Confident English lesson where we focus on the skills and the language that you

自信的英語課程，我們專注於您的技能和語言。

need to say what you want in English. This week we're focused on those

需要用英語說出你想要的東西。本週我們專注於那些。

situations when hmm those situations when you get stuck. Those moments when

情況下，當嗯那些情況下，當你被卡住。那些時刻，當

you get stuck, when you freeze, when you lose the words that you want to say, when

你被卡住了，當你凍結，當你失去了你想說的話，當。

you don't feel confident about what to say next or you can't find the right

你對接下來要說的話沒有信心，或者你找不到正確的說法。

word the right expression or the right grammar, you're searching in your mind

詞的正確表達或正確的文法，你正在尋找在你的頭腦中的

and you just say nothing because you don't know what to say. When it comes to

而你只是說什麼，因為你不知道該說什麼。當它涉及到

feeling stuck or searching for the right word in English I have bad news and good

我有一個壞消息和一個好消息。

news. The bad news is these situations will always happen and yes

的消息。壞消息是這些情況總是會發生的，是的。

they suck they are awful. The good news is these situations happen to native

他們很糟糕，他們很可怕。好消息是，這些情況發生在本地人身上

speakers too and that means that we have several strategies and things that we

這意味著我們有幾個策略和事情，我們也

can say in those moments to help us. When you know the right thing to do and the

可以說在這些時刻幫助我們。當你知道正確的事情要做的時候，你也知道

right thing to say in those moments it can help remove the stress, the

在那些時刻，正確的事情說，它可以幫助消除壓力，你可以說，你可以說，你可以說，你可以說，你可以說，你可以說，你可以說，你可以說，你可以說，你可以說，你可以說，你可以說，你可以說，你可以說，你可以說，你可以說，你可以說，你可以說，你可以說，你可以說，你可以說，你可以說，你可以說，你可以說，你可以說，你可以說，你可以說，你可以說，你可以說，你可以說，你可以說，你可以說，你可以說，你可以說，你可以說，你可以說，你可以說，你可以說，你可以說，你可以說，你可以說，你可以說，你可以說，你可以說，你可以說，你可以說，你可

frustration, and the fear and more importantly you can continue to

挫折，和恐懼，更重要的是你可以繼續。

communicate with confidence in a conversation. I'm going to share with you

在對話中自信地溝通。我'要和你分享的是

three strategies for what to do and common things that you can say to help

三種策略的做法和常見的話語，可以幫到你

you in those moments when you feel stuck. We're going to start with situation

你在那些時刻，當你覺得卡住。我們將從情況開始。

number one - someone asks you a question in English and you have no idea what to

第一條--有人用英語問你一個問題，你不知道該怎麼回答。

say. Maybe you've never heard the question before, maybe you didn't

說。也許你'從來沒有聽說過這個問題，也許你沒有'。

understand it clearly, maybe you just don't know you just need a little bit of

清楚地理解它，也許你只是不'知道你只是需要一點點的

time to think. So here are two strategies to help you.

時間來思考。所以這裡有兩個策略可以幫助你。

Number one - if you just need a little bit of time to think get your thoughts clear

第一，如果你只是需要一點時間來思考，讓你的思路清晰起來。

and figure out the right words to say then buy yourself some time. What that

並找出合適的話語，然後給自己爭取一些時間。那是什麼？

means is saying something that will give you some extra moments to think. Here are

意思是說一些能給你一些額外的時間去思考的東西。以下是

three things native speakers often say when we need just a moment to think

當我們需要思考的時候，母語人士經常說的三件事。

about what we want to say and find the right words. 1. Great question!

關於我們想說什麼，找到合適的詞語。1.好問題!

Let me think about that for a moment. Number two - you know I've never thought

讓我想一想。第二條--你知道我從來沒有想過

about that. Let me think about it. And number three - huh, you know I'm not sure.

