Subject :Read my lips.
迷你对话
A: Sir, would you like to have brocoli?
先生,要不要来点绿花椰菜?
B: Read my lips. I don’t like it.
注意听,我不喜欢这个菜。
地道表达
read one’s lips
1. 解词释义
Read my lips字面意思是“读我的嘴唇”,但是真正的含义是“给我听好了”。例如别人约你时会说:Do you want to hand out with me tonight?意思是:你今晚想不想跟我在一起啊?如果这个人是个令人讨厌的家伙的话,你就可以回答他:Read my lips. No. 老美在讲这句话时,会放慢语速,好吧NO的唇形给展现出来,表达他们不愿意的程度。其英文解释为:to manage to understand speech by watching and interpreting the movements of the speaker's lips。
2. 典型范例
e.g. I couldn't hear her but I could read her lips.
我听不到他说什么,但是我可以尽力去听。
e.g. I'll read the text through once and you read my lips.
我把课文从头到尾读一遍,你们仔细听。
Ps:Would you like to do something?这个句型用来询问他人想做某事吗?例如:
Would you like to come to have lunch tomorrow? 明天请你来吃午饭,好吗?