to 不定詞

I'm a lost tourist in London, and I don't know where to go.

我在倫敦旅行時迷路了，我不知道該怎麼走。

未來簡單式

I'm going to talk to the ticket man in the London Underground and see if he can help me.

我走去問問倫敦地鐵的站務員，看看他能不能幫我。

"Hello, Mr. ticket man. I would like a ticket to Piccadilly."

「嗨，我想要一張到 Piccadilly 的票。」

The man starts talking to me: "Blah, blah, blah."

I don't know what to say, so I need to make a noise. "Ah."

但我不知道該怎麼回答，所以我發出了「額」。

These are noises that give you time to think about your answer.

「額」這個語助詞是為了讓你有時間去思考回應。

"Ah, I would like a ticket, please, to Piccadilly Circus."

「額，請給我一張到 Piccadilly Circus 的票。」

Or, I could say, "Urgh, I want a ticket please."

我也可以說：「呃！我想要一張票，謝謝。」

Or the other one would be, "Mmm, I want a ticket." Okay, good.

So then, my ticket man says, "No problem. That will be four pounds fifty, please."

站務員說了 ：「沒有問題，這樣總共 4,50 英鎊。」

I then say, "You know, I think that's a little bit expensive, a bit expensive."

接著我說了：「我覺得這有點貴啊。」

So these are all phrases for expressing an opinion - if I think that's too big a price.

這些短句都可以用來表達意見，如果我覺得它太貴了，

So I could say, "You know, I think that's too expensive."

我可以說：「我覺得那真的太貴了。」

Or, "I mean, I only really want to go one stop, half a mile. You see, I've only got four pounds. Then, I can't eat."

或是「我是指，我只需要搭一站，約半公里。你看，我只有四英鎊，我快沒飯吃啦。」

Or, "Well, maybe you could give it to me for a little less."

或「嗯，或許你可以算我便宜點。」

Or, "The thing is, Mr. ticket man, I need to go there as well."

或「問題是，站務先生，我還是得去那裏啊。」

These are all expressing an opinion to the ticket man, okay?

這些都是能向他表達意見的短句。

So, one last way of expressing an opinion.

I could say, "Well, it's like this: You see, I want to go to Piccadilly, but I can only give you two pounds."

我可以說：「嗯，是這樣的：你看，我想去 Piccadilly，但我只有二英鎊能給你。」

Okay? All ways of saying, of giving an opinion, of starting "I want, I need," okay?

這些都能表達意見，意思接近於「我想要，我需要」。

The ticket man thinks, and then he says, "Well, for three pounds, I can give you a single. Is that what you want?"

那個站務人員想了一下，接著他說：「嗯，我可以算你單程三英鎊，這是你像要的嗎？」

These are all phrases for when I need to think about my answer.

這些短句適用於當我需要思考回應時。

So I could say, "Mmm, let me see. A single?".

因此我可以說：「嗯，我想想。單程？」

And then I repeat the question he has given to me. Okay?

接著我重複一次他給我的難題。

Or I can say, "Um, now, let me think. That might be a good idea."

或者我可以說：「讓我想想這或許是個好主意。」

Or, "Just a minute. I'm going to ask my friend."

或「給我一分鐘，我問問我的朋友。」

Or, "Hang on, sir. I need to look in my guidebook to find out."

或是「先生，請稍等。我需要查看我的旅遊指南才能找到答案。」

Or, "That's a really interesting question."

Now, the thing about this phrase here, "It's a really interesting question," it's better maybe in school or university, probably not very appropriate for the London Underground.

關於這句話的問題是，「這是一個非常有趣的問題」，也許在學校或大學更好，可能不太適合倫敦地鐵。

But it's a good phrase to remember, anyway.

但總之，這是個很好用的短句。

Or I could say, "I'm not sure about that. Um, maybe. Could you tell me more?".

或是，我可以說：「我不確定耶，或許你可以告訴我更多？ 」

And then, the ticket man says, "Of course I can tell you more, but you must watch the next video in EngVid."

接著站務人員說：「我當然能告訴你更多，但你要看下一集 EngVid。」

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