I just like to watch.
Do you play baseball? (你打棒球吗?)
No, I just like to watch. (不，我只是喜欢看。)
I only watch.
我是棒球迷。
I'm a baseball fan.
I'm a fan of baseball.
我喜欢打高尔夫球。
I like to play golf.
你练习过健美操吗?
Have you ever done aerobics?
Have you ever done aerobics? (你练过健美操吗?)
No way. (怎么可能!)
Have you done aerobics before?
你对什么感兴趣?
What are your interests? *interest “爱好”、“关心的事”。
What are your interests? (你对什么感兴趣?)
I'm interested in art. (我对美术感兴趣。)
What are your interested in?
What kind of things are you interested in?
What do you like?
我从没做过。
I've never done that.
I've never done that before.
That was the first time for me. (我可是头一次。)
你去国外旅行过吗?
Have you ever traveled abroad?
Have you ever traveled abroad? (你去国外旅行过吗?)
Yes, twice. (是的，去过两次。)
Have you been overseas? (你去国外旅行过吗?)
你去哪儿了?
Where have you been?
我去美国和德国了。
I've been to the U.S. and Germany.
下次你想去哪儿?
Where do you want to go next?
Where do you want to go next? (下次你想去哪儿?)
No place particular. (没有什么特别的地方。)
●有关年龄、身高和体重
你多大了?
How old are you? *在美国，出于礼貌是不问别人的年龄、体重和身高的。除非是自己比较熟悉的人，最好回避提这些问题。
I'm not old enough to drive. (我还不到开车的年龄。)
How old are you? (你多大了?)
I can't drink alcohol yet. (我还不能喝酒。)
How old are you? (你多大了?)
May I ask how old you are? (我可以问您的年龄吗?)
May I ask your age? (我可以问您的年龄吗?) *比较礼貌的说法。
我48岁。
I'm forty-eight.
你的体重是多少?
How much do you weigh?
What's your weight?
75公斤左右。
About seventy-five kilograms. *美国不用公制单位，而用pound磅(1磅大约453克，复数是pounds)。
我重164磅。
I weigh a-hundred-sixty-four pounds.
I weigh 164 Ibs. *Ibs.读为pounds。
你有多高?
How tall are you?
What's your height?
1米80左右。
About one-hundred-eighty centimeters. *美国不用公制单位，而用foot英尺计算(1英尺大约30厘米，复数是feet；1英大约是2.5厘米，复数是inches)。
我身高5英尺3寸。
I'm five feet three inches tall.
I'm 5′3″ tall.
I'm five three. *口语中常用这种省略说法。
●有关天气
今天真热呀!
It's very hot today, isn't it? *isn't it? 带有“真……呀!”的语感。
Isn't it hot today?
Today's a scorcher. *scorcher 为口语，“太阳火辣辣的天气”。
天气炎热。
It's blistering hot.
It's extremely hot.
今天的天气真好!
It's a fine day today.
It's beautiful today.
It's nice today.
明天的天气怎么样?
What's the forecast for tomorrow?
What's the forecast for tomorrow? (明天的天气怎么样?)
It's going to be cold. (会冷吧。)
What will the weather be like tomorrow?
What's the weather going to be tomorrow?
What's tomorrow's forecast?
今天的天气怎么样?
How's the weather today?
How's the weather today? (今天的天气怎么样?)
It's hot. (今天很热。)
今天会下雨吗?
Is it going to rain today?
Is it going to rain today?(今天会下雨吗?)
I doubt it. (我想不会。)
好像要下雨。
We're expecting some rain.
It's going to rain.
It's supposed to rain.
Rain is expected.
I heard it might rain. (我听说今天可能下雨。)
下雨了。
It's raining.
今天会下雨吧!
It's going to rain today.
It will rain today.
今天很热。
It's hot today.
今天很暖和。
It's warm today.
It's a warm day.
今天很冷。
It's cold today.
