英语口语怎样才能 keep talking
文/秋儿
来源/知乎
我真的特别想回答这个问题,从之前辛辛苦苦战战兢兢的准备雅思,到现在要做15min seminar不带停的,我认为英语keep talking的核心就是:
脑洞大!有准备!使劲说!
先变成主动型聊天者,再来慢慢提高自己的句式多样性和连贯性,然后慢慢扩充地道词汇。
有些人中文聊起来都聊不high,然后就希望英文聊天可以源源不断滔滔不绝。
太难了好么!!!
就比如我自己,虽然现在基本交流没问题了,但是只有在聊化妆,美剧,以及我自己的经历感想这种方面才能侃大山的聊,其他方面也还是不行的。
一般说不连贯两个原因
01. 表达hold得住思维跟不上
02. 思维跟得上表达hold不住
keep talking你首先要有素材。
就举个雅思的例子(我的说的巨巨巨简单好嘛?好的)
有一道题是「 要你描述曾经有过的一段难忘的经历 」。
首先第一条,你要有一个故事线!!!!!
哪怕说的很戏剧性,很夸张,也比一句话主谓宾说完了好啊!
我当时准备的故事线是这样子的(实际并没有发生)
脑洞开始了:初中的时候我性格比较内向,当时学校要办体育会,然后班里都没有一个人报名,我没办法,和班长是好朋友就卖了他个面子报名了,然后就怕跑得不好丢脸,每天放学去操场练习,还有我的好朋友没事也过来陪我我特比感动,我就有了xxx进步,跑步的那一天很紧张但是也拿了不错的成绩!!然后我觉得我收获了友情温暖而且身体变好了blablabla
然后发现可以两分钟都不带停的。。。。。。
(Well, as for a sport event I have been to see(看 watched), the most memorable(值得记忆的)and meaningful sports event of my life was a school sports meeting in secondary school. It was the first sports meeting that I participated in; I had lots of fun and it brings me great memories.
It has long been tradition that a sports meeting is held annually in my secondary school and all students are
required to participate in the event. We signed up for different sports competitions, fighting for the honor of
our classes. I went for a long run representing my class. I thought long run was nothing different from the normal running races we had except that it would take longer time. Thus I did not prepare much for the race.
It turned out that the long run was so intense (紧张的 tense) and tiring that I almost wanted to renounce (放
弃 giving up) after the first lap. I felt so sweaty(劳累的 tired) and breathless trying to keep up with the other participants. But then I saw some classmates running with me beside the field and they kept telling me to adjust my breathing and started cheering me up. I felt so touched and motivated by their actions. I could see the light at the end of the tunnel(俚语 something gives you hope) because of them. I told myself that I must carry on because I wasn’t fighting alone. I couldn’t believe that I finished the race and got a pretty good result.
All of us were so tired from the sports competitions and some of us even got injured. However, all our pains
and efforts paid off as our class got the first prize in the sports meeting. We all fought like warriors for the
honor of our class and more importantly, we were much closer and united as a team.
Frankly speaking(坦白来说 to be candid), I remember the sports meeting well not only because we won
the competition but also because of the lessons that I have learnt. Firstly, never give up easily because successalways comes with perseverance. Secondly, the power of a team is always stronger than that of an individu also we should always cherish teamwork. )
后来我发现,此故事线还可以应用在「 你曾经和朋友美好的经历 」「 你曾经一段励志的经历 」 都可以用!!!脑洞大也可以体现在这里,抖个机灵,比如,要是再有个话题,说「 描述一位曾经帮助过你的人 」,你就可以在上面的故事线中加入一个帮助你锻炼跑步的人。
说本来自己身体素质一般的,最后在这个人的帮助下,拿到了不错的成绩吧啦吧啦吧啦
同理,比如让你「 说一个你喜欢的网站 」。
脑洞开始:我以前是不喜欢上网的,但是后来某某给我推荐了个网站,我发现哇好赞啊有很多直观的视频和图片,比之间看书有意思多了,直接看书好慢好枯燥而且你还得看,记忆,消化吸收再应用到实践,保不齐还有啥问题,而且这个网站的内容可好了有xxx,cxx和vxx,我觉得我喜欢的原因就是它可以给我带来xxx
两分钟不在话下的!!
