2013英语口译中级之走遍美国学习笔记1

Richard: Excuse me. My name is Richard Stewart. I'm a photographer. May I take a picture of you and your little boy?
Mrs.Vann: What's it for? 
Richard: It's for a book.
Mrs.Vann: You're writing a book?
Richard: It's a book of pictures. I call it Family Album, U.S.A.
Mrs.Vann: Oh, that's a nice idea. Well, it's fine if you take our picture. I'm Martha Vann.
Richard: Thank you. I appreciate your help. I'm Richard. What's your name?
Gerald: Gerald.
Richard: How old are you, Gerald?
Gerald: Five.
Richard: And where do you live?
Mrs.Vann: We live in California.
Richard: Well, welcome to New York. OK, just a second. I'm almost ready here.

【语言点精讲】

1. Excuse me. My name is Richard Stewart. I'm a photographer.
这是Richard在与陌生人搭讪并介绍自己。
Excuse me 这个短语用来引起对方的注意。相当于汉语的“对不起，劳驾”。
自我介绍时可以先介绍自己的名字，再说明自己的职业。
介绍自己的名字时，可以像Richard一样，说My name is Richard Stewart.
也可以像Mrs. Vann那样，说I'm Martha Vann.

2. May I take a picture of you and your little boy?
May I...是一种很礼貌的征求别人的同意的说法，相当于“我可以...吗？”。
Richard 想要为Mrs. Vann 母子拍照片，他首先要征得当事人的同意，否则闹出肖像权的问题可不是好玩滴~~

3. I appreciate your help.
这是在受别人帮助或听了别人的忠告之后的感谢语。在Richard向Mrs. Vann说明了照片的用途后，Mrs. Vann欣然接受拍照的请求，之后Richard立即向对方表达了感谢。这里也可以说I really appreciate it.

4. Welcome to New York.
Welcome to… 是迎接客人的客套语。Richard与Mrs. Vann母子攀谈几句后得知母子二人来自于California，于是Richard对他们说，欢迎到纽约来。
又例如：Welcome to HJ English.