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●转换话题 ◎我们换个话题吧! Let's change the subject.
Okay, okay, I'll pay you back next week... (好吧，好吧，下星期我还你钱……)
= Let's talk about something else.
= Let's talk about something different.
= I'd rather talk about something else. (能不能换个别的话题。) ◎言归正传。 Let's get back to the subject.
Yes, let's. (对。)
= Let's get back to the point.
= Let's get back on track. ◎我现在不想谈那件事。 I don't want to talk about it now.
= I'd prefer not to talk about it. (我不想谈论那件事。) ◎那事儿以后再说吧。 Let's talk about it later.
We're playing golf this Sunday, right? (我们这个星期天要去打高尔夫球，对吧?) ◎另外我们说说…… To change the subject...
I can't believe it. (真让人难以相信。)
= To change the subject... (另外我们谈点儿别的吧。) ◎好了，玩笑就到此…… Well, all joking aside,...
Ha, ha, that's a good one! (哈，哈，这个玩笑真有趣。)
= Well, all joking aside, let's get to work. (好了好了，玩笑归玩笑，快去干活儿吧。)
= Well, seriously,... ◎顺便提一下…… By the way,...
It was really fun. (真的特好玩。)
By the way, how is John? (顺便问一下，约翰怎么样了?)
= Well,...
= Now,... ◎你刚才说什么来着? You were saying?
*说话过程中话题改变时。
= Continue.
= Carry on.
= Please go on. ◎啊，我想起来了。 That reminds me.
The party gonna be great! (那个舞会一定会很棒。)
Oh, that reminds me. I can't go. (啊，我想起来了，我去不了。) ◎别说了。 Let's stop talking.
I'm tired of talking. (我都说累了。)
= I don't want to talk anymore. (我不想说了。) ◎那事儿我听过了。 I've heard the story before.
*用于对方重复说一件事时。
= You've already told me.
= I'm sick and tired of hearing that. (我耳朵都听出老茧了。)
*sick and tired of... “对……腻透了”。
= I've heard enough about it (already).*加already起强调作用。
= I don't want to hear about it anymore. (我再也不想听那件事了。) ◎这件事别再说了。 Let's drop the subject.
*drop 除了“落下”之外，还表示“(问题、事件、话题等)完了、结束、停止”。
= Let's drop it.
= I don't want to talk about it anymore. (我再也不想说那件事了。) ◎别那么大声说。 Don't say it so loud.
I thought you were hard of hearing. (我以为你没听见呢。)
= Don't say that kind of thing so loudly. (那种事别那么大声嚷嚷。)
= (Please) lower you voice. (小点儿声。)
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