英语口语：精品五句（三十）-I am afraid…恐怕…

精品五句

普通句

I'm afraid.

恐怕

次级高手句

I'm afraid that I cannot go to the concert.

我恐怕不能去看音乐会了。

高手句

I'm afraid that I cannot go to the concert with tonight.

我恐怕今晚不能和你去看音乐会了。

超级高手句

I'm afraid that I cannot go to the concert with tonight,beacuse I've made an appointment 。

我恐怕今晚不能和你去音乐会了，因为我跟别人约好了。

专家句

I'm afraid that I cannot go to the concert with tonight,beacuse I've made an appointment with someone beforhand.

我恐怕今晚不能和你去音乐会了，因为我事先跟别人约好了。

解句

I'm afraid that I cannot go to the concert with you tonight(核心句）

+beacuse I've made an appointment with someone beforehand(beacuse 说明白原因）

编辑部的故事

（Tangle just got two tickes to the concert tonight,so he phoned Steven to ask him whether he has time for concert or not）
(Tangle刚刚拿到两张音乐会的票，他打电话给Steven问他是不是有时间去音乐会。）

Tangle:Hey,Steven!Guess what?I got two free tickets to the concert tonight.Would like to go with me?

嗨，Steven。猜猜我找你干什么事？我有两张今晚音乐会的票，免费的。你想跟我一起去吗？

Steven:I'm afraid that I cannot go to the concert with you tongiht,beacuse I've made an appointment with someone beforehand.

我今晚恐怕不能和你去音乐会了，因为我事先跟别人约好了。

Tangle:What a shame!

真可惜啊！

Steven:Maybe you can call Arnold and check out whether he'll have time.

也许你也可以打电话给Arnold，看看他是否有时间。

Tangle:No way!He doesn't even  have a musical bone.

不要，他一点音乐细胞没有。

Steven:Yes,he'd better stay at home instead of snoring in the concert.

是啊。他最好待在家里，而不要去音乐会打盹。