美國校園口語[8]
8. Learning English 學英語
A: Ralph, do me a favor, will you?
B: That all depends on what it is.
A: This is the proble, I'm still having trouble with my English. The instructor suggests that I ask an American to help me by telling me how he says the things I say which just aren't English. I wanted you to be the American.
B: What good'll it do? You never speak English unless you absolutely have to. I'll help you if you promise to speak noting but English all the time.
A: All right. Maybe I'll do that. It's the only way I'll be able to learn English fast enough, I guess.
Notes
What good'll it do? - it will be useless
Unless you absolutely have to… 除了你非…不可
Make a bargain with sb. 同…約定
A：拉爾夫，幫我一個忙，好嗎？
B：這要看幫什么忙。
A：我有個困難。我的英語仍然遇到麻煩。老師建議我請一位美國人幫助，要他告訴我，我說的那些根本不像英語的話應當怎樣說。我想要你做這個美國人。
B：這有什么用？你除了非說不可的時候，你從來不說英語。好吧！我跟你達成一個協議：如果你保證在任何時候除了英語外什么也不說，我就幫助你。
A：好吧，也許我能辦得到。我想這是我能迅速學會英語的唯一方法。