關於這一點。讓我考慮一下。而第三條--呵呵，你知道我&#39；不確定。

Give me a second to think about it. Each of those sentences will buy you or get

給我一秒鐘的時間考慮。這些句子中的每一句都會讓你買到或得到。

you some time so that you can pause, take a deep breath to calm down, and think

給你一些時間，讓你可以暫停一下，深呼吸，冷靜下來，並思考

about what it is that you want to say in English. The second strategy that you can

關於你想用英語說的是什麼。第二種策略，你可以

use when you don't know what to say, you don't know how to answer a question in

當你不知道該說什麼的時候，你不知道如何回答一個問題的時候，你就會使用。

English is to answer a question with a question and this is my favorite

英語是用問題來回答問題，這是我最喜歡的。

strategy to use in English and in my second language when someone asks me a

當有人問我一個問題時，我可以用英語和第二語言的策略。

question and I don't know what to say, I feel a little bit stuck and I need some

問題，我不知道該說什麼，我覺得有點卡，我需要一些。

time. I usually say something like: You know, I'm not sure. What about you? For

時候。我通常會說這樣的話："你知道，我'不確定。你知道，我不確定。你呢？對於

example, imagine that you're talking to someone and they ask you a question,

例如，想象一下，你'正在與某人交談，他們問你一個問題。

maybe they ask your opinion on a topic and you freeze you don't know what you

也許他們問你的意見在一個主題上，你凍結你不'知道你是什麼

want say, you need some time to think about it,

想說，你需要一些時間來考慮。

to find the right words. Instead of trying to answer or feeling nervous you

以找到合適的詞語。而不是試圖回答或感到緊張，你

could simply say: You know, I don't know what I think about it. What about you? Or

可以簡單的說。你知道，我不知道我是怎麼想的。你呢？或

I'm not sure. Let me think about it but what about you? What did you think?

我不確定讓我考慮一下，但你呢？你是怎麼想的？

When you do that, when you answer a question with a question,

當你這樣做的時候，當你用一個問題來回答一個問題的時候。

it gets the other person speaking and it gives you time to keep thinking about

它讓對方說話，讓你有時間繼續思考。

what you want to say. Now in that example, my answer to the question was I don't

你想說什麼。現在在這個例子中，我對問題的回答是我不'不。

know or I'm not sure let me think about it,

知道還是我'不知道讓我想想。

what about you? That doesn't always work. For example if someone says 'what do you

那你呢？這並不總是有效。例如，如果有人說'你怎麼辦？

do' they're asking about your job and of course you know what your job is so you

做&#39；他們&#39；問你的工作，當然你知道你的工作是什麼，所以你。

can't say I don't know but you could use something like: Give me a moment to think

不能說我不知道，但你可以用這樣的方式。給我一點時間去想

about how to explain it in English and while I think tell me about your job.

關於如何用英語解釋它，而我認為告訴我你的工作。

Again that will get the other person speaking and it gives you time to think

同樣會讓對方說話，讓你有時間去思考。

about what you want to say and find the words that you need. Now those two

關於你想說什麼，並找到你需要的詞。現在這兩個

strategies that we talked about - buying yourself time with something like 'let me

我們談到的策略--用類似'讓我來給自己爭取時間。

think about that' or answering with a question - those give you the opportunity

想到這一點'或用一個問題來回答--這些都給了你機會

to think about what you want to say but what should you do if you just don't

思考你想說什麼，但你應該做的，如果你只是不';。

understand the question, you're not sure what they asked you? I actually have a

明白了這個問題，你'不知道他們問你什麼？其實我有一個

full lesson just on that topic of what should you do and say when you don't

完整的教訓，只是在這個話題上，你應該做什麼，說當你不';。

understand and you can get a link to that lesson below this video but now

理解，你可以得到一個鏈接，這一節課下面的視頻，但現在。

let's move on to situation number 2. You're having a conversation in English

讓我們繼續說說第2種情況。你正在用英語進行對話 You're having a conversation in English

or you're speaking at a business meeting and things are going

或你'在商務會議上發言，事情是怎麼回事

great until you lose it. You lose the word or suddenly you can't think of the

偉大的，直到你失去它。你失去了這個詞，或者突然間你想不起來了。

expression that you want to use. You've totally lost what you wanted to say and

你想使用的表達方式。你'已經完全失去了你想說的東西，並且。

those moments can definitely be embarrassing because other people are

這些時刻絕對可以是尷尬的，因為其他人是。

waiting for you, they're waiting for you to continue or to say what you want but

等你，他們'等你繼續或說你想要的，但。

you're totally stuck. This happens so often to native speakers that we have

你'完全卡住了。這種情況經常發生在母語人士身上，以至於我們有了

several things that we say in those moments and these things help us to have

我們在這些時刻說的幾件事，這些事情幫助我們有。

time to think, they explain what happened, they make other people laugh, or they

思考的時間，他們解釋發生了什麼事，他們讓別人笑，或者他們。

help us change the topic. So you can use the same expressions native speakers use

