留美趣事A12:1994-12:英语秘笈

挖掘留美生活趣事。为啥只有趣事段子?生活这么五味,开心一下,不整那些沉重的东东。一笑了之,别对号入座。
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刚来美国,英语听和说都是大问题。TOEFL, GRE分可以很高,绝不等于能用英语交流。尤其是天天跟国际学生混在一起,语音五花八门,听和说难度至少英语8级。

经仔细观察,发现一英语说的不错的老中哥们,逐趋前虚心求教。“俺这武功秘笈一般不跟别人讲,看你小子有心,就传给你吧”。

这讲英文基础是脸皮要厚,越厚越好。诀窍一,说话时,不管对方是谁,心里得有信心,“不行咱拼中文试试,小样!”。绝窍二,对任何话题,当你实在说不明白了,你就加,”You know” 和 “something like that”。就如,“You know,the problem is.... You know, the solution is....something like that"。至于什么是something, 什么是that,那只有鬼才知道。

高人哪!

自此,俺屡试不爽。谁还说废话没用?
 
硅谷知青 发表评论于
回复nightrose的评论:
在理。Effective Communication is the key.
nightrose 发表评论于
不胆怯是对的,多练习也是对的,但口头禅是很不好的习惯,学起来容易,改掉很难。以后英语不是问题了,口头禅也会常常冒出来。
我当时的主旨是宁可不开口,也不说废话。现在英语练得也很好。
四月的风 发表评论于

好歹也是学了多年英语,到了美国,学的第一句,“how do you do?”就无用武之地啊,要是多年前就受高人指点,you know, 不就啥都能说成something like that么? 呵呵。
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