Mr. Li: I am sorry for damaging your car, sir.

Benjamin: Don't worry about it. Just leave it to the insurance companies.

Mr. Li: The car park in this community is over crowded, isn't it?

Benjamin: Yeah, more and more cars. People should try to take public transportation.

Mr. Li: There aren't enough buses in this city, are there?

Benjamin: Yeah, sometimes I really feel like writing a letter to the mayor.

Mr. Li: That's too much of hassle. We just want a little bigger parking space.

Benjamin: Have you taken this to the property management, yet?

Mr. Li: No. but I'm gonna. You know, several months ago, I backed into red Honda when parking.

Benjamin: Where? On the road?

Mr. Li: No, right here in the parking lot. It was parked right here in your space. The left rearview mirror was smashed.

Benjamin: Is the car owner a lady with deafening voice?

Mr. Li: Yes! How do you know that?

Benjamin: That's my wife!

Mr. Li: You mean…

李先生：真抱歉弄壞你的車，先生。

本杰明：別擔心。讓保險公司來處理吧。

李先生：我們小區的停車場太擁擠了，不是嗎？

本杰明：是啊，私家車越來越多了。人們應該試著使用公共交通。

李先生：我們市里沒有那么多公交車，不是嗎？

本杰明：是啊，有時我真想給市長寫信。

李先生：那倒不至于。我們只要有一個大點的停車場就好了。

本杰明：你跟小區管理處反映過這事兒嗎？

李先生：沒有。但我正有此打算。幾個月前，我停車時，倒車倒到一輛紅色豐田車上去了。

本杰明：在哪兒？路上嗎？

李先生：不，就在這個停車場。那輛車就停在你現在的地方。我把它的左后視鏡給撞碎了。

本杰明：那輛車的車主是不是一個嗓門很大的女人？

李先生：是啊！你怎么知道的？

本杰明：那是我太太。

李先生：你是說……

Benjamin: We need a little bigger parking space in our community. My car was damaged twice because of the narrow parking space last year. First the rearview mirror, and then the new paint. Things are getting worse these days because there are more and more cars. I think we just need more buses.

crowded adj. 擁擠的

mayor n. 市長

private adj. 私人的

property n. 財產，物業

transportation n. 交通

rearview mirror 后視鏡

反意疑問句

反意疑問句由兩部分組成，前面是陳述句，后面是簡短的問句，如果前面是肯定，后面一般為否定，如果前面是否定，則后面多為肯定。

1.句中有 I am，反意疑問應該是aren't I, 而不是am not I 或 amn't I

I am right, aren't I? 我是對的，不是嗎？

2. everything 和 nothing 作為陳述句的主語是單數，因此反意疑問句的主語要用it, 值得大家注意的是，nothing 做主語時，反意疑問句中的動詞要用肯定形式。

Nothing is wrong, is it？沒有什么錯誤，是嗎？

3.主語為everyone, everybody, anyone, nobody 或no one 時，反意疑問句中的主語用they，要注意nobody 和 no one 是否定詞，因此反意疑問句同樣應該用肯定的形式

Nobody knows it, do they? 沒人知道這個，是嗎？

4.如果陳述句部分有no, never, hardly, scarcely, rarely, seldom 等，那么，陳述句本身就是否定的，所以要接一個肯定的反意疑問句

She has never been there, has she? 她從來沒去過那里，是嗎？

5.如果陳述句的動詞是wish,那么反意疑問句中要用may

I wish to go there with you, may I? 我想和你一起去，行嗎？

6.包括聽話人在內時，let's的反意疑問句要用shall we。反之，反意疑問句要用will you

Let's go, shall we? 我們走吧，好嗎？

Let us go, will you? 大家走吧，好嗎？

反意疑問句

兩人一組，一方朗誦下面的中文句子，另一方挑選出合適的翻譯。

1. 等我一下，行嗎？

2. 市里沒有足夠的公交車，是嗎？

3. 爸爸的車被損壞了，對嗎？

4. 我希望把車停在這兒，行嗎？

5. 每個人都知道，是嗎？

1. I wish to park my car here, may I?

2. Everybody knows it, do they?

3. Wait for me, will you?

4. Dad's car is destroyed, isn't it?

5. There aren't enough buses in this city, are there?