急求新概念二lesson40-lesson50的課文!!
Guest: Hello. My name is Tang. I’ve just arrived from the UK. (你好,我叫唐,刚从英国到这里。)
Receptionist: Good morning, Sir. Do you have a reservation? (早上好,先生。您有预订吗?)
Guest: Yes. (有预订。)
Receptionist: Could you tell me your full name, please?(您能告诉我您的全名吗?)
Guest: Jimmy Tang. (吉米•唐)
Receptionist: Thank you, Mr. Tang….Yes, we have your reservation. You reserved a standard single room, didn’t you? (谢谢您,唐先生。是的,您在我们酒店有预订,订的是一个单人标间,对吗?)
Guest: Yes, that’s right. (是的)
Receptionist: How long will you be staying, Mr. Tang? (唐先生,请问您要住几天?)
Guest: Just one night. I’ll fly to America tomorrow. (就一个晚上,我明天就要飞往美国。)
Receptionist: I see. And how will you be paying? (我知道了。请问您要如何支付?)
Guest: With a traveler’s check. Is that OK? (用旅行支票可以吗?)
Receptionist: Yes, that’s fine. (好的,没问题。)
从上面对话中,我们看到,前台接待在询问客人要住多长时间和如何付款等信息时,两次都用了将来进行时态:
How long will you be staying?
How will you be paying?
这里也没有直接用一般将来时态说成:
How long will you stay?
How will you pay?
这就是为了显示对客人的礼貌和尊重。这种礼貌客气的询问同样出现在下面这个酒店入住登记的场景:
Guest: Good evening. My name is Jennifer Thomson. I’ve just arrived from Canada. (晚上好,我叫詹妮弗•汤姆森,刚从加拿大过来。)
Receptionist: Welcome to our hotel, Ms. Thomson. Are you on holiday? (欢迎入住我们的酒店,汤姆森女士,您是来度假吗?)
Guest: No, on business. (不,我是出差。)
Receptionist: I see, and how long will you be staying? (我知道了。请问您要住多久呢?)
Guest: My reservation is for a week in a standard room. (我预订了一个星期的标间。)
Receptionist: Thanks you, Ms. Thomson. And how will you be paying? (谢谢您,汤姆森女士。请问您打算怎么付款呢?)
Guest: By company credit card. (用公司的信用卡。)
看完上面这两个场景对话,相信读者朋友应该能更加深刻地理解will be doing用于“礼貌询问”这一重要思维的表达方式了。
以上三个场景中的will be doing都是出现在服务人员向顾客询问信息的场景中。当然,这种礼貌询问的表达方式不只是出现在公司客户之间,它同样适用于陌生人之间的询问与关心。
在《新概念英语》第2册第40课的一篇文章中就很好地体现了will be doing用于陌生人之间的礼貌询问。这篇文章题目是“Food and Talk”(进餐与交谈)。作者向我们讲述了自己在一次宴会上的尴尬经历:
Last week at a dinner party, the hostess asked me to sit next to Mrs. Rumbold. Mrs. Rumbold was a large, unsmiling lady in a tight black dress. She did not look up when I took my seat beside her. Her eyes were fixed on her plate and in a short time, she was busy eating. I tried to make conversation.
“A new play is coming to ‘The Globe’ soon,” I said. “Will you be seeing it?”
“No,” she answered.
“Will you be spending your holidays abroad this year?” I asked.
“No,” she answered.
“Will you be staying in England?” I asked.
“No,” she answered.
In despair, I asked her whether she was enjoying her dinner.
“Young man,” she answered, “If you ate more and talked less, we would both enjoy our dinner!”
我们注意到,作者在询问Mrs. Rumbold时,所使用句子的谓语都采用了will be doing将来进行时态这样的表达:
Will you be seeing it?
Will you be spending your holidays abroad this year?
Will you be staying in England?
