It's me, Elliot from E.

是我，艾略特從E。

T.

T.

J.

J.

English.

英文。

Today I want to give you some alternative ways of saying, I don't know.

今天我想給大家一些另類的說法，我不知道。

We want alternatives for formal situations in formal situations, situations where we want the listener to know that we kind of know.

我們希望在正式的情況下，在正式的情況下，我們希望聽眾知道我們有點知道的情況下，有其他的選擇。

But not really.

但不是真的。

And of course, being a pronunciation specialist, I am going to help you also with a little bit of pronunciation along the way.

當然，作為一個發音專家，我也要幫你順便說一下發音。

So let's begin with I don't know.

所以，我們先說說我不知道。

This is usually shortened to, I don't know, particularly in informal situations, that so instead of being I don't know Oh, a lot of rounding of the mouth being an English speaker.

這通常簡稱為，我不知道，特別是在非正式場合，那所以而不是我不知道哦，很多圓口是英語人士。

That means I'm a lazy speaker.

這說明我是個懶人說話。

So that means I'm going to relax this word whenever I can.

所以，這意味著我要隨時放鬆這個詞。

Maybe not so much in a formal situation, but I could just say, Don't know, I don't know instead of I don't know.

也許在正式的情況下不太合適，但我可以直接說，不知道，我不知道，而不是我不知道。

But do be careful when you use this.

但使用時一定要注意。

As I said, it can be a little bit informal.

我說過，它可以有點不正規。

Of course, Another common one is, I'm not sure.

當然，另一種常見的是，我不清楚。

I'm not sure that some people may even say I'm not too sure they'll add the word to It's a bit like in British culture, where we always say, just instead of saying Could you do this for me?

我不確定有些人甚至可能會說我不太確定他們會把這個詞加到 It's a bit like in British culture, where we always say, just instead of saying Could you do this for me?

We tend to say, Could you just do this for me?

我們往往會說，你能不能為我做這件事？

Not a clue.

一點線索都沒有。

Where did Dave go last night?

戴夫昨晚去哪了？

Not a clue.

一點線索都沒有。

Um or informal, Relaxed way would be dropping that t you're tightening your goddess, which is in your throats to create a glass.

嗯或非正式的，Relaxed方式會滴，T你在收緊你的女神，這是在你的喉嚨創造一杯。

Lt Not a clue.

沒有任何線索。

Not a clue.

一點線索都沒有。

No.

不知道

A clue or not A clue where we connect our speech.

一條線索與否 一條線索，我們的言語連接在哪裡。

We use the t at the end of the word, not and join it to the earth.

我們在字尾用t，不和加入土。

So not to clue, Not a clue.

所以沒有線索，沒有線索。

It's basically the same as saying I don't have a clue.

基本上等於說我沒有頭緒。

I don't have any knowledge on what happened to Dave last night.

我對戴夫昨晚發生的事情一無所知。

Where he went, why he wasn't at the party anymore.

他去了哪裡，為什麼不在聚會上了。

Not a clue.

一點線索都沒有。

I don't have a clue.

我不知道

I don't have a clue.

我不知道

That's another one you can say.

這是另一個你可以說的。

My friend says to me, Elliot, what time does the assignment need to be handed in by tomorrow?

我的朋友對我說，艾略特，明天的作業需要什麼時候交？

What's the deadline?

最後期限是什麼？

I could say, Don't ask me.

我可以說，不要問我。

It's more of a fun way of saying I don't know.

這更像是一種有趣的說法，我不知道。

And again, it's probably more informal.

再說一遍，可能比較不正規。

Don't ask me.

不要問我。

It's another way of kind of saying Why are you asking me?

這是另一種方式，有點像說你為什麼要問我？

I don't know.

我不知道。

How am I supposed to know?

我怎麼知道？

So don't ask me.

所以不要問我。

Don't ask me again.

別再問我了

You'll see.

你會明白的

I'm removing the tea from the word Don't don't ask me.

