第一篇：美联英语：外国人去卫生间的4个委婉表达
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直接说“我要上厕所”似乎也没什么，但总让人觉得有点不够雅观，尤其是对女生来说。
在中文里，我们有不少这方面的委婉说法，比如“出恭”，“方便”，“去洗手间”等等，同样在美语中也有很多表达这一意思的委婉说法。如果不知道的话，很容易在交际过程中闹出笑话。
1.I need to go somewhere.听到这句话可千万别回答成：You can go anywhere you like.那可是要闹大笑话了。I need to go somewhere.的意思就是“我要上厕所”。当有老外这么说的时候，指示给他卫生间在哪里就行了。
2.I want to wash my hands.你在同女生吃饭的时候有没有注意过她们说“我去洗下手”?这句话隐含的意思也是“我要上厕所”。在英语中这句话就是“I want to wash my hands.”女生说得更客气的一句话是“I need to powder my nose.”，是很含蓄的说法。而“I want/need to go to the bathroom/restroom.”则是比较普通的委婉了，程度没有上面两个高。
3.I need to answer the call of nature.一种更为文雅的说法称内急为“the call of nature”，那么上厕所就成了“to answer the call of nature.”。有时个别年纪大的女士在这种情况下还会说“I need to make a pit stop.”其实“pit stop”是指在赛车过程中，赛车在途中紧急停留加油、维修的地方。看来，她们肯定将解决问题看作是一种“紧急维修”了。
4.I need to go pee.说过了委婉的说法，一些俚语和口语中很直接的说法我们也要了解一下，这些说法经常出现在一些电视剧和电影中，比如“I need to go pee.”或“I need to take a leak.”或“I need to take a dump/shit.”但这些讲法是非常粗鲁的，通常在小孩子或者受教育程度不高的人中间使用比较普遍。
说到这儿，有人也许要问，那么上课，开会，听报告或者赴宴会时要上厕所，应该如何说呢?其实在任何场合中，你需要使用卫生间，去就是了，不用跟任何人打招呼。正如美国人所说的那样“If you gotta go, you gotta go.” 美联英语：www.xiexiebang.com
第二篇：英语中关于死亡的委婉表达
英语中关于“死亡”的委婉表达
我们中国人通常都很忌讳说“死”这个字，都会根据一个人的身份以及和自己的关系采用不同的说法。我们的古代会按照等级的划分有“天子死曰崩，诸侯死曰薨，大夫死曰卒，士曰不禄，庶人曰死”的说法，我们现在会说一个人“离开了我们”，“去世了”、“不在我们身边了”。同样西方虽然有很直接的die这个词，但也有很多比较委婉的说法。
1.pass away
Sadly, Georgia“s uncle passed away yesterday after a short illness.真伤心，乔治亚的叔叔昨天得了一场急病去世了。
2.pass on
I”m sorry to learn that your dear mother has just passed on.很遗憾听到你妈妈刚刚去世的消息。
pass away 和 pass on 都是暗指过世。
3.lose one"s life
一般指由于意外事故、战争等不可抗力而造成的死亡，为意外死亡。
How did he lose his life?
他是怎么死的？
4.depart
depart 也是死亡的委婉说法，意思是灵魂离开了肉体的存在去往另一个世界了。
Comrade Zhou Enlai finally departed from us.周恩来同志和我们永别了。
5.expire
expire的意思是呼气，这里引申为呼出最后一口气，暗指死亡。
The patient expired early this morning.这位病人今天早晨去世了。
6.perish
perish 指的是非自然死亡。
Many soldiers perish in battle.很多士兵在战斗中死去了。
7.go to meet one’s Maker
注意这个Maker要大写，有造物主的意思，所以去见造物主了就是灵魂回归了，也就是死亡的委婉说法，就像我们也会说某人“去见马克思了”。
He knew that he came into the world with nothing and that he would go to meet his Maker with empty hands.他知道他是一无所有的来到世上，也将会两手空空的离开人间。
第三篇：美联英语：父亲节与母亲节口语表达
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父爱与父亲节
Brian: Hi Dario.Long time no see.Dario: I know.I have been leaving you alone so that you could spend more time with your girlfriend.Brian: Well actually, we have broken up.Dario: I am very sorry to hear that, Brian.Brian: Yeah, I was really sad for a few days after she told me that I was dumped.Dario: Why did she decide to leave you?
