用英语赞美.doc

You have a good sense of humor. 你真幽默。（别人讲笑话不管好笑不好笑，都用这句。美国人极其喜欢的表扬！） Your Chinese is really surprising! 你的中文令人惊讶！（用来鼓励说汉语的老外。）Your English is incredible. 我真不敢相信你的英语。（用了六星级形容词！） You have a very successful business. 你的事业很成功。（现代人喜欢听！） You are very professional. 你非常专业。（他会更认真！） You are so smart. 你非常聪明。（谁都愿意听！） I envy you very much. 我非常羡慕你。（接下来你可以诉苦了。） You two make a lovely couple. 你们真是天生的一对。（他们会为选择了彼此而自豪。） Your son/daughter is so cute. 你的孩子很可爱。（外国人绝对喜欢听的表扬！） You are really talented. 你很有天赋。（给他动力和勇气。）You look nice in that color. 你穿那种颜色很好看。（搞不好，她会买一大堆那种颜色的衣服。） You have a good taste. 你很有品位。（高层次的赞美。） You look like a million dollars. (=You look outstanding. =You look like a movie star.) 你看上去帅呆了。（多么昂贵的赞美！）You look great today. 你今天看上去很棒。（每天都可以用！） We are so proud of you.我们真为你骄傲。（表扬孩子最有效。） Im very pleased with your work.我对你的工作非常满意。（正式、真诚的赞扬。） This is really a nice place.这真是个好地方！（随口就说且效果很好的赞美！） You are looking sharp. 你看上去真精神/真棒/真漂亮！（可令他兴致盎然。） Everything tastes great.每样东西都很美味。（吃完了就说这句。） I admire/respect your work. 我对你的工作表示敬意。（世界通用！） Youve got a great personality.你的个性很好。（非常安全的表扬。） You always know the right thing to say. (=You are very eloquent.) 你总是说话得体。（高层次的表扬！） Nice going! (=You did a good job.) 干得好！（极其地道的表扬！） Im Susan Clark with the Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. A woman from Japan was telling a friend about her trip to the United States. The woman had visited major businesses and investment companies in New York City and Chicago. I studied English before I left home, she said. But I still was not sure that people were speaking English. Her problem is easy to understand. Americans in business are like people who are in business anywhere. They have a language of their own. Some of the words and expressions deal with the special areas of their work. Other expressions are borrowed from different kinds of work such as the theater and movie industry. One such saying is get your act together. When things go wrong in a business, an employer may get angry. He may shout,