Name: 如何用英語講故事 (How to Tell a Story in English)
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I thought today would be a good day to teach
you a little bit about how to tell a good

You know, the, the kind of story that you
tell a friend or a co-worker after you've

been gone for the weekend or after you did
something fun.

For myself, last weekend my wife and I went
to Niagara Falls.

But if you look at that sentence, if you look
at the sentence, "Last week my wife and I

went to Niagara Falls.", there's three interesting
things about that sentence that you can use

For instance, I started by talking about WHEN
we went.

And there's a lot of ways that you can start
a sentence when you're talking about time.

So for instance I could say, "Yesterday..."

I could say, "Last weekend or last week..."

You notice how I'm getting further back in
time with each statement.

So I could say, "Last weekend / Last week..."

That would be further in the past than a couple
weeks ago.

You can see how I get further and further
in the past, but when you tell a small story

to people you know you can, you can always
start with the WHEN.

So in my story again I said, "Last weekend..."

The second part of that sentence I just said
WHO I was with.

So we started with the WHEN and then I stated
the WHO.

So we have the WHEN, the WHO, and then the
WHERE.

So, "Last weekend my wife and I went to Niagara
Falls."

So if you're telling your own story, if you're
sharing with someone something that you did

that is a great starting sentence and you
should probably practice that a little bit.

You should probably write down a few practice
sentences like, "A couple of days ago my friend

So it's the same format, the, the WHEN, the
WHO, and the WHERE.

Or, "A few months ago my dad and I went to
Portugal."

So that would be a great example of a starting
sentence again.

After you've introduced the WHEN, the WHO,
and the WHERE you then want to say a few things

So, "Last weekend my wife and I went to Niagara
Falls.

While we were there we went for a couple of
walks.

And we went to some of the popular tourist
areas."

So you'll notice something common about all
those sentences, and that's that they'rein

So we're talking about something that happened,
and something that's now over.

You're going to want to be able use the past
tense in English.

An easy way to remember that is a lot of the
English verbs when they end in -ED are in

There's some that are irregular, but if you
say things like, "We watched all of the other

When you use the -ED verbs, the verbs that
end in -ED you're speaking in the past tense.

And then when you're done telling your story,
when you get to the point where you've shared

enough information, you want to finish off
by saying, the reason you're telling the story

So you would want to say things like, "My
wife and I really enjoyed the trip.

It was a lot of fun for us to go to Niagara
Falls."

You might even want to recommend whatever
it is that you did to someone else.

So again you want to start by stating the
WHEN.

And then you want to state the, the WHERE.

I'm kind of getting it confused in my own
mind.

You could say, "Last year my brother and I
went to Italy.

"While we were there we had a good time, and
I would recommend that trip to anybody."

So that's a great little story right there.

So that could be three or four months ago.

"A few months ago my dad and I went to Portugal.

And while we were there we visited his cousins.

They have a beautiful farm in Portugal where
they have lots of sheep and goats.

It was so nice there I would definitely go
again sometime."

I'm kind of introducing the story with the,
the WHEN, the WHO, the WHERE sentence.

I'm saying a few things about what happened
while we were there, and then I'm kind of

just making a comment in general about how
it made me feel.

Anyway, it's always good to learn how to tell
a little story in English.

I hope that you take some time just to write
down a few of these.

If you want a challenge I would say write
down about three or four stories.

Make sure they're true, in English of course,
and then memorize them.

Memorize little parts of your life that you
would be sharing naturally if you had an English

So write down a few things, a few things that
you've done in the past year or two.

Write them down so that you can be ready.

I'm always big on, which means I recommend,
that you're ready for your English conversations,

that you always memorize a few interesting
details about yourself.

You should memorize so that means that you
have them memorized in your head and be ready

to share a few stories about yourself in English.

Just so that when you do happen to get into
an English conversation then you're ready.

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