原帖由 Xbfeng 于 2008-9-21 13:59 发表 / U, U, r0 l% I l5 z! p% l(1) "it is a good question"! when you have to answer a difficult question. / z/ @0 x' W& m) M$ i(2) "You know"...... 讲话中作为转折语。2 N& ^4 J- h- k* j1 i3 n3 ?2 N" M
(3) "Please be seated!" + Z* M1 k3 x) N- `In China, English teachers always taught us "Sit Down Ple ...
2 g# @: n* A3 W- X " d' R+ K9 C; H1 cIt's a good question = That's a good catch.) E& h7 ]# S+ p
0 l+ l0 `' @: ], o5 Y* ]! u/ f( j"Please be seated" is more formal.
It's done. I'm done. He's done. They're done. etc. ; z0 F6 ?8 ?4 r$ S* c3 p7 ^' o6 R) \
As a student in China, I was taught to speak as "It is finished", "I finished.....", etc.: G( }6 l( E, ~$ y
" [( N7 X9 A- ` _8 |: G* @: ~It really surprised me when I heard those for the first time. ( `& `4 D9 k, e! \/ l0 d* x 4 q, A8 X5 y% P( _[ 本帖最后由 Crisis 于 2008-11-28 23:14 编辑 ]
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?) ' D8 I- C+ ?$ L+ G% R5 {4 B$ F3 X! \: Y, o- G
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