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第二十一课: 如何处理突发状况
Lesson 21: Dealing with a situation
现在让我们继续学习新的对话内容。
Justine: Let me see if I understand you clearly. You were at the festival
with your father?
Mona: Yes, and Leo.
Justine: Leo?
Leo: I was their tour guide.
Justine: I see. So what you are saying is that you were separated from
your father.
Mona: Yes.
Justine: Had you arranged a meeting place, Leo?
Leo: Yes I had. But that’s where we were standing when we lost him.
Justine: Is your father elderly, Ms White?
Leo: Not at all.
Justine: Is he frail?
Mona: Well, he is over fifty.
Justine: And how long has he been missing?
Mona: Nearly an hour!
Justine: I see.
请再听一遍这部分对话的录音，我会将这段对话逐句翻译成中文。
杰斯丁: 我先说一遍，看看我是否准确地理解了您的意思。您当
时和您的父亲是在元宵节灯会上？
Justine: Let me see if I understand you clearly. You were at the festival
with your father?
蒙纳: 是的，我们和利奥在一起。
Mona: Yes, and Leo.
杰斯丁: 怎么会和利奥在一起呢？
Justine: Leo?
利奥: 我是他们的导游。
Leo: I was their tour guide.
杰斯丁: 噢，我明白了。您是说你们两个人和您的父亲走散了。
Justine: I see. So what you are saying is that you were separated from
your father.
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蒙纳: 是这样。
Mona: Yes.
杰斯丁: 利奥，你们有没有约定走散后重聚的地点？
Justine: Had you arranged a meeting place, Leo?
利奥: 有啊，可我们恰恰就是在这个地点走散的。
Leo: Yes I had. But that’s where we were standing when we lost him.
杰斯丁: 怀特女士，您的父亲年龄很大吗？他身体弱吗？
Justine: Is your father elderly, Ms White? Is he frail?
利奥: 他的健康状况完全没有问题。
Leo: Not at all.
蒙纳: 但是他已经五十多岁了。
Mona: Well, he is over fifty.
杰斯丁: 他失踪有多少时间了？
Justine: And how long has he been missing?
蒙纳: 快一个小时了。
Mona: Nearly an hour!
杰斯丁: 我明白了。
Justine: I see.
酒店经理明了蒙纳在介绍情况时可能有些夸大其词了。现在让我们
一起来听听她是如何与蒙纳一起逐渐澄清事实的。
杰斯丁: 我先说一遍，看看我是否准确地理解了您的意思。
Justine: Let me see if I understand you clearly.
杰斯丁: 您的意思是说您与您的父亲走散了？
Justine: So what you are saying is that you were separated from
your father
毫无疑问，在没有弄清楚事实之前我们是不能妄下结论的。而英语
中“So what you’re saying is ……”和“Let me see if I
understand you clearly” 这两个句式向对方明确表示你对他所讲
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的话非常有兴趣，并且在全神贯注地倾听。澄清事实的做法不但有
助于听话者了解真相，而且有助于讲话的人冷静下来。现在就让我
们跟着老师一起来练习一下这两个句式。
Let me see if I understand you.
Let me see if I understand you clearly.
So what you’re saying is…
So what you’re saying is that your father is missing.
在接下来的对话中，杰斯丁继续提出一系列问题以了解整个事件的
严重程度。在与蒙纳的对话过程中，她不断地使用了一个英语中非
常有用的短语“I see”, 意思是:我明白了。请注意，在对话过程
中类似“I see,” “uh huh”, 或者不断地点头示意，这些都可
以向对方表示你在注意倾听他的讲话。另外，在对话过程中看着对
方眼睛也可以显示出你非常重视他所讲的话。现在请您跟着老师一
起练习“I see”我明白了这个短语。
现在让我一起来听一遍这段对话第二部份的录音，请在杰斯丁和利
奥的句子之后重复他们的话。
I see.
I see
现在让我们一起来听一遍这段对话第二部分的录音，请在杰斯丁和
利奥的句子之后重复它们的话。
Justine: Let me see if I understand you clearly. You were at the festival
with your father?
Mona: Yes, and Leo.
Justine: Leo?
Leo: I was their tour guide.
Justine: I see. So what you are saying is that you were separated from
your father.
Mona: Yes.
Justine: Had you arranged a meeting place, Leo?
Leo: Yes I had. But that’s where we were standing when we lost him.
Justine: Is your father elderly, Ms White?
Leo: Not at all.
Justine: Is he frail?
Mona: Well, he is over fifty.
Justine: And how long has he been missing?
Mona: Nearly an hour!
Justine: I see.