Brian: She said that my English was just not good enough for her.Dario: How can she say that!I have taught you everything I know.Brian: We obviously need to do even more study together then.Dario: Do you still have her phone number?
Brian: She's too good for you!
布莱恩：嗨，达里奥。好久不见了。
达里奥：我知道。我一直没有打扰你好让你可以和你的女朋友多在一起。
布莱恩：唔，实际上我们已经分手了。
达里奥：听到这我感到很遗憾，布莱恩。
布莱恩：没错，当她告诉我我被甩了以后我真的伤心了几天。
达里奥：为什么她决定离开你?
布莱恩：她说对她来说我的英语就是不够好。
达里奥：她怎么会这么说!我已经教了你我知道的所有东西。
布莱恩：很显然我们还需要在一起更努力学习。
达里奥：你还有她的电话号码吗?
布莱恩：她太好了，不适合你 Father's Day: a day for everyone to stop and remember how much you love and respect your father
父亲节：每个人都停下来，记住你是多么爱你的父亲，多么尊敬他的日子
My dad and I are really close, so everyday feels like Father's Day for us.我老爸和我很亲密，因此对我们来说每一天都像是父亲节。
2)Faith: believing and trusting in a person
信任，信仰，信念：相信、信赖一个人
Have you any faith in what he says?
你相信他的话吗?
3)Proud: a feeling of being very pleased
自豪的，得意的，感到骄傲的：感到很高兴
I know that I make my dad proud of me sometimes, but other times I disappoint him.我知道我有时候让我老爸为我感到自豪，不过其它的时候我令他失望。
Dialogue-对话
Jessie: Do you think it's harder to be a mom or dad?
Tina: I have never really thought about that question.Jessie: I think moms work harder, but being a dad would be stressful.Tina: Did you cause your dad a lot of stress when you were growing up?
Jessie: I think so.He was always worrying about my grades and my boyfriends.Tina: Did he like any of your boyfriends?
Jessie: He liked the ones that I didn't like!
Tina: He was just trying to look after you because he wanted the best for his little girl.Jessie: And I love and respect him for that!
杰西：你觉得做妈妈更难，还是做爸爸更难?
蒂娜：我还真从没想过这个问题。
杰西：我觉得妈妈更辛苦，不过做爸爸压力很大。
蒂娜：你成长的时候给你爸爸增加了很多压力吗?
杰西：我想是吧。他老是担心我的成绩和我的男朋友。
蒂娜：他喜欢你的那些男朋友吗?
杰西：他喜欢那些我不喜欢的。
蒂娜：他只是想照顾你，因为他希望他的小女孩得到最好的东西。
杰西：而我因此爱他，尊敬他!
