- 我该怎么做呢? How should I do it?
Just start the car! (只要发动车!)
How should I do it? (我怎么发动汽车呢?)
- 你该这么做。 This is the way you should do it.
I can't do it. (我不会做。)
This is the way you should do it. (你该这么做。)
= This is how you should do it.
= You should do it this way.
= This is how you do it.
- 这样的话就会很顺利。 It'll do the trick.
*表示稍微采用一些手段或方法就能产生所设想的效果/就会顺利。
How's this? (这样做怎么样?)
It'll do the trick. (这样就会见效。)
= It'll be effective.
= That'll work.
= That'll do it.
- 这样看上去好一些。 This looks better.
= This is more pleasing in appearance.
= I like the looks of this one better.
- 我用自己的办法做。 I'll do it my own way.
Let me show you how to do it. (我让你看看我的做法。)
I'll do it my own way. (我用我自己的办法。)
I'll do it the way I want to. (我用我自己想用的方法。)
- 像这样? Like this?
*穿衣服时表示“是这样穿吗?”；吃第一次吃到的东西时表示“是这样吃吗?”。
You eat sushi this way. (寿司是这样吃的。)
Like this? (是像这样吗?)
= You mean like this?
- 像什么? Like what?
Like what? (像什么?)
Like chicken. (像只鸡。)
- 很简单。 It's easy.
= It's a cinch.
= It's a snap.
- 简单得不得了。 Just like that!
Can you buy guns in America? (在美国可以买到枪吗?)
Yes. It's easy, just like that! (是的，轻而易举。)
Just as if it were nothing. (简单得不能再简单了。)
- 有点儿难哦。 It's a little hard.
= It's kind of difficult.
- 很复杂哦。 It's complicated.
= It's complex.
- 首先应该做这个。 This is the first thing to do.
= You should do this first.
- 你掉了这个。 You dropped this.
*drop “掉下，丢下”。
You dropped this. (你掉了这个。)
Oh, yeah. It's mine. (哦，对!是我的。)
- 我想这是你丢的吧! I think you dropped this.
I think this is yours. (我想这是你的吧。)
- 这是你的吗? Is this yours?
= Did you drop this?
- 这不是你的吗? Isn't this yours?
= Doesn't this belong to you?
- 是我的。 It's mine.
Yes, that's mine. (是的，那是我的。)
Yes, it's my handkerchief. (是的，是我的手绢。)
= It belongs to me.
- 我的钱包丢了。 I've lost my wallet.
- 这下可麻烦了。 I'm in trouble! *be in trouble 表示“陷入困境”。