An English-Chinese dictionary of spoken expressions for students

general expressions

一般表示法

ability能力

inquiring about ability询问能力

expressing ability表达有能力

expressing inability表达无能力

acceptance接受

advice劝告

asking for advice请求指点

giving advice提出劝告

accepting advice接受劝告

agreement同意

annoyance烦恼

apology and response道歉与回答

apologizing for something为某事道歉

responding to apologies对道歉的回答

appointment约会

requesting an appointment请求约会

asking about when and where to meet询问何时何地见面

expressing when and where to meet表示何时何地见面

. expressing you are not free表示你没空

changing or cancelling an appointment改变或取消约会

approval赞同

belief相信

blaming责怪

certainty肯定

inquiring about certainty询问是否肯定

expressing certainty表示肯定

communication交流

starting a conversation开始交谈

maintaining a conversation继续交谈

adjusting a conversation更换交谈内容

closing a conversation结束交谈

comparison比较

complaining抱怨

compliment称赞

giving compliments on appearance称赞外表

giving compliments on possessm称赞所有物

responding to compliments对称赞的回答

conclusion结论

congratulation祝贺

conjecture猜测

contrast只寸比

departure分别

determination决心

disagreement不同意

disapproval不赞同

disbelief不相信

dislikes不喜欢

displeasure不愉快

gratitude感激

greeting问候

impossibility不可能

information信息
asking for information了解情况

giving information提供情况

intention意图

asking about somebody's intention询问别人的意图

stating one's intention说明意图

introduction介绍

lnvkation邀请

judgement判断

likes喜欢

negation否定

obligation义务

asking about obligation询问有否义务

expressing obligation表达义务

offer提供

opinion意见

asking for opinion征求意见

giving your opinion发表意见

permission许可

asking for permission请求许可

granting permission给予允许

refusing permission拒绝给予允许

persuasion劝说

trying to persuade somebody设法说服某人

responding to persuasion对说服的回答

raising objections提出反对

pleasure愉快

possibility可能

inquiring about possibility询问可能性

expressing possibility表达可能性

prediction预言

preference偏爱

prohibition禁止

quarrel争吵

reason理由

refusal拒绝

regret遗憾

relief宽慰

reproach责备

request请求

suggestion建议

surprise惊奇

sympathy同情

tiredness疲劳

uncertainty不肯定

unwillingness不愿意

urge催促

warning警告

willingness意愿

wish a.愿望b.祝愿

worry and fear担忧和害怕

situational expressions on school campus

校园情景表示法

accommodation膳宿

after a lecture讲座后

after class课后

cafeteria or restaurant食堂或餐厅

clinic医务室

education and schools教育与学校

entertainment娱乐

examinations考试

hobbies业余癖好

holidays假期

job hunting找工作

library图书馆

parties or gatherings聚会

selection of majors选专业

service center服务中心

sports运动

study学习

situational expressions in society

社会情景表示法

bank银行

asking to deposk，draw，cash or changemoney要求存、取、兑换钱

telling the client about savings and money exchange向顾客说明有关

储蓄和货币兑换的事情

barber's and hairdresser's男女理发店

expressing how you would like your hair cut or done讲明你对理发或

做头发的要求

asking the client what kind of service he or she needs询问顾客要如

何服务

concert，movie and theatre音乐会、电影、剧院

dealing with tickets买票或售票

talking about the music谈论音乐

talking about the concert programs谈论音乐会节目

talking about the performance at the concert谈论音乐会演出

talking about movies谈论电影

talking about theatres，plays and performers谈论剧院、演出和演

员

customs海关

helping passengers go through customs帮助旅客过海关

going through customs过海关

dance舞会

inviting someone to a ball邀请某人去跳舞

accepting or declining invitation to a ball答应或谢绝去跳舞

inviting someone to dance at a ball在舞会上邀请某人跳舞

accepting or declining an invitation to dance at a ball在舞会上接受或

谢绝跳舞的邀请

finding the way找路
asking for directions问路

giving directions指路

hospital医院

describing your symptoms to the doctor诉说病情

asking the patient about his medical problems询问病情

examining检查

diagnosing、诊断

treating治疗

hotel旅馆

making a room reservation预订房间

finding out what the client wants了解客人的要求

doing something for the client about a reservation为客人预订房间

服务

asking about rents询问房间的租金
telling the client about rents告诉客人房间的租金

checking in办理登记手续
checking out办理退房手续

asking about hotel services询问旅馆服务项目

telling the client about services给客人介绍旅馆服务项目

job职业

talking about jobs工作泛谈

hunting for jobs找工作

having job interviews求职面试
meeting会议

opening a meeting宣布开会

presiding at a meeting主持会议

addressing oneself会上发育

closing a meeting结束会议

repdrting the situation of the meeting报道会议情况

photograph照相

talking about cameras and film谈论照相机和胶卷

advising how to take a picture well指点如何拍好照片

taking a photo拍照

processing film冲印胶卷

commenting on the photos taken评论照片

post office邮局

asking and telling about postage询问及说明邮资

buying stamps买邮票

asking and telling about time to mail something询问及说明邮寄的

时间

asking and telling about ways to mailsomething询问及谈论邮寄的

方式

mailing something邮寄信件、包裹、汇款单等

miscellaneous其他

restaurant餐馆

inviting／suggesting to a restaurant邀请／建议去饭店吃饭

choosing／recommending a restaurant选择／推荐一个饭店

looking for seatsin a restaurant在餐厅就座

ordering a meal in a restaurant在餐厅点菜

talking over the meal席上谈话

paying the bill付帐

shopping购物

asking the shop assistant for information，advice，etc．向店员了解

商品信息，请求指点等

attending the customers招呼顾客
sightseeing观光游览

planning a trip计划旅游

asking for information about sightseeing诲问有关参观游览情况

sightseeing参观游览

talking about the trip谈论旅游

smoke吸烟

offering a smoke敬爝

accepting or declining a smoke接受或谢绝敬烟

talking about smoking谈论抽烟

tailor's裁缝店

attending the client接待顾客

asking to have clothesma如请裁缝做衣服

telephone电话

connecting接通电话

starting a phonecall开始通话

receiving a phonecall接电话

dialing the wrong number拨错电话号码

leaving a message留话

calling somebody叫人

trying to reach someone设法联系

miscellaneous其他

television电视

watching tv programs看电视

talking about tv set谈论电视机

time and dates时间和日期

asking and telling the day or the date询问和讲述日期

asking and telling time询问和讲述时间

othere xpressions about time and date其他有关时间和日期的表达

法

transportation交通运输

booking and buying plane tickets订、买机票

serving at the airport机场服务

being on board the plane登机

buying train tickets买火车票

serving at the railway station车站服务

serving on the train火车上服务

travelling by ship坐船旅游

travelling by bus坐公共汽车旅游

travelling by car坐小汽车旅游

weather天气

inquiring about the weather询问天气情况

talking about the weather谈论天气