What would you like to do today?

　　你今天想做什么？

　　A Hi, Sue. How are you this morning?

　　A 嗨，苏！你今天早晨好吗？

　　B Hi, Yan. Morning! I’m fine. And you?

　　B 嗨，燕！早上好！我很好。你呢？

　　A I’m good. What would you like to do today?

　　A 我很好。你今天想做什么？

　　B I’d like to buy some presents for my children.

　　B 我想给我的孩子们买些礼物。

　　A That’s a good idea. What kind of things do you want to buy?

　　A 好主意。你想买什么？

　　B Some clothes, perhaps. And maybe some traditional Chinese gifts.

　　B 也许买几件衣服。也可能买一些中国的传统礼物。

　　A Ok. I know a good place to go to.

　　A 好。我知道一个好地方。

　　Notes注释

　　1 If you want to ask someone about what they would like to do, e.g. today (or tomorrow, or the weekend, or next week), you can say: What would you like to do today? / What would you like to do today?

　　如果你想问某人想做什么，比如今天(明天，周末或者下周)，你可以说：What would you like to do today? /你今天想做什么？

　　2 And if you want to say what you would like to do, you can begin your sentence: I’d like to . . . / I’d like to . . . e.g. I’d like to buy some presents / I’d like to buy some presents; I’d like to go shopping / I’d like to go shopping.

　　如果你想说你想做什么，你可以这样开始：I’d like to . . . / 我想…例如I’d like to buy some presents / 我想买一些礼物; I’d like to go shopping / 我想去购物。

　　3 You can use What kind of things . . . ? / What kind of things . . .? in many contexts, e.g.: What kind of things do you like to wear? / What kind of things do you like to wear? What kind of things do you like to do? / What kind of things do you like to do?

　　在很多情况下，你都可以使用这个句型：What kind of things . . . ? / 什么样的东西 . . .?例如：What kind of things do you like to wear? /你喜欢穿什么样的衣服？ What kind of things do you like to do? / 你喜欢做什么？

　　4 Perhaps / perhaps is similar to maybe / maybe.

　　Perhaps / 也许 和 maybe / 可能的意思非常接近。

　　Key phrases and sentences 重要的短语和句子

　　How are you this morning? 你今天上午好吗？

　　I’m fine. And you? 我很好。你呢？

　　I’m good.What would you like to do today? 我很好。你今天想做什么？

　　I’d like to buy some presentsfor my children. 我想给我的孩子们买些礼物。

　　That’s a good idea. 这是一个好主意。

　　What kind of things do you want to buy? 你想买什么？

　　Some clothes, perhaps.And maybe some traditional Chinese gifts.也许买几件衣服。也可能买一些中国的传统礼物。

　　I know a good place to go to. 我知道一个好地方。