就是一件事要往边边角角去说,往细节去说,而且不要怕夸张,美国人说话真的挺夸张的。而且语气很重。
基本上一个问题能够挖掘出来的点很多。人家只是问我一个网站,如果我只想说两三句,那就说一下谁给我推荐的,我为啥喜欢他,不要觉得自己这么说会显得很啰嗦,因为搞不好你会看起来像一个话题终结者,如果要你说很久,故事线的必要性就体现了。
比如别人要问你,你今天去超市买啥了?
我以前要是用英语回答就是:我买了xxx,没了
现在:
oh, i went to the drugstore with xxx trying to pick up some makeup stuff and do you know about the naked palette by urban decay? omg!!!its soon beautiful i'v been wanting that for such a long time!! i can't believe i actually bought it , look at it!!!so pigmented !!it have several shimmery colors and several mad colors!!!so beautiful absolutely amazing can't want to try it on my face!
其实我就是说我买了个眼影盘而已。
但是这说的太平淡了,人家姑娘都不似这么说的。
我的版本就是:我今天跟xx去药店随便买了点彩妆,有个眼影盘我想买想了很久了!!!就是xxx哪个牌子的,尼玛超好看啊!!不管相信就买下来了,看看这上色度!简直不能更赞,等不及上脸试了!!!
相信我,这才是正确的聊天方式!!!!
为什么美国人比中国人更能随意的聊得来,那是因为她们平时的思维就是这样子的,除非和你特别不熟,不然说话滔滔不绝绵延不断!
这种素材脑洞思维的积累,是需要你平时不断练习的。
我平时就经常脑洞。用英语
你知道你要说啥,这是第一步!!!!第一步都没有,上来就谈英语怎么表达,怎么说显得更native,完全没用的,说两句就又说不下去了!!!
在你有素材,知道要说啥的前提下。你发现你英语表达跟不上!!或者表达方式来回就是主谓宾,没了。
就举一个很简单的例子,比方说我今天遇到了一件我意料之外的很悲催的事情需要吐槽一下。
对比:
平淡版本:i never expect xxxx i feel so bad(平淡脸)
戏剧性版本:i xxxxx today,which is absolutely out of my expectation!!!(配上夸张脸)
英语的连贯性和准确性是最重要的,美国人在真正的交流当中是不会用那些太书面的太难的词汇的,基本核心就是:以最简单的词汇组合成最言简意赅的表达方式!越连贯越好,终结目标就是还能押韵,来个rap,不不不我开玩笑的哈哈哈。
所以首先是这种多元化句式的积累以及运用到实践中。
多说假设句!定语从句!不要一句话一下就说完了,有时候老美能加好几个定语从句。
多学几个语气句,在话与话之间调解气氛。
比如说自我调侃型的。
比如说着说着又冷场了,你可以说,昨天谁谁还吐槽我英语不好来着呢,说我说话老是用exciting这个词,用了一万遍,我觉得我才没有呢,他说话就喜欢夸张,然后我就自己算了下,发现还真的不少,哈哈哈,看来我要换个词了````` 这样子就不会冷场啦。
在可以完成简单的连贯性以及句子多样性之后,再去不断丰富的词汇。
因为一上来就背词汇,大部分都用不到口语里面,撑死了也就是我看到它能认识它是什么意思,仅此而已。
比如,我以前一直不知道说某某眼影好用怎么表达,就只能说,this is easy to apply on my face!!上脸效果好。
直到有一天我发现美国妹子都适用pigmented这个词,pigment是染料色素的意思,我一下就明白了,以后也绝对不会忘了把这个词用起来用起来。
然后多元化词汇的运用就靠你平时积累了,我说的是你能随意用起来的词,不是你会的和你认识的那么简单,认识的永远比能用的要多。
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