语言困难( Language Difficulties )

1、当不知某个词的发音时，用How do you pronounce...? 这个词你怎么读?

2、当不知某个词的汉语意思时，用What‘s the Chinese meaning of the word...?...词的汉语意思是什么?类似的表过还有：What do you mean by...in Chinese?/What’s the Chinese for...?/ What does ...mean in Chinese?

3、当不知某个词的拼写时，用Could/can you spell the word?你能拼一下这个词吗?

4、当没听清(懂)对方讲话内容时，

用I‘m sorry， I didn’t quite follow(catch)you.对不起，请再说一遍时，可用下列句型表达：I‘m afraid I didn’t follow (catch)起，我没有听懂(清).

5、当没听懂(清)对方所说的话或请求对方再重复you./Would you mind I repeating that? /pardon ?Beg your pardon?/ I beg your pardon? / Could you say that again ?/Would you please say that again?/Would you please say that more slowly?

6、问对方是否听懂(清)时，

用：Is that clear? /Have I made myself clear?/Do you see what I mean ?/ Do you understand?

7、当不知如何表达某一意思时，用：I‘m sorry， I know only a little English. I don’t know how to say it in English(I don‘t know the exact word in English)，but it is some thing like...对不起，我仅懂一点点英语.我不知如何用英语表达这个词(我不知道英语中能表达该意思的准确的词)，但它有点象....

8、当表示在语言某方面上有无困难时，可用 I have some(no， much， little， a little，some) difficulty (trouble)in pronouncing(spelling，......) .......意为“在做某事方面有一些(没有、很多、很少、有一点困难).”或用have some (no，little，a little，much ，any)difficulty(trouble) with sth.

9、订正或澄清错误时，用：I‘m sorry， I have made a mistake.对不起，我犯了个错误.I’m sorry， I should have said...对不起，我本该说....That‘s not what I meant.我不是那个意思.What I mean is ...我的意思是....I’ll try to explain that again，我将尽力再解释一下.