第一， 迷你對話

A: As we all know, people like wearing things that can make a statement about themselves.

我們大家都知道，人們喜歡穿戴能夠代表自己心聲的衣物。

B: But it’s not always true.

但是情況并不是總是如此。

A: I mean in most circumstances.

我的意思是指在大多數情況下。

B: It sounds reasonable.

這聽起來有道理。

第二， 地道表達

make a statement

1. 解詞釋義

Make a statement的意思是“發表聲明，發表談話”。

2. 拓展范例

e.g. Having witnessed the accident I felt duty bound to make a statement to the police.

由于我親眼目睹了那次事故，我覺得向警察陳述是義不容辭的。

e.g. She refuse to make a statement to the police in case she incriminate herself.

她拒絕向警方作陳述以免受連累。

e.g. Robert made a statement to the police about the robbery that he saw.

羅伯特把他所見到的搶劫案件向警察作了陳述。

e.g. The principal made a statement announcing the Christmas vacation.

校長宣布了圣誕節的假期。

第三， 咬文嚼字

in most circumstances：在大多數情況下

e.g. In most circumstances there's no such things as certainty.

在大多數情況下，根本沒有十拿九穩的事。

e.g. In most circumstances national politics is simply indifferent to the interests of foreigners.

在大多數情況下，各國的政策對外國人的利益是漠不關心的。

as we all know：眾所周知的……

e.g. That's, as we all know, too romantic to be true.

可是，我們都知道，那只是過于浪漫的想法。

e.g. As we all know, that can put the sellers to great trouble.

大家都知道，這種付款方式可有給賣方帶來很大麻煩。