1 You know I was having a party with my friends last night. 你知道嘛，昨天我和好朋友們一起聚會(huì)呢。

　?。▂ou know一般用于對方已經(jīng)知道的事情）

　　2 Actually, it was a complete disaster. I burnt the meat, people arrived when I was cooking. 其實(shí)這個(gè)聚會(huì)完全是個(gè)災(zāi)難。我把肉烤焦了，我還在做飯呢，客人們就到了。

　?。╝ctually用于談?wù)撘恍┳屓擞X得比較吃驚的事，或者更正某個(gè)信息時(shí)）

　　3 Mind you, I did say ' turn up when you want' ，and I did start cooking pretty late.聽著，我確實(shí)說過你們想什么時(shí)候來都行，而且我開始做飯就很晚了。

　?。╩ind you 用于說一些事后的想法，而且一般和以前說的不一樣）

　　4 Anyway,as Iwas saying,I burnt the meat,the dishes were all readyat different times... the dessert...反正，我剛才也說了，肉烤糊了，菜在不同時(shí)間上的，甜品...

　?。╝s I was saying 一般回到剛才說過的東西）

　　5 oh, come to think of it,Icompletely forgot to servedesert.

　　(come to think of it 用于突然想起什么事了)

　　6 So, basically, everyone everyone went home hungry.所以基本上大家都是餓著肚子回家的。

　?。╞asically 用于總結(jié)你要說的話）

　　7 Anyway, how was your evening? 不過你昨晚怎么樣？

　?。╝nyway用于換話題了，或者回到剛才的話題，或者我要結(jié)束話題了）

　　8 By the way, before I forget,it's my birthday next week and I'm having a dinner party,do you wnat to come?

　　（by the way用于要說點(diǎn)和主題沒關(guān)系的東西）