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Have you ever finished telling a story or sharing an idea in English?

And then it's just silence.

No one starts to speak.

You wait, they wait.

There's this long pause, and everyone just keeps looking at you.

So after a few uncomfortable seconds, you quietly add, and that's it.

Now, everyone knows you've finished speaking, but that awkward moment has already happened.

If you've experienced that, in this lesson,

you're going to learn exactly how to make it clear that you have finished speaking in English before those awkward silences begin,

no matter whether you're telling a story, sharing an opinion, or giving an update.

we're going to look at how to complete your final thought how to use your voice to signal the ending

and when needed invite someone else to speak

so to avoid those awkward uncomfortable silences the first thing your listener needs is an ending

that sounds complete sometimes you may know exactly how you want to finish for example you might say

and after the market we went home that was the end of our day

or so i think we should wait till friday the endings are clear they're complete

but we don't always get that luxury sometimes you lose your train of thought

while you're speaking maybe you forget a detail you want to share

or you just can't find the right word

and everything gets lost in those moments that's when someone might say

and then we went to the market

and yeah that's not really a complete thought so in

that moment your listener may not know whether the story's finished

or whether you're still trying to continue trying to find the right words

and when that kind of statement happens those awkward silences begin

But if you ever lose your train of thought or get lost trying to find the right word, you don't need to force yourself to remember every detail.

Instead, you can briefly acknowledge the problem and then finish with the main point.

For example, let's say that I'm telling a story and I kind of lose my focus.

So I might say, and then we went to the market and, well, shoot, I just lost my train of thought.

I can't remember what I was going to say.

But the important thing is we made it home.

The truth is conversations don't always go exactly as we planned.

The goal is to simply give your listener a clear final thought instead of letting your words kind of disappear.

Now, along with that complete thought to show that you're finished speaking, your voice can also help to make the ending clearer.

And this is where our intonation is important.

We can use our voice to show a finished thought by using falling intonation.

This means that your voice moves lower as you reach the end of your sentence.

Listen to that again.

This means that your voice moves lower as you reach the end of your sentence.

For example, if we go back to the story I was telling before, I might say, and after the market, we went home.

That fall helps the sentence sound complete.

It helps your listener hear that you have reached the end and that they can respond.

On top of that, you can also slightly slow down on those final words.

For example, but what's important is, we made it home.

Here, that combination of a complete thought, the falling intonation, and the slower pace,

all of these work together to make it clear that you are ending.

You're finished speaking, and it helps to avoid those uncomfortable or awkward silences.

As a result, when you stop speaking, you give your listener the signal that it's their time to respond.

Now, when I say that your voice falls

and maybe your pace gets slower i want to be very clear here we're not talking about

simply allowing your voice to become quieter we don't want it

to disappear for example we don't want to finish a sentence with

and then we made it home

and yeah do you notice how quiet it sounded in fact maybe you couldn't even hear it in this video

and the first response when something goes really quiet is either that awkward silence or a quick, what was that?

And I don't know about you, but hearing those questions like, what was that?

Or say that again, can get really discouraging.

One of the reasons we hear them so often is our voice is too soft and quiet.

So we still want to allow for proper volume and enunciation.

We just want to make sure that that intonation falls at the end of the sentence.

Now, if you want more detail on this, I have another lesson where I share more detail on how rising

and falling intonation can help you hold your turn while speaking, avoid interruptions, and show when you're finished.

So if that's something you'd like to take a look at, I'll leave a link to that lesson in the notes below.

But for now, I want you to remember this.

Let your voice fall clearly on the final words,

and then allow another person to respond now sometimes especially

if you've been speaking for a longer period it can help

to add a few clear words at the end for example

if you're finishing a story you might say

and anyway that's what happened in the end or

if a story doesn't have an ending yet you might say so we'll see what happens next.

And if you're sharing an opinion, you might end your opinion with, well, that's how I see it.

Or I'm interested in what others think.

And of course, you can also make it exceptionally clear who should speak next by adding a question.

You could directly ask, and what do you think?

Does anyone want to add anything?

Or Priya, over to you.

Each of these phrases does more than simply show that you're finished.

They also help your listener know exactly what should happen next, whether to respond, ask a question, or take the next turn.

Of course, you don't need to use all of these every time you speak.

But when you have been speaking for several minutes, and when several people are involved or you're on a video call,

a clear closing phrase can prevent those awkward silences.

So now that we have these strategies in place, let's take a look at how these signals often work together.

