多用口語習語（一）

英語中多數口語習語的功能都是單一的，例如How are you？How do you do？表示問候，Goodbye用于道別。但有些習語是多功能的，例如I？蒺m sorry.可以表示①說錯話或做錯事向對方表示“對不起”；②委婉表達不同意或為自己開脫的借口。下面就介紹一些這類多功能口語習語供學習參考。

1？郾Of course.

①當然

—Are you taking me into town？

—Of course？郾

Of course Peter is coming. He always comes to our parties.

②當說話人知道別人已知他正說的內容；有時用于強調自己的觀點之前，“正如所期待的那樣”，“我所說的是真的”。

The concert was good， of course， but it wasn？蒺t worth the ticket price！

The weather is bad again， so the buses are late， of course.

2？郾go on

①用于不相信某人所說的話：“我可不信”，“別夸張”。

—I？蒺m sixty on Sunday.

—Go on—you only look about forty？鄄five.（也可說成Go on with you.）

—I？蒺m sure there were over 1000 people in the square（廣場）.

—Oh， go on， it looked a few hundred at all.

②用于鼓勵某人做某事，擔保能干好。

—Shall I ring him or not？

—Oh， go on， you？蒺ll never make any friends if you don？蒺t.

3？郾forget it

①用于對道歉的回應：“沒什么，別掛在心上。”

—I？蒺m sorry. I？蒺ve broken the cup. Let me pay for it.

—Oh， forget it. It was a very cheap one.

②告訴某人沒有必要還錢。

—What about the money I owe you？

—Forget it.

③用于回謝：“別客氣”，“小意思”，“不足掛齒”。

—How can I thank you enough for a lovely time this weekend， Willie？

—Oh， that？蒺t all right. Forget it.

4？郾as a matter of fact

①用于引出會使說話者意想不到或很吃驚的回答。

—I hear Mr Hilton is leaving. I wonder who will get（接替）his job？

—I am， as a matter of fact.

②用于強調所說的話，使之更肯定或更具體。

I didn？蒺t go to the club on Saturday. As a matter of fact， I？蒺ve not been there for months.

相同的表達還有：for that matter， in fact， in actual fact， in point of fact， the fact of the matter is。例如：This book will fascinate（使著迷）all students of the English language， and for that matter， all speakers of English， too.

又如：I？蒺ve not read the book， and the fact is neither has anyone else.

③事實上，真的。

—Was the play good？

—Yes， as a matter of fact， it was fantastic（令人著迷）.

—相同的表達還有：in fact， in actual fact， in point of fact。例如：

It was a very cold day. In fact it was -10℃？郾

5？郾Sure.

①意為“當然”（美國用法=certainly或of course）。

—Can you come at five？

—Sure.

②用于回謝，意為“不客氣”。

—Thank you for your invitation.

—Sure.