱歉,我不能帮助你。)
(乙: 没关系。)
2.trade vt. 交换 (位子、产品、货物等) & n. 生意, 贸易
trade seats with sb 与某人交换位子
trade A for B 用A来交换B
例: I'd like to sit by the window; may I trade seats with you?
(我喜欢窗边座位,可以和你换位子吗?)
Tom wanted to trade his ball for Bill's toy truck.
(汤姆想用球换比尔的玩具卡车。)
3.seat n. 位子, 座位
*这个字是很常用且重要的, 雄哥在第二单元里, 才刚刚详细的说明过, 这儿就不再重复, 请诸位有空『温故』一下旧功课, 那么也就可以『知新』了。
4.prefer vt. 比较喜欢 (通常指在两项事物中做一选择)
须注意prefer有两个常用而重要的用法:
a.prefer A to B 较喜欢A而不喜欢B (to是介系词, 表"针对"B而言)
例: I prefer apples to bananas.
(我较喜欢苹果而不喜欢香蕉。)
I prefer staying home to going out with them.
(我宁愿留在家而不愿与他们外出。)
b.prefer to + 原形动词 + instead of + 动名词
rather than + 原形动词
例: I prefer to study instead of playing with him.
rather than play with him.
(我宁愿读书而不愿与他玩。)
5.scare [ sk r ] vt. 使害怕, 使吃惊
例: My brother likes to scare me.
(我哥哥喜欢吓我。)
句型运用
1.Would you mind + 动名词 你介意……吗?
Would you mind + if 过去式子句?
例: Would you mind lending me your dictionary?
=Would you mind if I borrowed your dictionary?
(你在意把字典借给我吗?)
注意:
a.would开头的疑问句, 表示一种婉转语气。
b.if子句中用过去式, 乃因would you mind中的would是过去式助动词, 所以if子句中的动词时态亦得用过去式, 以求全句时态的对称。
但若助动词是现在式do时, 则if子句中的动词则采现在式。
例: Would you mind if I opened the window?(客气)
=Do you mind if I open the window? (较不客气)
(你介意我开窗吗?)
2.That's very kind of you. 你真好。
此句通常用在别人帮忙我们后, 表示感谢的客气话。
例: Bob: John, I have finished painting the wall.
John: Thank you very much. That's very kind of you.
(鲍伯: 约翰,我把墙漆好了。)
(约翰: 非常谢谢你。你真好。)
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