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作者:Sylvia Chu

講英文時最尷尬的情況莫過於結巴或不知該怎麼接下去,小編也遇過這樣的情況,那時腦袋緊張的一片空白,除了嗯嗯嗯,還真的不知道要說什麼…

因此,小編今天想分享一些實用的填充字(filler words),讓你在突然接不下去時可以用這些語句喘口氣:

1. 想要描述人事物時,可以說…

1. Sort of…
2. Kind of…
3. Like…

對話練習:
A: Where do you want to go?
(你想去哪裡?)
B: It’s kind of busy…a busy place in Taipei.
(我想去的是…它在台北,是個熱鬧的地方。)

2. 表達另一種想法時,可以說…

1. Actually…
2. As a matter of fact…
3. To be honest…
4. To be frank with you…
5. In fact…
6. The fact of the matter is…

對話練習:
A: So do you want to go to the airport?
(所以,你是想要去機場嗎?)
B1: Actually, no! The place I want to go is in the center of Taipei.
( 不,我想要去的地方在台北市中心。)
B2: As a matter of fact, no, I don’t want to go to the airport.
(不是的,我不想要去機場。)
B3: To be honest, I want to go to the place with the tallest building in Taipei.
(我想去的地方有台北最高的大樓。)
B4: In fact, I really want to go to the place with the largest theater in Taipei.
(我想要去的地方有台北最大的電影院。)
B5: The fact of the matter is I’m not going to the airport now.
(我沒有要去機場!)

3. 一時想不起來該如何說時,可以說…「該怎麼說呢?」

1. How shall I put it?
2. What’s the word I’m looking for?
3. How can I explain this?

對話練習:
A: Do you agree with John’s opinion?
( 你同意強尼的意見嗎?)
B1: Well, how shall I put it? It’s really hard to say whether we should agree with him or not.
(該怎麼說呢?我們真的很難說是同意他的意見還是不同意。)

4. 表達自己的感受或建議時,可以說…

1. What’s the best way to put this? (put 在這裡就是say的意思)
例句:What’s the best way to put this? You are so impolite!
(我想要說的是,你真的很沒禮貌!)
2. What I’m trying to say is…
例句:What I’m trying to say is I can’t wait to see your show tonight.
( 我想要說的是我等不及要看你今晚的演出。)
3. Now let me put it this way…
例句:Let me put it this way. All you need to do now is to lay a solid foundation in English, acquire a large range of knowledge, and grasp every chance to train your abilities.
( 這麼說吧,我們現在所需要做的就是打下扎實的英語基礎,擴大知識面,並且抓住每一次機會來鍛煉自己的能力。)

5. 想要阻止對方繼續說話時,可以說…

1. look here, (name)….
例句:Look here, Steely , old man, I’m very sorry, but I’m afraid we won’t be able to accommodate you any longer.
( 看著,斯蒂利,老夥計。真抱歉,恐怕我們不能再留你在家中住了。)
2. Right then, (name)…
例句:Right then, Andrew, I know your idea is great, but we can’t accept it.
(好了,安卓,我知道你的想法很好,但我們無法接受。)

想知道更多卡住時可以說的英文用語?快來看看影片:(想說的像老外?這樣表達更道地!Sound more fluent in English)

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