[英语提高班]lets improve our english everyday

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Guess everybody has experienced the awkwardness when trying to expressing some ideas, opinions or feelings in English, they do not come out correctly or as accurately as we have expected. Consequently, we might not be able achieve the impact we intended to, say a joke turned into a reprimand that stunned everybody, or a serious warning to your underlings that nobody understands because of the way you articulated made you lose your authority and "face". So let us post such scenarioes we experienced in our everyday life, and see if our collective Huasing Wisdom can help us overcome such awkwardness to make our communication, especially in Engish, more effective.

巩昌 · Answer

我先来一个，请问：如果你是一个小组组长，除了你之外其他组员都是新加坡人。某次开完会，某组员的座位周围非常都是垃圾，而且都是他自己的垃圾，他却视而不见想走。你当这其他人的面想对他说，&ldquo; 这些垃圾是你留下的，你不能屁股一抬，就拍拍屁股走人。&rdquo;请问大家怎么表达呢？

宣烟燕 · Answer

虽然我英语也不太好，但还是来抛砖引玉吧。感觉英语的表达和华语和不一样，一般不会说不能怎样怎样，都会直接说请你这样这样。比如，听课时吩咐同学帮忙占位时说，&ldquo;不要太前面的位子哦&rdquo;。英语的表达一般是，&ldquo;please get the back seat"。至于你的问题，幽默点可以说，hey! you have forgotten your belonging!要不就礼貌的说，appreciate if you could help to clean up the place.

史丹 · Answer

let me try...Sorry to keep you stay. But before you go, can you help to clean the rubbish? Thanks ya.

[英语提高班]lets improve our english everyday

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