- A: “Would you mind turning down your stereo?”
- B: “_________”
B. I’m really sorry!
Mối quan hệ giữa A và B: Bạn bè/ đồng nghiệp/ người lạ.
Bối cảnh tình huống: A đang yêu cầu B giảm âm lượng chiếc đài.
Câu thoại đầu tiên: “Would you mind …(Bạn có phiền khi...) là cấu trúc đưa ra lời đề nghị.
Bốn phương án không mang cấu trúc tiêu biểu của lời hồi đáp nên ta dịch nghĩa để chọn phương án phù hợp:
- A: “Bạn có phiền khi giảm âm lượng chiếc đài đi được không?”
- B: “________”
A. Ừ, được. B. Tôi thực sự xin lỗi
C. Ồ! Tôi xin lỗi! Tôi không để ý rồi. D. Không. Tôi không
Chọn C.
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: “_________.”
Circle one letter to indicate the best option that completes each of the following exchanges.
- Peter: “How are you today?”
- Susan: “_________”
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: “_________”