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本課註記道地英語表達 “如果我沒記錯的話”

① If memory serves me right

② If I'm not mistaken
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Travel English 觀光英語
2022.06.01 Unit 1 ★★★ GETTING ROBBED 錢包被偷!
T: Tim / H: Helen Tim and Helen are about to pay for drinks at a cafe.
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T: Wait! Where'd it go?

H: Where'd what go? Did you lose something?

T: My wallet. It's gone. I don't have a clue where it went.

H: Are you sure? When was the last time you remember having it?

T: Umm. If my memory serves me right, I took it out on the bus when I paid the bus fare, right?

H: Yeah, that's the last time I remember seeing it, too. Did you drop it?

T: No, that's impossible. I put it directly back into my pocket. I remember it clearly.

H: Then, perhaps it was stolen?

T: I think so. I'm usually good at keeping track of my things. I must've been robbed.

H: So, what are you going to do now?

T: Well, there's not much I can do.
I might go to the police station and file a report, but I bet that they'd also have no way to solve the case.

H: But aren't there cameras on all the buses?
If we ask the police to check them, then maybe you'd have a shot at' getting your wallet back.

T: Hmm. Yeah, you're right. In that case, let's go ask the police for help.

H: All right, let's go.

(Helen gets up to leave. Tim looks alarmed.)

T: Wait, Helen! Could you spare me some money to pay for my coffee, please?

H: Sure. No worries.

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6月1日 Getting Robbed 錢包被偷!

提姆和海倫在咖啡廳準備要付飲料錢

提姆:等等!它跑去哪了?

海倫:什麼跑去哪了?你弄丢了什麼嗎?

提姆:我的錢包。它不見了。我不知道他去哪了。

海倫:你確定嗎?你還記得上一次拿著它是什麼時候嗎?

提姆:嗯。如果我沒記錯的話,我在公車上要付車費的時候有把它拿出來,對吧?

海倫:對啊,我記得我上一次看到它也是那時候。錢包掉到地上了嗎?

提姆:不,不可能。我直接把它放進口袋裡啊。我記得非常清楚。

海倫:那麼,可能被偷走了?

提姆:我這麼覺得。通常我相當會注意自己的東西在哪裡。我一定是被搶了。

海倫:所以你現在要怎麼辦?

提姆:嗯,我也不能做什麼。我可能會去警察局報案,但我打賭他們也無法破案。

海倫:但每個公車上不是都有攝影機嗎?如果我們請警察檢視一下,那麼你就有可能找回你的錢包了。

提姆:嗯。是啊,妳說的沒錯。那樣的話,我們去尋求警察協助吧。

海倫:好啊,我們走。

(海倫起身離開。提姆看起來有點驚慌。)

提姆:等一下,海倫!能不能麻煩妳借我點錢付我的咖啡?海 倫:當然·沒問題。

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◎單字片語 Words & Phrases 單字片語◎
 

* backtrack vi. 回溯

* accidentally adv.意外地

1. rob    vt.搶劫

● rob sb of sth 搶奪搶走某人某物

● steal  vt.愉・竊取

● steal sth from sb 從某人身上竊取某物

● Two men robbed an old lady of her handbag. 兩名男子搶了一位老婦人的手提包。

● The girl stole money from her parents. 這個女孩偷了她爸媽的錢。

2. fare  n.(搭乘交通工具的)車費/票價

● Nina spends NT$500 on the train fare every week. 妮娜每週搭火車的費用為新台幣五百元。

3. keep track of... 追蹤/記錄·⋯

● It's difficult to keep track of all the virus spreaders in a country. 要追蹤一個國家裡所有病毒傳播者的足跡是很困難的。

4. file a report 報案

● Filing a police report online saves you timeand a trip. 網路報案可以省去你時間,也不用跑一趟警局。

5.1 bet + (that) 子句 我敢打賭/我確信⋯⋯(bet三態形)

● I bet Liam is going to be late as always. 我打賭連恩會一如往棠地遲到。

6. have a shot at...有機(做)⋯⋯

● If you go to the party, you may have a shot at finding a girlfriend. 如果你去這場派對的話,你可能有機會找到一個女友。

7. alarmed a.受驚的・驚慌的

● Lexi was alarmed to find that her house had been broken into. 萊西看到她家被闖入後很驚慌。

8. spare  vt.撥出・騰出

● Thank you for sparing me so much of your time. 謝謝你為我騰出這麼多時間。

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◎ 重點解析Tips in Use：中文「如果我沒記錯的話」=英文「如果記對的話」 ◎ 

「如果我沒記錯的話」英文怎麼說

在中文裡,我們常說「如果我沒記錯的話」,但在英文裡,常會使用肯定語氣「如果記對的話」。

* 表示「如果我沒記錯的話」的幾種句型:

* if (my) memory serves me (right / well / correctly)

* if I remember right / rightly / correctly

* if I've got this right

* if I'm not mistaken / unless I'm mistaken

* mistaken [ ma'stekn ]  a.弄錯的 

A: Do you know when I can take out the trash?

B: If memory serves me right, the garbage truck comes at 7 p.m. every night.

甲:你知道我什麼時候可以倒垃圾嗎?

乙:如果我沒記的話,垃圾車每晚七點會來。

A: I can't remember how much money I owe you.

B: Well. If I'm not mistaken, you still owe me NT$2,000.

甲:我忘記我欠你多少錢了。

乙:嗯。如果我沒記錯的話,你還欠我新臺幣兩千元。
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英文試金石 You Can Do This

① 卡爾在回家路上被搶了。

      On his way home, Carl was ____ .

② 凱特需要記錄她的花費。

      Kate needs to ____ of her expenses.

③ 彼得發現他的狗不見時很驚慌。

     Peter was ____ to see that his dog got lost.

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You Can Do This

1. robbed 2. keep track 3. alarmed