我可以請您幫個忙嗎?

　　Do you mind if I ask you a favor? *要注意回答可以時用No，不可以時用Yes。

　　Do you mind if I ask you a favor? (我可以請您幫個忙嗎?)

　　No, not at all. (沒問題，完全可以。)

　　Can I ask a favor?

　　May I ask you a favor? *這兩個例句和上面例句不同，用Yes回答可以。

　　能幫把手嗎?

　　Would you give me a hand?

　　Would you please help me?

　　Would you mind giving me a hand?

　　Could you help me out?

　　對不起

　　Im sorry to bother you,...

　　Im sorry to bother you, but can you help me? (對不起，能幫我一下嗎?)

　　Its no bother. (沒問題。)

　　樂意為您效勞。

　　Ill be glad to.

　　Id be happy to.

　　With pleasure.

　　Love to.

　　我可不可以/可不可以讓我

　　Could I possibly...?

　　Could I possibly use your bathroom? (我能用一下您的洗手間嗎?)

　　Of course. (當然。)

　　如果可以的話，

　　If youd like,... *youd是you would的縮寫形式。

　　If you want to,...

　　請您把糖拿過來行嗎?

　　Could you pass the sugar, please? *用于吃飯時等請別人拿自己夠不到的東西時。

　　Could you pass the sugar, please? (請您把糖拿過來行嗎?)

　　Sure. Here you are. (好的。給你。)

　　Could I have the sugar, please?

　　Could you hand me the sugar, please?

　　Could you give me the sugar, please?

　　Sugar, please. *比較隨便的說法。

　　給!

　　Here you are. *用于拿出對方所期待著的東西時。

　　Here you go.

　　Here it is.

　　請做這個。

　　Please do this.

　　What do you want me to do? (你想讓我做什么?)

　　Please do this. (請做這個。)

　　Please take care of this.

　　Would you please do this (for me)? (您能為我做這個嗎?)

　　您能開車送我到那家店嗎?

　　Would you drive me to the store?

　　Would you take me to the store?

　　Would you drop me off at the store? (能讓我在那家店下車嗎?)

　　您能幫我找到ABC飯店的電話號碼嗎?

　　Would you help me find the number for the ABC Hotel?

　　Would you help me find the number for the ABC Hotel? (您能幫我找到ABC飯店的電話號碼嗎?)

　　My pleasure. (可以啊!)

　　我不知道怎么填這張表。

　　I dont know how to fill out this form. *fill out是固定搭配，表示在空白處填寫。form是表格用紙。

　　How do I fill out this form?

　　Can you help me with this form? (您能幫我填一下這張表嗎?)

　　告訴我為什么?

　　Tell me why.

　　Whats the reason? (理由是什么呢?)

　　Why do you think that? (你為什么那么想?)

　　能借用一下你的鋼筆嗎?

　　May I borrow y your pen? *borrow借入。

　　May I use your pen?

　　Is it okay if I use your pen?

　　有筆嗎?

　　Do you have a pen?

　　Do you have a pen that I can borrow?

　　能借給我10美元嗎?

　　Can you lend me ten dollars?

　　你能給我打個電話嗎?

　　Would you give me a call?

　　Could you call me?

　　Can you ring me up?

　　你今天晚上如果能給我打個電話的話，我將非常感激。

　　Id appreciate it if you could call me tonight.

　　Id appreciate it if you could call me tonight. (你今天晚上如果能給我打個電話的話，我將非常感激。

　　Id be glad to. (我非常愿意。)

　　請關小點兒聲。

　　Please turn it down. *turn down 是關小電視、收音機等的聲音。另外關于turn還有以下幾種用法。

　　turn up (開大〈電視、收音機等〉的聲音。)

　　turn off (關上〈電視、收音機等〉)

　　turn on (打開〈電視、收音機等〉)

　　Would you please turn it down? *比較有禮貌的說法。

　　Would you please turn it down? (能把聲音關小點嗎?)

　　All right. (好吧!)

　　Not so loud, please.

