1、英语委婉语气表达法作者：张志勇 文章来源：英语知识 点击数：1696 更新时间：2008-4-17英语交际中，为了使对方能愉快地接受自己的请求、建议、命令、警告等，往往要用委婉语气,尤其在口语中。现将常见的表达方法荟萃如下： 一、用“Will you...?”提出请求等 (1) Will you (please) lend me some writing paper? 请借给我一些信纸好吗？ (2) Won’t you sit down and have some whi
2、sky? 要不要坐下来喝点儿威士忌? 二、用would开头的句式提出请求 1. Would you (please/kindly)... ? (1) I didn’t quite catch your name. Would you spell it, please? 我没听清你的名字，请拼一下好吗？ (2) Would you kindly drive me home?你能不能开车送我回家？ 2. Would it be possible /too much (for me)
3、to...? (1) Would it be possible for me to take three days off next month? 我可不可以在下个月请三天假？ (2) Would it be too much to ask you to look after my baby for a moment? 你可以帮我看一会儿孩子吗？ 3. Would you be kind/good enough to /so kind as to...? (1) Would you
4、be kind/good enough to meet us at the port? 麻烦你到机场接我们好吗？ (2) Would you be so kind as to keep me informed? 请随时告诉我一些情况好吗？ 4. Would you mind (my) doing...? Would you mind my turning down the volume of the television? 你不介意我把电视声音关小点儿吧? 5. Would you
5、mind if I ...? Would you mind if I asked you a question? 我可以问你一个问题吗？ 三、shall用于第一人称和第三人称，构成疑问句，提出建议或征求对方意见 (1) Shall we go to the concert tonight? 我 们今晚去听音乐会好吗？ (2) Shall she come at once? 要她马上来吗？ 四、用would, should, could, might表示看法、提出建议或忠告等
6、 (1) It would seem that something is wrong with the truck. 看来这部卡车出毛病了。 (2) There might/could have been an accident in the street.街上可能出事故了。 (3) I should /wouldhave thought she isn’t so careless. 我本以为她不至于那么粗心。 (4) We should start out earlier tomorr
7、ow. 明天我们得早点出发。 (5) You have a slight fever. I could go out to buy you some medicine. 你有点儿发烧，我可以帮你买些药。 (6) You might invite him to attend your wedding. 你不妨请他参加你们的婚礼。 (7) Wouldn’t it be a good idea to cut down your drinking? 你少喝点儿酒不是个好办法吗? 五、用“Le
8、t’s...,OK/shall/shan’t we?”提出建议 (1) Let’s discuss this problem at next meeting, OK/ shall we? 我们下次会议再讨论这一问题好吗？ (2) Let’s go upstairs to the Ladies’ Wear Department, shall/shan’t we? 咱们到楼上女子服装部去好吗？ 六、
