英汉学生口语表达词典

CONTENTS

General Expresslons

Ability

inquiring about ability

expressing ability

expressing inability

Acceptance

Advice

asking for advice

giving advice

accepting advice

Agreement

Annoyance

Apology and Response

apologizing for something

responding to apologies

Appointment

requesting an appointment

asking about when and where to meet

expressing when and where to meet

expressing you are not free

changing or cancelling an appointment

Approval

Belief

Blaming

Certainty

inquiring about certainty

expressing certainty

Communication

starting a conversation

maintaining a conversation

adjusting a conversation

closing a conversation

Comparison

Complaining

Compliment

giving compliments on appearance

giving compliments on possessions

responding to compliments

Conclusion

Congratulation

Conjecture

Contrast

Departure

Determination

Disagreement

Disapproval

Disbelief

Dislikes

Displeasure

Graritude

Greeting

Impossibility

Information

asking for information

giving information

Intention

asking about somebody's intention

stating one's intention

Introduction

Invitation

Judgement

Likes

Negation

Obligation

asking about obligation

expressing obligation

Offer

Opinion

asking for opinion

giving your opinion

Permission

asking for pennission

granting permission

refusing permission

Persuasion

trying to persuade somebody

responding to persuasion

raising objections

Pleasure

Possibility

inquiring about possibility

expressing possibility

Prediction

Preference

Prohibition

Quarrel

Reason

Refusal

Regret

Relief

Reproach

Request

Suggestion

Surprise

Sympathy

Tiredness

Uncertainty

Unwillingness

Urgs

Warning

Willingness

Wish

Worry and Fear

Situatlonal Expressions on School Campus

Accommodation

After a lecture

After class

Cafeteria or Restaurant

Clinic

Education and Schools

Entertainment

Examinations

Hobbies

Holidays

Job Hunting

Library

Parties or Gatherings

Selection of Majors

Service Center

Sports

Study

Situatlonal Expressions in Soclety

Bank

asking to deposit, draw cash or change money

telling the client about savings and money exchange

Barber's and Hairdresser's

expressing how you would like your hair cut or done

asking the client what kind ot service he or she needs

Concert, Movie and Theatre

dealing with tickets

talking about the music

talking about the concert programs

talldng about the performance at the concert

talldng about movies

talking about theatres plays and performers

Customs

helping passengers go through customs

going through customs

Dance

inviting someone to a ball

accepting or declining invitation to a ball

inviting someone to dance at a ball

accepting or declining an invitation to dance at a ball

Finding the Way

asking for directions

giving directions

Hospital

describing your symptoms to the doctor

asking the patient about his medical problems

examining

diagnosing

treating

Hotel

making a room reservation

finding out what the client wants

doing something for the client about a reseryation

asking about rents

telling the client about rents

cbecking in

checking out

asking about hotel seryices

telling the client about services

Job

tallking about jobs

bunting for jobs

having job interviews

Meeting

opemng a meetmg

presiding at a meeting

addressing oneself

closing a meeting

reporting the situation of the meeting

Photograph

talking about cameras and film

advising how to take a picture well

taking a photo

processing film

commenting on the photos taken

Post Office

asking and telling about postage

buying stamps

asking and telling about time to mail something

asking and telling abou ways to mail something

mailing something

miscellaneous

Restaurant

inviting/suggesting to a restaurant

choosing/recommending a restaurant

looking for seats in a restaurant

ordering a meal in a restaurant

talking over the meal

paying the bill

Shopping

asking the shop assistant for information advice, etc

attending the customers

Sightseeing

planning a trip

asking for infornation about sightseeing

sightseeing

talking about the trip

Smoke

offering a smoke

accepting or declining a smoke

talking about smoking

Tailor's

attending the client

asking to have clothes made

Telephone

connecting

starting a phone call

receiving a phone call

dialing the wrong number

leaving a message

calling somebody

trying to reach someone

miscellaneous

Television

watching TV programs

talking about TV set

Time and Dates

asking and telling the day or the date

asking and telling time

other expressions about time and date

Transportation

booking and buying plane tickets

serving at the airport

being on board the plane

buying train tickets

serving at the railway station

serving on the train

travelling by ship

travelling by bus

travelling by car

Weather

inquiring about the weather

talking about the weatber