3 Funny Stories About English Communication Problems

Hi guys my name is F@nny. Welcome to this series on communication problems.

大家好，我的名字是 F@nny。

欢迎阅读有关沟通问题的系列文章。

And in this video, I'm gonna talk to you about the importance of pronunciation in English.

在这个视频中，我将和您谈谈英语发音的重要性。

Especially the difference between long sounds and short sounds.

尤其是长音和短音的区别。为什么？

Why?

Because in English there are a lot of words that are almost the same

因为英语中有很多单词，

except that one has a long sound, one has a short sound.

除了一个长音、一个短音之外，几乎是一样的。

And they have completely different meaning.

它们具有完全不同的含义。

...you know... depending on the length of the sound.

...你知道...取决于声音的长度。

So let me just give you a simple example.

让我给你举一个简单的例子。

If you say, "beach".

如果你说“海滩”。

You know what a beach is right? You go on holiday. You like going to the beach.

你知道什么是海滩吗？你去度假吧。你喜欢去海滩。

And does not have the same meaning as b!tch.

并且与 b!tch 的含义不同。

And you know forgive me for saying the word but and...

你知道，请原谅我说了这个词，但是……

It doesn't have the same meaning.

它没有相同的含义。

And it's actually a very rude word,

这实际上是一个非常粗鲁的词，

so you should be very careful.

所以你应该非常小心。

And... I have a story about that which is quite funny.

而且……我有一个非常有趣的故事。

It wasn't funny at the time but now it's funny actually.

当时并不好笑，但现在真的很有趣。

And when I taught English in France,

当我在法国教英语时，

I had a student once in my classroom, and you know I was explaining ..ummm.. I think

我的教室里曾经有一个学生，你知道我在解释……嗯……我想

you know some grammar or something.

你知道一些语法或其他东西。

And he was clearly distracted.

他显然心烦意乱。

So I got really angry and I said, "Hey! What are you doing?"

所以我真的很生气，我说：“嘿！你在做什么？”

And he said, "Oh oh madam I'm sorry. I'm sorry I'm searching my sh!t."

他说：“噢，女士，对不起。对不起，我在搜我的东西。”

Umm... so two mistakes. First mistake - he forgot the preposition 'for'.

嗯……有两个错误。第一个错误——他忘记了介词“for”。

Ok. So 'search for'.

好的。所以‘寻找’。

But that's ok. I understand that.

但没关系。我明白那个。

But he said, "sh!t". And he actually meant 'sheet'.

但他说：“嘘！”。他实际上指的是“床单”。

- for you know a piece of paper.

- 因为你知道一张纸。

I didn't get it.

我没明白。

And I got really angry, you know.

我真的很生气，你知道。

And he didn't understand why I was getting angry.

而且他不明白我为什么生气。

And I said, "You can't say that word," you know.

我说，“你不能说这个词，”你知道。

And what does he even mean?

他到底是什么意思？

"Searching your sh!t." I mean that's getting really weird.

“搜你的狗屎。”我的意思是这真的变得很奇怪。

And and so then he understand he was like, "No, no, no."

然后他明白他的意思是，“不，不，不。”

I mean, you know, he showed me a piece of paper.

我的意思是，你知道，他给我看了一张纸。

As I said, "That's not 'sh!t', that's 'sheet'. Okay.

正如我所说，“那不是‘嘘’，那是‘床单’。好吧。

So yeah I think he got really stressed out because he didn't know why I was getting angry.

所以，是的，我认为他真的压力很大，因为他不知道我为什么生气。

And I didn't know what he was talking about.

而且我也不知道他是什么 所以我 认为

So I think you should really - you should be careful.

你真的应该 - 你应该小心

Because you know, - long sound, short sound -

， - 长声音，短声音 -

It's sometimes it's a different word with a completely different meaning.

有时

And if the word that you're saying is rude, is rude, then, you know, it's quite annoying.

它是一个不同的词，具有完全不同的含义， 很粗鲁，所以，

So just be careful, okay?

请小心，好吗？

So thanks for watching and see you in the next video.

谢谢大家观看

Thank you guys for watching my video.

我的视频，

I hope you've liked it. If you have, please show us your support.

如果您喜欢的话。 ，

Click 'like'. Subscribe to the channel.

请点击“喜欢”

Put your comments below and share with your friends.

并与 您 的

See you.

朋友

Hello, guys. my name is Fanni. Welcome to this series on communication problems.

分享您的意见，

欢迎来到这个关于沟通问题的系列

And in this video, I want to talk to you about communication problems that occur

。视频，

我想和您谈谈

when we use different kinds of English because as you know we don't have the

当我们使用不同种类的英语时

出现的沟通问题 ，因为例如您知道，我们在英国和美国没有相同的英语。

same English in the UK and in the US, for example.

So some Americans don't understand me when I speak English

所以，当我说英语时，一些美国人听不懂我的意思，

because I don't have the same pronunciation and because I don't always use the same words.

因为我的发音不同，而且

我并不总是使用相同的单词。

Most of the time we do understand each other

大多数时候我们确实互相理解

but sometimes we don't and it can be quite confusing at times.

，但有时却不能，有时会很混乱。

For example, umm, to me there's a ground floor in a building.

例如，嗯，对我来说，建筑物中有一层。

To an American person my ground floor is their first floor.

对于美国人来说，我的一楼就是他们的一楼。

So if I talk about the first floor, I don't mean the same floor as an American person.

因此，如果我谈论一楼，我并不是指与美国人相同的楼层。

So see it can get a bit confusing.

所以看到它可能会有点混乱。

And talking about confusion, I have a story which is quite funny.