　　Please lower the volume.

　　Its too loud. Turn it down. (太吵了，關小點聲。) *帶有命令的語感。

　　等我回來。

　　Wait here until I get back.

　　Please wait here for me.

　　勞駕。

　　Excuse me. *用于向不認識的人打招呼時。是一句很常用的口語。

　　Excuse me. (勞駕。)

　　Can I help you? (有事嗎?)

　　Pardon me.

　　喂，你!

　　Hello, there!

　　Hi, there!

　　喂!

　　Hey! *表示呼吁、喜悅、吃驚等。口氣有些傲慢無禮，所以對不認識的人最好用Excuse me.

　　Yo!

　　Hey, you!

　　Say! *比較舊的說法。

　　你有空嗎?

　　Do you have time? *你有時間嗎?，如果是Do you have the time?的話，意思是你知道幾點了嗎?。

　　Do you have time? (你有空兒嗎?)

　　Sure. (有空。)

　　Do you have a minute?

　　我想求你件事行嗎?

　　Can I ask you a favor? *常用在需要拜托或請求別人之前。

　　Can I ask you a favor? (我想求你件事行嗎?)

　　Sure. What is it? (當然。什么事?)

　　Can I ask you a favor? (我想求你件事。)

　　Sorry, Im busy. (對不起，我很忙。)

　　May I ask a favor of you? *更禮貌的說法。

　　Could you do me a favor?

　　Could you help me?

　　Can you help me?

　　我想打聽點兒事。

　　May I ask you something?

　　May I ask you something? (我想打聽點兒事。)

　　Sure. Go ahead. (當然，請說吧。)

　　May I ask (you) a question?

　　Id like to ask you something.

　　I have a question.

　　Could you tell me something?

　　Do you have time to answer a question?

　　Could you answer a question?

　　I hate to bother you, but can I ask you a question? (真不好意思，打擾您了，我可以問 個問題嗎?)

　　對不起，打斷一下可以嗎?

　　Sorry for interrupting. *向正在工作或正在說話的人說話時的表達方式。

　　Sorry for interrupting... (對不起，打斷一下可以嗎?)

　　Oh, youre not. (噢，沒關系。)

　　Im sorry to interrupt you.

　　May I interrupt you?

　　Excuse me for interrupting.

　　Forgive me for interrupting.

　　你猜怎么著?

　　Guess what? *跟對方說話時，說Guess what?來吸引對方的注意。

　　Guess what? (你猜怎么著?)

　　What? (怎么啦?)

　　You know what?

　　對不起，我認錯人了。

　　Sorry, I mistook you for someone else. *錯向陌生人打招呼時。

　　Sorry, I mistook you for someone else. (對不起，我認錯人了。)

　　Thats all right. (沒關系。)

　　Sorry, I thought you were someone else.

　　Youre not who I thought you were. Sorry.

　　Oops. My mistake. (不好，我弄錯了。)

　　我能用一下您的電話嗎?

　　May I use your phone?

　　May I use your phone? (我能用一下您的電話嗎?)

　　Go right ahead. (請用吧。)

　　●教導

　　我該怎么做呢?

　　How should I do it?

　　Just start the car! (只要發動車!)

　　How should I do it? (我怎么發動汽車呢?)

　　你該這么做。

　　This is the way you should do it.

　　I cant do it. (我不會做。)

　　This is the way you should do it. (你該這么做。)

　　This is how you should do it.

　　You should do it this way.

　　This is how you do it.

　　這樣的話就會很順利。

　　Itll do the trick. *表示稍微采用一些手段或方法就能產生所設想的效果/就會順利。

　　Hows this? (這樣做怎么樣?)

　　Itll do the trick. (這樣就會見效。)

　　Itll be effective.

　　Thatll work.

　　Thatll do it.

　　這樣看上去好一些。

　　This looks better.

　　This is more pleasing in appearance.

　　I like the looks of this one better.

　　我用自己的辦法做。

　　Ill do it my own way.

