1. 当别人在你旁边罗嗦个没完，你烦透了，说“you are so boring “.(你真烦！)。“ shut up !”（闭嘴！）自然没错，可人家受得了吗？不如来一句“oh, come on .give me a break !” (帮帮忙，让我歇歇吧！)这多地道、多幽默。

    2. 要想说人“气色好”。“you look fine !”当然不错，可如果你说“you’re in the pink !”就妙得多了，实际上，在英语口语中，表示颜色的词用起来非常形象生动。 “他精力充沛”美国人说：“he is bouncy.”而不说“he is energetic ”,牢记一些日常对话中的活句式是你一把必备的钥匙。 如：久仰，“I get mind of you ”比“I heard a lot about you.”轻松得多。 代问他人好当然能用”please remember me to your sister .” 或“please give my best wishes to your father ”不过，若是很好的朋友，何不说，“please give my love to Jim。”

    3. 在中国可不能随便说“我想你”，然而，当和西方人分手时说“I will miss you.”要比说“good-bye”或“see you soon”有趣得多，不妨一试。

    4. 有人开会迟到了，你若对他说 “you are late .”，听起来象是废话，若说“did you get lost ?”，则更能让他歉然，可别说成“get lost!”那可是让人滚蛋的意思。

    5. 别人问你不愿公开的问题，切勿用“it’s my secret ,don’t ask such a personal question .”回答，一来显得你没有个性，二来也让对方尴尬。你可以说“I would rather not say .”（还是别说了吧！）。

    6. 有时候，你想说什么，可说是想不起来，你可以说“well …”“let me see”“just a moment ”或“it’s on the tip of my tongue.”等，相比之下，最后一个句型是最地道的。

    7. 交谈时，你可能会转换话题，不要只说“by the way ”,实际上，“to change the subject”“before I forget”“while I remember”“mind you ”都是既地道有受欢迎的表达。

    8. 遇到你不懂的问题时可别不懂装懂，“I know”可能是中国人用得最多，而美国人最不能接受的一句话。当一美国教师向你解释某个问题时，你如果连说两遍“I know”,我敢保证，他不会再跟你说什么了。用“I got it ”就顺耳得多，要是不懂就说“I’m not clear about it .”不过如果你会说“It’s past my understanding”或“it’s beyond me .”你的教师定会惊讶不已的。

    9. Cut it out! = Knock it out！= Stop it! 少来这一套！同学之间开玩笑的话。

    10. What s up? = What s happening? = What s new? 见面时随囗问候的话“最近在忙什么？有什么新鲜事吗？”一般的回答是“Nothing much!”或“Nothing new!”

    11. Give me a break! 你饶了我吧！（开玩笑的话）

    12. Don t give me a hard time! 别跟我过不去好不好！

    13. Get yourself together! 振作点行不行！

    14. Cool：That’s cool! 年轻人常用的囗语“酷！”，表示不赖嘛！用于人或事均可。

    15. Blow it. = Screw up. 搞砸了。

    16. What a big hassle. 真是个麻烦事。

    17. Go for it. 加油

    18. Don't give me that! 别给我来那一套！

    19. Hang in there. = Don t give up. = Keep trying. 再撑一下。

Joke of Today

A bribe for your professor

    A professor was giving a big test one day to his students. He handed out all of the tests and went back to his desk to wait. Once the test was over, the students all handed the tests back in. The professor noticed that one of the students had attached a $100 bill to his test with a note saying "A dollar per point." The next class the professor handed the tests back out. This student got back his test and $56 change.