职场英语我想也是口语
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I guess so 我想也是
“I guess so”是表示你对于对方所描述的现象、情况颇有同感,或者你承认对方所说的是对的。不论事实为何,当你说“I guess so”时就示你同意或承认对方的话,至少在主观上是这样。
模拟对话
Jim:I want to buy a new laptop. But they are quite expensive at present.
吉姆:我想要买新的本电脑,不过目前都很贵。
Lisa:l guess so.I bought a SONY laptop last month which cost me USD $2500.
莉莎:我想也是。我上个月买了一台SONY的笔记本电脑,花了我两千五百元美金。
Jim: But I prefer an Apple computer.
吉姆:但是我比较想要苹果电脑耶。
Lisa:Man,that's even more expensive.
莉莎:老天,那会更贵。
Jim提到他想要买笔记本电脑,同时又说目前的价格相当贵,Lisa同意他的说法,同时也颇为肯定情况是如此,因此说“I guess so”。
模拟对话
臭屁大王
Lisa:Do you think Eason will go camping with us this weekend?
莉莎:你觉得伊森这个周末会和我们去露营吗?
Jim:I guess so, since Cathcrine is going.
吉姆:我想也是,因为凯瑟琳也要去。
Lisa: Why don't you just ask Catherine how she feels about you and Eason?
莉莎:为什么你不干脆直接问凯瑟琳她对你和伊森的感觉怎么样呢?
Jim:I don't need to.I know that she likes me more than Eason.
吉姆:我不需要问,我可以感觉得到她比较喜欢我。
Lisa: You are really bigheaded!
莉莎:你还真是自大耶!(bigheaded=自大)
Lisa问Jim他觉得Eason是否会和他们一起去露营,Jim认为极有可能。因此回之以“I guess so”。
模拟对话
网络缺乏人性
Jim: Thanks to the intemet.It's getting easier to keep in touch with friends than ever before.
吉姆:感谢网络。他让我们跟远方的朋友联络更加容易了。
Lisa:I guess so.But I think people rely too much on the intemet.
莉莎:我想是这样没错。但是我觉得人们也太依赖网络了!
Jim针对网络的发达发表了一点,Lisa对于他的看法大致上并不反对,因此以“I guess so”回应之。
再多学一句
★As cool as a cucumber 无所谓
如果你说某人“as cool as a cucumbcr”,指冷静地像条小黄瓜似的。那么你可能是在特别强调他们的表现非常冷静,或是态度很轻松,无所谓。尤其是当你之前以为他们的表现会很紧张时。
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Parcelcopter is an unmanned aircraft used to deliver goods.
“包裹机”指专门用来投递物品的无人机。
For the first decade of this century, drones were associated primarily with militaryactivity, but there has recently been an explosion of consumer applications. In addition to a surge of dronies (selfies taken by means of a drone-mounted camera), 2014 has seen several attempts to utilize drones as a means of delivering packages, with Amazon and Google each announcing experimental programmes, and DHL launching a delivery service utilizing a quadcopter drone it calls the “parcelcopter”.
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