5 English Conversation Tips | How to improve your communication skills*

hello and welcome back to english with

大家好！欢迎回到 “English with Lucy"

Lucy today I wanted to talk to you

今天我想要和你们说说话

well actually I wanted to have a chat

就是和你们聊聊天

with you just a casual informal

一个休闲自然的话题

conversation about how to improve your

关于如何提升对话能力

conversation skills so I recently asked

因此，我最近在Facebook和Instagram上

all of my students on facebook and

问了我的学生们

instagram what sort of videos they'd

在将来希望看到我做哪种题材的影片

like to see in the near future because i

have had a little bit of a rest recently

因为最近我有休息一阵子

but I'm back in the game now and most

但是我现在已经准备好回来给你们做影片了

people wanted to see more grammar videos which

大多数人希望看到更多有关语法的影片

will definitely be coming soon more

你们将很快会看到

vocabulary videos and also tips on how to

更多有关词汇的影片

improve their spoken english and also

还有各种有关如何提升口语

their listening skills now I've

和听力能力的小建议

already done a video on listening which

我已经做了一个有关听力的影片

you can watch just up here but I haven't

你们可以点这上面来看这个影片

done a video on conversation yet so

但是我还没有做过有关对话的影片

that's what I'm going to do today but i

这将会是我今天要做的

am going to provide you with some real

但是我会给你们提供一些真正的词汇

vocabulary and some very useful grammar

和一些非常有用的语法

so I've squished everything that you

所以，我把这些你们想要知道的一切

wanted into one video alright let's get

做成一个视频

started with tip number one number one

好吧，我们现在就从第一个技巧开始

is be aware of the sounds that you make

就是你在思考的时候注意你嘴上发出的声音

when you think if you want to sound more

如果你想要在说话的时候

native when speaking and not offend

让自己听起来更像个母语使用者

anyone when speaking then you need to

并且做到不冒犯他人

think like an Englishman when I was in

那么你就要用英国人的思维方式来想事情

Spain I was quite surprised when i first

我想起我还在西班牙的时候

had proper conversations with people

当我第一次和别人正常谈话时着实被吓到了

because they would be talking to me and

因为当他们要跟我说话时

then suddenly say eeeeeeeeh and I would think what was that

会突然发出”Eeeeeeeeh"的声音，我会想那是什么意思

that's quite loud mouth right open eeeeeeh and

这么大声，并且嘴巴张的大大地发出“Eeeeeeeh"的声音

in the UK it's considered impolite have

在英国，这是被认为不礼貌的行为

your mouth open in somebody's face so

就是在别人面前张大嘴巴

when we think about what we're going to

所以，当我们在想等下要说什么的时候

say next in a conversation we tend to

我们会

say ummmm or hmm

发出”Ummm“或者”Hmm“的声音

so we tend to hum with our mouths closed

所以我们会合上嘴巴，用哼哼的方式

so try practicing at home if you see any

那么你们要在家多些练习

interviews of British celebrities and

如果你看到任何英国名人和明星的访谈

personalities check to see what sort of

注意看看他们在思考如何回答一个问题的时候

noises they make when they are thinking

会发出怎样的声音

about how to respond to a question

the next tip is be aware of

下一个技巧就是

interjections now what are interjections

注意感叹词，什么是感叹词呢？

well they are short little expressions

他们就是简短的表达方式

that express how you are feeling so if I

用来表达你的感受

say something like oh it means i'm

所以，如果我说”噢“

interested maybe I haven't heard that

这意味着我很感兴趣，或许我从来没听说过

before

maybe on a bit surprised oh and if I say

或许我有点惊讶“噢”

