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In today's lesson, I'm going to teach you everything you need to know to start conversations with strangers,
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to meet new friends, And to introduce yourself to new people in English.
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It doesn't matter if you're a beginner, intermediate, or advanced student, There will be something for you in this lesson So make sure to watch until the end.
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Now, first of all, The first words you probably learned at school or "Hi" or "Hello".
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And I'm not going to talk about those words today.
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Instead, I want to give you some very common alternatives that native speakers use in everyday conversation.
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Firstly, instead of saying hi, You could say: Hey!
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Okay, what's up?
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"How are you doing?" How's it going?
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And if you want to be even more informal, you could say Yo, that's common amongst Americans.
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Or you could say...
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Sup.
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which is obviously short for What's up?
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Again, those are very, very informal, so I wouldn't recommend using them at work or with a professor.
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On the more formal side of things, we have phrases like Good morning.
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Good afternoon.
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or "Good evening." Okay, those are standard phrases.
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Native speakers don't Always use them in everyday casual conversation.
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especially good evening, good afternoon, those are a bit more formal but we're totally fine to use in any situation.
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So those are the basic greetings.
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We have an English.
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Now obviously if you meet somebody, you want to ask them what their name is.
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and be very careful.
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In English, we don't say How are you called?
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How are you called?
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That's completely...
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Wrong.
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I know in a lot of languages that's how you would create this Sentence is how you would structure it.
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But in English we say "What is your name?" What is your name?
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or if we're putting it together when we speak quickly we would say What's your name?
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"What's your name?" The only correct response would be: My name is.
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Or again, if we shorten it, my names.
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For example, my name's Michael.
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What's your name?
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Now, if you have a nickname, A nickname is another name that is not your official name, But...
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it's what you like to be called You can say: My name's Michael.
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but I go by Mike For example, I go by Mike.
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Or you could say, my name is Michael.
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But I prefer to be called Mike.
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I prefer to be called Mike. So, You've introduced yourself.
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you've asked the other person what their name is, You can also say: "Pleasure to meet you !" Pleasure to meet you.
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Nice to meet you.
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Great to meet you.
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And if you want to be really formal, you could say, "It's an honor." to meet you.
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I can't really think of too many situations when you would use this Maybe if you met the president or somebody influential,
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you could say it's an honor or a privilege.
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to meet you.
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Thank you.
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And if you want to be really, really polite, If somebody says this to you, They say, It's a pleasure to meet you.
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You could say, The pleasure is mine.
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Again, that's really formal.
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It's not super common, but it's Very diplomatic.
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as we would say.
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Of course, you can ask the question, where are you from?
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Or where are you originally? from.
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to which the answer is obviously I'm from this city or this country, I'm originally from this city, or this country.
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but you could also answer in a bit more detail you could say: I was born in or I'm from,
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I'm originally from, such and such city, But I grew up in...
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a different place.
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or I lived for several years in Another place.
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And I have been living here four three months, six months, one year, whatever.
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Now, I have been living here is the present Perfect.
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Continuous.
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Okay.
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I have been living here.
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It means you moved in the past.
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but you are still living here.
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Now.
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I have been living here for three years or since 2021.
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We use "for" for duration.
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and sense for the starting point.
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2021. Of course, if you want to ask somebody, why they're here in this specific place.
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Maybe that's a city, a country, or Just...
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the meeting, the event, or the party, you could say: "What brings you here?" What brings you here?
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And to answer that question, you could say: "I'm here because..." I know...
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the host, because I'm studying because I'm working,
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etc, etc, etc. we have this phenomenon in English.
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I'm sure it exists in other languages too.
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It's called Smalltalk.
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small Talk.
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Now a lot of native speakers hate Smalltalk I don't like it too much either.
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but we just accept it because it's so important to to meet new people.
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You have to be good at small talk.
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Small talk is just casual conversation, It's not too deep.
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It's not too heavy.
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It's quite basic.
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That's...
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maybe talking about the weather, talking about...
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what's happening around you in the situation.
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We use Smalltalk to Break the ice.
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to break the ice.
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That means to get into a deeper conversation or to get to know somebody a bit better.
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Now, a classic Small talk.
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Example would be talking about the weather.
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For example, you could comment on what's happening outside.
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You could say: It's a lovely day today.
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Isn't it?
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or it's a miserable day to day.
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isn't it?
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That's a very...
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natural way of talking about the weather.
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You could say, We've had great weather lately.
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or we've not had great weather lately.
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Now you can talk about the weather if you want, but as I said, Maybe you want to be a bit more personal.
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So you can ask some questions about the other person's life.
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Now, one common question that a lot of people like to ask is,
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"What do you do for work?" Or what do you do for a living.
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Be careful, we don't say what's your job.
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Doesn't sound natural.
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We say, "What do you do for work?" Or what do you do for a living.
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So, I say you have to be careful with this question because in some places and in some communities it's considered rude.
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It's considered a bit too invasive Personally, I don't see any problem with it.
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But just so you know, you might want to be a bit cautious with this question.
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And definitely do not ask anybody how much money they make.
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That's a big no -no. You can ask somebody what they do for Work.
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But if they ask you, what you do for work,
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You could say: I work as a... and then your occupation.
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I have been working as a Blank.
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four x amount of years or x amount of months Or you could say, currently, I'm...
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Looking for a job.
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Currently I'm studying.
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Currently, I am retired.
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Okay, there are lots of different things.
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You could say Apart from work, you can also talk about somebody's interests.
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Maybe you're at a party, maybe you're at a social event.
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you might want to connect with somebody on a bit of a deeper level.
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Now obviously you can say what do you do in your free time, or what are your hobbies, That's totally okay.
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But, You can also say What are you passionate about?
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What are you interested in? at the moment.
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Or how do you like to spend your free time.
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So these are all alternatives that sound a bit more...
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complex, they sound a bit more elegant perhaps.
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But of course there's nothing wrong with
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what do you do in your free time or what do you like to do as a hobby.
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Thank you.
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Now, If somebody asks you,
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this question: You could say: I'm passionate about x, y, z.
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I like to surf, I like to ski.
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I like to read books.
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Okay?
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I'm interested in something I'm interested in something.
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Careful.
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It's always in.
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It's never on or at or into.
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It's always interested in something.
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For example, I'm interested in...
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I'm interested in playing, Piano?
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Thank you.
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Those are also...
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great alternatives.
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And lastly, if you are a guest, at somebody's house.
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or you're a guest, you've been invited to a meeting to a conference,
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and you're talking to somebody who invited you or who is hosting you, then you should say thank you so much.
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for having me.
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Thank you so much.
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for having me.
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Of course, you could also say "thank you for the invitation" Thank you four inviting me,
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But it sounds very natural to say thank you for having me.
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We've learned some phrases you can use to introduce yourself, to ask a few basic questions about other people.
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and of course to share a bit more about yourself.
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But, At the end of the day, Probably the most important thing is confidence.
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When you're meeting somebody new, especially in American culture, in British culture too as well.
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But I'm sure you're aware that confidence is a big thing in the United States.
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It's important to smile, it's important to be open, it's important to have Open body language.
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So don't cross your arms.
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Keep them open like this.
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Even if you don't feel confident inside, even if you feel shy, even if you feel anxious socially,
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it's really, really important to at least try to fake it,
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to try to make an effort to be sociable even if you don't feel fully confident with your English.
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Now I want you to memorize the phrases we learned today There are other things you can say, If you have any ideas or you have any things you would like to add,
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then feel free to leave them in the comments below.
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I'm looking forward to reading them.
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If you want to improve your English with me this year, then make sure to subscribe to English at the Ready here on YouTube, and click the link down in the description below.
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to learn more about how I can help you improve your English.
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If you liked the lesson, if you found it useful, make sure to leave a like.
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and I'll see you in the next video.
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Bye for now.

