我们出国旅游,很多人因为自己的英语口语不过关,经常说一句话老外并不能听懂,在这种情况下,有可能是英语口语用词不标准,或者是说法不地道,容易造成老外的误解,所以有的时候我们需要换一种老外习惯的英语表达,这些都是出国旅游常用到的英语表达,首先看下面这组对话:
A:French is a easy language to learn.
B:What do you mean?
A:What I meant to say is that it is easy if you can practice everyday.
B:Yes.
以上A说的第一句话是我们习惯的中式英语表达,老外并不懂什么是easy language;所以后面改成it is easy if you can practice everyday老外就能理解了。
以下是几种出国旅游之后与老外交流的地道英语口语:
1.一下子愣住,想不起来用英语怎么说
"I can't find the word I'm looking for…"
"I'm not sure that this is the right word, but…"
"What I want to say is…"
2.换一种说法
"What I meant to say was…"
"Let me rephrase that…"
"Let me put this another way…"
"Perhaps I'm not making myself clear…"
3.从头再说一遍
"If we go back to the beginning…"
"The basic idea is…"
"One way of looking at it is…"
"Another way of looking at it is…"
出国旅游之后,不要害怕与老外交流,将自己所学的英语发挥出来,突破不敢开口的缺点,记住这些常用的出国旅游英语了吗?