美國校園口語[13]
13. Speak up 大聲說話
A: I thought I was speaking English fairly well. Now I'm not so sure.
B: What did you say?
A: I said I thought I spoke pretty good English, but people keep asking me to repeat what I've said, so maybe I'm not doing so well after all.
B: There's nothing wrong with your English. It's just that no one can hear what you're saying.
A: Is that what's wrong? But I think it's impolite to talk loudly.
B: You don't have to shout, but you do have to make yourself heard. Maybe Americans talk louder than other people. If so, you'll just have to speak louder,too.
Notes
Fairly well 挺不錯
Is that what's wrong? 這就是問題所在嗎？
Make yourself heard 讓別人聽得見你說的話
A：我本以為自己的英語說得不錯。現在我又不那么有把握了。
B：你說什么？
A：我說我以為自己英語說得不錯，但人們老是要我重復我說過的話。或許我說的并不那么好。
B：你的英語沒有問題。只是沒有人聽得見你在說什么。
A：毛病就在這里嗎？可是我覺得大聲說話是不禮貌的。
B：你不一定要大聲喊叫，但你應該讓別人聽得見你的話。也許美國人說話聲音比別的人要響。如果這樣，你說話聲音也大一些就是了。
