1. Request (1)
1) Could you hold the door open, please?
请让门继续开着好不好?
hold = keep in a certain condition
2) Won’t you buy me a newspaper on your way home?
回家的时候,替我买份报纸好不好?
buy me a newspaper 是“主词+受词”+受词的句型,口语中经常用到,应该记熟。
3) Please come in.
请进。
4) Would you bring Alice with you?
你能带着爱丽斯一起来吗?
take Alice with you 是带去的意思,很常用。
5) I’d like to have you come to my house for dinner sometime1.
改天请到我家来吃饭。(哈哈,我当然愿意了:)
这是很惯用的表达方式。
6) May (can) I ask you to wait here for ten minutes?
请在这里稍等片刻,可以吗?
7) Will you be able to drive me to the airport?
请问,你能送我到机场吗?
这句话和“Will you walk me to my car?”(请你送我到我的汽车那儿。)
同是美国的口语,应该牢记。