Sound Natural: How to Speculate & Express Possibility in English · Learn English with EnglishClass101.com
本课教你如何用英语进行推测和表达可能性，适合练习日常对话和口语表达。
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Do you know how to speculate about something in English?
你知道如何用英语对某件事进行推测（即表达自己的想法或预测）吗？
You'll learn how in just a moment.
你马上就会明白的。
Hi, my name is Alicia, and in this lesson you'll learn how to speculate about something through a quick conversation.
嗨，我的名字是艾丽西亚。在这节课中，你将学习如何通过简短的对话来对某件事进行推测（即分析或预测其可能的后果）。
Let's look at the dialogue.
让我们来看看这段对话。
So, you grew up around here?
那么，你是在这里长大的吗？
Yeah, I'm a real New Yorker.
是的，我是个地道的纽约人。
You should know this town better than anyone then.
那你应该比任何人都更了解这个小镇吧。
Well, I wouldn't say that.
嗯，我可不这么认为。
Come on then, what's your recommendation?
那么，你有什么建议呢？
My friends and I usually just go to Greenburger.
我和我的朋友们通常会去 Greenburger 餐厅吃饭。
Let's go over the dialogue again more slowly this time.
这次我们再慢慢地把这段对话过一遍吧。
So, you grew up around here?
那么，你是在这里长大的吗？
Yeah, I'm a real New Yorker.
是的，我是一个地道的纽约人。
You should know this town better than anyone then.
那么，你应该比任何人都更了解这个小镇了。
Well, I wouldn't say that.
嗯，我不会这么说的。
Come on then, what's your recommendation?
那么，你有什么建议呢？
My friends and I usually just go to Greenburger.
我和我的朋友们通常会去 Greenburger 餐厅。
Let's focus on the key part of the conversation.
让我们把注意力集中在对话的关键部分上。
This character is asking this character if she's from New York City.
这个角色正在询问另一个角色是否来自纽约市。
When she says yes, he says, you should know this town better than anyone then.
当她答应时，他说：“那你应该比任何人都更了解这个小镇。
Because he doesn't know for sure if she knows the town well, he says should.
因为他不确定她是否对这个城镇非常熟悉，所以他建议还是应该（让她去了解）。
It's a kind of guess that he expects to be true.
这其实只是一种猜测，但他希望这种猜测能够成真。
In this lesson, you'll learn how to make statements like this.
在这一课中，你将学习如何构造这样的陈述句。
Let's look at the sentence pattern.
让我们来看看这个句子的结构（即句子的构成方式）。
This pattern is the structure that all of our examples will follow.
这种模式是我们所有示例都将遵循的结构。
Subject should bear infinitive.
主语应使用不定式形式。
Let's see how a line from the dialogue follows this pattern.
让我们看看对话中的一句话是如何遵循这种模式的。
You should know better than anyone.
你应该比任何人都更明白这一点。
This pattern is used when using personal expectations to speculate about something.
当人们根据个人预期对某件事进行推测时，就会使用这种模式。
Now let's look at some speaking examples.
现在让我们来看一些演讲的例子。
The character is speaking with someone about what they think the weather will be like.
这个角色正在和某人讨论他们认为天气会是什么样的。
The temperature should be cold.
温度应该很低（即很冷）。
Can you see how the pattern applies here?
你能明白这个模式在这里是如何应用的吗？
Now imagine they're talking about their order at a restaurant.
现在想象一下，他们正在谈论在餐厅里点的餐食。
I don't think dinner should be too late.
我认为晚餐的时间不应该太晚。
I don't think dinner should be too late.
我认为晚餐的时间不应该太晚。
Let's try one more.
我们再试一次吧。