English speaking

与English speaking相关的情景对话

校园生活/Speak up-(大声说话)

A:

I thought I was speaking English fairly well. Now I'm not so sure.

我本以为自己的英语说得不错。现在我又不那么有把握了。

B:

What did you say?

你说什么？

A:

I said I thought I spoke pretty good English.But people keep asking me to repeat what I've said. So maybe I'm not doing so well after all.

我说我以为自己英语说得不错。但人们老是要我重复我说过的话。或许我说的并不那么好。

B:

There's nothing wrong with your English.It's just that no one can hear what you're saying.

你的英语没有问题。只是没有人听得见你在说什么。

A:

Is that what's wrong? But I think it's impolite to talk loudly.

毛病就在这里吗？可是我觉得大声说话是不礼貌的。

B:

You don't have to shout, but you do have to make yourself heard.Maybe Americans talk louder than other people.If so, you'll just have to speak louder,too.

你不一定要大声喊叫，但你应该让别人听得见你的话。也许美国人说话声音比别的人要响。如果这样，你说话声音也大一些就是了。

校园生活/Spelling-(拼音)

A:

You know, Ralph, since I started speaking English all the time my pronunciation's getting better and even the grammar's beginning to make some sense. But I don't think I'll ever be able to spell.

拉尔夫，你知道，自从我开始所有时间都讲英语以来，我的发音有了进步，而且语法也开始理顺了。不过我不认为我能把字拼出来。

B:

You're not alone there.I have trouble with spelling too. When I was in grade school. I learned which words were the most frequently misspelled. But I never did learn how to spell them.

不是你一个人如此。我在拼音方面也有困难。当我上小学的时候,我知道哪些词是经常拼错的, 但我没有学会如何拼这些词。

A:

Since it's so difficult, why is it so important to learn how to spell properly?

既然这么难，为什么学会准确拼音又如此重要呢？

B:

Because if you spell satisfactorily, you're considered educated.If you don't, you're not.

因为如果你能准确无误地拼音，人家就会把你看作受到教育的人。 否则，在别人眼里你是个缺乏教育的人。