New Words 生词
1)Slap: to hit someone with an open hand
拍，掌击，拍击：张开手打某人
My girlfriend slapped me because I accidentally called her the name of my previous girlfriend.我的女朋友拍打我，因为我无意中叫她我前任女朋友的名字。
2)Punch: to hit someone with a closed hand
击拳，猛击：用拳头打某人
You should never punch someone unless it is in self-defense.除非是正当防卫，否则你永远都不要挥拳打人。
3)Father's Day: a special day to stop and remember how much you love and respect your father
父亲节：停下来，记住你是多么爱你的父亲，多么尊敬他的特别的日子
I always buy my Dad a small gift on Father's Day to show him that I really appreciate what he has done for me.父亲节我总是给我的老爸买小礼物，告诉他我真的感激他为我所做的事情。
Lesson: 课文
Father's Day 父亲节
Father's Day falls on the third Sunday in June.The idea for creating a day for children to honor their fathers began in Spokane, Washington.A woman by the name of Sonora Smart Dodd thought of the idea for Father's Day while listening to a Mother's Day sermon in 1909.六月的第三个星期日是父亲节。设立一天让孩子们表达对父亲的尊敬的想法起源于在华盛顿州的斯普肯镇。1909年，一位名叫索娜拉·史玛特·杜德的女士在听母亲节的布道时想到也应该有一个父亲节。
Having been raised by her father, Henry Jackson Smart, after her mother died, Sonora wanted her father to know how special he was to her.It was her father who made all the parental sacrifices and was, in the eyes of his daughter, a courageous, selfless, and loving man.Sonora's father was born in June, so she chose to hold the
first Father's Day celebration in Spokane, Washington on the 19th of June,1910.索娜拉的母亲过世后，父亲亨利·杰克逊·史玛特把她抚养成人，她想让父亲知道他对她来说有多么重要。父亲为了她既当爹又当妈，而且在女儿的眼中，父亲是个勇敢、无私、慈爱的好父亲。索娜拉父亲的生日是在六月，所以她就选择1910年6月19日在华盛顿的斯普肯镇举行了第一次父亲节庆祝活动。
In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed the third Sunday in June as Father's Day.Roses are the Father's Day flowers: red to be worn for a living father and white if the father has died.1924年，美国总统加尔文·库利奇宣布每年6月的第三个星期天为父亲节。玫瑰是父亲节的吉祥花：红玫瑰献给健在的父亲，而白玫瑰则送给已过世的父亲。
Father's Day, contrary to popular misconception, was not established as a holiday in order to help greeting card manufacturers sell more cards.In fact, when a “father's day” was first proposed, there were no Father's Day cards!
与人们普遍的误解相反，父亲节不是为了帮助问候卡生产商销售出更多卡片而设立的节日。实际上，当“父亲节”首次得到提议时，并没有父亲节卡片。
Father's Day has become a day to not only honor your father, but all men who act as a father figure.Stepfathers, uncles, grandfathers, and adult male friends are all to be honored on Father's Day.父亲节已经变成了一个不仅尊敬你的父亲，而且尊敬所有担任父亲角色的男人的节日。继父、叔叔、舅舅、爷爷、外公以及成年男性朋友都是父亲节尊敬的对象。
Look your father in the eye, shake his hand and tell him that you love him.That's the best present you can give him.注视着父亲的眼睛，握住他的手，然后告诉他你爱他。这是你所能予他的最好礼物。
Dialogue
Jeff: What did you do yesterday, Joan?
Joan: I took my Dad to a really fancy restaurant for lunch.Jeff: I bet he liked that Joan.You are very thoughtful.Joan: Well, he is my Dad after all.He really helped me when I was growing up.Jeff: I took my father out to play golf.Joan: That sounds nice.Did you let him win?
Jeff: Of course!It was Father's Day!
杰夫：你昨天做了什么，琼?
琼：我带我爸爸去一家很豪华的餐馆吃午饭。
杰夫：我打赌他喜欢那样，琼。你很周到。
琼：唔，他毕竟是我的父亲。我成长的时候他真的帮了我很多。
杰夫：我带我爸爸出去打高尔夫球。
琼：那听起来很好。你让你赢了吗?
杰夫：当然了!那是父亲节!母爱与母亲节
Dario: How is your new girlfriend, Brian?
Brian: She is really well,thanks.But how did you know that I had a new girlfriend?
Dario: Because I haven't seen or heard from you for weeks.Brian: Maybe I was studying?
Dario: If you were studying, you would have called me to be your study buddy.Brian: Maybe I was too sick to leave the house.Dario: No way.Your mom would have called to tell me that.Brian: Well, your logic is too good for me, Dario.Dario: Can I meet her someday?
Brian: No way!She might fall in love with you and leave me.戴瑞奥：你的新女朋友好吗布莱恩?
布莱恩：她很好，谢谢。你怎么知道我有新女朋友的?
戴瑞奥：因为我有好几周没看到你也没听到你的消息了。
布莱恩：也许我在学习呢?
戴瑞奥：如果你在学习，你会给我打电话让我跟你一起学。
布莱恩：也许是我病得太重了不能出门呢。
戴瑞奥：不可能，你妈妈会打电话告诉我的。
布莱恩：好吧，你太了解我了戴瑞奥。
戴瑞奥：哪天我能见见她吗?
