在交談中，Alexandra 表示希望了解一下Richard 的書。于是Richard 向她
展示了自己為這本書拍的一些照片。同時(shí)，Richard 也向她展示了自己家人的照
片。

    下面，上音頻~~

    Richard ： Your English is very good. Alexandra ： Thanks. I studied
English in school. Richard： Would you like some coffee ？

    Alexandra ： No ， thank you. Tell me about your book. Richard： Oh
，it's not finished yet， but I have some of the pictures. Would you like
to see them ？

    Alexandra ： Yes， I'd like that. Richard ： Here they are. Family
Album ， U.S.A…… It's an album of pictures of the United States ： the
cities， the special places ， and the people. And these are pictures
of people working ： steel workers， bankers， police ， street vendors
，ambulance drivers， doctors……Oh， this is my father. He's a doctor.
This is my mother. Alexandra： What's her name？

    Richard ： Ellen. My younger brother， Robbie. He goes to high school.
This is my sister Susan. She works for a toy company. Here's my grandfather.
He lives in Florida. And this is my wife Marilyn. Alexandra ： Oh ， she's
very pretty. Richard： Thanks.

    「語言點(diǎn)精講」

    1. Would you like some coffee ？

    Would you like……相當(dāng)于“你想要……嗎？”，在客氣地請(qǐng)對(duì)方做某事或
請(qǐng)客時(shí)用。

    如本文中，Richard 問Alexandra “想來一點(diǎn)咖啡嗎”，他說 "Would you
like some coffee？" 在談到自己的書Family Album， U.S.A. 時(shí)，他問對(duì)方
“想要看一看嗎”，"Would you like to see them ？" 如果我們不想接受，就
說"No ， thank you."如果愿意接受，則說"Yes. I'd like that." 或者"Yes.
Please."

    2. Here they are.

    把東西給別人看時(shí)用。單數(shù)時(shí)用 Here it is.

    3. Thanks.

    在本情境中出現(xiàn)的兩次"Thanks"都是對(duì)于別人贊美的回應(yīng)。

    稱贊對(duì)方，或?qū)Ψ降募胰耍�是美國人很重要的一種社交習(xí)慣，被人稱贊時(shí)，
要表示樂于接受并愉快地感謝，不要急于否認(rèn)或自貶，也不要表現(xiàn)得扭捏不安。

    所以無論是人家說你的英語好——"Your English is very good."，還是稱
贊你的夫人很漂亮——"Oh ， she's very pretty."，都不必不好意思，只要說
聲 "Thank you"就可以了。