第一， 迷你對話

A: Can you take over for me here? I have a friend coming to see me.

你可以幫我照顧一下這兒嗎？我有幾個朋友要來。

B: I’d like to, but I have my hands full. Ask peter, he is not busy.

我很原意幫你，但是我手頭的實情太多了。你去問問Peter吧，他不忙。

A: That’s all right. I will ask somebody else. Thanks all the same.

沒關系，我去問別人吧。謝謝你。

B: Why not ask Peter?

為什么不問Peter呢？

A: Something bad had happened between us.

我們之間發生些不愉快的事情。

B: You two had an argument then.

你們發生爭論了。

A: Kind of.

可以這么說吧。

第二， 地道表達

kind of

1. 解詞釋義

Kind of的意思是“有點兒，有幾分”。

2. 拓展范例

e.g. She was kind of wistful or sad, and even a little bitter.

她有點悵惘和哀傷，甚至有點痛苦。

e.g. I feel kind of embarrassed but I’d really like to meet you.

我覺得有點兒不好意思，不過我真的很想認識你。

第三， 咬文嚼字

take over：接管，接收

e.g. Have a rest. I'll take over.

你歇會兒, 我來替你。

e.g. Lao Wang was sent to the hospital; I had to take over his work.

老王住院了，我得接替他的工作。

e.g. Robert tried to take over the business for his wife's sake.

為了他妻子的緣故，羅伯特設法接管業務。

all the same：仍然

e.g. He's a bit naughty, but I like him all the same.

他有點頑皮, 可是我還是喜歡他。

e.g. I tried to walk upstairs quietly but they woke up all the same.

我試圖輕輕地上樓,可他們還是被吵醒了。

have an argument：吵架，爭斗

e.g. I am all geared up to have an argument .

我已做好辯論的準備。

e.g. Whenever they have an argument, Mary has the worst of it.

只要他們一辯論，瑪麗總是慘敗。