英語口語每天說上半小時 001

一. Ability 能力

1. Can you ride a bike?

你會騎單車嗎?

2. Will you be able to finish your work by noon?

你可以在中午之前做完工作嗎?

3. Are you capable of painting beautiful pictures?

你能畫出漂亮的畫嗎?

4. I can do it.

我可以做到。

5. I know how to operate a computer.

我知道如何使用電腦。

6. It's not too difficult to climb up the tree.

爬樹不是很難。

7. I'm not too bad at telling stories.

我講故事講得不錯。

8. I feel able to swim across the river.

我覺得我可以游過這條河。

9. I'm able to recite all Shakespeare's sonnets.

我能背誦莎士比亞所有的十四行詩。

10. I'm afraid I can't cope with those troubles.

恐怕我應付不了這些麻煩。

Dialogue 1

M: How many laguages can you speak?

你能講多少種語言?

W: I can speak French and German.

我會講法語和德語。

M: How well can you speak them?

你講得怎么樣?

W: I can speak German quite well, but I can't speak French very well.

我德語講得很好，但是法語講得不太好。

M: Can you help me to translate these sentences into German now?

你現(xiàn)在可以幫我把這些句子翻譯成德語嗎?

W: No, but I'll be able to tomorrow.

不，但是明天我就可以。

Dialogue 2

W: Can you speak English?

你會說英語嗎?

M: Yes I can. I speak it very well.

是的，我英語說得很好。

W: Where did you learn it?

你在哪里學的?

M: I lived in England when I was a child.

小時候我住在英格蘭。

W: What else can you speak?

你還會說什么語言?

M: Well, I know a little Italian.

額，我還懂一點點意大利語。

Dialogue 3

M: Most of our customers are foreigners. How many foreign languages can you speak, Elizabeth?

我們大多數(shù)客戶是外國的。伊麗莎白，你會講幾種外語?

W: Two. French and Spanish.

兩種。法語和西班牙語。

M: And how well can you speak them?

你講得怎么樣?

W: Well, French was my best subject at school. I can read and write it pretty well.

額，法語是我在學校里學得最好的科目。我的閱讀和寫作都很好。

M: And how about your Spanish?

那西班牙語呢?

W: Well, it's not as good as my French. I can speak it reasonably well, but my written Spanish isn't very good.

額，不像法語那么好。我西班牙語說得相當好，但是我的書面西班牙語不是很好。

M: I see. Well, we have a lot of Spanish customers, but you wouldn't need to write any Spanish here.

我知道了。額，我們有很多西班牙客戶，但是你在這里不需要寫西班牙語。

W: In that case, I'm fit for the position I think.

如果是那樣的話，我覺得我適合這個職位。

Dialogue 4

W: Can you help me now?

你現(xiàn)在可以幫我個忙嗎?

M: No, but I'll be able to tomorrow.

不，但是明天我可以。

W: That'll be too late.

那就太遲了。

M: Why don't you ask Bill if he can help?

你為什么不問問比爾是否能幫忙?

W: I did, but he wasn't able to either.

我問過了，但是他也不能。

M: Jane and Sally are friends. They are both married and they are very proud of their husbands. One day, they met each other and they started talking about their husbands. According to Jane, her husband is big and strong and handsome. He is also very much of a sportsman. He can swim and ski, and he can play several ball games such as football, rugby and cricket. Sally's husband, however, seems to be just the opposite. He is physically neither big nor strong, but he excels in intelligence. He is good at languages and can speak six languages, including French, German, Italian, Spanish, Arabic, and Japanese. Besides, he is much of a family man. He can cook, sew, and iron. Indeed, as Sally puts it, he is a good husband.

簡和薩利是朋友。她們都結婚了，而且她們都十分以自己的丈夫為榮。有一天，她們相遇了，談論起她們的丈夫。簡說，她的丈夫又高大又強壯又英俊。他也很像運動員。他會游泳、滑雪，而且他會幾種球類項目，例如足球、橄欖球和板球。然而，薩利的丈夫似乎正好相反。他的身體既不高大也不強壯，但是他的智力過人。他擅長語言，能講六種語言，包括法語、德語、意大利語、西班牙語、阿拉伯語和日語。除此之外，他還是一個居家男人。他會煮飯、縫紉和熨燙衣服。確實，正如薩利所說的，他是一位好丈夫。