*录音带中的固定说法。
●打电话遇到困难时
您能说慢一点儿吗?
Please speak a little more slowly.
Would you slow down, please?
我听不清楚。
I can't hear you very well.
Are you free tomorrow? (明天有空吗?)
I can't hear you very well. (我听不清楚。)
I can barely hear you. (我一点儿都听不见。)
I'm having trouble hearing you. (我听不太清楚。)
电话线好像有毛病。
We have a bad connection.
This is a really bad line.
您能再大点儿声吗?
Could you speak up, please?
Please speak a little louder.
Would you speak up a little, please?
串线了。
The lines are crossed. *line 是指telephone line "电话线"，cross "交叉"、"干扰"。
The lines must be crossed. (肯定是串线了。)
对不起，让您久等了。
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting.
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. (对不起，让您久等了。)
That's okay. (没关系。)
I'm sorry for the delay. (对不起，我来晚了。)
Sorry to have kept you waiting. (抱歉，让您久等了。)
谢谢您等我。
Thank you for waiting.
你给我的电话号码是错的。
You gave me the wrong number.
The number you gave me was wrong.
日期和时间
●询问时间
今天几号?
What's today's date?
Fill out the form. (请填这张表。)
What's today's date? (今天几号?)
It's the tenth. (今天10号。)
What date is it today?
What's the date?
What's the date today?
8月13日。
It's August thirteenth. *表示日期的时候在数字后面加th。但是1号、2号、3号分别是first、second、third。
It's the thirteenth of August.
今天星期几?
What day is it? *What's today's date? 表示问几号；What day is it? 表示问星期几。
What day is it? (今天星期几?)
It's Friday. (星期五。)
星期四。
It's Thursday.
现在几点?
Do you have the time? *问时间时记住在time前加the。
What time is it now?
Have you got the time?
What time have you got?
May I ask the time? (我可以问您现在几点吗?)
Could you tell me what time is it now? (您能告诉我现在几点吗?)
快到中午了。
It's almost noon. *夜里零点是midnight。
现在1点钟了。
It's one o'clock.
1点45分。
It's a quarter to two. *a quarter 是四分之一的意思，在这儿是60分钟的四分之一的意思，即15分钟。另外，这里的to是表示“～前”的意思，即“差15分2点”。
It's 1∶45./It's one forty-five.
It's a quarter of two.
It's a quarter till two.
1点5分。
It's five after one.
It's five past one.
It's five minutes after one o'clock.
指针正指到3点15分。
The clock says 3∶15 (three fifteen).
It's 3∶15.(现在3点15分。)
My watch says 3∶15. *watch“手表”。
3点15分。
It's a quarter after three.
It's a quarter past three.
差10分2点。
It's ten to two.
It's 1∶50 (one fifty).
9点半。
It's nine thirty.
It's half past nine.
●有关时间
那只表慢5分钟。
The clock is five minutes slow.
The clock is five minutes slow. (那只表慢5分钟。)
Thanks for telling me. (谢谢你告诉我。)
The clock is five minutes behind.
The clock is five minutes fast. (那表快5分钟。)
该走了。
Well, time to go.
Well, it's time to leave now.
大约什么时候?
About when?
大约几点?
About what time?
还来得及吗?
How's the time? *这句是用于某活动过程中询问“时间怎么样?来得及吗?”
How are we doing for time?
What's the time like? (时间怎么样?)
我没有时间。
I have no time.
I'm really busy now. (我现在真的很忙。)
I don't have time.
I haven't got time.
I don't have any time.
你得再等5天。
You must wait for five more days.
Five more days to go. (再等5天吧。)
Only five days left. (只剩下5天了。)
怎么花那么长时间?
What is taking so long?
Why is it so time-consuming?
白白浪费了一整天。
I wasted a whole day.
I wasted my whole day (away).
到时间了。
Time has come.
时间就是金钱。
Time is money. *表示“时间宝贵”的谚语。
Time is golden.
Time is precious.
我看了两个小时的电视以打发时间。
I killed two hours watching TV.
没有时间了。
Time is up.
There's no time left.
你有空闲的时间吗?
Do you have some free time?
Are you free now?
Are you available now?
我看时间差不多了。
It's about time. *about time 表示“终于”、“觉得差不多了”。
电脑能帮我们省时间。
Computers save us time.
Computers are efficient.
见面、分手时
●碰到友人
嗨!你好!
Hi! *比Hello随便，用于比较熟悉的人，男女都可以用。
Hi! (嗨!)
Hi! (嗨!你好!)
你好!
Hello. *一天中常用的寒暄用语。
A)Hello, Mr. Smith. (史密斯先生，您好!)