我把茶字去掉了，不要不要問我。

Let's practice the word ask So stick ask.

讓我們來練習問這個字，所以堅持問。

So we're starting with the our tongue down and pulled back into the mouth Open the mouth nice and big.

所以我們先把舌頭往下拉，拉回嘴裡，把嘴張得又大又好。

It's a long vowel.

這是一個長元音。

Ah ah!

啊啊！

And then we're doing a continent cluster skink.

然後我們要做一個大陸集群的天貓。

So we're doing an S s and then we're cutting it out with a cake.

所以我們要做一個S型，然後用蛋糕切出來。

It's a release stick.

這是一個釋放棒。

Ask Ask.

問一問。

The most important thing is getting that K on the end.

最重要的是把那個K放在最後。

So don't ask me another question.

所以不要再問我別的問題了。

Will Brexit ever be done?

Brexit會不會完成？

Who knows?

誰知道呢？

Who knows?

誰知道呢？

Saying who knows is a bit like saying nobody knows.

說誰知道，有點像說沒人知道。

E don't know.

我不知道

I don't think anybody knows who knows.

我想沒有人知道誰知道。

It's all about the intonation here.

在這裡都是音調的問題。

We're not just going to say who knows, because that just sounds like a statement.

我們不會只說誰知道，因為這聽起來就像一個聲明。

Who knows who knows the way I'm playing with my tone here turns it into a kind of questioning tone.

誰知道誰知道我在這裡用我的音色彈奏的方式把它變成了一種疑問音。

Who knows so practice my intonation with this one.

誰知道所以用這個練習我的音調。

Who knows who knows who knows?

誰知道誰知道誰知道？

God knows God knows that was very common.

天知道天知道那是很常見的。

But of course I know some people are sensitive about the word God.

但我當然知道有些人對神這個字很敏感。

So please don't be offended by me teaching this.

所以請不要因為我教這個而感到不快。

It's a part of British culture to say this.

這是英國文化的一部分，可以這麼說。

Here's another question.

還有一個問題。

How much do you think his car costs?

你覺得他的車要多少錢？

It looks expensive to be honest, mate, your guess is as good as mine.

說實話，它看起來很貴，夥計，你的猜測和我一樣好。

To be honest, mate, your guess is as good as mine.

說實話，夥計，你的猜測和我一樣好。

It's like saying, I know you don't know.

就像說，我知道你不知道。

So your guess is as good as mine?

所以你的猜測和我一樣好？

I don't know either.

我也不知道。

Neither of us know your guess is as good as mine.

我們都不知道你的猜測和我的一樣好。

I want you to take note of this.

我希望你能注意到這一點。

Is Aziz good as mine?

阿茲和我的一樣好嗎？

I'm not saying is as good as mine.

我不是說和我的一樣好。

I'm relaxing these two words.

我在放鬆這兩個字。

They're becoming a bit faster because they're what we call function words.

它們變得更快一些，因為它們是我們所說的函數字。

They're not important.

他們不重要

We want to get to the stressed words faster.

我們要更快地找到強調的詞語。

So instead of saying your guess is as good as mine will say your guests is, is, is, is, is, is good as mine is, Aziz Good does so good is a stressed words.

So we're slowing down and emphasizing that word and then going straight back into another Azaz instead of as so your guess is as good as mine.

所以我們要放慢速度，強調這個詞，然後直接回到另一個阿扎茲，而不是as，所以你的猜測和我的一樣。

Your guess is as good as mine.

你的猜測和我的一樣好。

Will we be able to go on holiday next year?

明年還能不能去度假？

No idea.

不知道。

Meaning?

什麼意思？

I don't have any idea.

我也不知道

Don't know.

我也不知道

No idea.

不知道。

No idea.

不知道。

I say my friend is trying to do something, which maybe he doesn't know if he's allowed to do it in his job.

