of the big wide world you happen to be in right now. I am Julian, and this is Doing

這個大世界的哪一個角落。我是Julian(朱立安)，你正在收看Doing English

English. In today’s lesson, I am going to discuss one of your popular questions, How to respond

在今天的課程裡，我要來討論你們提出的某一個問題：

quickly in English?

在用英文對話時，該如何的快速回答。

I would say that this just comes down to practice, really. If you think about it, maybe when

我會說關係到平常的練習，說認真的。你想想看，也許當某個人問你一個問題

somebody asks you a question and you can’t answer quickly or automatically or you need

而你沒有辦法快速、自然的回答，又或者你需要說些什麼

to talk about something but it just doesn’t come as fast or as easily if you would like

但是就是沒有辦法像自己所希望的一樣說得輕鬆又自然

it to. If you think about it, that isn’t really something that is unique to speaking

如果你認真思考一下，其實用第二語言去說話並沒有什麼特別的

in a second language. For example, if somebody asks me – In English, if somebody asks me

舉例來說，如果某個人用英文問我，問一個對我而言非常困難的問題

a question that is very difficult for me, it’s not easy to respond to that very quickly

那麼要回答的輕鬆又自然就不會那麼容易

and automatically. I will have to think about it a little bit and maybe I won’t know the

我會需要思考一下，也許我不知道答案

answer and I’ll ”Um” and “Ah, “Umm, “Uh” a lot and maybe I’ll get confused

會恩恩阿阿的說不出話，也許我會困惑

and I won’t be able to answer in a kind of smooth sort of way. And that might be the

然後我就沒有辦法回答的很順暢，同樣的狀況也會發生在

same for any kind of topic that I don’t talk about a lot. Whether that’s in my first

那些我不是很熟悉的話題上，不管英文是我的母語

language English or in my second language it doesn’t really matter. Maybe it’s more

還是第二語言。那根本就沒有關係

obvious when it’s in your second language and you’re more conscious of it. But I think

甚至當你用第二外語說話時，還比較明顯的會謹慎一點

it is something which happens in your first language too and I think practice is the key

同樣的道理也印證在你的母語上，我想最重要的關鍵還是

there.

多練習

And again if you think about how you use your first language, there are probably some things

再說一次，如果你想一下自己是怎麼說母語，也許就能在裡面發現相同的脈絡

that you talk about again and again and again and you can discuss very automatically and

然後你不斷的去說說說，接著你就能變得自然又順暢

very smoothly. For example if somebody asked me a question about learning English, this

例如，如果有人問我關於學英文的問題

is something that I talk about almost all day, every day. I am an English teacher so

這是個我每天、整天都在想的問題，這是理所當然的

of course I do. So it’s very easy for me to respond very quickly and very smoothly

因為我是個英文老師，所以自然順暢的回答大部分的問題對我來說是相當簡單的

to most questions. And try and think of something that you also talk about a lot and kind of

試著想想看某個你很常去討論，或是某個你不段重複的對話

conversations you may be having again and again and again and you’ll probably be able

關於那些事情，也許你就能夠說得

to speak about those very, very easily, very automatically, very smoothly because it’s

輕鬆自然又順暢

something that you do again and again and again. It’s repetition that is the key I

因為那是你重複做過的事情，「重複」就是整件事情的關鍵

think. So when it comes to speaking English, the first thing you’ve got to do is understand

所以當說到英文，你首先要做的事情就是理解

that at first it’s not going to come out smoothly because repetition is the key. And

最初不是要去想要怎麼更順暢，因為重複練習才是關鍵

presumably you will be having the same kinds of conversations again and again in English

假設你不斷用英文重複同一種話題

just like you do in your native language, so it will get easier overtime.

就像你用母語，一段時間後，討論這個一定會變得比較簡單

But what you can also do is if you know you’re going to have to talk about some particular

但如果你知道你要去說某個特定的主題時，你也可以

topic is just plan in your head and think about what you’re going to say in advance.

事先在腦裡先想好等等要說什麼

And think about questions you will be asked and plan them in your head. And certainly,

想想等等要問些什麼，肯定要準備的

if for example like you’re giving like an academic preparation at your school or university

例如你在學校或大學要去做的學術準備

or something you can kind of guess what the questions you’re going to be asked at and

或是某些你預想要問的問題

prepare for those. And if you do get a question that you’re not prepared for and you are

如果你有想問的問題，卻沒有準備

unable to respond quickly and easily, don’t feel bad about it because again it’s something

那麼你就沒辦法說的順暢又自然，別感到難過

native speakers have a problem with too it’s just more obvious when you’re an English

因為那是連母語人士都有可能感到困難的事情，只是當你學習英文的時候

learner I think. So yeah, if you want to be able to speak and respond more automatically

這些顯得更困難罷了，如果你想要能夠在說話和回答上更加自然

and more quickly, I think repetition is the key. Just don’t worry about it in the beginning

更加快速，重複練習是重點，別在一開始學習就擔心

and just you know as you have the same conversations again and again and again and answer the same

只要不斷的重複重複重複重複練習同樣對話，回答同樣問題

questions again and again and again and it gets easy. Simple as that.

一次又一次，就是這麼簡單

That is it for today’s lesson I think. If you have any questions or any lessons request

我想這就是以上的課程，如果你有任何的問題或是自己想知道的課程

of your own, just leave a comment in the comment’s box under this video and we’ll check that

歡迎在底下留下留言，我們會去查看

at some point. Yeah, that’s it for today. See you in the next lesson.

以上，希望下次課程再見面