布莱恩：不可能!她可能会弃我而去爱上你的。
NEW WORDS 新单词
1)Mother's Day: a special day to stop and remember how much you love, cherish and respect your Mom
母亲节：一个特殊的日子，让你停下来想一想你有多爱你的妈妈、多么珍惜她和尊敬她。
It's hard to show your mom just how much you love her in only one day, but you should try to make Mother's Day really special for her.仅仅在一天里向你妈妈表达你有多爱她不是件容易的事，可你应该尽量让母亲节这一天对她来说很特别。
2)Cherish: to feel or show affection for someone
珍爱：向某人表示爱
My mother, my girlfriend and my sister are the only three women I truly cherish.我妈妈、我女朋友和我妹妹是我真正唯一喜欢的三个女人。
3)Pamper: to treat with care and attention
娇纵、呵护
I love going to the beauty salon because they really pamper me.我喜欢去美容院，因为他们实在是对我很好。
Dialogue-对话
Jessie: Tina, I really need your help.Tina: You are my best friend Jessie.Just ask me and I will help you.Jessie: I want to write a nice poem on this card for my mother, but I can't think of what to say.Tina: Just tell her how much you love her and list all the reasons why.Jessie: But I love her for so many reasons.Help me to decide where to start.Tina: How about you begin with the letter 'M' and then think of something that starts with that letter to describe her.Jessie: And then move to the letter 'O'?
Tina: Right!You really are smart, Jessie.Jessie: I owe it all to my mother!
杰茜：蒂娜我真的需要你的帮助。
蒂娜：你是我最好的朋友杰茜，跟我说我会帮你。
杰茜：我想在这张卡片上给我妈妈写一首很美的诗，可我想不出来写什么。
蒂娜：就告诉她你是多么爱她，再列出所有你爱她的原因。
杰茜：可是我爱她的原因太多了。帮我想一下从哪开始。
蒂那：从字母“M”开始，然后再以这个字母为首写点儿什么来形容她怎么样?
杰茜：接下来再用字母“O”?
蒂娜：没错!你真的很聪明，杰茜。
杰茜：这都归功于我妈妈!
New Words 生词
1)Cover for me: to tell a small white lie to explain why someone is missing from work or class
撒一个善意的谎言来解释为什么某人没来上班或上课。
My friend said that he would cover for me,but the boss didn't believe him when he said that I was seeing a client.我朋友说他替我撒谎了，可是他说我在见客户时老板不相信他的话。
2)Mate: a good friend
好朋友
Friends and mates are among the most important people in the world-after your Mom and Dad of course.朋友和哥们儿是世界上最重要的人，当然除了你父母以外。
3)Mother's Day: a special day to stop and remember how much you love，cherish and respect your Mom
母亲节:一个特殊的日子，让你停下来想想你是多么爱你的妈妈，多么珍惜她和尊敬她。
My Mom says that everyday should be Mother's Day so she can eat chocolate all the time.我妈妈说每天都应该是母亲节这样她时刻都可以吃到巧克力了。
Lesson: 课文
Mother's Day 母亲节
The first celebrations in honor of mothers were held in spring in ancient Greece.They paid tribute to Rhea, the Mother of the Gods.During the 17th century, England honored mothers on “Mothering Sunday,” celebrated on the fourth Sunday of Lent.In the United States, Julia Ward Howe suggested the idea of Mother's Day in 1872.Howe saw Mother's Day as being dedicated to peace.最早为母亲们庆祝节日是在古希腊的时候。庆祝活动在春天举行，人们向众神之母莉娅献祭。十七世纪时英国人用“拜望双亲日”来表示对母亲们的尊敬，定于四旬斋的第四个星期日庆祝。在美国朱莉娅·沃德·荷于1872年提出了“母亲节”的建议。荷把“母亲节”当作是对和平的贡献。
Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia is credited with bringing about the official observance of Mother's Day in the USA.Her campaign to establish such a holiday began as a remembrance of her mother who died in 1905 and who had, in the late 19th century, tried to establish “Mother's Friendship Days” as a way to heal the scars of the Civil War.费城的安娜·查维丝为母亲节成为美国官方节日做出了努力。她发起成立母亲节的运动
