英式禮貌背后的真心話

　　
WHAT THE BRITISH SAY

　　英國人說的

　　
WHAT THE BRITISH MEAN

　　英國人實際表達的

　　WHAT OTHERS UNDERSTAND

　　別人所理解的

　　I hear what you say

　　我聽到你說什么了

　　I disagree and do not want to discuss it further

　　我不同意也不想繼續(xù)討論下去了

　　He accepts my point of view

　　他接受了我的觀點

　　With the greatest respect

　　懷著最高的敬意

　　You are an idiot

　　你是一個白癡

　　He is listening to me

　　他在聽我說

　　That's not bad

　　那不算壞

　　That's good

　　不錯

　　That's poor

　　那很差勁

　　That is a very brave proposal

　　這是一個非常勇敢的提議

　　You are insane

　　你瘋了

　　He thinks I have courage

　　他認為我很有勇氣

　　Quite good

　　真不錯

　　A bit disappointing

　　有一點令人失望

　　Quite good

　　真不錯

　　I would suggest

　　我認為

　　Do it or be prepared to justify yourself

　　按我認為的去做或者證明你的想法

　　Think about the idea, but do what you like

　　考慮他的說法，但按自己想的做

　　Oh, incidentally/by the way

　　哦，順便提一下

　　The primary purpose of our discussion is

　　這次討論的主要目的是

　　That is not very important

　　那并不是很重要

　　I was a bit disappointed that

　　我對此有點失望

　　I am annoyed that

　　我被惹惱了

　　It doesn't really matter

　　沒關(guān)系

　　Very interesting

　　非常有趣

　　That is clearly nonsense

　　那簡直是胡說八道

　　They are impressed

　　那令人印象深刻

　　I'll bear it in mind

　　我會記住的

　　I've forgotten it already

　　我已經(jīng)忘了

　　They will probably do it

　　他們大概會這么做

　　I'm sure it's my fault

　　我確信這是我的錯

　　It's your fault

　　這是你的錯

　　Why do they think it was their fault?

　　為什么他們覺得是他們的錯？

　　You must come for dinner

　　你得過來吃晚飯

　　It's not an invitation, I'm just being polite

　　這并不是一個邀請，我只是表示禮貌

　　I will get an invitation soon

　　我很快就會受到邀請

　　I almost agree

　　我差不多同意了

　　I don't agree at all

　　我根本不同意

　　He's not far from agreement

　　他差不多同意了

　　I only have a few minor comments

　　我只有一些次要意見

　　Please rewrite completely

　　請全部重寫

　　He has found a few typos

　　他只找到了一些印刷錯誤

　　Could we consider some other options

　　我們能考慮下別的選擇嗎

　　I don't like your idea

　　我不喜歡你的主意

　　They have not yet decided

　　他們還沒決定