If a friend keeps asking you to do something you do not want to do, you might ask him to leave you alone or "stop bugging me."

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That is to say, if something causes literature, there must be some sort of authority behind it and therefore we find ourselves asking, "What is an author?"

即是说，如果文学有缘由的，它的背后一定存在作者,所以我们会问，“作者是谁？“

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Like I said, basically it's just asking permission to do something or asking for somebody else to do something.

就像我说的，这个句型的基本意思是征求做某事的允许或请求他人做某事。

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The reaction that salespeople would get from women was, you're giving me some probabilities or something, you're asking me to-- it sounds like you're asking me to play in some gambling thing where I win if my husband dies; it doesn't sound right to me.

推销员从女性那里得到的回答是,你跟我讲了一通概率之类的东西,然后劝我...,这听起来似乎是在让我去赌博,如果我丈夫去世了,那我就赢了,这太不对劲了

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asking a very simple question of what the best way to do something or go somewhere is.

这是一个非常简单的问句，来询问做某事或去哪里的最好的方法。

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Let's say you feel like you're asking your boss for something very simple, something you deserve.

假设你想向老板要求一样非常简单的东西，一样你应得的东西。

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Again, this is basically just asking the other person if they will do something for you.

同样的，这一句型仅仅是询问其他人是否愿意为你做某事。

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you're asking for something from the person you're speaking with.

你希望从对方那里得到想要的东西。

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So use the "would you please" pattern if you're asking for something in perhaps a potentially abrasive situation.

所以，当你在可能伤人感情的情况下请求别人做某事时，你可以使用“would you please”句型。

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You can also use the "I want to" when you're asking basically if you can do something.

当你想询问你是否可以做某事时，你可以用“I want to”句型。

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Here's something else and I guess it's a quiz question I think I'm asking you there, and it has to do about a home pitch.

有些我们小测验里的问题要注意下,我想问问你们,关于主音高的问题

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or sorry, you did choose to show up today, we'll understand, but please also understand that the TAs won't have a lot of patience with you if you're asking a question about something that was either covered in the readings, or covered in the lecture and is pretty straight forward. All right?

你确实决定了来上课，我们会理解你的，但是请明白,当你问了一个,既在阅读材料里,也在课堂上讲过的浅显问题时，助教们可没有太多耐心,接待你？

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When you ask "Is there," you're asking about the existence of something.

当你问“Is there”的时候，你在询问关于某事存在的情况。

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Also, I ask the teaching assistants to give me little capsule descriptions of you so that if in ten years, or 20 years from now, I get a call from a reporter asking about this illustrious person who was once my student, I can have something to prod my memory.

我还要求助教做一个,你们每人的简要描述给我,这样的话,如果在10年20年后,有个记者打电话给我,向我询问一位曾经是我的学生,而现在已经声名显著的人时,也好有些资料帮我想起来

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