Common English Phrases to Keep Your Conversation Going! · mmmEnglish
掌握30个实用英语短语，帮助你在对话中应对卡壳情况，保持交流流畅。适合练习日常对话应对技巧。
Do you feel frustrated when you get stuck in English conversations?
当你在英语对话中遇到困难（无法继续交流）时，会感到沮丧吗？
You want to keep your conversation going but you don't know what to say or maybe you freeze because you don't understand them.
你想继续对话，但却不知道该说什么；或者可能因为听不懂对方的话而陷入沉默（即“僵住”在原地）。
You completely forget your words.
你完全忘记了自己原本要说的话。
You don't know what to say.
你不知道该说什么。
Or they don't understand you.
或者他们根本不理解你。
I'm Emma, creator of mmmEnglish, where I help millions of English learners around the world develop confidence and fluency in English.
我是艾玛（Emma），“mmmEnglish”项目的创始人。通过这个项目，我帮助全球数百万英语学习者提升他们的英语自信心和表达能力。
Today I have thirty awesome phrases to help you get unstuck during English conversations
今天，我为大家准备了三十条非常实用的表达方式，帮助大家在英语对话中摆脱尴尬或僵局的局面。
so you know what to say and you can keep your conversation going.
这样你就知道该说什么了，也能让对话继续进行下去。
I've also made you a free PDF
我还为你准备了一份免费的 PDF 文件。
workbook with all of these useful common English expressions plus a quiz to help you make sure that you can use them accurately when you speak.
这本练习册包含了所有这些常用的英语表达方式，同时还附有一个小测验，帮助你确保在口语交流中能够准确使用这些表达。
The link to download it is in the description below.
下载该文件的链接位于下方的描述中。
You'll need to add your name and your email address so that I can send it to you.
您需要提供自己的姓名和电子邮件地址，这样我才能将文件发送给您。
You can also join my weekly newsletter so you never miss a lesson or a free PDF.
您还可以订阅我的每周新闻通讯，这样就不会错过任何课程或免费的 PDF 文件了。
Every confident English speaker, whether they're native or non-native, uses the phrases and these strategies that I'm going to share today to help them communicate.
每一位自信的英语使用者（无论是母语者还是非母语者）都会使用我今天要分享的那些短语和交流策略，来帮助自己更好地进行沟通。
Native speakers use these phrases all the time because it's a really natural part of communicating.
母语者经常使用这些短语，因为它们是日常交流中非常自然的一部分。
We don't always know what to say and it doesn't always come out perfectly.
我们并不总是知道该说什么，而且表达出来的话也并不总是那么完美。
Sometimes native speakers don't explain themselves clearly
有时候，母语者也无法把自己的意思表达得非常清楚。
and we have to use the expressions and phrases in this video to react and to keep our conversations going.
我们必须使用这个视频中的表达方式和短语来回应对方，并让对话持续进行下去。
But the difference is that native speakers or proficient speakers are more likely to be confident English speakers.
不过，不同之处在于：以英语为母语的人或英语使用能力熟练的人，通常会更加自信地使用英语。
They just know how to quickly get themselves out of trouble if they need to, if they get stuck during a conversation.
他们知道如何在需要时迅速摆脱困境；比如在谈话中遇到尴尬或困难的情况时，他们知道该如何应对。
They know how to fix it without panicking too much.
他们知道如何在不至于过于慌张的情况下解决问题。
And this is the main difference between you and them.
这就是你和他们之间的主要区别。
You just need to know what to say in those situations to get yourself unstuck.
你只需要知道在那种情况下该说什么，就能摆脱困境。
And there are plenty of phrases and expressions to help you in those situations.
在这些情况下，有很多短语和表达方式可以帮助你。
Imagine that you've just run into someone that you know, perhaps a colleague or a professor at your university and you've just started chatting in English.
想象一下：你刚刚遇到了一位你认识的人，可能是你的同事或大学里的教授，然后你们开始用英语聊天。
Things are going well but suddenly, you don't understand what they're saying.
一切进展顺利，但突然间，你却听不懂他们在说什么了。
They've used a couple of words that you don't recognise or perhaps it could be because their accent's not one that you're familiar with.
他们使用了一些你听不懂的单词；也许是因为他们的口音与你所熟悉的口音不同。
So in these situations, you could say: I'm sorry, I didn't catch that.
所以在这些情况下，你可以这样说：“对不起，我没听清楚。
Could you repeat that?
你能再重复一遍吗？
Maybe you just didn't quite understand what they said because they were speaking so fast.
也许你只是没有完全听懂他们的话，因为他们说话的速度太快了。
In this case, you can ask: Could you say that again a little more slowly?
在这种情况下，你可以这样问：“您能再慢一点说一遍吗？
Sorry, I'm not following you.
抱歉，我不太明白你在说什么。
We use this when we don't understand what someone means.
当我们不明白某人的意思时，就会使用这种方法。
When the meaning is a little bit unclear, if you're a little bit confused, then you can use it.
当某个词的含义不太清楚、让你感到困惑时，就可以使用这个词来帮助自己理解。
I don't think I understood clearly.
我觉得自己并没有完全理解清楚。
Could you say that again?
你能再重复一遍吗？
Okay so studying and memorising these phrases is step one.
好的，学习并记住这些短语是第一步。
But to make them your own, to make them part of your own active vocabulary, you need to practise putting them into use,
但要想真正掌握这些词汇，让它们成为你日常使用词汇的一部分，你就需要通过实际练习来运用它们。
using them in different situations with different people in different contexts.
在不同的情境下，与不同的人一起，在不同的背景下使用它们。
You know that I'm a huge supporter of Hey Lady!
你知道的，我是《Hey Lady!》这首歌的超级粉丝！