可可電臺(tái)，每期節(jié)目一話題，讓英語磨練耳朵的同時(shí)學(xué)到更多有益的小知識(shí)，豐富知識(shí)的同時(shí)受益于生活。

Methods to improve your English communication skills.

提高英語溝通能力的方法。

Give Yourself Time to Think

給你自己一些時(shí)間去思考

You may be worried that the people you’re talking to are impatient and would like you to say what you want as quickly as possible.

你可能擔(dān)心與你交談的人不耐煩，希望你盡快說出你想要的。

First of all, it may not be true – people often prefer a well-thought-out answer to a rushed one.So just relax.

首先，這可能不是真的——人們往往喜歡深思熟慮的回答。所以放松一下。

Another practical thing you can do is equipping yourself with fixed phrases you can use when remaining silent doesn’t seem to be an option. Here’s an example:

你可以做的另一個(gè)實(shí)際的事情是給自己配備一些固定短語，當(dāng)你保持沉默似乎不是一個(gè)好的選擇時(shí)，你可以使用。下面舉個(gè)例子：

Why is there so much violence on TV? That’s a good question. Let me think for a moment, I haven’t really thought about it before. Well, I suppose…

為什么電視上有這么多暴力鏡頭？這是個(gè)好問題。讓我想一想，我以前沒有想過這個(gè)問題。嗯，我想…

Here the speaker gains considerable amount of time to reflect just by repeating the question and adding a few sentences. If you do the same, you’ll sound more fluent and won’t feel the pressure of having to say something before you’re ready.

在這里，演講者可以通過重復(fù)提問和添加一些句子來獲得大量的時(shí)間來思考。如果你做同樣的事情，你會(huì)說得更流利，也不會(huì)感到在你準(zhǔn)備好之前要說點(diǎn)什么的壓力。

Fixed or set phrases are phrases whose words are usually fixed in a certain order. They can be verb patterns, idioms, collocations – basically anything we always say in one particular way. For example,

固定詞組或組合詞組是通常按一定順序固定的短語。它們可以是動(dòng)詞模式，習(xí)語，搭配——基本上我們總是用一種特定的方式表達(dá)。例如：

during the day

白天

in the meantime

同時(shí)

It’s been a long time since

這是很久以前的事了

Sorry to bother/trouble you, but…

很抱歉打擾你，但是…

Would you mind if…?

如果……你介意嗎？

Oh, come on!

哦，來吧！

I’m just kidding!

我只是開玩笑！

For what it’s worth,…

它的價(jià)值是，…

To be right/wrong about

正確的是/錯(cuò)誤的是

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