You are having a conversation with someone and all of a sudden your

當你正在和某個人談話，突然間，你們之間的

conversation dies, a miserable death of stenchy bad conversation.

對話死掉了...以非常悲慘的型態死去了

Why did that conversation die?

為什麼那時聊天會冷場呢？

I ask you. There's probably two very good reasons why your conversation has died.

我問你。非常有可能是這兩個原因導致這樣的後果

The first one is that you are too shy or too embarrassed to ask a person about

第一個是，你過於害羞或不好意思去詢問對方

new vocabulary. We are living in such a time as we have new slang, old slang, new

自己不理解的新單字。我們生活在一個充滿著許多新、舊諺語和單字的世界裡

vocabulary, old vocabulary around us all the time. Sometimes my mother will say a

我媽有時候會說出一個

word

單字

and I will have no idea what the word means because it's either British

而我也不知道那個單字的意思，因為它不是英式英語

English or really old-fashioned or old school.

就是真的是很老派或舊式的單字

On the other hand if you're talking to native Canadian speakers are native

另一方面，如果你是和加拿大的母語人士講話，英語的母語人士

English speakers they might throw some slang at you

有可能會不時向你丟出諺語

and you have no idea what they're saying.

而你也不知道他們究竟在說些什麼

For example, if someone said I have to go take a dump.

舉例來說，如果某人說我要去搭垃圾（片語意思為上大號）

yeah what a dump truck? You're taking a dump truck?

痾...一台垃圾車？你要去搭垃圾車？

So, instead of stopping the conversation with the person who has to take a dump,

不要在這時停止和要去搭垃圾車（上大號）的對方的對話

you're going to realize that you have just earned some new exciting vocabulary.

取而代之的是，你應該要意會到，你剛剛學到了些令人興奮的新字彙

This is a common occurrence in a conversation.

這在一個對話中很常發生

Two people will be talking area hey man -

兩個人正在講話時（講話聲）

one person will say a new word and the other person will stop talking because

一個人會在對話中講到陌生的單字，而另一個人就會停止聊天，因為

they don't want to look stupid and just ask the person to for one very simple

他們不想要讓場面看起來很蠢，其實，只要詢問對方一個或兩個

question.

非常簡單的問題

What's that? So, if I was talking to someone or you were talking to me and I

那是什麼？所以，如果我正在和一個人講話，或你正在和我講話，而我說

said excuse me I have to take a dump

「不好意思，我想要去上大號

I'll be right back. I'm back. Instead of not talking to me anymore,

我馬上回來」我回來了。你不應該是不繼續我們的話題

what you're going to do is you're going to ask me "Ronnie, what's take a dump" and

取而代之的應該是，你應該要來問我：「Ronnie ， take a dump 是什麼？」

I'll say, "Oh yes. Take a dump means I have to go to the washroom."

而我說「喔！對！」 take a dump 的意思是，我需要去個廁所

I'll be right back.

我會馬上回來

You can use this with one word or a phrase like I have used. "Take a dump" is

你可以將這套用為一個字或是一個片語，像我剛剛用的是 take a dump

slang.

它是一個諺語

iI's usually used with when men speak to two girls you can see it - it doesn't

這通常用於，當兩個男人在對話的時候。兩個女孩的時候也可以用

matter.

這沒關係的

take a dump basically means you have to go number two.

take a dump 實際上代表的意思是，你需要去上大號

There's going to be some poo. It's usually not polite to mention to people:

你想去大便。兩人間提起這通常不太禮貌

"My name is Ronnie nice to meet you. I gotta take a dump." It's better to be more

我的名字是 Ronnie ，很高興認識你，我想要去上大號。如果是說

polite and say, "I have to go to the washer," and we don't care what you're

「我必須去趟洗手間」會更好也更有禮貌，我們也不在意你去那

doing there.

要做些什麼

or do we? The second thing you can say, "What does the word mean?"

或者可能我們很在意。你可以運用的第二個句子是：「這個單字的意思是什麼？」

ok or the phrase mean. These two expressions are the same

或片語的意思是什麼？這兩種表現方式是相同的

Let's imagine that I was telling you about my adventures in Mexico and that's

讓我們來想像一下，當我和你說著我在墨西哥的冒險

imagine that I went to a beach in Mexico and I saw a donkey and you have no idea

想像一下，我來到墨西哥的海灘，看到了一隻 donkey 。你不知道

what a donkey is. So instead of going huh

donkey 是什麼。這時，你不應該表現出：呵（嘆氣）

or the other thing that people do is they go "donkey, donkey, donkey, donkey,

人們做的另一件是會是，他們會：donkey、donkey、donkey、donkey

donkey"

donkey

I then think one you did not hear me say donkey or two

這時，我會有兩種想法，第一個是，你沒有聽到我說 donkey；或是，第二種，

you have no idea what I'm talking about

你不知道我在說些什麼

so instead of repeating the word you don't know

取代一直重複說你不懂的字

donkey donkey donkey. Literally asked the person the question "What's donkey or

donkey、donkey、donkey 的方法是，直接詢問對方，donkey的是什麼？或

what does donkey mean?"

donkey 是什麼意思？

oh it's soon of use

這很快就可以被理解了

you have asked them the question they realize that you don't understand some

你向他們詢問一個問題，讓他們知道你不理解一些新字彙

new vocabulary people will try to help you

他們就會試著去幫助你

maybe. They want most people want to teach you new slang new vocabulary.

或許吧！他們、大部分的人都會想要教你新的諺語、新的單字

They want to help you, so instead of closing off running away

他們想要幫助你，所以，與其閉上眼睛逃離現場

what you're going to do is you're going to ask them "What's this word mean or

你應該要做的是，你要向他們詢問，這個單字的意思是什麼

what does xxx mean?"

