会议被打断、电话突然来?用这几句英文,对话无缝接回去~
1.“Where were we?” 说到哪了?
where were we 中文的意思是「我们说到哪里了?」,用在对话或讨论被打断之后,想继续接回去的时候。
语气上非常口语,日常对话和职场开会都能用,没有特别正式或非正式之分。通常搭配 “Sorry about the interruption” 或 “Sorry about that” 一起说,最自然。
2.让对方继续说下去:You were saying?
“You were saying?” 带有「你刚说到哪了?请继续」的意思,常用在对方说话被打断,你想让他继续说下去的情况。语调要稍微上扬,才有邀请对方继续的感觉。”Sorry, you were saying?” 或 “Please, you were saying?” 都很常见。
3.把跑掉的话题拉回来:Let’s get back to…
这句是把偏掉的话题拉回来的好用说法。开会时,话题常常聊着聊着就跑掉了,有人开始说周末去哪,或者突然跑去讨论另一件事,这时候就可以用 “Let’s get back to…” 把大家拉回来。
可以说 “Let’s get back to the main topic”、”Let’s get back to what we were discussing”,或更具体的主题。开会时如果有准备会议议程,直接说 “Let’s get back to the agenda” 也很实用。
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