舌尖上的美國(guó)(38):發(fā)出邀請(qǐng)

　　"What are you doing next Saturday? We're having some people over for a meal. Would you liketo come?"
　　下周六你有空嗎?我們請(qǐng)了幾個(gè)人來(lái)家吃飯。你想來(lái)嗎?
　　"Are you free next Thursday?" 下周四你有空嗎?
　　"Are you doing anything next weekend?" 你下周末有什么安排嗎?
　　"Would you be interested in coming to the cinema with me tonight?" 你今晚有興趣一起去看電影嗎?
　　Notes：
　　Are you free…/doing sth…
　　would you like to…
　　Do you fancy doing …?
　　Today we’re looking at informal invitations, and in particular, how to ask someone whether heor she would like to go for a pint. 今天我們將學(xué)習(xí)非正式的邀請(qǐng)，以go for a pint(出去喝一杯)為例，重點(diǎn)來(lái)教教大家!
　　Tom：Catherine, I’m just going for a drink after work this evening - do you fancy a pint?
　　今晚下班后我想去喝酒，想要來(lái)一杯嗎?
　　Catherine: Ooh, I’d love one.
　　哦，想呢!
　　那么在這段小對(duì)話中，Tom問(wèn)說(shuō)“Do you fancy a pint?”
　　In American Spoken English, if you ‘fancy’ something, it means that right now you want to haveit.
　　在美國(guó)口語(yǔ)中，假如你fancy某東西，也就是說(shuō)，此刻你就想得到那種東西。
　　For example, ‘I fancy an ice cream’, ‘I fancy a hamburger’
　　例如，“我想吃冰淇淋;我想吃漢堡”。
　　Tom：Are you up for a pint after work Catherine?
　　Tom這次是問(wèn)對(duì)方if she was ‘up for a pint’.
　　假如某個(gè)人up for something(打算做某事)，實(shí)際是在說(shuō)他/她想做某事。 這是英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)中較常見(jiàn)的表達(dá)。
　　For example：Are you up for a pint after work Catherine?
　　Tom：Do you feel like a pint, Catherine?
　　這里，假如你feel like某事/某物，即，你想要做某事或得到某物。
　　Now, see if you can hear a difference between the following sentences:
　　Tom: Do you feel like a pint, Catherine?
　　Tom: Do you feel like going for a pint, Catherine?
　　嗯，第二個(gè)句子里面出現(xiàn)了動(dòng)名詞going。 我們用動(dòng)名詞來(lái)表示做某事而不是特指某物。 這里說(shuō)的事情是去喝酒。
　　Tom: Do you feel like a pint, Catherine?
　　In this situation, Tom can choose whether to talk about the pint itself - ‘Do you feel like a pint’ -or the activity of going for a pint - ‘Do you feel like going for a pint?’
　　在這里，Tom可以選擇特指酒本身(‘Do you feel like a pint’)也可以指去喝酒這件事“Do you feel likegoing for a pint?”
　　But, sometimes we don’t have a choice.
　　For example, we can’t say ‘Do you feel like a museum?’ because you can’t buy a museum! Sowe would have to say ‘Do you feel like going to a museum with me?’比如，我們不可以說(shuō)“你想要一個(gè)博物館嗎?或是你不能買(mǎi)一個(gè)博物館!” 正確的表達(dá)應(yīng)該是“你想跟我去博物館?”