Happy ABC-易用错的英语日常用法&中国女性练起马甲线!-DJ马雪艳&张妍
C:Hello, everyone. Welcome to our Happy ABC. I am your old friend Carol.大家好,我是你们的朋友雪艳。
S:I am your old friend Sunny.我是张妍。
C:Hey~Sunny, have you noticed anything different about me?
S:Emmmm… let me have a look! Eh~ sorry, I haven’t noticed anything.
C:ok, interesting!
S: aha? Why would you say that? I didn’t find it interesting!
C:no, sunny, I didn’t mean it like that.
S:so what?
C: I just think it&`&s crazy. It doesn&`&t mean it&`&s funny. 在我们眼里,interesting或许代表的是有意思,但在外国人眼里,相当于我们平时的网络用语“呵呵”。表示对方不同意你的观点并不想和你再进行这个话题。
S: But I didn&`&t see any change in you..
C:can’t you see I’m thinner?
S:ok, maybe a little. We see each other every day. So it&`&s hard to tell…
C:fine, I got it! Thanks a lot.
S:what is it? Why do you thank me?
C: In the English usage of the tunnel, this sentence has an ironic meaning. 就相当于“呵呵,我谢谢你了。”怎么听都觉得很怪,就是你不想谢谢某人但是又无话可说,所以我们在真诚的表达感谢的时候,最好不要用Thanks a lot,用Thank you very much是最好的。
S:wow~ amazing! Do you have any other more error-prone uses that you can introduce to me?
C:of course! Such as “I hear what you say.” And “with all due respect”.