美国校园情景会话 8_情景口语

8. learning english 学

a: ralph, do me a favor, will you?
b: that all depends on what it is.
a: this is the proble, i'm still having trouble with my english. the instructor suggests that i ask an american to help me by telling me how he says the things i say which just aren't english. i wanted you to be the american.
b: what good'll it do? you never speak english unless you absolutely have to. i'll help you if you promise to speak noting but english all the time.
a: all right. maybe i'll do that. it's the only way i'll be able to learn english fast enough, i guess.

notes
what good'll it do? - it will be useless
unless you absolutely have to… 除了你非…不可
make a bargain with sb. 同…约定

a：拉尔夫，帮我一个忙，好吗？
b：这要看帮什么忙。
a：我有个困难。我的英语仍然遇到麻烦。建议我请一位美国人帮助，要他告诉我，我说的那些根本不像的话应当怎样说。我想要你做这个美国人。
b：这有什么用？你除了非说不可的时候，你从来不说英语。好吧！我跟你达成一个协议：如果你保证在任何时候除了外什么也不说，我就帮助你。
a：好吧，也许我能办得到。我想这是我能迅速学会的唯一方法。