美语口语对话：我想听听你的意见

　　咱们今天要练习的重点为”我想听听你的意见“。美语口语对话背景为：在Stewart家的起居室里，Marilyn正在设计一件连衣裙。她停下来一会儿，和Ellen谈心。她和Richard将要有孩子了，买自己的房子另住的事提上了议事日程。就此事她想听听Ellen的意见。

　　Marilyn: Ellen, I'd like your opinion.

　　Ellen: About what?

　　Marilyn: Well, Richard and I feel that with a baby coming we need to have our own place to live.

　　Ellen: Oh.

　　Marilyn: Well, what do you think about Richard and me looking for a small house or an apartment at this point in our lives?

　　Ellen: We love having you here, and there is room and … and when the baby comes, the baby can stay in your room for a while.

　　Marilyn: Richard feels we need to find a small house.

　　Ellen: I remember when I was pregnant with Richard Philip and were living with Grandma and Grandpa. Philip was a young doctor, and he kept talking about having a house of our own. It's natural.

　　Marilyn: What did you do?

　　Ellen: We looked at a lot of houses.

　　Marilyn: Did you find one?

　　Ellen: Oh, not at first. We couldn't afford it. Grandpa wanted to lend us the money to buy one, but Philip is too independent. He didn't want to borrow any money.

　　Marilyn: Sounds like Richard.

　　Ellen: They're all alike. Richard is a real Stewart. He's independent and sometimes just stubborn.

　　【美语口语对话精讲】

　　1. I'd like your opinion.

　　我想听听你的意见。这是一种征求别人的意见，询问某人的看法的表白方式。

　　2. About what?

　　我的什么看法？ 在这里相当于“My opinion about what?”

　　书面语中，当高下文意思比较清楚时，句中可省略重复的部分。

　　3. Well, Richard and I feel that with a baby coming we need to have our own place to live.

　　哦，Richard跟我觉得，咱们快要有孩子了，需要有自己的房子住。

　　with a baby coming: 指快要生孩子了。

　　our own place: 这里指的是“a house belonging to ourselves”，本人的房子。

　　4. Well, what do you think about Richard and me looking for a small house or an apartment at this point in our lives?

　　呃，Richard跟我在我们生活中的这个时候找一所小住宅或者一处公寓房子，你以为怎么样？

　　What do you think about…? : 你认为…怎么样？你认为…怎么样？在美语口语对话中如果征求别人的见解时可能利用这个句型。

　　at this point: 在这个时刻。相称于at this time.

　　5. We couldn't afford it.

　　我们买不起。

　　afford: 买得起，承担得起(费用等)。常接在 can, could 或 be able to 后面。

　　6. Grandpa wanted to lend us the money to buy one, but Philip is too independent. He didn't want to borrow any money.

　　爷爷要想借给咱们钱买一所屋子，可是Philip独破性太强了。他不想借钱。

　　lend : 借出，借给。borrow: 借入，借来。

　　7. Sounds like Richard.

　　听起来像 Richard一样。美语口语对话中常用来表明 某人的举动方法像另一人的。

　　8. They're all alike.

　　他们斯图尔特家的人都是一个样子。

　　alike: 在这里作为表语形容词，用于be，look，sound等系动词或半系动词后面，表示“一样的，相同的,，相似的”。