　　Let me show you how to do it. (我讓你看看我的做法。)

　　Ill do it my own way. (我用我自己的辦法。)

　　Ill do it the way I want to. (我用我自己想用的方法。)

　　像這樣?

　　Like this? *穿衣服時表示是這樣穿嗎?吃第一次吃到的東西時表示是這樣吃嗎?。

　　You eat sushi this way. (壽司是這樣吃的。)

　　Like this? (是像這樣嗎?)

　　You mean like this?

　　像什么?

　　Like what?

　　Like what? (像什么?)

　　Like chicken. (像只雞。)

　　很簡單。

　　Its easy.

　　Its a cinch.

　　Its a snap.

　　簡單得不得了。

　　Just like that!

　　Can you buy guns in America? (在美國可以買到槍嗎?)

　　Yes. Its easy, just like that! (是的，輕而易舉。)

　　Just as if it were nothing. (簡單得不能再簡單了。)

　　有點兒難 哦。

　　Its a little hard.

　　Its kind of difficult.

　　很復雜哦。

　　Its complicated.

　　Its complex.

　　首先應該做這個。

　　This is the first thing to do.

　　You should do this first.

　　你掉了這個。

　　You dropped this. *drop 掉下，丟下。

　　You dropped this. (你掉了這個。)

　　Oh, yeah. Its mine. (哦，對!是我的。)

　　我想這是你丟的吧!

　　I think you dropped this.

　　I think this is yours. (我想這是你的吧。)

　　這是你的嗎?

　　Is this yours?

　　Did you drop this?

　　這不是你的嗎?

　　Isnt this yours?

　　Doesnt this belong to you?

　　是我的。

　　Its mine.

　　Yes, thats mine. (是的，那是我的。)

　　Yes, its my handkerchief. (是的，是我的手絹。)

　　It belongs to me.

　　我的錢包丟了。

　　Ive lost my wallet.

　　這下可麻煩了。

　　Im in trouble! *be in trouble 表示陷入困境。

　　●提議

　　要我幫忙嗎?/要我幫你拿嗎?

　　May I help?

　　May I help? (要我幫忙嗎?/要我幫你拿嗎?)

　　Sure. If you dont mind. (當然，要是不麻煩的話。)

　　Do you want any help?

　　Need any help?

　　Need a hand?

　　Do you need a hand?

　　Can I give you a hand?

　　Do you need some help?

　　Can I help you carry that? (要我幫您搬嗎?)

　　決定之前再好好考慮考慮。

　　Think twice before you decide.

　　這個怎么樣?

　　How about this one?

　　How about this one? (這個怎么樣?)

　　Its the same price.(這個價錢也是一樣。)

　　What about this one?

　　我提個建議。

　　I want to make a suggestion.

　　I want to offer a suggestion.

　　我們走近道吧!

　　Lets take a short cut. *short cut表示近路，捷徑。

　　Lets go a shorter way.

　　咱們逃學吧!

　　Lets play hooky! *play hooky 俚語，逃學。

　　Lets skip school!

　　Lets cut class!

　　Lets ditch school!

　　我們打電話請個病假吧!

　　Lets call in sick.

　　玩撲克吧!

　　Lets play cards!

　　我有個主意。

　　I have an idea.

　　I have an idea. (我有個主意。)

　　What is it? (什么主意?)

　　Ive got it.

　　I have come up with an idea.

　　I have a good idea. (我有個好主意。)

　　這樣怎么樣?

　　Tell you what. *用于向對方提建議時。它是Ill tell you what.的縮寫。

　　Tell you what. Why dont you come to my house now? (這樣怎么樣?你現在就來我家一趟，怎么樣?)

　　Okay. (好吧!)

　　讓我考慮一下。

　　Let me think for a moment.

　　你好好想想看。

　　Just think about it.

　　I dont know what to say. (我不知道說什么好。)

　　Just think about it. (你好好想想看。 )

　　你該剪剪你的頭發了。

　　You should get a haircut.

　　You should cut your hair.

　　You need a hair cut.