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当你有重要事要打断别人的谈话或工作，最好先礼貌地问句：May I have a word with you?　（我可以和你谈一会吗？）。虽然是a word，但不是只说一个字而已，而是一段很简短的对话，或可以说：May I have a quick word with you? / May I have a word in your ear? 通常有这样的要求，谈话内容可能比较私人或秘密，或者也可以用A word if you dont mind.（只是一句话，如你不介意）。 6 y Y1 L/ N6 A1 J- I8 R对话 $ l, s1 O B6 |A: Julie, may I have a word with you, please? 4 E$ U! {7 p/ Y4 U7 zB: Sorry, Im a bit tied up at the moment. Can we talk later? 6 Z( f) c6 X6 i- k3 [+ JA: You said that earlier and Ive been waiting all afternoon. I only need 5 minutes to go over this. {: c ~ J( D# t$ ZB: , please take a seat. 6 C8 P8 C8 z; [% J# I. O [甲：茱莉，我可否和你谈一会吗？ 7 p$ o, r* A% ^) r! h乙：对不起，我现在很忙，可否迟些再谈？ 8 m% | h3 c5 q甲：你较早前已这样说过，而我已等了整个下午，我只需要5分钟就足够了。 * ^4 J+ |; p2 q5 i$ y乙：好吧，请坐。 $ Z1 u* i) g# QMay I have a word with you?即‘我可否和你谈谈吗？’A word两字可不可以改作words? 改作words，意思就完全不同了。To have a word with somebody. 是‘和某人谈谈’，To have words with somebody. 则是‘和某人吵架’，例如：He had words with his wife last night. (他昨晚和妻子吵架）。 $ Z6 J+ c# m% _6 i$ {% M又请看以下两句有什么分别：He had white hair、He had white hairs。 按hair泛指毛发，是不可数名词，例如：I find her shoulder-length hair very beautiful.（我觉得她及肩的头发很美丽）。但是，一根毛发却是可数名词（countable noun），例如成语to hang by a hair即‘系于一发’，His life is hanging by a hair. 等于‘他生死悬于一发’。He had white hair.是说‘他满头白发’，He had white hairs.则是说‘他头上有些白发’。/ `. p, t: z4 e! l aWho is your favorite singer? % H6 R! k$ t8 }* F? ?? ?? ? m6 h Y4 X4 J相信每个人心里都有一些最喜欢的东西。最喜欢的英文就是favorite。最喜欢的食物(favorite food)、最喜欢的颜色(favorite　color)、最喜欢的歌手(favorite singer)。那么你最喜欢的歌手是谁？Who is your favorite singer?如果你没有特别偏爱的歌手，可回答：I dont have a particular favorite.（我没有特别的偏爱）。相反你有一个非常喜欢的歌手，可以用firm favorite，例如：Michael Jackson is my firm favorite.（米高积逊是我非常喜爱的歌手。) Hot favorite是指非常流行 / 受欢迎的东西，例如：This song is a hot favorite in Hong Kong.（这首歌在香港非常流行）。 2 K+ }2 G! n$ s2 w/ ^8 D% x1 B对话 9 p. x. m% A6 Q9 N* q+ DＡ：What were your hobbies at university? 0 _7 X1 k* N# W6 E! f3 T1 cＢ：Well, I liked to do so many things so I didnt really have a regular hobby. But I was a rock singer and I st