1.4.10 Refuse 拒绝
A: Why don’t you sit down and relax, darling?
A:亲爱的,坐下休息一会吧?
B: I don’t want to.
B:我不想。
A: Well, come over and talk to me then.
A:嗯,那过来跟我聊聊。
B: Certainly not.
B:不想。
A: May I turn on the TV then?
A:我打开电视行吗?
B: Turn on the TV for what?
B:打开电视干什么?
A: So that we can sit down together and listen to some music.
A:我们可以坐下来听听音乐。
B: Listen to the music? And who will cook dinner, will you?
B:听音乐?谁做饭,你吗?
A: I will, but let’s go to the disco after dinner.
A:好,我做。晚饭后去跳迪斯科吧?
B: To a disco? Oh, no. You know I hate it.
B:跳迪斯科?不去,你知道我讨厌迪斯科。
注释:
“For what?”是口语中一个很常见的问句,意思和“Why?”一样,但比“Why?”更口语化,有时候也会用“What for?”。