something like hmm it could mean I don't

然而，如果我说“Hmm"，这可能意味着我不是很相信你

quite believe you

the people from the UK of less inclined

英国人往往不会确切地告诉你他们是如何想的

to tell you exactly what they think and

more inclined to tell you through

他们会更倾向于用感叹词

interjections and body language if you'd

和肢体语言来告诉你

like more information on interjections

如果你想要看到更多有关感叹词的内容

like oh right yuck eww then i can

像 噢！对的！呸！恶心！

definitely make a video all about them

那么我一定会做个有关这些的影片

it really is good to know them because

知道这些对你们是非常有好处的

it will help you understand what speaker

因为他们会帮助你了解

thinking and also convey what you are

说话的人在想什么，并且也可以传达你的想法

thinking as well tip number four (three) is

第4（3）个技巧

learn to use question tags properly now

就是学会如何正确的使用反问句

what are question tags they are short little

什么是反问句呢？就是一个短小的问句

questions that go at the end of

放在句子的最后面

sentences things like you're not married

比如，你没有结婚

are you?

是吗？

or he didn't go did he? or you like tea

或者，他没有去，是吗？或者，你喜欢喝茶

don't you?

不是吗？

now they can mean two different

他们可以表达出两种截然不同的意思

things they can be a genuine question or

他们可以是一个真正的问题

they can be almost a request for

或者他们也可以是在请求确认

confirmation of something that the

某件说话者已经知道的事情

speaker already knew

you're very tanned you've been on holiday

你晒黑了！你去度假了

haven't you

不是吗？

I know that they've been on holiday

其实我知道他们是去度假了

I'm just asking for confirmation now

我只是想确认一下

question tags are very simple to form and

问题标签非常简单

use if you have a positive statement you

如果你有一个肯定语句

are coming then you'd add a negative

那么你就在句尾加上一个否定标签

question tag on the end aren't you you

不是吗？

are coming aren't you

你会来，不是吗？

and if you have a negative sentence she

那么，如果你有个否定语句

didn't say

她没有那样说

that then you add a positive question

那么你就要在句尾加一个肯定语句的标签

tag at the end did she she didn't say

是吗？她没有说吗？

that did shee right now we've spoken a

现在，我们已经说了一些有关声音

little bit about noises a bit of

一些词汇

vocabulary and a bit of grammar that you

和一点语法

can use to improve your conversation

你可以用来提升你的对话能力

skills

well now I'd like to talk about some

现在，我想要说一些

real hardcore practice so when I was

非常疯狂的练习

working as a private English teacher a

所以，当我还是一位私人英语教师的时候

lot of people wanted conversation

很多人想要一个对话课程

lessons and they would come in and say I

他们会进来，并说我要和你说话

just want to talk which is great but I

这样非常好

had a small handful of students that

但是我只有少数的学生

really knew how to improve their

是真正知道如何去提升他们的对话能力

conversation skills and I actually

learned from them i had a couple of

而我确实从他们身上学到东西

students come in and say I want

我的一些学生进来就会说

conversation lessons but I want to practice my

我想要一个对话课，但是我想要联系我的故事

story and this was great they would come

这非常棒！

in with a handful of stories that they

他们会带着少量的故事进来

would tell on a daily basis maybe where

他们会说一些日常发生的事

you're from

或者你来自哪里？

why you're living in London something

为什么你会选择住在伦敦

funny that happened to you onholiday

一些在假日时发生的有趣的事情

something that they like to tell they

在一群人聊天中，一些他们想要说

like to be interesting they like to be

他们想让自己更有趣的事情

funny in group situations it's good to

have a few stories up your sleeve

能手头常备一些小故事是非常好的

well they would come to me and i would

他们会来找我

ask to practice them and perfect them

他们会要求我与他们练习和使他们变的更熟练完美

so they could tell their stories

这样他们就可以流畅地并且有效率地讲述自己的故事

fluently and efficiently and make people

并逗大家，让大家笑

laugh and make people feel interested

和让人们感兴趣

and make people enjoy their company so i

让人们享受他们的陪伴

really really recommend that apart from

我强烈建议你们