我說我的朋友是想做一些事情，這也許他不知道在他的工作中是否被允許這樣做。

And he says to me, Elliot, will I lose my job if I do this?

他對我說，埃利奧特，如果我這樣做，我會失去工作嗎？

Well, don't take my word for it.

好吧，不要相信我的話。

But somebody did that last year and he got sacked just to quickly explain the words sacked.

但去年有人這麼做了，他被解僱了，只是為了快速解釋被解僱這兩個字。

To be sacked means to be fired or to lose your job.

被解僱的意思是指被解僱或失去工作。

So don't take my word for it.

所以不要相信我的話。

But somebody got sacked when they did this last year, but I don't know the answer.

但有人去年做這件事的時候被解僱了，但我不知道答案。

But here is some evidence to prove that maybe this is the answer, so don't take my word for it.

但這裡有一些證據可以證明，也許這就是答案，所以不要相信我的話。

I don't actually know, but here is some evidence I'm not 100%.

其實我也不知道，但這裡有一些證據，我也不是100%。

I'm not 100% or I'm not 100% either is fine.

我不是100%，或者我不是100%都可以。

So as you can see, there are loads of different ways of saying I don't know.

所以你可以看到，有很多不同的方式說我不知道。

Andi, don't get too stressed about it.

安迪，不要太緊張。

It's fine just to say I don't know.

說不知道就可以了。

But what I like to do is give my students more options.

但我喜歡做的是給學生更多的選擇。

Toe.

趾頭。

Have fun.

玩得開心點

English is fun.

英語很好玩。

You can make it fun, but just picking two or three of thes, which you like.

你可以讓它變得有趣，但只要選擇兩三個你喜歡的。

Obviously, you have to be careful which ones used in a more formal situation or which ones used in a informal situation.

顯然，你要注意哪些是在比較正式的場合使用的，哪些是在非正式場合使用的。

But eventually you'll start to notice from hopefully hearing these mawr in daily life, do some listening practice and see if you start to notice the's phrases that I teach you now.

但最終你會從希望在日常生活中聽到這些mawr開始注意到，做一些聽力練習，看看你是否開始注意到我現在教你的s短語。

You heard a bit of it earlier, but the real key is about how you tone thes to make them into more of a question or to make them into more of a I don't know.

你剛才聽到了一點，但真正的關鍵是關於你如何調整語氣，讓他們變成更多的問題，或者讓他們變成更多的我不知道。

I mean, I could say I don't know.

我的意思是，我可以說我不知道。

Or I could say I don't know.

或者我可以說我不知道。

Or I could say I don't know, you know.

或者我可以說我不知道，你知道。

So there are quite a few different ways of saying I don't know just by changing my tone, and it can actually change the meaning.

所以有不少不同的方式，只要改變語氣就可以說不知道，其實也可以改變意思。

And this is a really big thing.

而這是一件非常重要的事情。

Internation plays a massive part when we're trying to create effect with what we're saying.

當我們試圖用我們所說的東西創造效果時，Internation起到了巨大的作用。

But luckily I teach Internation in massive detail.

但幸運的是，我教Internation的大量細節。

In my course, there's a whole chapter about it as well as all of the sounds in English, all of the phonetics, every step you need to take in order to reduce the problems in your accent and to start working towards a more British accent.

在我的課程中，有一整章都是關於它的，以及英語中所有的聲音，所有的語音，你需要採取的每一個步驟，以減少你的口音問題，並開始朝著更英國口音的方向努力。

So if you do want to work with me, I'm very happy to help you.

所以如果你真的想和我合作，我很樂意幫助你。

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您可以通過以下鏈接加入法院。

Go to e t j english dot com Thank you very much for watching Please give me a thumbs up And don't forget to subscribe if you haven't already and I will see you next time.

轉到e t j english dot com 非常感謝你的觀看，請給我豎起大拇指，如果你還沒有訂閱，別忘了訂閱，我們下次再見。

Cheers, guys.

乾杯，夥計們。