电话英语很轻松/Phone call ettiquette
Student:Could you tell me some useful sentences that I could use on a phonecall?You know my English is poor. I'm afraid I can't follow you.
学生:你能跟我讲讲打电话时有用的句子吗?你知道我英语不好。我怕自己听不懂。
Teacher:No problem.Basically,there are 3 situations in which people like you can't follow the foreign teacher.1:I may speak too fast.So you can't understand.In this case,you could say "You speak a little fast,slow down,please"
老师:没问题。基本上,有三种情况,你可能会听不懂外教的话。第一种:我可能会说得很快。所以你听不懂。这种情况下,你可以说"你说得有点儿快,请说慢点儿。"
Student:Wait a moment. I'll have to take down what you said.
学生:等一下。我得把你说的记下来。
Teacher:Ok
老师:好的。
Student:Then what's the second point?
学生:那下一点呢?
Teacher:The second is maybe you can't hear me clearly.In this case,you could say "Excuse me.Can you speak up,please?"or "I beg you pardon?"
老师:第二点是也许你听不清我说的话。这种情况下你可以说"对不起。你能大点儿声吗?或是请再说一便";
Student:I see.What's the last point?
学生:我知道了。那最后一点是什么?
Teacher:The last one is you may miss or you don't understand what I just said.In this case,you culd say "I'm sorry,I don't understand what you're saying.or simply I don't get it"
老师:最后一点是你可能没听到或是没听懂我说的话。这种情况的话,你可以说"不好意思,我不懂你说的是什么。或者简单的一句我听不懂"
Student:Is there more?
学生:还有别的吗?
Teacher:You'd better practice them before you know more.
老师:你还是先把它们练好吧。
Student:Thanks.I've learned a lot today.
学生:谢谢。今天我学了很多东西。
Teacher:My pleasure.
老师:很荣幸
Attention Please…特别提醒
[你可以请外教反复帮你模仿/训练下面句子/词组的正宗美式发音
[1]打电话的时候会有许多功能句。像:你能再说一遍吗?或是你能大点声吗?等等。这里举几个例子。Ie:Slow down,please.[请说慢点儿]look at time.Shall we call next time?[看看表吧。下次在聊]I'm happy to hear you again[真高兴能听到你的声音]等。
Related Words…相关词汇
以下这些词汇并未给出汉语意思,你可以用我们学到的英语问问外教它们的意思
[ie:What does "***" mean? "***"是什么意思?]
Hello. speaking. How may I help you?
Keeping busy. What have you been up to?
I won't keep you any longer. Nice talking to you.
注:书中对话仅作参考,重要的是拿起电话,就自己喜欢的内容与老外反复练习。轻易不出口,出口必砸人