practicing your conversation you

除了练习对话

practice your stories you go over them

还要多练习怎么去讲述自己的故事

again and again and again until you have

你练习他们一编又一遍，直到你理清了

them sorted until they're perfect and fluent

直到你能完美且流利地讲述他们

and natural more than anything

就象一个很自然的事情

now you guys already know that I work

你们已经知道

with a company called Lingoda if you

我和一家叫做Lingoda的公司合作

haven't seen my review video for Lingoda

如果你还没有看我对Lingoda的评论的这个影片

you can find it just up here and this is

你可以在这上面找到它

a website that i really would

我真的会强烈推荐给你们这个网站

recommend if you want to practice your

如果你想要个练习对话的机会

conversation because every single one of

因为他们的每一节课

their lessons encourages speaking you

都会在口语这方面帮助到你

sign up on a monthly basis and you have

你可以按月注册

a mixture of group lessons and private

你会有混合的小组课程和私人课程

lessons and the great thing about it is

最棒的是

with the private lessons you can choose

你可以在私人课程

the topic that you want you can say

选择任何你想要的话题

right today I want to practice my

好吧，今天我想要练习我的故事

stories and they will organise that for

他们将会为你安排

you

so they've given me another discount

所以，他们给了我另外一个折扣

voucher to offer you you can get 50 euros or

优惠卷让我可以给你们

fifty dollars off your first

你可以得到50 欧元/50美元

month at Lingoda if you're interested

在Lingoda的第一个月

in that offer click on the link in the

如果你对这个有兴趣的话

description box now my final tip for you

点击下面框框的链接，我给你的最后一个技巧

is reflection

就是反思

it's all very well going to a language

有一个语言互换

exchange and speaking and speaking and

和不断的说话的机会是非常好的

speaking but if you don't reflect on

但如果你不反思你的错误

your mistakes you're never going to

你永远不会进步

improve so after every single

所以，在你学习一种语言的

conversation that you have in a language

每一个对话中

that you're trying to learn

make sure you take some time afterwards

确保你会花一些时间去回想

to think back and ask yourself where was

和问自己做的不好的地方

i lacking and there could be a multitude

可能会有多种答案

of answers I didn't know enough

我知道的词汇

vocabulary to properly express myself or

不足以正确地表达我自己

my listening skills weren't strong enough

或是我的听力能力不够强

to fully understand my partner or I was

来充分了解我的搭档

telling a story and I wasn't comfortable

或是我在述说一个故事

enough with the past tenses to tell it

我对过去式不够熟悉到能够准确地讲述它

accurately so make sure you analyze and

所以一定要确保分析和反思你的对话

reflect and then do some research about

然后做一些研究

it so you can practice what you lacked

这样你就针对自己的不足加以练习

in in the last conversation now the

在上一次谈话

world is your oyster here on YouTube you

Youtube就是你的一个牡蛎

just have to type in question tags

你只需输入问题标签

interjections past tenses and there will

感叹词，过去式

be some lovely person teaching you

就会有一些可爱的人儿

exactly how to use it

来准确地教你如何去使用他们

you have just got so many dictionaries

你们有这么多的词典

apps online schools there is everything

应用软件，网络学校

that you need to help you here online

你可以在网上找到所有可以帮助到你的东西

so make sure you take advantage of it

所以，确保你们有好好的利用它

that's it for today's lesson I hope you

今天就到这里啦！

enjoyed it I hope you learnt something

我希望你们有学到了一些东西

don't forget to connect with me on all

别忘了在我所有的社交媒体上关注我

of my social media you've got my Instagram and

你们已经有我的Instagram

my facebook where I host a free live

和我的Facebook了，我在Facebook上每周日4点半GMT

pronunciation lesson every sunday at

都会有一个免费直播的发音课

four thirty gmt more information on the

更多咨讯请前往Facebook页面

facebook page i will see you soon for

我们很快就会再见面的

another lesson i've got lots of grammar and

很多有关语法和词汇的影片

vocabulary videos coming out soon

很快就会出来了

I can't wait to show you them mwah!

我已经迫不及待地想要展示给你们看！MUAH !!