是从纪念她的母亲开始的。安娜的母亲去世于1905年，曾在十九世纪末期提倡过建立“母亲友好日”以抚慰内战带来的创伤。
In 1910, West Virginia became the first state to recognize Mother's Day.A year later, nearly every state officially marked the day.In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson officially proclaimed Mother's Day as a national holiday to be held on the second Sunday of May.1910年西弗吉尼亚成为第一个认可母亲节的洲。一年后几乎每个洲都将这一天定为官方节日。1914年美国总统胡佛·威尔森公开宣布将母亲节定为国家节日，定于五月的第二个星期天。
Today many celebrations of Mother's Days are held throughout the world.Although they do not all fall at the same time, such countries as Denmark, Finland, Italy, Turkey, Australia and Belgium also celebrate Mother's Day on the same day as the United States.现在全世界有很多地方庆祝母亲节，虽然这些庆祝活动并不是在同一天举行。丹麦、芬兰、意大利、土尔其、澳大利亚和比利时等国家和美国在同一天庆祝母亲节。
Don't forget Mother's Day.Make your Mom breakfast in bed, buy her a bunch of flowers and some chocolates and, most importantly, tell her how much you love and respect her.不要忘记母亲节。把早餐端到你妈妈床前，给她买一大束花和一些巧克力，最重要的是，告诉她你是多么爱她和尊敬她。
Dialogue
Jeff: You look a little tired this morning, Joan.Joan: I know.I got up at 4AM to make breakfast for my mother.Jeff: You really are a great daughter, Joan.Joan: Not really.It is my mother who is wonderful.She gave me life and brought me up very well.Jeff: So you try to re-pay her on Mother's Day?
Joan: Right.But she has given me so much that it would take hundreds of years to re-pay her.Jeff: Maybe we should have Mother's Day everyday instead of just once a year?
Joan: It's a good idea Jeff, but I can't get up so early to make breakfast for her everyday.Jeff: But we should tell our Mom's how much we love them more often.Joan: I agree!I will tell my children your great idea!
杰夫：琼，你今天早晨看起来有点累。
琼：我知道。我四点就起床给我妈妈做早餐了。
杰夫：你真是个好女儿琼。
琼：不是的。是我妈妈伟大，她给了生命又悉心把我抚养成人。
杰夫：所以你想在母亲节报答她?
琼：没错。可是她给予我的太多了，要花几百年才能报答她。
杰夫：也许我们应该每天都过母亲节,而不是一年一次?
琼：这是个好主意杰夫，可我不能每天早晨起来那么早给她做早餐。
杰夫：但我们应该更经常地告诉我们的妈妈我们多么爱她们。
琼：我同意!我会把你的好主意告诉我的孩子们!
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第四篇：英语中委婉语气的表达法
英语中委婉语气的表达法
在每一个民族的语言里，或多或少有些关于更礼貌更客气的表达方法，也就是委婉语气表达（overtone of politeness）。西方人的委婉更是出了名的，英语学习者经过长期的英语学习和研究不难发现英语中有许多婉转口气的表达法，它使听话者觉得说话者更有涵养或更容易接受其内容，也使自己显得更有教养。那么如何讲有礼貌的英语呢？下面就用一些例子对此做一些阐述。有关请求和命令的婉转说法
这一类言语行为在不同程度上具有冒犯性，因此需要用礼貌的话把它淡化和缓解。试比较：
● Pass the water.(不礼貌)● Pass the water, please.（使对方容易接受。）
● Would you pass the water?（试探受话人是否乐意）
● Could your possibly pass the water?（询问受话人是否有做某事的可能性，很客气）
● I would be extremely grateful if your would pass the water.（假设语气陈述句，很有礼貌）● I wonder if you would be good enough to pass the water.（假设语气，很委婉）
受话人如何给对方答复，现分肯定回答和否定回答来研究。肯定回答：按礼貌程度由低到高排列。
● O.K.●(Yes,)certainly.● Yes, by all means.● Of course.I'll be only too pleased to.否定回答：当你被别人邀请参加聚会或其他等等活动而你因有事不能参加；或者人家有事相求你又确实帮不了，请求得不到满足，回答使发话人不悦，这时你不妨试试下面这些软否定： No, I'm afraid I can't;Well, I'd love to, but actually, I'm afraid I can't at present because...;I wish I could, but...;I'd love to, but...;I'd be glad to, but...;I'm afraid not,...;It's very kind of you to say, but...;I'd like to..., but...，etc.让我们用一些对话做为例子 :
● A: We plan to go to the beach after class, want to come?
