I am Julian, and this is Doing English.

我是Julian，你正在收看 Doing English。

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

在今天的課程裡，我要來討論你們提出的某一個問題：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.

我會說這關係到平常的練習，真的。

If you think about it, maybe when somebody asks you a question and you can’t answer quickly or automatically,

你想想看，也許當某個人問你一個問題，而你沒有辦法快速、自然的回答，

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

又或者你需要說些什麼，但是就是沒有辦法像自己所希望的一樣說得輕鬆又自然。

If you think about it, that isn’t really something that's unique to speaking in a second language.

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。

For example, if somebody asks me – In English, if somebody asks me a question that is very difficult for me, it’s not easy to respond to that very quickly and automatically.

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，那麼要回答的輕鬆又自然就不會那麼容易。

I'll have to think about it a little bit and maybe I won’t know the answer and I’ll "Um" and "Ah," "Umm, "Uh" a lot and maybe I’ll get confused and I won’t be able to answer in a kind of smooth sort of way.

我會需要思考一下，也許我不知道答案會恩恩阿阿的說不出話，也許我會困惑，然後我就沒有辦法回答的很順暢。

And that might be the same for any kind of topic that I don’t talk about a lot.

同樣的狀況也會發生在那些我不是很熟悉的話題上，

Whether that’s in my first language English or in my second language, it doesn’t really matter.

不管英文是我的母語還是第二語言。

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

那根本就沒有關係，甚至當你用第二外語說話時，明顯會謹慎一點。

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

同樣的道理也印證在你的母語上，我想最重要的關鍵還是多練習 。

And again if you think about how you use your first language, there are probably some things that you talk about again and again and again and you can discuss very automatically and very smoothly.

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，然後你不斷的去說，接著你就能變得自然又順暢。

For example, if somebody asked me a question about learning English, this is something that I talk about almost all day, every day.

例如，如果有人問我關於學英文的問題，這是個我每天、整天都在想的問題。

I'm an English teacher so of course I do.

因為我是個英文老師，這是理所當然的。

So it’s very easy for me to respond very quickly and very smoothly to most questions.

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。

And try and think of something that you also talk about a lot and kind of conversations you may be having again and again and again,

試著想想看某個你很常去討論，或是某個你不斷重複的對話，

and you’ll probably be able to speak about those very, very easily, very automatically, very smoothly because it’s something that you do again and again and again.

關於那些事情，也許你就能夠說得輕鬆自然又順暢，因為那是你重複做過的事情。

It’s repetition that is the key I think.

「重複」就是關鍵。

So when it comes to speaking English, the first thing you’ve got to do is understand that at first, it’s not going to come out smoothly because repetition is the key.

所以當說到英文，你首先要做的事情就是理解，最初不是要去想要怎麼更順暢，因為重複練習才是關鍵。

And presumably, you will be having the same kinds of conversations again and again in English, just like you do in your native language, so it will get easier overtime.

假設你不斷用英文重複同一種話題，就像你用母語，一段時間後，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 topic, is just plan in your head and think about what you’re going to say in advance.

但如果你知道你要去說某個特定的主題時，你也可以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.

還有在腦中想好等等會被問什麼問題。

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

例如你在學校或大學要去做的學術準備或是其他東西，

you can kind of guess what the questions you’re gonna be asked are and prepare for those.

你可以猜到你會被問到哪些問題，並提前準備。

And if you do get a question that you’re not prepared for and you are unable to respond quickly and easily,

如果你被問到一個沒有事前準備的問題，因此以沒辦法說的順暢又自然，

don’t feel bad about it because again, it’s something native speakers have a problem with, too.

別感到難過，因為那是連母語人士都有可能感到困難的事情。

It’s just more obvious when you’re an English learner, I think.

只是當你學習英文的時候這些顯得更困難罷了。

So yeah, if you want to be able to speak and respond more automatically and more quickly, I think repetition is the key.

所以，如果你想要能夠在說話和回答上更加自然更加快速，重複練習是重點。

Just don’t worry about it in the beginning and just, you know, as you have the same conversations again and again and again and answer the same questions again and again and again and it gets easy.

別在一開始學習就擔心，只要不斷的重複練習同樣對話，不斷回答同樣問題就會變得越來越容易。

Simple as that.

就是這麼簡單。

That is it for today’s lesson, I think.

我想這就是以上的課程。

If you have any questions or any lesson request of your own, just leave a comment in the comment’s box under this video and we’ll check that at some point.

如果你有任何的問題或是自己想知道的課程，歡迎在底下留下留言，我們會去查看。

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

以上，希望下次課程再見面。