作者：陳覺法

本期日常會話考點與熱點的話題是怎樣提高交流技巧和怎樣表達邏輯關系。請做下面的練習題，再閱讀題后的參考答案與簡析。

單項填空。

1. -What a beautiful girl your daughter is, Mrs. White.

-Thanks a lot. Besides, ________

A. she often makes trouble.

B. she gives us no trouble at all.

C. anything else do you do?

D. I don't like her laziness.

2. -How often do you eat out?

- ________ , but usually once a week.

A. Have no idea

B. It depends

C. As usual

D. Generally speaking

3. -The bottle is easily broken.

- ________ Therefore it must be handled carefully.

A. Do you think so?

B. I've known about it earlier!

C. Yes. It is easily broken.

D. Let me have a look.

4. - ________ I didn't hear you clearly. It's too noisy here.

-I was saying that the party was great.

A. Repeat. B. Once again. C. Sorry? D. So what?

5. -Math is mainly concerned with the study of numbers, shapes or quantities.

-Yes, ________ .

-Yeah, physics is concerned with the study of natural phenomena.

A. science is all the same

B. but I'm bad at physics study

C. generally, you're right

D. while physics is quite different

6. -He may not offer you much help.

-Really? ________ , I won't go.

A. If possible B. In that case C. Unluckily D. However

7. -Fairly warm this morning, isn't it?

-You're right. The air is so warm and everything looks so fresh and green.

-Say, ________

A. how about a walk along the river?

B. it's generally good weather.

C. how old are you?

D. the views on both sides are really nice!

參考答案與簡析：

1. B。besides是"再則"的意思。在別人贊賞的基礎上作進一步敘述，是遞進關系，應該與前面"好"的內容保持一致。

2. B。與轉折性連詞but后的內容保持邏輯一致："這得看情況，不過通常每周一次。"

3. C。對前面內容的重復，以表示強調，然后在此基礎上順理成章地提出："因此要小心地搬動"。

4. C。由下文可知對方沒有聽清，請別人再說一遍，此時應該用pardon或sorry之類的話語，以表示禮貌。

5. D。第一說話人表示贊同，隨之又說"物理學與自然現象的研究有關"，由此可知，這里說的是與物理學的性質有關的話，而不是物理課學得如何（不選B）。

6. B。In that case"如果是那樣的話"，是表示假設的詞組，往往用作某種決定或結論的前提條件。

7. A。既然天氣這么好，一切都這么清新，"沿河邊去散散步怎么樣？"。Say這里用以引起對方的注意，可譯作"喂"。