有關五官及表情的表達愈細膩就愈能觸動人心,但以我們非以英文為母語的人而言,學習英文是為了提升職場競爭力,應該慢慢從閱讀當中去領略,或將所學慢慢應用的全文的說寫表達中,沒有頻繁地做全文說寫的表達,記憶再多單詞也沒有意義。
- To breathe 呼吸
We breathe in deeply while doing yoga.
- To cough咳嗽
He started to cough once he had a cold .
- To laugh笑出聲音
They were laughing as soon as they were told a joke.
- To scream (因恐懼、興奮、憤怒或其他強烈情緒而)尖叫
She screamed when she saw the mouse in the kitchen.
- To sigh嘆氣
She sighed when she finally found her keys.
- To yawn打呵欠
I could see my students yawning, so I knew the lesson was boring
- whisper發出氣音
They were whispering when the professor started his lecture.
- To shout/ To yell 吼叫;極大聲說話
You don’t have to shout because I can hear you now.
- To mumble 含糊地說
My wife mumbled something about housework.
- To mutter 咕噥;喃喃自語
Laurence muttered something about his wife and left.
- To whistle 吹口哨
Mary whistled happily while she was working.
- To smack雙脣快速閉合發出聲音(來表示滿意)
“I love chocolate cake," said Susannah, smacking her lips.
- To blow a raspberry 伸出舌頭並吹氣的無禮噓聲
The boy turned and blew a raspberry at the teacher before running off.
- To gag作嘔的聲音
She gagged on a piece of hard bread.
- To weep流淚的哭泣聲
We all wept in silence for the deprived children.
- To burp/ To belch/ To hiccup打嗝
The baby burped after being fed.
He hiccupped as soon as he started eating.
- To hum哼著歌曲的聲音
They were humming happily along with the music.
- To groan(表示痛苦的)呻吟聲
She groaned when her mother asked her to do the shopping.
- To giggle咯咯地笑,傻笑
The jokes had them giggle like little girls all evening.
- To pant/ To gasp/ To puff喘氣,倒抽氣
When he arrived, he was panting because he ran all the way to school.
- To sniff聞;鼻子用力吸
The dog sniffed around the park, searching for a nice scent.
- To sneeze打噴嚏
When you sneeze in America, people say: “God bless you!"
- To snore打鼾
He sometimes snores and when he snores you can’ stand the sound.
- To slurp發出吃喝聲
She slurped loudly as she drank her coffee.
