● 催促別人說話

你說點什么吧！

Say something.

Say something. (你說點什么吧！)

I'm speechless. (我連話都說不出來了。)

A penny for your thoughts. *這是慣用表達方式，用于當對方在考慮什么的時候。直譯是“給你一便士也好，請告訴我你在想什么。”

我想知道得詳細一些。

Tell me more (about it).

I want to know more about it in detail.

I'd like to know more details. *比較有禮貌的說法。

你的旅行怎么樣？

How was your trip?

How was your trip? (你的旅行怎么樣？)

It was terrible. (太糟糕了。)

我在認真地聽呢。

I'm all ears. *“聚精會神地聽”。

會開得怎么樣？

How was the meeting?

How was the meeting? (會開得怎么樣？)

We didn't accomplish much. (沒什么結果。)

繼續(xù)說呀。

I'm listening. *在對方停止談話時，向對方表示“請繼續(xù)說下去，我在呢”或“我聽著呢”。

Keep talking.

我很想聽聽那件事。

I'd like to hear the story.

Did you hear about my trip? (你聽說我旅行的事了嗎？)

Not yet. I'd like to hear the story. (沒呢。我很想知道。)

I'd like to know the story.

I'd like to hear about it.

我們只是閑聊一會兒。

We had small talk. *small talk “閑話，不著邊際的話”。

電影怎么樣？

How was the movie?

How was the movie? (電影怎么樣？)

I really enjoyed it. (我覺得很有意思。)

那部戲有意思嗎？

Did you enjoy the play?

Did you enjoy the play? (那部戲有意思嗎？)

No, it was dull. (真沒勁。)

我想現(xiàn)在就談談那件事。

I want to talk about it now.

Let's talk about it later. (那事我們以后再談吧。)

I want to talk about it now. (我想現(xiàn)在談。)

說吧，說吧。

Shoot! *動詞shoot有“發(fā)射，射擊”的意思，但在口語中也可以用來催促對方，“請說吧”、“說吧，說吧”。

I need to tell you something. (我有事要告訴你。)

Shoot! (說吧，說吧。)

Go ahead.

What's on your mind.

咱們說英語吧。

Let's talk in English.

Let's speak in English.

咱們聊會兒天吧！

Let's have a chat.

抓重點的說。

To the point, please. *用在說話人說一些無關痛癢的事，或沒有時間聽完說話人要說的事情以及不想聽的場合。

Stop beating around the bush. *常用短語。

Get to the point, please.

今天過得怎么樣？

How was your day?

How was your day? (今天過得怎么樣？)

Exhausting. (我已經精疲力盡了。)

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