幫助我們改變話題。是以，您可以使用與母語人士相同的表達方式。

to help you in those moments when you lose the word, you feel stuck, and you

以幫助你在那些時刻，當你失去了這個詞，你覺得卡住了，而你

need time to think or you want to change the topic or you simply want to explain

需要時間思考，或者你想改變話題，或者你只是想解釋一下

what just happened and everyone will understand because again it happens to

剛剛發生的事情，大家都會明白，因為這又是發生在

all of us. So here are several things native speakers say. These are things

我們所有的人。所以這裡有幾件母語人士說的事情。這些事情

that I say when I forget what I want to say or I lose a word. Number one - oh my

當我忘記了我想說的話或我失去了一個詞時，我就會說。第一--哦，我的

gosh! I totally lost what I wanted to say. I'm

天哪！我完全失去了我想說的話。我

so sorry. Give me a moment to think about it. Number two - oh my brain just froze! I

很抱歉給我一點時間考慮一下。第二條--哦，我的腦子都快凍僵了!I

lost what I wanted to say. Number three - mmm I can't find the word that I want to

失去了我想說的話。第三條--嗯，我找不到我想說的詞。

use. Maybe you can help me if I explain it. And then you would try to find

使用。如果我解釋一下，也許你能幫我。然後你會試著找到

another way to explain the word or the expression you're looking for and get

另一種方式來解釋這個詞或你正在尋找的表達方式，並獲得

other people to help you find it. Number four - oh I lost my train of

其他的人幫你找到它。第四，我失去了我的火車

thought. One moment. And then use that extra moment to try to

認為。一會兒。然後利用這多出來的一瞬間，試著

get your thoughts back together to get those connections in your mind going.

把你的想法重新整合起來，讓你腦海中的那些聯繫。

Number 5 is with an idiom that we use often - oh I lost the word! It's on

5號是用一個我們經常使用的成語--哦，我失去了這個詞!It's on

the tip of my tongue. We use that idiom to say we almost remember it, it's so

我的舌尖。我們用這個成語說我們幾乎記住了它，它是如此的。

close in our mind but we can't find the word or we can't find the expression and

在我們的腦海中，但我們不能找到這個詞，或者我們不能找到表達和

again if you really can't find it then you could ask someone to help you or

再次，如果你真的不能'找不到它，那麼你可以要求別人幫助你或

change the topic. Number six - oh sorry, I forgot what I wanted to say. Um, hopefully

換個話題。第六條--哦，對不起，我忘了我想說什麼。嗯，希望

it'll come back to me in a moment. Hopefully it will come back to me in a

它'會回來給我在一個時刻。希望它會回來給我在一個

moment. That's another great expression to use to buy yourself some time to show

的時刻。這'又是一個很好的表達方式，用來給自己爭取一些時間來表現。

that you've lost what you wanted to say, you can't find it and maybe those words

你失去了你想說的話，你找不到它，也許那些話，你想說的是什麼？

will come back to you if you have a little bit of time to think. And finally,

如果你有一點時間思考，就會回到你身邊。而最後。

another common way that native speakers talk about this is - hmm I think my brain

另一種常見的方式，母語人士談論這個問題是--嗯，我想我的大腦。

just went dead. Sorry. Now all of those sentences that we just talked about

只是去死了。對不起，現在所有這些句子...現在，所有這些句子，我們只是談到了

explain what happened if somebody's listening to you speak and you suddenly

解釋發生了什麼事，如果有人'的聽你說話，你突然

get stuck. Those sentences will explain what happened and of course it gives you

卡住了。這些句子會解釋發生了什麼，當然它也給了你

a little bit of time to think but if you cannot find the word, if you're thinking

一點點的時間來思考，但如果你找不到這個詞，如果你';的思考。

about it and it doesn't come back to you you have three options. Number one: just