或它代表了什麼意義

Okay, you cannot say what does mean donkey.

好的，你不能說，donkey 意思什麼

I hear a lot of my English students saying teacher

我聽到很多學生問我說

what donkey mean does you cannot change the structure of the sentence

老師，donkey 意思什麼？你不能夠改變一個句子的架構

this is very easy it's one word. What's mystery word.

這非常的簡單，這裡是一個單字，這個神祕的單字是什麼

Okay, so practice if someone throws out some new slang new vocabulary, don't be

好的，所以盡量去練習。如果有人向你丟出新的諺語或新的字彙，不要害怕

afraid come back with these two words, conversation skills.

回到這兩個會話技巧來

second thing this happens to me, so I can imagine it will happen to you

第二個。這個曾發生在我的身上過，所以我可以說，這也會發生在你身上

maybe you are learning English

或許你正在學英文

maybe you are learning how to communicate with people at a new job.

或許你正在學如何在一個新的工作中培養人際關係

I don't know. What are you doing? What you're going to do is you know the

我不知道當你正在做什麼的時候會遇到。你遇到的問題會是，你知道

English word

這個英文單字

You know... you know this word. You know this word. You've heard this word

你知道、你真的知道這個單字，你知道你以前是在哪裡聽過這個單字

before, but you don't remember the English word or you don't know the word

但你不記得這個英文單字，或你不知道這個字

whatsoever.

不管如何

You know the word in your language but you have not learned the translation

你知道怎麼用你的母語說這個單字，但你還沒學到怎麼把它用英文

into English language.

來表達

This is where the fun begins. So for the second reason a you don't know the word

這就是個有趣的地方了，因此，為了第二個原因（a）你完全不知道這個單字

at all or you don't remember the english word what you're going to do you get to

或你根本不記得那個英文單字。你應該怎麼辦呢？你應該要和

play a game with

對方玩一個

the person you're talking to. Yes, you're going to take all of the vocabulary

遊戲。是的。你必須要用上所有你所知道的單字

adjectives and verbs that you know you're going to play a game with the

用你所知道的形容詞、動詞，來和對方

person

玩個遊戲

this game is called guess the word you're going to start the game by saying

這個遊戲的名稱是：單字猜猜看。你必須藉由問個問題，來開始這場遊戲

a question you're going to say "How do you say...?" You are going to use all of your

你必須要說：你會怎麼說...？你必須要在這裡運用

vocabulary and you're going to describe the word that you don't know or don't

所有你會的單字，來描述這個你所不知道或

remember.

不記得的單字

For example, I can say, "How do you say the food and that you sometimes eat at the

例如，我可以說：你會怎麼說那個食物...就是當你在看電影的時候，

movies, and it's it's white and yellow

常常會吃到它，然後它是白色和黃色的

sometimes we put butter on. "Popcorn!" your friends like "popcorn!"

我們通常會在上面加上奶油...爆米花、爆米花！你的朋友說：爆米花

"Popcorn!"

爆米花

you have just remembered or learn the word that you couldn't do the next

你只需要記得或是學習你所不知道的那個單字，下一個

phrase you can say to the people or the person

你可以和別人描述的句子是

what do you call. Again these two words are the same, so these two sentences are

你怎麼稱呼...再一次的，這兩個單字是同義的，所以這兩個句子

exactly the same.

實際上是一樣的意思

You're going to use this or this.

你要用這個，或是這個

They're the same words same sentences again you're going to play the game with

他們是同樣的單字意思、同樣的句子意思。再一次的，你必須要和對方玩個遊戲

the people. I'd like to put out a warning as well.

在這裡我必須警告一下

Some people are stupid, so be careful,

由些人比較反應不過來，所以，要注意

some people you could describe the word and they still have no idea

有些人，當你在描述某個單字的時候，他們仍然不知道你在說什麼

That's when you get out your dictionary and leave. And the next sentence

這時，你應該要拿出你的字典，並且離開。下一個句子是

what do you call again these two of the same I can say, what do you call the

你怎麼稱呼...再說一次，這兩個的意思是一樣的。我可以說：你會怎麼稱呼

animal that looks like a horse but it's a little smaller

一種動物，牠看起來像一隻馬，但牠的體型更小一些

it has long ears and I can ride the animal.

牠還有長長的耳朵，我也可以騎在牠的身上

I think the animal was in Shrek

我記得那個動物有出現在史瑞克裡

you know the movie Shrek? Oh! donkey donkey your friend or the person you're

你知道電影史瑞克嗎？喔！驢子、驢子！你的朋友，或你對話的對象

talking to know is the movie Shrek and tells you because of your beautiful

知道電影史瑞克，並告訴你答案。因為你的完美

description that mystery word is donkey.

描述，這個神祕的單字就是驢子

So the next time you are having a conversation with someone

所以，下次當你和別人在對話時

maybe he was a native speaker or someone who you're talking to for the first time

或許他是位母語人士，或是你第一次和他對話

,and you do not understand them or you're having a conversation breakdown

而你不懂他們；或你因為聽不懂，而使得聊天被迫中斷

do not panic. Remember, ask them about new vocabulary and ask them play our

不要驚慌。記住！向他們詢問你所不會的新單字，並邀請他們來玩

beautiful game.

我們的這個遊戲

Ask them to just to talk about the word you're going to talk about the word and

請他們說出你想要說的那個單字，他們

they will tell you your magic answer. If you would like to do a quiz on this, go

就會告訴你那變魔術般的答案。如果你想要做些關於這個影片的小測驗

to invade com

可以去 invade.com

take the quiz, bye.

做小測驗。掰掰