How to Talk Like a Native Speaker | Marc Green | TEDxHeidelberg · TEDx Talks
Marc Green分享如何像母语者一样流利说外语，适合练习口语和跨文化沟通技巧。
Translator: Phuong Cao Reviewer: Leonardo Silva
翻译者：Phuong Cao 审稿人：Leonardo Silva
My story starts in Moscow.
我的故事始于莫斯科。
I was 15 years old.
我当时15岁。
My best friend and I, we were part of a group of Westerners, visiting the Soviet Union.
我和我最好的朋友当时属于一个由西方人组成的旅行团，我们正在访问苏联。
This was in 1987, a few years before the fall of the communist regime.
这发生在1987年，距离共产主义政权垮台还有几年的时间。
We were given an official tour guide who was assigned to us.
我们被安排了一位正式的导游来带领我们参观。
And the tour would start in the morning, and we were checked in to our hotel rooms for the night.
旅行当天上午就开始了，之后我们被安排入住酒店房间过夜。
My friend said to me, ''Let's go outside and look at the city.''
我的朋友对我说：“我们出去看看这座城市吧。
I thought it was a great idea.
我觉得这是个很棒的主意。
Dumb idea.
这主意太蠢了。
So we grabbed our coats, and we snuck out past security and into the street.
于是我们穿上外套，悄悄地绕过保安人员的检查，走到了街上。
We found the entrance to the metro.
我们找到了地铁的入口。
The Moscow underground transportation system is the deepest one in the world.
莫斯科的地铁交通系统是世界上最深的地铁系统。
The ride down the escalator took a full minute.
沿着自动扶梯滑下来的过程整整持续了一分钟。
Once we were down there, my friend headed right to an open train, and I pulled him back and said, "Wait!
我们到达那里后，我的朋友立刻走向了一列停在那里的火车；我立刻拉住他，说道：“等等！
Let's write down the name of the station so we can find our way back."
我们把车站的名字记下来吧，这样就能找到回去的路了。
So I had a notepad, and I took a notepad, and I wrote down the letters of the station,
所以我拿了一本笔记本，把那个车站的名称用字母写了下来。
and we hopped down the train and went on train hopping.
我们下了火车，然后继续乘坐其他火车继续旅行。
And that was fun because - Well, actually, it was weird.
不过这确实挺有趣的……嗯，其实说起来挺奇怪的。
There were a lot of people, probably all coming home from work.
那里有很多人，他们可能都是下班后回家的。
They were all dressed in brown and gray clothes, and it looked very, very different from what we were used to at home.
他们都穿着棕色和灰色的衣服，这与我们在家里习惯看到的穿着风格截然不同。
But the stations were lovely.
不过那些车站真的很漂亮。
There were stations with statues, with paintings on the wall, and glass displays.
有些车站内设有雕像，墙壁上挂着画作，还有玻璃展柜。
It was really like museums.
那些地方真的就像博物馆一样。
We would never have expected that.
我们绝对想不到会这样。
And everything was perfectly clean.
而且所有地方都干净得一尘不染。
Well, what was weird though is that the people - nobody seemed to speak,
嗯，奇怪的是那些人——似乎没有人说话。
and everyone seemed to be looking at us and it kind of weirded us out.
似乎所有人都在看着我们，这让我们感到有些不安（或：有点奇怪）。
So after about 20-30 minutes, we'd had enough and we wanted to go home.
大约过了 20 到 30 分钟后，我们受够了，想要回家了。
I showed my note to someone and they directed me over there.
我把我的纸条拿给某个人看，他们便指给我看那个方向。
Then over there, I showed my note to another person, and they directed us to the other way.
然后，在那边，我把我的纸条拿给另一个人看，那个人指引我们往另一个方向走。
And then a third person directed us sideways.
然后，有第三个人指示我们向侧面移动。
That was a little confusing.
有点令人困惑……
Aw, then I saw it.
啊，那么我就看到它了。
Over the stairs, the sign.
在楼梯上方，有一个指示牌。
It turned out I had written down the Russian word for "Exit."
结果发现，我当时把表示“出口”的俄语单词写了下来。
So we headed upstairs and we found a taxi.
于是我们上了楼，然后找到了一辆出租车。
That was great.
太棒了！
And we told the driver, you know, "Intourist Hotel," and then he was willing to take us.
我们告诉司机：“去Intourist Hotel。”之后他就同意载我们去了。
And I remember sitting next to the driver, handing him 50 rubles.
我记得自己坐在司机旁边，把50卢布递给了他。