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你能學到什麼

這個影片將幫你掌握3項實用口語技能:用 native 常用的問候語開啟對話,正確介紹自己的名字(包括暱稱),以及用合適的表達回應初次見面的場景。無論你是 beginner 還是 intermediate 學習者,都能快速應用這些技巧,自信地和陌生人建立聯絡。

注意這些發音現象

影片中出現了不少連讀和縮讀,比如 "What's your name" 中 "What's" 和 "your" 會連讀成 /wɒts jɔː(r)/,"my name's" 則是 "my name is" 的縮讀。另外,"I go by Mike" 中的 "go by" 發音較輕,不要重讀。這些細節能讓你的口語更自然,建議用 shadow speak 方法反覆模仿。

像母語者一樣表達

要模仿影片中 speaker 的節奏和重音,關鍵在於把握語氣的輕重。比如 "Hey!" "What's up?" 這類 informal 表達要讀得輕快,而 "Good morning" 則需稍微加重語氣。介紹名字時,"My name's Michael, but I go by Mike" 中的 "but" 要輕讀,突出 "go by Mike"。練習時可以用 英語影子跟讀 法,跟著影片逐句重複,注意停頓和語調。

此外,"Pleasure to meet you" 和 "The pleasure is mine" 的回應要自然,避免生硬。如果想 提高英語發音,還可以藉助 shadowing site 進行針對性訓練。記住,這些技巧都是 native speaker 在日常對話中常用的,掌握後能讓你更快融入英語環境。

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have been living · have been working
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You've introduced · you've asked · We've had
被動語態 be + 過去分詞 — 強調發生了什麼,而不是誰做的be called · was born · you've been invited
用 “might / may” 表可能 might/may + 動詞 — 有可能但不確定的事might want

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跟讀法 (Shadowing) 是一種有科學依據的語言學習技巧,最初開發用於專業口譯員的培訓,並由多語言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。這個方法簡單而強大:您在聽英語母語原聲的同時立即大聲重複——就像是一個延遲1-2秒緊跟說話者的影子。與被動聽力或語法練習不同,跟讀法強迫您的大腦和口腔肌肉同時處理並模模擬實的講話模式。研究表明它能顯著提高發音準確性,語調,節奏,連讀,聽力理解和口語流利度——使其成為雅思口語備考和真實英語交流最有效的方法之一。

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