英语委婉语气表达法

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?whisky??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)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?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?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??

(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?tomorrow.?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“Let’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、用带just/kindly/please的祈使句或“祈使句

+will?you/won’t?you/can?you/?could?you?”??

命令或请求??

(1)?Just?drop?me?off?at?the?airport.?It’s?not?necessary?to?see?me?off.?到机场让我下车就行,不必送我起飞了。??

(2)?Get?some?chalk?quickly,?will?you?快拿点粉笔来好吗？??

(3)?Please?give?my?love?to?your?parents?and?Kate,?won’t?you??请代我向你父母和凯特问好好吗？??

七、用“Have?you?thought?of/?considered?doing...?”提出建议??

(1)?Have?you?thought?of/?considered?buying?a?new?house??你考虑过买套新房子吗？??

(2)?I?hope?you?don’t?mind?me?saying?this,?but?have?you?thought?of?/considered?giving? up?drinking??我希望你不介意我这样说，但你考虑过戒酒吗？??

八、用“I?wonder?/I’m?wondering/I?was?wondering?if/whether?...”提出请求??

(1)?I?wonder?if?I?could?have?a?word?with?you?right?now.?不知道我可不可以现在和你说几句话。??