十六、如何提出问题；如何拖延，回答的技巧

（1） 提问

不知你是否能够帮助我，我想知道

I was wondering if you could help me. I’d like to know

不知你是否介意告诉我

I wonder if you could tell me

这也许听起来是一个愚蠢的问题，但我想知道

我希望你不要介意我的问题，我想知道

你很介意告诉我

打扰一下，我能不能很快问你一个问题

你是否碰巧知道

This sounds like a dumb a question but I’d like to know

Excuse me, do you know

I hope you don’t mind my asking, but I’d like to know

Would mind telling me...

Excuse me, but could I ask you a quick question?

Do you happen to know

（2） 拖延, 避免冷场

好好好，让我想想

好的，我想一下

我不敢肯定，我要核查一下

那真实一个有趣的问题

Well，let me see

Oh let me think for a minute

I’ m not sure; I’ll have to check

That’s a very interesting question 　　

十七、巧妙拒绝

我真的不能肯定

我无法回答

对不起，真是不知道

我没什么想法

我很愿意帮你，只是

这个嘛，我现在不是很想谈

别问我这个

I’m not really sure

I cannot answer that one

I’m sorry, I really don’t know

I’ve got no idea

I’d like to help you, but.

That’s something I’d rather not talk about just now 　　

十八、如何知道得更多

您再讲一些有关......的情况吗？

你能不能再多说一点关于......

关于......我还想了解的更多

我还想知道

另外我想知道的是

对不起，我指的不是那个。我想知道的是

对不起，向您问个没完。您能不能告诉我

对不起，我不是太明白为什么

Could you tell me some more about

Could you mind telling me more about

I’d like to know more about

Something else I was wondering about was

Something else I’ d like to know is

Sorry to keep after you, but could you tell me

Sorry, I don’t quite understand