每天三分钟学英语 第204期:老外这样拒绝别人

 今日知识点：

1、虚伪句式

例句一：

You're cute and seem¹ like a nice guy², but I'm not looking for anything at the moment.

你很可爱，看起来也像个好男人，但是我现在不想找男朋友。

例句二：

You are a great girl who'd make any guy lucky³, but I'm leaving and I can't do long distance⁴.

你是个很棒的女孩，做你男朋友一定很幸运，但是我要离开这了，我不想谈远距离恋爱。

2、找借口拒绝

例句一：

This week's not good. Maybe next week sometime⁵. I'll let you know.

这周不行，也许下周吧。我会告诉你的。

关键词：

I'll let you know.

例句二：

I'm really busy for these couple⁶ of weeks because of my new job. Maybe some other time.

我这几周真的很忙，以后吧。

关键词：

Maybe some other time.

3、说抱歉，然后说理由

例句一：

I'm sorry, but I just broke⁷ up with my boyfriend⁸ and I need some time.

对不起，但是我刚跟男友分手，还需要时间。

例句二：

Sorry, but I'm into older girls. I hope⁹ you understand.

对不起，但是我喜欢年纪大一点的女孩。我希望你理解。

4、残忍拒绝

例句一：

I'm just not interested¹⁰ in going¹¹ out with you. That's it. Please leave me alone¹².

我不想跟你出去，就这样。请不要来找我了。

例句二：

I don't see anything happening between us. There's no other reason¹³. Stop asking me out.

我看不到咱俩之间有任何可能。也没有别的原因，别再约我出去了。

1 seem   

vi.好像，似乎，看来好像

参考例句：

• You seem very much alive today.你今天好像非常活跃。
• The children seem very happy.孩子们似乎很快活。

2 guy   

n.(美，口语)家伙；青年；男人

参考例句：

• She lost her heart to the handsome guy.她爱上了这个漂亮的小伙子。
• That guy is very hard to deal with.那家伙很难对付。

3 lucky   

adj.幸运的，侥幸的，碰巧的，吉祥的

参考例句：

• Three is my lucky number.三是我的幸运数字。
• You are a lucky dog.你真是个幸运儿。

4 distance   

n.距离；路程

参考例句：

• A very small distance or space.非常小的距离或空间。
• It depends on traffic and distance.这要看交通和路程的远近。

5 sometime   

adv.将来某一时候；改天

参考例句：

• He came sometime last month.上个月某个时候他曾经来过。
• It will happen sometime and somewhere.有朝一日这总会在什么地方发生的。

6 couple   

n.对，夫妇，数个；v.加倍，成双，连结

参考例句：

• I have a couple of things to do.我有几件事要做。
• I'll come again in a couple of days.我过两天再来。

7 broke   

v.(动词break的过去式)折断；打破

参考例句：

• He dropped his glass on the floor and broke it.他把玻璃杯掉到地板上打碎了。
• After a long silence, she broke into a laugh.她沉默了很久之后，忽然笑了起来。

8 boyfriend   

n.男朋友

参考例句：

• The girl was so angry that she hung up on her boyfriend.那姑娘一气之下挂断了男朋友的电话。
• My boyfriend gathered some beautiful flowers for me. 我的男朋友为我采来一些美丽的花。

9 hope   

vt.希望，期望；vi.希望，期待；n.希望，期望

参考例句：

• We hope you can come.我们希望你能来。
• Hope you'll enjoy yourself there.愿您度过愉快的一天。

10 interested   

adj.感兴趣的；拥有权益的；有成见的v.使…感兴趣(interest的过去分词)

参考例句：

• to be interested in wildlife conservation 对野生动物保护感兴趣
• I told him I wasn't interested, but he wasn't deterred. 我已告诉他我不感兴趣，可他却不罢休。

11 going   

n.去，离去，地面(或道路)的状况，工作情况；(复数形式）goings: 行为；adj.进行中的，流行的，现存的

参考例句：

• We're going to listen to a report this afternoon. 今天下午我们要去听报告。
• He hates leaving the office and going on holiday.他不愿离开办公室去度假。

12 alone   

adj.单独的，孤独的；adv.单独地，独自地；仅仅

参考例句：

• He often makes a round trip to the hospital alone.他经常一个人往返医院。
• It is dangerous for a girl to go out alone at night.一个女孩夜里单独外出是危险的。

13 reason   

n.原因，理由，理智，道理；v.劝说，推理

参考例句：

• That is the reason why we must go now.那就是我们现在必须走的理由。
• The reason for the flood was that heavy rain.水灾是那场大雨造成的。