英语学习者经常在电影中听到或在漫画中读到的诸如“wanna”或“gonna”之类的表达方式所迷惑。如果它们在字典里查找这些表达,它们可能找不到,这进一步增加了困惑。
事实上,这些表达确实存在,它们是“非正式缩略语”或人们在随意说话时使用的其他单词的缩写形式。它们不完全是俚语,但有点像俚语。
以下是一些最常见的非正式缩略语,并附有例句:
GIMME = give me
Gimme your money.
Don"t gimme that rubbish.
Can you gimme a hand?
GONNA = going to
Nothing"s gonna change my love for you.
I"m not gonna tell you.
What are you gonna do?
GOTTA = (have) got a
I"ve gotta gun.
I gotta gun.
She hasn"t gotta penny.
Have you gotta car?
INIT = isn"t it
That"s smart, init?
Init strange?
KINDA = kind of
She"s kinda cute.
Are you kinda mad at me?
LEMME = let me
Lemme go!
He didn"t lemme see it.
WANNA = want to
I wanna go home.
I don"t wanna go.
Do you wanna watch TV?
WANNA = want a
I wanna coffee.
I don"t wanna thing from you.
Do you wanna beer?
请记住,这些是非正式的收缩。我们只在快速随意地说话时才使用它们,例如与朋友交谈时,我们几乎从不在写作中使用它们。
还要注意的是,上面的句子可能是人为的,因为当我们使用一个缩略语时,我们也可能在同一个句子中使用其他缩略语,甚至完全删除一些单词。例如:
Do you want a beer? Do you wanna beer? D"you wanna beer? D"ya wanna beer? Ya wanna beer? Wanna beer?