B)Oh, hi John. (嗨，约翰，你好!)
*A为学生，B为老师。
你好!
Good afternoon. *下午用寒暄用语。主要用于工作环境中。
晚上好!
Good evening.
你好吗?
How are you? *最常用的问候方式。除了有问候对方“你好吗”的意思外，还含有“午安”在内的意思。
Hi, John! (嗨!约翰，你好!)
Oh, Mary! How are you? (噢，玛丽，你好吗?)
How are you? (你好吗?)
Pretty good. (非常好。)
How's it going?
How're you doing? *语气较随便。
我很好，谢谢。
Fine, thank you.
I'm fine, thank you.
不怎么好。
Not so good. *用于身体状况不好或是有其他什么不好的事时。
How are you feeling? (你的身体怎么样?)
Not so good. (不怎么好。)
Not so great.
Could be better. *虽然“有向好的方向发展的余地”，但给人一种“不怎么好”的语感。
老样子。
Nothing much.
Nothing special.
认识您我很高兴。
Glad to meet you. *用于初次见面。
I'm glad to meet you.
Nice to meet you.
It's great meeting you.
出什么事啦?
What's up?
What's up? (出什么事啦?)
Nothing much. (没什么。)
What's new? *用于强调有无新的变化。
What's happening? *强调“发生什么事情了?”
How've you been? *有好长时间没见的语感。
你的家人怎么样?
How's your family?
How's your family? (你的家人怎么样?)
Everyone's fine. (大家都很好。)
还好吧?
How's everything? *意为“进行得顺利吗?”。如果在饭馆服务员这样问的话是“饭菜怎么样?”的意思。
How's everything? (怎么样，还好吧?)
It's going pretty well. (一切很顺利。)
How's everything? (还好吧?)
Same as always. (和平常一样。)
How's everything going?
How's it going?
How are things?
工作怎么样?
How's business?
还可以。
Not bad.
今天怎么样?
How did it go today? *用于会议或聚会等特别场合。
How did it go today? (今天怎么样?)
So-so. (还凑合吧。)
How was your day?
和往常一样。
Oh, same as usual.
How was work today? (今天工作怎么样?)
Oh, same as usual. (和往常一样。)
Same old, same old. *俚语。
Another day, another dollar.
急着干什么去呀?
What's the
●打电话遇到困难时
您能说慢一点儿吗?
Please speak a little more slowly.
Would you slow down, please?
我听不清楚。
I can't hear you very well.
Are you free tomorrow? (明天有空吗?)
I can't hear you very well. (我听不清楚。)
I can barely hear you. (我一点儿都听不见。)
I'm having trouble hearing you. (我听不太清楚。)
电话线好像有毛病。
We have a bad connection.
This is a really bad line.
您能再大点儿声吗?
Could you speak up, please?
Please speak a little louder.
Would you speak up a little, please?
串线了。
The lines are crossed. *line 是指telephone line "电话线"，cross "交叉"、"干扰"。
The lines must be crossed. (肯定是串线了。)
对不起，让您久等了。
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting.
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. (对不起，让您久等了。)
That's okay. (没关系。)
I'm sorry for the delay. (对不起，我来晚了。)
Sorry to have kept you waiting. (抱歉，让您久等了。)
谢谢您等我。
Thank you for waiting.
你给我的电话号码是错的。
You gave me the wrong number.
The number you gave me was wrong.
日期和时间
●询问时间
今天几号?
What's today's date?
Fill out the form. (请填这张表。)
What's today's date? (今天几号?)
It's the tenth. (今天10号。)
What date is it today?
What's the date?
What's the date today?
8月13日。
It's August thirteenth. *表示日期的时候在数字后面加th。但是1号、2号、3号分别是first、second、third。
It's the thirteenth of August.
今天星期几?
What day is it? *What's today's date? 表示问几号；What day is it? 表示问星期几。
What day is it? (今天星期几?)
It's Friday. (星期五。)
星期四。
It's Thursday.
现在几点?
Do you have the time? *问时间时记住在time前加the。
What time is it now?
Have you got the time?
What time have you got?
May I ask the time? (我可以问您现在几点吗?)
Could you tell me what time is it now? (您能告诉我现在几点吗?)
快到中午了。
It's almost noon. *夜里零点是midnight。
现在1点钟了。
It's one o'clock.
1点45分。
It's a quarter to two. *a quarter 是四分之一的意思，在这儿是60分钟的四分之一的意思，即15分钟。另外，这里的to是表示“～前”的意思，即“差15分2点”。
It's 1∶45./It's one forty-five.
