Excuse me......(引起对方注意）

要与陌生人展开话题，最常用的attention getters有下面几种，注意你的语调．

Sir.......

Miss.....

Ma'am....

A:Oh,Miss?(↑)

B:Yes?(↑)

A:I think you dropped this.

B:Oh,did I? Oh,yes,I did.Thank you.

A:You're welcome.

不用解释了吧，好简单的！

A:Sir(↑) Has the flight to Detroit departed yet?

B:Yes,That flight left tem minutes ago.

A:Can I get a new reservation tonight to Detroit?

B:I'm sorry.We don't have any more flights to Detronit.

A:What about tomorrow?

B:Yes,we have many flights tomorrow.

在相当于中文＂喂＂的说法中，有几种美国人偏爱的口语用法：

Hey,you guys！

Yoo-hoo!

Hey,folks!

A:Hey,you guys,be quiet and start working now.

B:All right.

A:Yoo-hoo!

B:Yeah?(↑)

A:Did I get any mail today?

B:Yes,you did.You have three letters.

A:Thanks.

A:Girls! Ballet class will begin now.

B:Where do we put our belongings?

A:Please put them in the corner.

至于＂Yo" 或＂Hey you",虽然意思相同，但比较不尊重，最好少用．

较正式场合表示：＂对不起＂的话来引起对方注意：

（Do you )mind (if)....?

Excuse me....

Pardon me....

Sorry....

A: Do you mind?

B: No... not at all....what can I do for you?

在餐馆中需要服务员时，可以直呼其职称来引起注意．

＂Waiter,will you serve the nuts-- I mean,would you serve the guests the nuts?"

"服务员，你来服侍这些疯子－－－我是说，可不可以请你拿些核桃给这些客人？＂

nut: 坚果，核桃，俚语有＂疯子＂的意思．

A:Waitress!

B:Yes,sir.what can I do for you?

A:I can't eat this stuff.Call the manager!

B:It's no use.He won't eat it,either.

A：服务员！

B：是的，先生．要我为你服务吗？

A：这些东西我实在难以下咽．

B：没用的，这些东西他也不会吃的．

A：Waiter,there's a dead fly swimming in my soup!

B：Nonsense,ma'am-dead flies can't swim.

A：服务员，有只死苍蝇在我的汤里面游泳！

B：胡扯，夫人－－死苍蝇是不会游泳的．