迷你對話
A: Sir, would you like to have brocoli?
先生,要不要來點綠花椰菜?
B: Read my lips. I don’t like it.
注意聽,我不喜歡這個菜。
地道表達
read one’s lips
1. 解詞釋義
Read my lips字面意思是“讀我的嘴唇”,但是真正的含義是“給我聽好了”。例如別人約你時會說:Do youwant to hand out with me tonight?意思是:你今晚想不想跟我在一起啊?如果這個人是個令人討厭的家伙的話,你就可以回答他:Read my lips. No. 老美在講這句話時,會放慢語速,好吧NO的唇形給展現(xiàn)出來,表達他們不愿意的程度。其英文解釋為:to manage to understand speech by watching andinterpreting the movements of the speaker's lips。
2. 典型范例
e.g. I couldn't hear her but I could read her lips.
我聽不到他說什么,但是我可以盡力去聽。
e.g. I'll read the text through once and you read my lips.
我把課文從頭到尾讀一遍,你們仔細聽。
Ps:Would you like to do something?這個句型用來詢問他人想做某事嗎?例如:
Would you like to come to have lunch tomorrow? 明天請你來吃午飯,好嗎?