關於它，它不'回來給你，你有三個選擇。第一：只是

forget about what you were trying to say and go forward. So for example, if you're

忘掉你想說的話，繼續前進。所以，舉個例子，如果你'。

at a business meeting and you're sharing an idea, suddenly you get stuck, you're

在商務會議上，你'分享一個想法，突然你得到卡住，你'。

trying to find the word and you explain 'oh I'm sorry. I just lost what I'm trying

試圖找到這個詞，你解釋'哦，我&39;對不起。我只是失去了什麼，我'米試圖

to say. lLet me think about it.' And if it doesn't come back to you you can say

我想說的是，讓我考慮一下，如果它不回來給你，你可以說。

something like: You know it's not coming back to me

類似的東西。你知道它不會回到我身邊的

but let me continue. And then you just go on to your next topic. The second

但讓我繼續。然後你就繼續你的下一個話題。第二個

thing you can do is give someone else the opportunity to speak. If you're

你可以做的事情是給別人說話的機會。如果你'是

in a conversation, you get stuck and it's not coming back to you, you could say: You

在對話中，你卡住了，它'的不回來給你，你可以說。你可以說：

know, I just can't remember what I wanted to say. Maybe it will come back to me and

知道，我只是不記得我想說什麼了。也許它會回來給我和

I can talk about it later but does anyone else want to answer the question?

我可以以後再談，但還有人要回答這個問題嗎？

Or does anyone else have something to say? And it's an invitation to others in

還是有人有話要說？而這'也是對其他人的邀請，在

the conversation to speak instead. Your third option is to simply change the

的對話來代替說話。你的第三個選擇是簡單地改變

subject, to move on to a new topic. If you get stuck and you cannot find the

主題，轉入新的主題。如果你被卡住了，你無法找到

words that you wanted to say, you lose your thoughts and they don't come back

你想說的話，你失去了你的想法，他們不回來了。

to you, you can simply change the subject by saying: You know, it's not coming back

對你來說，你可以簡單地轉移話題說。你知道，它不回來了

to me. Let's move on, let's change the topic. In all of those situations you

對我來說。讓我們'繼續前進，讓我們'換個話題。在所有這些情況下，你

continue the conversation successfully and maybe in a few minutes

聊得來，說不定幾分鐘就能搞定

what you wanted to say, the words you were looking for, will come back to your

你想說的話，你想找的話，都會在你的腦海裡浮現。

mind and later in the conversation or while you're speaking at the business

心裡，以後在談話中或當你'在業務上發言的時候

meeting you could say: Oh I just remembered what I wanted to say earlier!

你可以說，會議。哦，我才想起我剛才想說的話！

And then you can continue to say what you want. So the next time this happens

然後你可以繼續說你想說的話。所以下次發生這種情況時

to you, when someone asks you a question in English and you freeze for a moment

對你來說，當有人用英語問你一個問題時，你會愣一下。

or you're speaking and suddenly you lose what you wanted to say, try using one of

或你'正在說話，突然你失去了你想說的，嘗試使用其中一個

these strategies to help you continue in that conversation. And here is another

這些策略可以幫助你繼續進行這種對話。而這裡是另一個

thing that is great about those strategies that you can use: they work in

這些策略的好處是，你可以使用：它們在以下情況下工作

every situation. If you're talking to a friend in English, you're talking to your

每一種情況。如果你用英語和朋友說話，你就會和你的朋友說話。

neighbor about a vacation that you went on, if you're at a business meeting

鄰居說你去度假了，如果你在商務會議上。

sharing your idea, or getting to know a new client. In all of those

分享你的想法，或認識一個新客戶。在所有這些情況下

situations these strategies are perfectly appropriate and polite to use.

的情況下，這些策略是完全適合和有禮貌的使用。

And if you found today's lesson useful to you, please let me know. You can do

如果你覺得今天的課程對你有用，請告訴我。你可以做

that by giving this video a thumbs up on YouTube and sharing it on Facebook. With

通過在YouTube上對這個視頻豎起大拇指並在Facebook上分享它。隨著

that have a fantastic week and I look forward to seeing you in our next

有一個夢幻般的一週，我期待著看到你在我們的下一個。

Confident English lesson.

自信的英語課。