二、口语交际考查要点

口语交际要求考生具备日常会话的语用知识和相应的日常口语交流的能力。这些知识和交流能力应该包括问候、询问、介绍、致谢、致歉、赞扬、抱怨、问询、约会、看病、购物、送行、建议、要求、打电话等。此外，考生还需要掌握一定的有关英语口语中常见的习惯用法。以下为几种日常会话的常用表达方式：

1.Making Telephone Call

Could I leave a message？

I’m sorry.This is a wrong number.

Sorry.You’ve dialed a wrong number.

Thank you.Good-bye.

Hold the line，please.

Can I take a message？

Could you ask him to call me back？

Would you care to leave a message？

Do you know when he’ll be back？

Thank you for ringing.

2.Making an appointment

Will you be occupied…？

Are you doing anything special tonight？

Could I come to see you…？

Do you think you could come to see…？

Do you mind if I call on you…？

May I have an appointment with you…？

I’d like to make/fix an appointment for…

Do you have any plans for…？

Will/Would it be convenient if I see you？

Will you be able to see me…？

I wonder whether it would be convenient to…

3.Expressing gratitude and apologies

I do beg your pardon.

I hope you will pardon me for…

I’m terribly sorry about…

It was most careless of me.

I couldn’t have done it without you.

You have been a great help，thanks very much.

I really appreciated your help this morning.

I apologize for…

I can’t tell you how sorry l am.

I must make an apology for…

May I offer you my sincere apologies for…

Please forgive me for…

I’m sorry.I didn’t mean to hurt your feeling.

4.Asking someone to do something

I wonder if you could possibly do…

Would you mind doing…？

Could you help me please？

Do you know how to do this？

Could you give me a hand？

Would you please do me a favor？

5.Asking about price

How much does it cost？

How much，please？

How much shall I pay for it？

How much will it be together？

What does it come to？

How do you sell the water melons？

How much do you want for it？

What’s it worth？

6.Attending a customer

Can I help you？

Can I help you in any way？

Anything I can do for you？

Are you being attended to？

Is anybody looking after you？

Can I be of any assistance to you？

Could I be of service to you？

Have you been taken care of？

What can I do for you？

May I help you？

Are you being served？

7.Making suggestions（informal expressions）

It might be a good idea to…

Let’s…

Shall we…？

Why don’t we…？

Don’t you think it better to…？

Maybe you ought to…

How about/What about…？

Do you think it would be a good idea…？

I thought you might like to…

Why not…？

Have you ever thought of/considered…？

Would it be better…？

8.Making suggestions（formal expressions）

Have you considered…？

Would you care to…？

Would you like to…？

I wonder whether you’d like to…

I should like to put forward a suggestion.

I was wondering if you have ever thought of…

I’d like to suggest…

I’d propose…

If I may make a suggestion…

对于生活、学习和工作中的常见口语交际，考生应能做到：①理解会话情景；②理解说话人的意图；③理解会话的含义；④理解口语中常见的习惯用法。