A:Could you help me with my English? 你能幫我學英語嗎?
B: By all means. 沒問題,交給我了。
A: You’ll pick me up at the airport tomorrow, will you? 你明天要來機場接我,行嗎?
B: I’ll make it by all means. 我一定去接你。
下面,進入今天的正題,如何表達不滿情緒。有一個很簡單的詞:“issue” [‘isu:]
就可以到了。“issue”是個名詞,是“問題, 議題; 爭論點”的意思,如果我有些不滿,我就可以說: I have some issues. 意思是“我有些意見,有些不滿”。
所以說,想表達“有點意見, 有些不滿”,就用“have some issues”。那么,如果是對某人有意見,怎么辦呢? 好辦得很呢,在“have some issues”后面加個介詞”with”,就行了:
I have some issues with my boss lately. 我最近對我的老板有些意見。
Janet has some issues with her parents. 珍麗對她的父母有些情緒。
如果你對某事有看法,不滿,可以在“have some issues”后加個介詞“on”或者”about”,
She has some issues on her new job. 她對她的新工作不太滿意。
We have some issues about our welfare policy. 我們對我們的福利制度有些看法。
如果不滿情緒很嚴重,看法很大,如何利用好“issue”這個詞呢?在它前面加個“big”或”major”把情緒嚴重化:I do have a big issue on your teaching style. 天哪,我的學生開始抱怨了。