英语卡壳了时:3种解释问题地道说法

汇添富翻译公司 2006-3-14 23:06:11

   有时候我们说英语用词不对，或者说法不地道，造成误解或者不解。那么我们就有必要换一种说法解释清楚,让人明白。 看下面这组对话：

Mark: "English is a very easy language to learn."

Susan: "What do you mean?"

Mark: "Well, what I meant to say was that it is easy if you practice every day."

Susan: "Oh, right."

以下是几种在日常英语中能把问题解释清楚的地道说法：

1、重组语句，换一种说法

"What I meant to say was..."

"Let me rephrase that..."

"Let me put this another way..."

"Perhaps I'm not making myself clear..." 
 

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