It's cold today. (今天很冷。)
It sure is. (就是。)
今天冷嗖嗖的。
It's chilly today.
It's cool today.
It's nippy today.
今天风很大。
It's windy today.
It's a windy day.
今天很闷热。
It's humid.
It's really humid today. (今天很闷啊!)
Yeah, my body is sweaty. (是呀，我浑身都是汗。)
气候干燥。
It's dry.
It's wet today. (今天像要下雨。)
It's rainy today. (今天像要下雨。)
暴风雨天气。
It's stormy.
There is going to be a storm today. (今天将有暴风雨。)
下雪了。
It's snowing.
It's snowing. (下雪了。)
Yeah! Let's go skiing. (太好了!我们去滑雪吧。)
天阴沉沉的。
It's gloomy.
It's cloudy. (阴天。)
看样子我们会遇上雷阵雨。
It looks like we are going to have a thunder shower.
台风快到了。
A typhoon is coming.
Why are you taping your windows? (干吗往窗户上贴胶条?)
A typhoon is coming. (台风快到了。)
A typhoon is on its way.
起雾了。
It's foggy.
冷得像要结冰了。
It's freezing.
It's very cold today. (今天非常寒冷。)
快要下暴风雨了。
We're going to have a blizzard.
这天真舒服。
It's pleasant.
It's comfortable. (这天真舒服。)
It's a nice day. (真是个好天。)
今天风和日丽。
It's mild today. *mild 表示气候“温暖的，温和的”。
It's a mild day.
雾蒙蒙的。
It's misty.
今天阴天。
It's overcast today.
Let's go sunbathing. (我们去做日光浴吧。)
But, it's overcast today. (可是，今天阴天。)
It's cloudy today.
糟糕的天气。
It's miserable.
It's a terrible day.
It's an awful day.
我怕热。
I'm sensitive to heat. *sensitive “容易感觉到的，敏感的”。
今天风和日丽。
It's breezy today.
It's a breezy day.
今天的天气让人不舒服。
It's uncomfortable today.
It's unpleasant today.
热死我了。
The heat is killing me.
下了瓢泼大雨。
It's raining cats and dogs! *用cat (猫)和dog (狗)来表示瓢泼大雨。可以说cats and dogs，却不能反过来说成dogs and cats。
下霜了。
It's frosty today.
It's a frosty day.
随意的谈话
●征求意见
懂吗?
Do you understand? *是一般的说法。
Do you understand? (懂吗?)
I understand. (懂了。)
懂了吗?
Understood? *既可以用于提问也可以用于回答。
You have to improve. Understood? (你得有所提高，明白吗?)
Understood. (明白了!)
Do you understand?
清楚了吗?
Is that clear?
Is that clear? (清楚了吗?)
It's clear. (清楚了。)
你了解情况吗?
Get the picture? *这里的picture不是“照片”，而是“状态”、“情况”、“事态”。这句是Do you get the picture的缩略形式。
Did you grasp the overall situation?
你懂我说的意思吗?
Do you know what I mean?
Do you know what I mean? (你懂我说的意思吗?)
I think so. (我想我明白了。)
You know what I mean?
Are you following me?
Do you get my drift?
你在听吗?
Are you listening to me? *这句是用于确认对方是否在注意听自己讲话。注意在这儿不能用动词hear。
Are you paying attention?
你不知道吗?
Are you blind? *blind 是“看不见的”、“盲目的”意思。但在这里它表示的是“没察觉”、“不知道”的意思。
It's a great deal. (这可是笔大买卖。)
Are you blind? (你不知道吗?)
Can't you see?
What's the matter with you?
你明白我说的意思吧。
You know what I'm talking about. *就自己所说的某个问题确认对方是否明白时使用。
You know what I mean.
Don't play stupid. *更随意的说法。
我是那样说的吧?
I said that, didn't I? *用that代替自己所说的话，反复征求对方的确认。
I said that, didn't I?
That's okay.
Did I repeat myself?
