13. Speak up 大聲說(shuō)話
A: I thought I was speaking English fairly well. Now I'm not so sure.
B: What did you say?
A: I said I thought I spoke pretty good English, but people keep asking me to repeat what I've said, so maybe I'm not doing so well after all.
B: There's nothing wrong with your English. It's just that no one can hear what you're saying.
A: Is that what's wrong? But I think it's impolite to talk loudly.
B: You don't have to shout, but you do have to make yourself heard. Maybe Americans talk louder than other people. If so, you'll just have to speak louder,too.
Notes
Fairly well 挺不錯(cuò)
Is that what's wrong? 這就是問(wèn)題所在嗎？
Make yourself heard 讓別人聽得見(jiàn)你說(shuō)的話
A：我本以為自己的英語(yǔ)說(shuō)得不錯(cuò)?，F(xiàn)在我又不那么有把握了。
B：你說(shuō)什么？
A：我說(shuō)我以為自己英語(yǔ)說(shuō)得不錯(cuò)，但人們老是要我重復(fù)我說(shuō)過(guò)的話?；蛟S我說(shuō)的并不那么好。
B：你的英語(yǔ)沒(méi)有問(wèn)題。只是沒(méi)有人聽得見(jiàn)你在說(shuō)什么。
A：毛病就在這里嗎？可是我覺(jué)得大聲說(shuō)話是不禮貌的。
B：你不一定要大聲喊叫，但你應(yīng)該讓別人聽得見(jiàn)你的話。也許美國(guó)人說(shuō)話聲音比別的人要響。如果這樣，你說(shuō)話聲音也大一些就是了。
A: I thought I was speaking English fairly well. Now I'm not so sure.
B: What did you say?
A: I said I thought I spoke pretty good English, but people keep asking me to repeat what I've said, so maybe I'm not doing so well after all.
B: There's nothing wrong with your English. It's just that no one can hear what you're saying.
A: Is that what's wrong? But I think it's impolite to talk loudly.
B: You don't have to shout, but you do have to make yourself heard. Maybe Americans talk louder than other people. If so, you'll just have to speak louder,too.
Notes
Fairly well 挺不錯(cuò)
Is that what's wrong? 這就是問(wèn)題所在嗎？
Make yourself heard 讓別人聽得見(jiàn)你說(shuō)的話
A：我本以為自己的英語(yǔ)說(shuō)得不錯(cuò)?，F(xiàn)在我又不那么有把握了。
B：你說(shuō)什么？
A：我說(shuō)我以為自己英語(yǔ)說(shuō)得不錯(cuò)，但人們老是要我重復(fù)我說(shuō)過(guò)的話?；蛟S我說(shuō)的并不那么好。
B：你的英語(yǔ)沒(méi)有問(wèn)題。只是沒(méi)有人聽得見(jiàn)你在說(shuō)什么。
A：毛病就在這里嗎？可是我覺(jué)得大聲說(shuō)話是不禮貌的。
B：你不一定要大聲喊叫，但你應(yīng)該讓別人聽得見(jiàn)你的話。也許美國(guó)人說(shuō)話聲音比別的人要響。如果這樣，你說(shuō)話聲音也大一些就是了。