Subject ：Read my lips.

迷你對話

A: Sir, would you like to have brocoli?

先生，要不要來點綠花椰菜？

B: Read my lips. I don’t like it.

注意聽，我不喜歡這個菜。

地道表達

read one’s lips

1. 解詞釋義

Read my lips字面意思是“讀我的嘴唇”，但是真正的含義是“給我聽好了”。例如別人約你時會說：Do you want to hand out with me tonight?意思是：你今晚想不想跟我在一起啊？如果這個人是個令人討厭的家伙的話，你就可以回答他：Read my lips. No. 老美在講這句話時，會放慢語速，好吧NO的唇形給展現出來，表達他們不愿意的程度。其英文解釋為：to manage to understand speech by watching and interpreting the movements of the speaker's lips。

2. 典型范例

e.g. I couldn't hear her but I could read her lips.

我聽不到他說什么，但是我可以盡力去聽。

e.g. I'll read the text through once and you read my lips.

我把課文從頭到尾讀一遍，你們仔細聽。

Ps：Would you like to do something？這個句型用來詢問他人想做某事嗎？例如：

Would you like to come to have lunch tomorrow? 明天請你來吃午飯，好嗎？