B: I'd love to, but Pro.Jones wants to speak with me.● A: It never fails, It's raining hard outside and I'm stuck without an umbrella.B: I'd like to let you have mine, but I have to go out soon.● A: Will you go to the movies with me tonight? B: I'd love to, but I've caught a cold.● A: Could you possibly do me a favor?
B: Sure, What is it?
A: I've got a problem.I have to fix my table and I don't have a hammer.Could I possibly borrow yours?
B: I'm sorry.I'm afraid I don't have one.A: Oh.Do you know anybody who does?
B: Yes.You should call Charlie.I'm sure he'll be happy to lend you his.A: Thank you.I'll call him right away.● A: It's such a fine day, shall we go to the park for a walk?
B: I'd like to join you, but I find it chilly to walk outside in spite of the sun.劝告的婉转法
试比较下面句子（按从直截了当到较有礼貌的含蓄的劝告表达法排列）
● You ought to type this paper.(有强加于人的意向)
● You really should slow down at your office.● You'd better tell him the truth.● I'd advise you to take a vacation.● You should take your parents' advice, they know what's best for you.● If I were you , I'd buy another car without hesitation.（含蓄地达到劝告目的）
建议的表达法
试比较：
● I suggest you go for some advice.(不够礼貌，用于熟悉的人)
● I would suggest starting the work at once.（较委婉）
● You can read the novel now if you like.（给人选择余地，较客气）
● You could/might have a look at the novel.（客气）
● Why not call me next weekend?（有礼貌的建议）
● Why don't you find a decent job?（同 5））
● Can /may/Could/might I suggest that...?（使受话人容易接受）
● It would be better if you copy that again.（假设条件句，容易使人接受）
● I wonder if I might make the suggestion that...（用在正式场合，比如外交家的审慎的辞令风格）如何利用某些时态婉转地表达自己种种想法
从上面所举例子，我们不难发现英语中有些时态其实并不表示真正的时态，而是与英语中的委婉语气密不可分的，例如：
4.1 某些实意动词（want, wonder, think, hope等）的过去时、现在进行时、过去进行时表现在时比直接用现在时态更婉转，如：
● A: Did you want me?
B: Yes, I wondered if you could give me some help.● It's time you had a holiday.● I wish you lived closer to us.● If only you lent your book to me.● I'm hoping you'll give us some advice.● I'm wondering if I may have a word with you.● I was wondering /wondered if you'd like to come out with me one evening.● I was hoping / hoped you could send me some books.上面所举例子实际上都可以用一般现在时来代替，但是就不如用一般过去时；现在进行时或过去进行时委婉。如：
I was wondering whether you could help me do something on our wedding.这是一句非常礼貌的话，比“ Could you help me do something on our wedding?"要客气得多。它用的是过去进行时，表达的意思却是现在。这句话可以翻译成：“不知能否劳驾您在我们婚礼上帮我做点事情？”
如果我们沿用传统的时态概念，把这句话改成后者，那么，整句话的语气大变，显得生硬。更遭的是，句子产生了两种负面意义：我不知道你帮不帮我做这件事；对你否帮我做这事，我持怀疑态度。而用过去进行时，则不会产生以上错误理解。
4.2 一些情态动词或其他动词的过去时也用来表示委婉语气，实际上是虚拟语气，表假设、愿望、建议、猜测、怀疑而已。而没有时间上的差别，如：
● She might have missed the train.（既是虚拟语气，也表委婉）。
● We might all have been indulging in an illusion.● It might be an idea to try this one again.● I would suggest you copied this out again.● Sally couldn't love him.● It would be better if you wrote in ink..● You'd(You had)better be careful next time.● I'd rather you finished this off before Friday.● I'd rather you didn't look at the answer or ask others for help.● This handbag could be Mary's.● A: Could/might I smoke here?