原因很简单,因为作者和Mrs. Rumbold是第一次见面,彼此还是很陌生。既然彼此不熟悉,所以作者问起来格外小心谨慎,以免显得自己粗鲁,于是他都用了will be doing的形式来提问,显得非常礼貌和谨慎。但是不幸的是,作者最后还是碰了一鼻子灰!
从上面的分析中,我们看到will be doing用在疑问句中,可以使我们的提问显得非常委婉和礼貌。这种礼貌提问方式常出现在服务员与顾客之间,以及陌生人之间。当然,在其他场合也同样适用。比如,一位演员在问及导演有关角色分配时,他是这样礼貌提问的:
Who will I be acting with?
请问我要和谁演对手戏呢?
这里他同样用了礼貌的提问形式will be acting,表示自己只是在客观打听事实,而不是自己要干涉导演的安排,因而这样的询问显得委婉礼貌。
为了让读者更好地了解will be doing在礼貌提问方面的妙用,我们下面把它和一般将来时作一个比较。请看例句:
a. When will you pay back the money?
b. When will you be paying back the money?
思维点睛:
这里a句、b句用不同的谓语形式来提问,给听话人完全不同的感觉。句a用了will pay则显得语气比较强硬,似乎是在粗鲁地讨债,因此我们可以译成“你什么时候才能还这钱?”。相比较而言,b句用了will be paying则较为圆滑,说话人暗示欠债还钱是某种“当然”的事情,并且听起来语气委婉,不像will pay那么生硬,而是具有一种商量的口吻。因此,我们可以译成“这钱你什么时候能还一下呢?”。
上面我们讨论的是will be doing用在疑问句中,表示客气的询问。但我们也要注意,这并不是说以后我们就不用will do来提问了,而一律用will be doing代替will do来提问。前面我们说过,will do往往带有各种感情色彩,比如表达“请求”,此时我们就得用will do,而一般不用will be doing。比如“你能借我10块钱吗?”这句话,一般不说:
Will you be lending me ten dollars?(×)
因为这里的will不是在客观询问事实,而是表示一种请求,所以,我们要说:
Will you lend me ten dollars?
所以,如果我们是要客观地询问事实,则宜用will be doing来提问,而若是其他语气比如请求、命令等,我们则用will do来提问。我们再看下列这对句子:
a. Will you be staying in this evening?
b. Will you stay in this evening?
思维点睛:
a句用will be doing是表示礼貌地、客观地询问,只想了解对方今晚打算,并没有干涉的意思。所以我们可译成“今晚你不出去吧?”。
b句用will do,含有感情色彩,如请求、指示或命令。所以这句话可以根据说话者的语气译成“今晚你别出去了,好吗?”(请求),或者“今晚你不要再出门了行不行?!”(命令)。
综上所述,will be doing这种“委婉询问”的用法与其说是一种习惯,倒不如说是英语的一种思维表达。正如我一直以来多次强调的,英语语法,尤其是有关动词的“3时4态”用法,绝不是一种死的规则,而是一种活的思维。所以对于将来进行时的这种用法,我们在平时的学习过程中,要根据具体语境,细细品味,方能植入我们的思维,进而遇到相关对话语境时才能脱口而出。我们看到,will be doing这种思维表达形式在口语中日渐盛行,能否很好地灵活运用,可以说在一定程度上反映了用语者的英文思维和口语水平。
思维总结
在本期中,我们重点讨论了will be doing用在疑问句中,可用来表达客观地询问事实,表示自己并不是想干涉别人的决定,因而显得礼貌、委婉的用法。但如果表达其他语气如请求、命令等,我们则用will do来提问。
思维训练
一、请分析和比较下列两句含义差别,并准确译成中文。
1. a. Will you be bringing the piano in here?
b. Will you please bring the piano in here?
2. a. Will you be joining us for dinner?
b. Will you join us for dinner?
二、请根据说话的语境,分析下列空格该用何种时态填入为宜。
3. A: ____ you ____ (live) in the dormitory this year?
B: Not if I can help it. I’ve been thinking of renting an apartment off campus with some friends of mine.