For this, I want you to imagine

that you're giving an update in a meeting

and you might finish by saying the design is finished and now we're waiting to hear from the vendor.

Priya, over to you.

Your final thought is complete.

Your voice falls so everyone can hear that you've finished.

And that final statement, Priya, over to you, makes it clear who should speak next.

And if you're not handing the conversation to one person, you can say, the design is finished, and now we're waiting to hear from the vendor.

Does anyone have any questions?

When you bring these pieces together, You don't need to wait through an awkward silence and add something like, that's it, or I'm done.

Instead, your listener already knows that you finished and they know exactly what should happen next.

So now I want you to practice.

Take a moment to think about a situation where you need to speak for a period of time in English, like when you're telling a story,

sharing an opinion, or giving an update practice those in advance

and choose a sentence

that you want your listener to hear at the end practice it out loud make sure

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that the thought is complete

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and then say it again this time slowing down with the final few words

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and letting your voice fall at the end for example

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so I think we should wait until Friday and

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if the situation requires it you could add a clear question as a handoff.

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For example, what do you think?

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Or over to you.

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Try that multiple times.

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Practice saying it out loud so you really get comfortable with these strategies and you can hear yourself using them.

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When your final thought is complete, when your voice clearly reaches the end with falling intonation,

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and if, when appropriate, you add a question or provide a direct handoff,

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your listener knows that you've finished and you can avoid those awkward silences.

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Now, as always, if you found this lesson helpful to you, don't forget to subscribe or follow wherever you're watching or listening from today.

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Thank you so much for joining me and I look forward to next time.

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這段影片共有 113 個句子、1464 個單詞可供跟讀。講話部分時長為 9:46。說話人語速自然，每分鐘約 150 個詞，接近日常對話。 90% 的單詞屬於英語最常用的 3,000 詞，詞彙容易理解。

影片中的重點詞彙

影片中 15 個值得學習的單詞，附發音和釋義：

單詞	發音	釋義
silence 名詞	/ˈsaɪ̯ləns/	沉默
awkward 形容詞	/ˈɔk.wɚd/	彆扭 /彆扭
listener 名詞	/ˈlɪs(ə)nɚ/	傾聽者 /傾聽者, 聽者 /聽者
lesson 名詞	/ˈlɛs.ən/	課業 /課業, -課 /-課
uncomfortable 形容詞	/ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/	不舒服
pace 名詞	/peɪs/	步伐, 步幅
phrase 名詞	/ˈfɹeɪ̯z/	短語 /短語, 片語 /片語
disappear 動詞	/dɪsəˈpɪɹ/	消失
vendor 名詞	/ˈvɛn.dɚ/	賣主 /賣主, 賣家 /賣家
helpful 形容詞	/ˈhɛlp.fl̩/	有幫助 /有幫助
luxury 名詞	/ˈlʌk.ʃə.ɹi/	豪華 /豪華
invite 動詞	/ɪnˈvaɪt/	邀請 /邀請, 請 /請
wherever	/(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/	無論何處 /無論何處
acknowledge 動詞	/əkˈnɑ.lɪd͡ʒ/	承認 /承認
quietly 副詞	/ˈkwaɪ.ɪt.li/	悄悄地, 安靜地 /安靜地

影片中出現的短語動詞

單詞	釋義
look forward to 動詞	期待, 嚮往

影片中的語法

說話人最常用的結構，並附上影片中的原話：

結構	影片中的用法
現在完成進行時 have/has been + -ing — 以前開始、現在仍在繼續的動作	you've been speaking · have been speaking
現在完成時 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去發生但與現在仍有關聯的事	Have you ever finished · you've finished · you've experienced

需要注意的發音

說話人用了 44 次縮略和弱讀形式，例如 you're, don't, you've。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。

“sh” 和 “zh” 音: luxury /ˈlʌk.ʃə.ɹi/, exceptionally /ɪkˈsɛp(t)ʃənəli/, intonation /ɪntəˈneɪʃən/, enunciation /ɪˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, interruption /ˌɪntəˈɹʌpʃən/
長單詞——注意重音位置: uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/, exceptionally /ɪkˈsɛp(t)ʃənəli/, intonation /ɪntəˈneɪʃən/, enunciation /ɪˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, interruption /ˌɪntəˈɹʌpʃən/

如何用這段影片練習

先完整聽一遍影片，不要開口，記下不認識的單詞。
先用 0.75 倍速逐句跟讀，熟練之後再回到正常速度。
錄下自己的聲音並與原聲對比，特別注意 silence, awkward, listener 這類單詞。

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