B: Yes, of course you can./No, I'm afraid not.● Should I turn off the light?
● What should we do next?
● I should say he is just the right man for this job.● I should think your approach is correct.● I don't think he would be so absent－ minded.● It would be a pity to stop our work half－ way.● Would you like to stay here for the night?
● What would you advise me to do?
● If I had a chance, I'd major in economics.● It's a pity if they should be so obstinate
● I wouldn't go there unless they should force me to go.● We would reduce our price rather than lose the business.假如上面例子的时态变成现在时的话，意思虽然没变，但语气就不如用用过去式婉转。这就需要多模仿例句，而不必过多地考虑语法。例如：
● Can you tell me how to get to the library?
Could you tell me how to get to the library?(更委婉)
● Will you please come and help me make up the missing class?
Would you please come and help me make up the missing class?(更委婉)
当然这些词的过去式在一定的上下文当中还是有时间差别的，这里就不多举例了。
英语的婉转语气表达还可借用其他许多方式，还让我们在学习中多多体会和积累。最后以一段关于一邮递员将一份有关儿子阵亡的电报送与一位母亲的委婉劝慰来减少它对这位母亲的打击的几句话结束此文。
“ Your son is dead.Maybe it’s a mistake.Everybody makes a mistake, Mrs.Sandoval.Maybe it wasn’ t your son.Maybe it was somebody else.The telegram says it was Juan Domingo.But maybe the telegram is wrong.”这儿你感觉到 maybe一词在语气上的婉转了吗？
参考书目：《综合英语二》；
《新编英语语法教程》； 《朗文英英字典》； 《薄冰英语语法指南》； 《中学英语教材》
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Dario: Don't open that umbrella inside, Brian!
Brian: Why not? It's wet and needs to dry out.Dario: You will have seven years' bad luck if you open an umbrella inside.Brian: No wayit has nothing to do with the umbrella.Dario: I am just very superstitious, that's all.Brian: You are a modern guy, not some old fashioned fossil!
Dario: I just don't want any more bad luck in my life.Brian: OK, I won't open the umbrella if you promise to stop believing in all this superstition stuff.Dario: I will when my luck changes and I win the lottery!
Brian: I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you.戴瑞奥：别在屋里打开伞布莱恩!
布莱恩：为什么不行?伞是湿的，需要晾干。
戴瑞奥：在屋里打伞会给你带来七年的背运。
布莱恩：不可能，打破镜子才会带来七年背运。
戴瑞奥：相信我，朋友。我在屋里打开过一次伞，从那以后一直打光棍儿。
布莱恩：那是因为你对你的女朋友不好，跟伞一点儿关系都没有。
戴瑞奥：我就是很迷信。
布莱恩：你生活在现代，不是一个守旧的老古板。
戴瑞奥：我只是不想再碰上坏运气了。
布莱恩：好吧，如果你不再相信这些迷信的玩意儿我就不打开伞。
戴瑞奥：除非我的运气转变，中上彩票。
布莱恩：如果我是你，就不白费工夫。
1)Wild: fun and exciting
有趣而刺激
The rides at the amusement park are always wild and make my stomach flip.在游乐园里坐车永远是那么刺激，我的胃都要翻倒了。
2)Action packed: very busy, lots of things to do
很忙，有很多是要做
I love visiting big cities because they are always action packed!
我喜欢到大城市观光因为总是有很多事要做。
3)Dullsville: very boring, nothing to do
无聊、无事可做
I grew up in a small town with no cinema and no bowlingthat the singer just wants to make money.Jessie: I agree with that.Music has lost its honesty.Tina: Let's see if we can remember a wild 1970s song about feeling the wind in your hair?
Jessie: Oh, I know a great song just like that by Steppenwolf.Tina: Sing it out loud!
杰西：音乐永远在变，你不这样认为吗?