It's a quarter of two.
It's a quarter till two.
1点5分。
It's five after one.
It's five past one.
It's five minutes after one o'clock.
指针正指到3点15分。
The clock says 3∶15 (three fifteen).
It's 3∶15.(现在3点15分。)
My watch says 3∶15. *watch“手表”。
3点15分。
It's a quarter after three.
It's a quarter past three.
差10分2点。
It's ten to two.
It's 1∶50 (one fifty).
9点半。
It's nine thirty.
It's half past nine.
●有关时间
那只表慢5分钟。
The clock is five minutes slow.
The clock is five minutes slow. (那只表慢5分钟。)
Thanks for telling me. (谢谢你告诉我。)
The clock is five minutes behind.
The clock is five minutes fast. (那表快5分钟。)
该走了。
Well, time to go.
Well, it's time to leave now.
大约什么时候?
About when?
大约几点?
About what time?
还来得及吗?
How's the time? *这句是用于某活动过程中询问“时间怎么样?来得及吗?”
How are we doing for time?
What's the time like? (时间怎么样?)
我没有时间。
I have no time.
I'm really busy now. (我现在真的很忙。)
I don't have time.
I haven't got time.
I don't have any time.
你得再等5天。
You must wait for five more days.
Five more days to go. (再等5天吧。)
Only five days left. (只剩下5天了。)
怎么花那么长时间?
What is taking so long?
Why is it so time-consuming?
白白浪费了一整天。
I wasted a whole day.
I wasted my whole day (away).
到时间了。
Time has come.
时间就是金钱。
Time is money. *表示“时间宝贵”的谚语。
Time is golden.
Time is precious.
我看了两个小时的电视以打发时间。
I killed two hours watching TV.
没有时间了。
Time is up.
There's no time left.
你有空闲的时间吗?
Do you have some free time?
Are you free now?
Are you available now?
我看时间差不多了。
It's about time. *about time 表示“终于”、“觉得差不多了”。
电脑能帮我们省时间。
Computers save us time.
Computers are efficient.
见面、分手时
●碰到友人
嗨!你好!
Hi! *比Hello随便，用于比较熟悉的人，男女都可以用。
Hi! (嗨!)
Hi! (嗨!你好!)
你好!
Hello. *一天中常用的寒暄用语。
A)Hello, Mr. Smith. (史密斯先生，您好!)
B)Oh, hi John. (嗨，约翰，你好!)
*A为学生，B为老师。
你好!
Good afternoon. *下午用寒暄用语。主要用于工作环境中。
晚上好!
Good evening.
你好吗?
How are you? *最常用的问候方式。除了有问候对方“你好吗”的意思外，还含有“午安”在内的意思。
Hi, John! (嗨!约翰，你好!)
Oh, Mary! How are you? (噢，玛丽，你好吗?)
How are you? (你好吗?)
Pretty good. (非常好。)
How's it going?
How're you doing? *语气较随便。
我很好，谢谢。
Fine, thank you.
I'm fine, thank you.
不怎么好。
Not so good. *用于身体状况不好或是有其他什么不好的事时。
How are you feeling? (你的身体怎么样?)
Not so good. (不怎么好。)
Not so great.
Could be better. *虽然“有向好的方向发展的余地”，但给人一种“不怎么好”的语感。
老样子。
Nothing much.
Nothing special.
认识您我很高兴。
Glad to meet you. *用于初次见面。
I'm glad to meet you.
Nice to meet you.
It's great meeting you.
出什么事啦?
What's up?
What's up? (出什么事啦?)
Nothing much. (没什么。)
What's new? *用于强调有无新的变化。
What's happening? *强调“发生什么事情了?”
How've you been? *有好长时间没见的语感。
你的家人怎么样?
How's your family?
How's your family? (你的家人怎么样?)
Everyone's fine. (大家都很好。)
还好吧?
How's everything? *意为“进行得顺利吗?”。如果在饭馆服务员这样问的话是“饭菜怎么样?”的意思。
How's everything? (怎么样，还好吧?)
It's going pretty well. (一切很顺利。)
How's everything? (还好吧?)
Same as always. (和平常一样。)
How's everything going?
How's it going?
How are things?
工作怎么样?
How's business?
还可以。
Not bad.
今天怎么样?
How did it go today? *用于会议或聚会等特别场合。
How did it go today? (今天怎么样?)
So-so. (还凑合吧。)
How was your day?
和往常一样。
Oh, same as usual.
How was work today? (今天工作怎么样?)
Oh, same as usual. (和往常一样。)
Same old, same old. *俚语。
Another day, another dollar.
急着干什么去呀?
What's the