4. “Is there anything more that you ____ (want) tonight, Mr. Smith?” the maid said.
参考答案:
1、 a句表示委婉地、客观地询问事实。可译成:你会不会把钢琴搬到这里来?
b句表示发出请求。可译成:请你把钢琴搬进这里来,好吗?
2、 a句表示委婉地、客观地询问事实。可译成:你要和我们一起吃晚饭吗?
b句表示发出请求。可译成:你和我们一起吃晚饭好吗?
3、 用将来进行时态Will … be living,表示委婉询问。这是一道TOEFL考试听力原文。
4、 用将来进行时态will be wanting,表示委婉询问,因为这是女仆(maid)对主人的询问,所以要显得有礼貌。
40 The writer sat next to Mrs. Rumbold at the dinner party. He tried to make conversation but she was busy eating. He talked about the new play at ‘The Globe’and about the holidays. She answered his questions briefly. Then he asked her if she was enjoying her dinner and she answered, ‘Young man, if you ate more and talked less, we would both enjoy our dinner.
41The writer's wife was trying on a hat but he did not like it. He sat down and waited for her. Then they began arguing again. He had bought a tie the day before but his wife did not like it. ‘A man can never have too many ties,’he said. His wife used exactly the same argument and bought the hat. It looked like a lighthouse
42We watched a snake charmer in a square in Old Delhi. He had a long pipe and two large baskets. He played a tune and the snake in one of the baskets rose out of the basket and began to follow the movements of the pipe. Then the snake charmer played modern tunes but the snake continued to dance slowly. It did not know the difference between Indian music and jazz
43The American explore,R.E.Byrd,became the first man to fly over the South Pole in 1929.He took a lot of photographs during the flight but then he ran into difficulties.His plane could not get over the mountains so he ordered his men to throw out two heave food sacks. The plane then flew over the mountains andcontinued without further trouble.
44Two men tried to steal Mrs.Sterling’s handbag.she was having a picnic at the edge of a forest with her children at the time .They tOOK the bag after a struggle and ran through the trees.She run after them and catch up with them.The men sat down and were going through the contents of the bag.Mrs. Sterling ran straight at them.so they ran away
45The local butcher,Sam Benton,was taking his savings to the post office but he lost his wallet.Three months later,Sam not only received half his money but a note as well.The note said:'A thief,yes,but only 50 per cent a thief!' The thief included a note every time he sent sam more money.The last note said:'I am 100 per cent honest now!'
46A plane from London arrived at Sydney airport and workers began to unload a lot of boxes which contained clothing. one of the boxes was extremely heavy, so a worker opened it up . He found a man lying on top of a pile of woollen goods. The man was arrested. He had travelled in the box from London. he payed £3,500 .An ordinary ticket costs £2,000
47Mr.Ian Thompson bought a public house recently ,but it is haunted so he's going to sell it.there was a strange noise in the bar one night and the room was in disorder next morning.he had found five empty whisky bottles.he doesn't believe that some villagers broke into the bar and had a drink. nobody in the village wants to buy the inn .
48The dentist had just pulled out one of the writer's teeth and had told him to rest for a while.He asked several questions but the writer could not answer them . His mouth was full of cotton wool.He suddenly discovered something wrong but he could not say anything.The dentist eventually removed the cotton wool from his mouth and the writer told him that he had pulled out the wrong tooth.
49A young man in Teheran bought a real bed for the first time in his life. He slept on the roof of his house because the weather was hot. Three nights later, the bed was swept off the roof during a storm. The man was not only unhurt but still on his mattress. As the bed was in pieces, he carried his mattress indoors and after he had put it on the floor he went back to sleep.
50The writer wanted to go to Woodford Green but as he did not know the way, the conductor promised to tell him where to get off. When they arrived at the bus terminus, the writer asked if they were at Woodford Green. The conductor then realized that he had forgotten to put him off. The writer stayed on the bus because it was going back.
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