蒂娜：没错。九十年代的音乐和八十年代的音乐相比有很大的不同。
杰西：我真的很喜欢一些七十年代的音乐。那时的音乐很刺激。
蒂娜：有些人说现在的音乐太商业化了，歌手们只想赚钱。
杰西：我同意。音乐已经失去了它的风格。
蒂娜：看看我们能不能想起来一首七十年代的劲歌。
杰西：噢，我知道史蒂夫沃尔夫有一首很棒的歌。
蒂娜：那么大声唱出来吧!
New Words
1)Flat-out: very busy
很忙
I prefer to be flat-out at work because I get bored when it's quiet.我喜欢工作时忙一点儿，因为太安静了我会觉得很无聊。
2)Mall: large building with many small shops
购物中心，有许多小商店的大型建筑物
Whenever I go to the mall, I always spend too much money.我每次去购物中心都会花很多钱。
3)Second home: a place that you spend a lot of time
花很多时间光顾的地方
The coffee shop close to my house is my second home!
我经常光顾家附近的咖啡店。
4)Gift: present
礼物
Gifts are a nice way of showing how much you like or appreciate someone.送礼物是向别人表示好感和感谢的好方式。
5)Jive: empty talk
空话
Brian is some full of jive talk, but he never takes any action.布莱恩是个光说不做的人。
Lesson:课文
Anniversaries are the celebration of an important event, such as your first date, first kiss or wedding.If you were married on June 1, every year after that, your wedding anniversary is June 1.周年纪念是指庆祝某个重要事件，比如你的第一次约会，初吻或婚礼。如果你的结婚日期是六月一日，以后每年你的结婚周年纪念就是六月一日。
Birthdays are the anniversary of your birth, but most people just call them birthdays instead of anniversaries.生日是你出生日的周年纪念，可大多数人都称它为生日而不是周年纪念。
When you are married, it is very important to remember the important anniversaries.If you forget your wedding anniversary, your husband or wife could get very upset and not talk to you for weeks!
结婚后记住周年纪念日是很重要的。如果你忘了结婚纪念日，你的丈夫或妻子可能会很不开心，几个星期都不跟你说话。
Anniversaries are usually celebrated with a romantic dinner and gifts such as flowers, chocolates and jewellery.Some people think that the more expensive the gift, the more you love the person while others say that it is the thought that counts.周年纪念的时候通常都以浪漫晚餐的形式来庆祝，并送一些诸如鲜花、巧克力和珠宝之类的礼物。有人说礼物越贵就表示你爱对方越深，但有的人认为心意最重要。
There are some many types of anniversaries including personal and national.Get a diary and out all of the important anniversaries in it so that you will never
forget!
包括个人和国家在内有很多种不同的周年纪念日。找一个日记本把所有重要的纪念日记在上面你就不会忘了!
Past Tense Dialogue：过去时对话
Jeff: Did your husband like the tie that you gave him for your wedding anniversary?
Joan: He loved the tie but we are not married yet.Jeff: So what was the anniversary for?
Joan: It was the anniversary of our first ever date.Jeff: You must be a very romantic person to remember your first date.Joan: I think that my boyfriend would be upset if I forgot.Jeff: I can never remember the important anniversaries-I even forgot my girlfriend's birthday!
Joan: Was she upset or angry?
Jeff: Both!She made me buy her gifts and flowers for two weeks after I forgot.Joan: It's easier to remember in the first place Jeff.Jeff: I'll be sure never to forget again.杰夫：你丈夫喜欢你结婚纪念日送他的领带吗?
琼：他很喜欢这条领带，可我们还没结婚。
杰夫：那这是什么纪念日呀?
琼：是我们初次约会的纪念。
杰夫：你一定很浪漫，连初次约会的日子都记着。
琼：我想如果我忘了我的男朋友会不高兴的。
杰夫：我永远记不住这些重要的纪念日，我甚至连我女朋友的生日都忘了。
琼：她伤心吗?还是生气了?
杰夫：又伤心又生气。我忘了她的生日以后整两个星期她都让我给她买礼物和花。
琼：事先把它记住就简单多了，杰夫。
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