I am Teacher Tiffani and today I am going to teach you How to introduce your family

我是Tiffani老師，今天我要來教導你們──如何用英文介紹自己的家庭

in English.

Are you ready?

準備好了嗎？

Well then, let's jump right in.

那麼，讓我們開始吧

As an English learner, one of the first skills you learn is how to introduce yourself properly

身為一位英文學習者，其中一項初學的技巧便是如何適當地用英文介紹自己

in English.

You learn how to talk about your appearance, your personality, and your hobbies.

你學習如何談論自己的外表、個性和嗜好

And usually, the next thing you have to do is talk about your family.

通常，下一件要談的就是自己的家庭

But, the problem is, you don't know how to actually speak fluently in English about

但問題在於，你不知道該怎麼流利地用英文來介紹家庭

your family.

Well, don't worry, there is a quick and useful 4-step formula that will help you to

別擔心，這裡有 4 個既快速又實用的步驟，可以幫助你

speak clearly about your family.

清楚地談論自己的家庭

STEP 1 : Give an interesting piece of information about your family

步驟一：談論一個有關於家庭的有趣資訊

The purpose of this step is to grab the attention of the person listening to you.

這項步驟的目的在於抓住聽眾的注意力

Your goal is to help them see the general character of your family.

你的目標是讓他們了解你家庭的基本特色

For example, your fact can be a habit that you find unique.

舉例來說，你可以陳述一個你覺得很獨特的習慣

“My family and I usually spend Saturday nights eating pizza and watching old movies.”

「我和家人通常在週六晚上享用披薩、欣賞懷舊電影」

Or your fact can be a funny or memorable story.“One of my best memories with my family

或者是一個有趣或難忘的故事──「其中一個全家一起經歷的很棒的回憶是

is when we traveled to Europe for 10 days.

去歐洲旅行的那十天

The airport lost all of our luggage, so we had to wear the same clothes for three days.

機場遺失了我們所有的行李，因此我們有三天都穿著同樣的衣服

But we just laughed about it and still had a great time.”

但我們只是笑著面對這件事，並仍然很享受這次的旅行」

Or you can choose to say - Why they are special to you.

或者你可以選擇談及──為何家庭對你來說很特別

“I love my family dearly because they support me in everything that I do.

「我深愛我的家人們，因為他們支持我做的每件事

They are my biggest fans.”

他們是我的超級粉絲」

STEP 2 : List the individuals in your family. The purpose of this step is to give the basic

步驟二：列出家庭裡的成員。此步驟的目的是讓聽眾知道

details about your family.

你家庭的基本細節

For example, how many are in your family and who they are.

例如：你家裡有多少人、以及他們各自是誰

“There are five people in my family including me.

「我家裡連同我共有五個人

My father, my mother, me, my younger brother, and my younger sister.”

我父親、母親、我、弟弟和妹妹」

Now STEP 3 : List details for each family member.

現在步驟三為：列出每個家人的細節

For this step, you will begin to give more details about each member of your family.

在這步驟，你將開始給出更多關於家庭成員的細節

The details that you want to list for each person are:

這些你想列出來的資訊包含：

First, their appearance. “My father is a very handsome man.

首先，他們的外表：「我的父親是個相當帥氣的男人

Many people say he also has very kind eyes.”

很多人也說他有雙親切的眼睛」

Second, their personality or character. “He is actually a very kind and considerate person."

其次，他們的個性或特徵：「實際上他非常友善和體貼」

Third, their job or education. “For the last 15 years my dad has worked

第三項，他們的工作或教育程度：「在過去的15年裡，我父親

for Apple as a leading Web Developer.

任職於 Apple 公司，並擔任網頁開發的主管

He loves his job.”

他愛這份工作」

And fourth, their hobby.

第四項，他們的愛好

“But, his main hobby is skiing.

「但是他主要的興趣是滑雪

So, he likes to travel to Canada every year during the Christmas holiday.”

所以他喜歡在每年的聖誕節前往加拿大旅行」

Remember that you need to this for each of your family members.

記得你需要介紹每個家人的這些細節

This will make your introduction of your family sound more natural.

這會讓你的家庭介紹更顯自然

It will also show that you are a confident English speaker.

同時也表現出你是有自信的英語講者

And finally, STEP 4 : Wrap up your intro. Give a final statement that summarizes once

最後，步驟四為：包裝你的介紹。用一句話來最後總結

again what your family means to you.

家庭對你的意義

“My family means the world to me and without them I would not be who I am today.”

「我的家庭對我來說便是全世界，沒有他們，就沒有現在的我」

So, with these 4 steps, you will now be able to fluently introduce your family in English

所以，使用這四大步驟，你將能流利地用英文介紹自己的家人，

like a native English speaker.

就像一個以英文為母語的人一樣

Now, try to use these steps at least one time today.

現在試著在今天至少使用一次這些步驟

You can do it!

你可以做到！

You can Speak English!

你可以流暢地說英語！