QandAoftheWeek你问我答Convinceandpersuade说服和劝说.PDF

Q and A of the Week 你问我答 Convince and persuade 说服和劝 关于台词的备注: 请注意这不是广播节目的逐字稿件。本文稿可能没有体现录制、编辑过程中对节目做出的改变。 請注意：中文文字内容只提供簡體版 Jackie: Hello, welcome to Question and Answer of the week! Im Jackie and with me today is Helen. Helen: Hello. 在你问我答节目中我们将回答大家的英语语法难题，我们的邮箱是 questions.chinaelt@bbc.co.uk Jackie: Todays question is from Gary Zang. He would like to know the difference between ‘convince’ and ‘persuade’. Helen: Convince 和 persuade 的区别。这有点难度。 Jackie: Yes, it is! Helen: 这两个词都有劝说，说服的意思，就连英国人也不见得能分得清。希望到节目结束时我 们能给大家讲明这两个词的区别。 Jackie: Yes, we hope so! Lets answer using an example. Helen, do you remember the last office Christmas party? Helen: 公司的圣诞晚会？ 我没去。 Jackie: No you didnt, even though I tried to persuade you to. Helen: 不错，你当时想劝我去呢you tried to persuade me to go, 但是我最不喜欢圣诞晚 会了，所以我就另作安排了。你后来还老说我的不是，让我内疚的不得了。 Jackie: Yes, I convinced you that everyone was angry and no-one wanted to talk to you anymore because you wouldnt go. Helen: 你说服了我 you convinced me that 因为我拒绝去晚会，所以大家都不想和我讲话 了。 Q and A of the Week 你问我答 © Brit ish Broadcast ing Corporat ion 2012 Page 1 of 3 /learningenglish Jackie: Now were already seeing a difference in the use of the words convince and persuade. Helen: Hmmm, 让我们来仔细看看这两个词的不同之处吧，先让我们听听以下几个例子。 Examples My mother persuaded me to stay at home. Jane persuaded Tomas to take the exam. Tom convinced me that he could help me. Mary convinced Peter that she was right. Helen: 有没有发现不一样的地方？前两个例句中用了persuade，有表达影响人们的行为举止 的意思。后两个例句中用到 convince, 这涉及到人们的思想。 Jackie: Another example: I convinced Li that her discovery was important, and persuaded her tell ev