1、七、意愿(Intensions)1.表达意愿常见表达:I will help you with your English./Im willing to let Mike help you.用法点津:要表达不愿意做某事时,将上述句子改为否定句就可以了。2.询问意愿常见表达:A: Will you go with us?/Are you willing to go with us? /Do you mind going with us? /Would you like (us) to visit Beijing?B: Of course, I will (am). /No, not at all.
2、用法点津:not at all可以看作是I dont mind at all.的省略形式。3.转述意愿常见表达:Shed like (me) to stay at home tomorrow./He is thinking of giving us a talk.八、道歉和应答(Apologies and responses)1.表示道歉常见表达:Sorry to have kept you waiting. /Im sorry, but Im busy./Excuse me (for being late)./I beg your pardon for not telling you tha
3、t./Im afraid we are not free this weekend.用法点津:sorry主要用于因犯了某种过失而于事后向他人表示歉意,也可表示因不能满足他人要求或请求而表示歉意。Excuse me 通常用于下列情形:需要打断别人谈话或工作时;有求于他人时;因故需要暂时离开时;就某事表示不同意见时;自己的言行将会影响他人时。2.表示原谅常见表达:Not at all./Dont mention it. /Never mind about that./Forget it./Thats OK./It doesnt matter. /Dont worry about it.用法点津:用
4、Never mind.作答时有时可表达说话人多少有点不高兴或无可奈何的意味。如:A: Could you help me hang this picture?B: Im just going out.A: Oh, never mind. Ill do it myself.又如:A: What was that you said? I didnt hear you.B: Never mind. It wasnt important.九、遗憾和同情(Regrets and sympathy)常见表达:What a pity you cant come with us./Im sorry to he
5、ar your mother is ill. /The young man died last night. How terrible!十、邀请和应答(Invitations and responses)1.提出邀请常见表达:What about playing footballwith us?/Do come to play with us tomorrow./Would you like to have a dinner with us thisevening?/Do you feel like taking a walk now?/Wont you come in and sit dow
6、n?/ Id like to invite you to dinner this Saturday, Mr Smith.用法点津:a.在发出邀请前常有一个引子,尤其在客气的场合,如可先这样问一下对方是否有空:Are you free this evening? b. Would you like to.和Id like to invite you to.的句式较为客气,带有商量、询问的口气,多用于不知对方能否接受邀请的场合。2.接受邀请与拒绝邀请常见表达:Yes, Id like to./Yes, great. /Sure. Thats a good idea./Yes, with pleas
7、ure. /Thats very kind of you. Thank you./Sure, why not? Ill be glad to./That sounds nice (great).Id love to, but Im afraid I cant./I wish I could, but Im too busy. /Thank you, but Im afraid I must finish my homework first.用法点津:a.接受他人邀请时通常还要表示一下感谢。b.如果是稍有保留地接受,可这样说:I will if I can./ Its very kind of you to invite me, but Im not sure if I can come. c.拒绝他人的邀请一般不直接说No,而要婉言谢绝,并要声明自己是愿意接受邀请的,但因某种原因不能接受,并表示歉意或感谢。