你知道那事吗?
Do you know that?
Do you know about that?
说不定你知道……吧?
Do you happen to know...?
Tom, do you happen to know Mary's phone number? (汤姆，说不定你知道玛丽的电话号码吧?)
Yes, I do. (是的，我知道。)
我辨别不出来。
I can't tell the difference.
I can't tell.
你听得见吗?
Can you hear me? *用于周围很吵，难以听清楚所说内容时。这时的“听”只能用hear，不能用listen to。
Can you hear me? (你听得见吗?)
Loud and clear. (声音很大，听得很清楚。)
你听见我说的了吗?
Did you hear me?
●同意
知道了。
I understand. *“理解了”。
I can't go today. (今天我不能去。)
I understand. (知道了。)
I don't understand. (不能理解。)
I get it.
明白了吗?
See? *see “明白”、“知道”。
Do you see?
Do you understand?
Do you get it?
完全明白。
I understand very well.
Do you understand? (明白了吗?)
I understand very well. (完全明白。)
我想我懂了。
I think I understand.
我明白你说的了。
I see what you mean.
我太清楚那种事了。
I know that too well.
我明白你的意思。
I see your point.
I think we need to expand. (我认为我们必须再扩展。)
I see your point. (我明白你的意思。)
I see what you mean.
I understand what you mean.
That makes sense.
I get the point.
噢，我终于明白了。
I get it. *终于明白对方所说的事情。语感较随便。
If you change this, it will work. (如果你改变一下这个，它就能运作了。)
I get it. (噢，我终于明白了。)
I don't get it. (我还是不明白。)
这样啊，原来是这么回事。
I got it. *随意说法。
You see? (明白了吗?)
I got it. (这样啊，原来是这么回事。)
I see.
这点事儿我还是知道的。
I know that much! *表示“这点事儿我知道，别把我当傻瓜”。
原来是这样啊!
That solves it. *在对方指点下，问题、疑问得以完全解决。
I left because I didn't feel well. (因为不舒服，我回去了。)
That solves it. (原来是这样啊!)
Well, that solves that.
That's that. *比较随意的说法。
好吧，好吧，我知道了。
All right, all right. I understand. *被对方反复地嘱咐时的回答。
You have to change your attitude. (你得改变你的态度。)
All right, all right. I understand. (好吧，好吧，我知道了。)
我知道呀!
I know. *表示“无需对方解释，我很清楚”。
L.A. is in California. (洛杉矶在加利福尼亚州。)
I know. (我知道呀。)
I know that.
I know it.
I didn't know. (我怎么不知道。)
我认识那个人。
I know that person.
I'm acquainted with that person.
我见过他。
I know him by sight. *know... by sight “知道，见过面”。
Do you know that man? (你认识那个人吗?)
No, but I know him by sight. (不认识，但我见过他。)
嗯，我听说了。
Yeah, I heard about it.
Jeff got married. (杰夫结婚了。)
Yeah, I heard about it. (啊，我听说了。)
Yeah, someone told me.
Yes, I've been told.
Yeah, I know.
我听着呢。/我知道了。
I hear you. *对对方所说的事情表示“知道了”、“听到了”。
We have to work harder. (我们得更加努力地工作了。)
I hear you. (我听着呢。/我知道了。)
Yes, I understand.
我理解了。
I'm following you. *向对方再一次表示“我懂了”。
So, do you get it? (怎么样?你理解了吗?)
I'm following you. (理解了。)
I'm with you.
I'm following.
I'm not following you. (我不明白你的意思。)
言之有理。
Makes sense. *认为所听到的事情“有道理”、“可以理解”时。
He got fired because he was lazy. (他因为懒，才被解雇了。)
Makes sense. (说得有道理。)
That makes sense.
Makes sense to me.
You're making sense.
That doesn't make sense. (这也太奇怪了。)
●不明白、不知道
我不明白。
I don't understand.
I can't tell you. (我不能告诉你。)
