Situation: Two students are talking about a new aquarium.
場景：跟朋友討論新開的水族館。
A: What’s up? I’ve been to the new aquarium that you told me about before.
(A：嘿！我之前去了新開的水族館囉！)
B: What’s up? Let’s cut to the chase, do you want to go there again? I’m thinking about visiting there if you recommend it.
(B：嘿！我就單刀直入地問了，你還會想再去下一次嗎？如果你推薦的話我可能會去呢。)
A: Umm. To be honest, I don’t like it.
(A：嗯~說實話不太想再去呢。)
Situation: Sally and Ben are getting ready for a meeting at their office.
場景：莎莉和班在公司裡準備會議。
Sally: OK, let’s get started. We’ve got many things to decide, right?
Ben: Exactly. We have no time to waste. Let’s cut to the chase. What’s the top of the agenda?
莎莉：OK，我們開始吧。我們有很多事情必須決定，對吧？
班：沒錯。我們沒有時間可以浪費了。趕快進入正題吧。最優先處理的議題是什麼？
2.get to the point
這是由我們熟悉的單字排列而成，所以可以很容易推測意思。
直譯的意思是「得到要領 / 理解」。
Situation: Nao and Hiro, her partner, are talking about camping.
場景：娜歐跟她的夥伴希羅正在討論露營。
Hiro: I’ve been so busy recently. I’m knackered. I do want to feel natural and get fresh air.
Why don’t we go camping? If you want, you can invite your friends. Yeah, that’s a great idea.
We should invite our friends. But hold on, my tent is a little bit small. Blah blah blah…
(我最近有點忙，實在是精疲力盡了。好想要去呼吸大自然的新鮮空氣啊。
我們不如去露營吧？你也可以邀請你的朋友喔。嗯！這實在是太棒的主意了！
我們可以邀請我們的朋友。不，等等，現在的帳篷有點太小了……)
Nao: Oh, come on Hiro. Get to the point？
喔，拜託！可以講重點嗎？
Hiro: Can I get new camping equipment?
(我可以買新的露營裝備嗎？)
3.long story short
‘to make long story short’的簡短表現。
直譯的意思是「長話短說」，也是我們熟悉的「簡而言之」的意思。
Situation: Brian is asking his parents, Flick and Belle, about a toy advertisement.
場景：布萊恩一邊看著玩具的廣告，一邊問父親弗利克和母親貝爾。
Brian: Daddy, why is Pokemon everywhere?
(爸爸，為什麼到處都是寶可夢呢？
Flick: Well, it’s a good question, my buddy. That’s one of the very good marketing strategies. Many companies tie it into the Pokemon characters and they can sell many products like toys…
(嗯，這是個好問題。因為這是很棒的商業策略，許多公司跟寶可夢合作就可以賣出很多產品，像是玩具……)
Belle: Hold on, what are you talking about? It’s too complicated for him. Long story short, everyone loves Pokemon so much!
(等等！你在跟孩子說什麼啊？這說明對布萊恩來說太難了吧。簡單來說就是大家都喜歡寶可夢！)
「坦白說…」可以用’frankly speaking’或’to be frank with you’來表達。
在傳達負面的情報時也可以作為緩衝詞使用。
’frankly speaking’
Situation: Peter and Sophia, who is in charge of the personnel trainer, are talking about a new employee.
場景：上司彼得與新人指導課的蘇菲亞正在評價新進的員工。
Peter: What do you think of the new employee?
(你覺得新人怎麼樣？)
Sophia: Frankly speaking, I don’t think he’s the man for this job.
(坦白說，我不認為他適合這份工作。)
’to be frank with you’
Situation: Tadashi and Nick, his colleague, are chatting about how to spend their holiday.
場景：同事Tadashi跟Nick正在討論休假時的度過方式。
Tadashi: Are you going to visit your wife’s house on your next holiday?
(下次休假你會去你太太的家裡度過嗎？)
Nick: Nuh, I won’t. I don’t get along with her relatives. To be frank with you, I have some tough cookies in her family.
(嗯~~不了。我跟我太太的親戚處不太來。坦白跟你說，他們家族有很多麻煩人物。)
「說實話」也可以用、‘straight up with you’、‘to be honest’ 或 ‘to tell the truth’來表達。這裡的表現也可以用於傳遞負面感情和情報。
‘straight up with you’
Situation: While Pat is cooking dinner in the kitchen, Yuka, a student from overseas, starts a conversation.
場景：當寄宿家庭的媽媽帕特在廚房做晚餐時，留學生Yuka開始對話。
Yuka: What’s for dinner today?
(今天晚餐是什麼？)
Pat: I’m going to cook Thai food. Green Curry and Tom Yam Kung. Are you in the mood for Thai?
(我打算做泰式料理。綠咖哩跟冬蔭功。你對泰式料理有興趣嗎？)
Yuka: Thai food? Umm…I gotta straight up with you, I’m not a big fan of Thai food.
(泰式料理？嗯…說實在的我不怎麼喜歡呢。)
Situation: Anne is talking to her mother Lily very sadly.
女兒安帶著歉意正在跟她的母親莉莉說話。
Anne: Mommy, I didn’t mean to do it but I broke your glasses…. I’m sorry.
(媽媽，我不是故意的但我不小心弄壞了你的眼鏡。對不起。)
Lily: Thank you for being honest with me. Please be more careful in the future.
(謝謝你誠實地告訴我。以後要再多注意一點。)
‘to tell the truth’
Situation: Ken and Mike are having small talk.
場景：肯和麥克正在閒聊。
Ken: Hey, how’s it going? It’s been ages.
(嘿，近來可好？很久沒見了。)
Mike: Same old, same old. But to tell the truth, I’ve been drinking too much and I ruined my health.
(老樣子、老樣子。但老實說，我喝太多酒導致身體壞掉了。)
如果會這個的話說不定感覺更像母語人士？！「早點說嘛！」的英語表達方式
朋友或家人是否有過說「你早點說嘛！」的經驗呢？我要來介紹這種時候可以使用的隨意表達方式。
「早點說嘛！」的英語是’Spit it out.’
‘spit’有「吐痰、食物等 / 髒話、怒罵」等意思。讓我們使用對話例句來確認看看吧！
Situation: Tom is talking to Hanna, his partner, while he is hanging out the laundry.
情景：在曬衣服的湯姆正在跟夥伴漢娜說話。
Tom: Do you still want to wear the flowered shirt? I’ve got a bit of a problem…how can I say, it’s not a big deal, I guess.
(你還想穿花襯衫嗎？我有一點小問題…好吧我想大概不算是什麼大問題。
Hanna: Why, what happened? Spit it out! I need to get ready for work.
(怎麼了？快說出來！我差不多要去工作了。)
Tom: I’ve torn your shirt when I was stretching the wrinkle on it.
(我在燙平襯衫的時候把它弄破了。)
Hanna: What did you just say?
(你剛剛說了什麼？)
