2023年看美剧学口语.doc

看美剧学口语看美剧学口语 绝望主妇中美国人如何打招呼 看了这么多年美剧，开口用英语打招呼，你是不是还是只会“How are you?”,那你的美剧 就白看了！背景简介：神父 Sykes 来看 Bree 经营的流浪汉餐厅如何。【B=Bree S=Sykes】B:Reverend Sykes.What a nice surprise!赛克斯神父，这真是个惊喜！S:That's quite a crowd out front.I practically had to fight my way in.门口人真多。我几乎是使劲挤进来的。B:Well,ever since I took over the kitchen,we've been jam-packed.Thank you so much for suggesting I get involved.I have never felt more needed or important in my whole life.自从我接手厨房，我们这里变得非常拥挤。谢谢你让我参与到这件事里来。我一生都没有 这么被需要过。S:The intention of charity is not to make us feel important.慈善的目的不是要让我们感到自己很重要。B:Of course not.It's to help people.Feeling important is just a bonus.So what brings you by?当然不是。慈善是为了帮助他人，感觉自己重要不过是个福利。什么风把您吹来了？S:I was hoping you could tell me where a homeless person could get a hot meal.我希望你能告诉我流浪汉们哪里能吃到一顿热饭。B:Well,right here.Of course.当然是这里了。S:No,Bree.Ever since you've turned this soup kitchen into a bisque kitchen,the homeless don't feel comfortable here.不，布里。自从你把清汤厨房变成浓汤厨房之后，流浪汉觉得待这里不舒服。B:why?I was just trying to make this place special.为什么？我只是想让这地方特别些。S:It was already special.It was home for them,until you took that away.这地方本来就很特别。这里本来是他们的家，直到被你夺走。在这个片段中，Bree 是在什么情况下用到“What brings you by?”的呢？起初见到赛克 斯神父，他说的是“What a nice surprise!”见到您可真是个惊喜呀！语气中带有奉承之意，因为是神父介绍他到这个慈善活动中来的，所以他要表现出自己的热情和感激。但当神父 否定了他的“做慈善是为了让自己感到重要”的观点之后，他多少感到尴尬，心里对神父 的态度也开始发生转变，于是用“是什么风把您吹来的？”这样的话来为自己打圆场，同 时打探神父来此的真实目的。这样是不是更清楚地理解了这个短语的使用语境？根据 2002 年由麦格劳希尔出版的美国英语习语与动词短语词典的表述：What brings you here/by?其实就是在问：What is your reason for being here?(A polite request for this information.More polite than Why are you here?)再来看两个例子：Tom:Hello,Mary.What brings you here?Mary:I was invited,just like you.Doctor:Well,John,what brings you here?John:I've had this cough for nearly a month,and I think it needs looking into.除了“what brings you here?”这个表达，我们还可以从美剧中发掘更多的地道打招呼的方 式：How was your day?你今天过得怎么样？How are you doing?你最近好吗？How's everything going?一切还好吗？It's a beautiful day!今天天气真不错！What's up?还好吗？Anything new?有新消息吗？Same as ever.一如既往。Everything seems to be all right.一切看起来都挺好。