Circle one letter to indicate the best option that completes each of the following exchanges.
- Peter: “How are you today?”
- Susan: “_________”
B. I feel like a million dollars.
C. I can feel it in my bones.
Mối quan hệ giữa Peter và Susan: Bạn bè/ đòng nghiệp.
Bối cảnh tình huống: Peter hỏi thăm Susan.
Câu thoại đầu tiên: “How are you today?” (Hôm nay bạn khỏe không?) là cấu trúc đưa ra lời chào.
Trong bốn phương án, chỉ có B. I feel like a million dollars. (Tôi cảm thấy vô cùng tuyệt vời.) là một thành ngữ có thể dùng để hồi đáp lời chào.
Ngoài ra, việc dịch ba phương án còn lại cũng giúp ta lựa chọn dễ dàng hơn:
A. Tôi cảm thấy như hàng ngàn vì sao (đây là một mệnh đề không phải thành ngữ)
C. Tôi có thể linh cảm được như vậy (thành ngữ tiếng Anh)
D. Tôi cảm thấy bạn bị nóng tai (bạn cảm thấy bị nóng tai khi có ai đó nhắc tới bạn - thành ngữ tiếng Anh)
Chọn B.It’s late in the evening. Susan and Fiona have just finished work in their office.
Susa: “Let me drive you home.”
Fiona: “_________”
Peter is going on a business trip next week. He is talking to Jake, his colleague.
Jake: “Are you thinking of flying business class?”
Peter: “_________”
Jane is talking to Mike, who has just helped her with her luggage.
- Jane: “_________”
- Mike: “It’s my pleasure.”
Laura is telling Bob about her exam results.
- Laura: “________”
- Bob: “That’s great. Congratulations!”
Linda, Jake, and Jane are classmates. Linda and Jake are on the way home after school. Linda: “Jane didn’t look well today, did she?”
Jake: “_________”
Tom and Mike are having a drink in a café after lunch.
Tom: “Have you seen the price of petrol these days?”
Mike: “________”
Alice and Jenny are friends. They haven’t seen each other for months. Today, Alice is going shopping in the supermarket and sees Jenny.
Alice: “How are you doing?”
Jenny: “_________”Peter and Janet are talking about John, their new classmate. Peter first met John in class yesterday, but Janet hasn’t met him as she was absent.
Janet: “_________?”
Peter: “He’s tall and thin with black hair.”
- Kien: “Do you feel like going out for a drink this evening?”
- Trung: “_________”
A porter is talking to Mary in the hotel lobby.
- Porter: “May I help you with your suitcase?”
- Mary: “________”
Maria is showing a photo of her house to Laura.
Laura: “What a lovely house you have!”
Maria: “_________.”
Charlott is feeling umwell and has to see the doctor, Ben.
Ben: “Do you have a temperature?”
Charlotte: “_________”
It’s in the evening. Cindy is talking to her mother.
Cindy: “Mom, would you mind lending me your car tomorrow morning?”
Cindy’s mother: “_________.”
Jake is in a café and having lunch with a friend of his.
Jake: “Could you bring me some water?”
Waiter: “_________”Tara and Paula is talking about the film that Paula went to see with her boyfriend last night. Tara: “_________”
Paula: “It was really interesting.”