Can you give your brother a hand with his homework?
你能不能協助你弟弟做功課？
Can John give Paul a hand with his motorcycle? It needs repairs.
保羅的機車需要人修理，約翰能不能幫他？
Can we give those people a hand with changing their flat tire?
我們能不能幫那些人更換爆胎？
★延伸應用．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．
Can you give me a hand with this projection equipment?
你能不能幫我看一下這台投影機？
Can Ed give us a hand with all these accounting figures?
艾德能不能幫我們處理這些會計數據？
★你知道嗎？．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．
麻煩別人幫忙時，可以這麼說：
Can you do Jack a favor and watch his dog tomorrow?
你能幫傑克個忙，明天幫他顧狗嗎？
Can you help out with the chores at home?
你能幫忙做家事嗎？
Would it be too much to ask you to fix my computer?
請你幫我修電腦會很麻煩嗎？
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了解對方要表達的意思，但並不表示絕對贊同對方的說法。
I see your point. However, we should ask everyone what they think before we decide.
我知道你的意思了。我們下決定前應該詢問大家的意見。
A: I don't think these numbers are correct. If they were, our company would be in big trouble now.
我認為這些數字不正確。如果正確的話，我們公司現在就麻煩大了。
B: I see your point. Let me check the figures again and get back to you.
我知道你的意思了。讓我再檢查一次數字之後再回覆你。
★你還可以這麼說．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．
I know what you mean.
我知道你指什麼。
I understand what you are trying to say.
我懂你要說什麼。
I dig it.
我瞭。
I see where you're coming from.
我知道你的意思。
A: If we work together, we will all benefit.
如果我們合作，對大家都有好處的。
B: I see where you're coming from. What's your plan?
我知道你的意思。你有什麼計畫？
★你知道嗎？．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．
where one is coming from 與 what one means 意思相同，是指依據某人的背景或過往的經驗所得到的觀點。
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