1.4.10 Refuse 拒絕

A: Why don’t you sit down and relax, darling?

A：親愛的，坐下休息一會吧?

B: I don’t want to.

B：我不想。

A: Well, come over and talk to me then.

A：嗯，那過來跟我聊聊。

B: Certainly not.

B：不想。

A: May I turn on the TV then?

A：我打開電視行嗎?

B: Turn on the TV for what?

B：打開電視干什么?

A: So that we can sit down together and listen to some music.

A：我們可以坐下來聽聽音樂。

B: Listen to the music? And who will cook dinner, will you?

B：聽音樂?誰做飯，你嗎?

A: I will, but let’s go to the disco after dinner.

A：好，我做。晚飯后去跳迪斯科吧?

B: To a disco? Oh, no. You know I hate it.

B：跳迪斯科?不去，你知道我討厭迪斯科。

注釋：

“For what?”是口語中一個很常見的問句，意思和“Why?”一樣，但比“Why?”更口語化，有時候也會用“What for?”。