说到困惑，我有一个非常有趣的故事。

I was in college at the time and I was on the phone with an American friend

当时我正在上大学，我正在和一位美国朋友通电话

and we talked you know for 20-25 minutes and

，我们聊了 20 到 25 分钟，

then we decide to go grab a drink together. So I'm like, "yeah we should we you know we

然后我们决定一起去喝一杯。所以我想，“是的，我们应该

should go out and have a drink."

出去喝一杯。”

And she's like, "Okay yeah sure. What a good idea." And then she says,

她说：“好吧，当然。这是个好主意。”然后她说：

"Let me just put on some pants."

“让我穿上裤子吧。”

Now you have to know pants in the USA,

现在你必须了解美国的裤子，

means like trousers.

意思是像裤子一样。

Okay your pants. Okay like these.

好吧，你的裤子。好吧，就像这些。

In British English, pants are underpants. Okay?

在英式英语中，pants 是内裤。好的？

So for me, when she says, "Let me put on some pants."

所以对我来说，当她说：“让我穿上裤子。”

I get this image of my friend talking to me for 20 minutes naked.

我看到我的朋友裸体和我交谈 20 分钟的画面。

You know with no underpants on.

没穿内裤你就知道了。

So I was quite shocked and I said,

所以我很震惊，我说：

"What?"

“什么？”

She said, "Yeah, yeah. Just grab some pants.

她说，“是啊，是啊。就拿条裤子吧。

I said, "What do you mean pants?"

我说，“你说裤子是什么意思？”

She said, "Oh no no no, I mean trousers."

她说，“哦不不不，我是说裤子。”

And then we just laughed so hard because you know

然后我们就笑得很厉害，因为你

for a minute there, there was a just a lot of confusion.

知道那一刻，有很多混乱。

Um, so yeah, depending on where you come from, I think you shouldn't underestimate ...um..

嗯，是的，这取决于你来自哪里，我认为你不应该低估……嗯……

you know the differences. And you have to be careful sometimes with

你知道其中的差异，有时你必须小心。

the words that you choose. You know? So...

你知道吗？所以...

Yeah that's something that can happen. So you see even native speakers sometimes

是的，有时甚至是母语人士也

..um.. don't really understand each other.

无法真正理解对方。

That happens as well.

所以，这就是我的情况

So yeah that's what I wanted to tell you.

。 嗯，我希望你们喜欢，

Umm, I hope you've enjoyed. And see you in the next video.

谢谢

Thank you guys for watching my video. I hope you liked it.

你们观看我的视频，

If you did please show us your support. Click like, subscribe to our channel,

如果你们喜欢，请点击“喜欢”。我们的频道，

share the video with your friends, and put your comments below if you have some.

与您的朋友分享您的评论，

Thank you and see you.

谢谢，再见，

Hello, guys. My name is fanny.

大家好，我的名字是范妮，

And in this video, I want to talk to you about communication problems.

在这个视频中，我想和你们谈谈沟通问题。

And when you're an English teacher working abroad or even if you've traveled,

当你是一名在国外工作的英语老师，或者即使你已经旅行过，

you do know that there are often communication problems.

你也知道经常会出现沟通问题。

And from my experience as a teacher, I think these problems and often arise because

根据我作为一名教师的经验，我认为这些问题经常出现是因为

people try and translate their mother tongue into English.

人们试图将他们的母语翻译成英语。

And my main piece of advice as a teacher, to you, is don't do that.

作为一名老师，我对你的主要建议是不要这样做。

Don’t try and translate.

不要尝试翻译。

Because every language has their own words

因为每种语言都有自己的单词

and expressions you know…and I know that when you're not that fluent,

和表达方式，你知道……而且我知道，当你不太流利时，

it's reassuring to use your own language and translate it.

使用你自己的语言并翻译它会让人放心。

Unfortunately, it doesn't, it's not going to work out.

不幸的是，事实并非如此，它不会成功。

And, umm, For example, let's just and take an example.

而且，嗯，例如，让我们举个例子。

I taught…umm.. English in France for a few years.

我在法国教了几年英语。

And French has a lot of expressions and we for example say, umm,

法语有很多表达方式，例如我们说，嗯，

“To get a blue.” So that's the expression in French.

“To get a blue”。这就是法语的表达方式。

“Avoir un bleu.” And that means ‘to get bruised’.

“Avoir un bleu”。这意味着“受伤”。

Okay so ‘a bruise’ in French is literally ‘a blue’.

好吧，法语中的“瘀伤”字面意思是“蓝色”。

So.. but, you can't say, “I got a blue.” If you say, “I got a blue,”

所以..但是，你不能说，“我有蓝色。”如果你说，“我有蓝色”，

you… you're actually translating the exact words from French into English.

你……你实际上是在将法语中的确切单词翻译成英语。

And I'm not gonna understand what you mean.

我不会明白你的意思。

And I've had people say that.

有人这么说过。

I've had someone one day, umm, say “oh I got a blue,”

有一天，有人对我说“哦，我有一张蓝色的”，

and I obviously didn't know what that meant.

但我显然不知道那是什么意思。

So…

所以……

And that is something that you should avoid doing okay?

这是你应该避免做的事情，好吗？

Um… and I got a story about that. For example, umm,

嗯……我有一个关于这个的故事。例如，嗯，

I was correcting an essay once because I worked in a high school.

我曾经修改过一篇论文，因为我在一所高中工作。

And some … this student had written you know an essay in English.

还有一些……这个学生用英语写了一篇文章。

I think she was describing a holiday or something.

我认为她正在描述一个假期或其他什么。

And, umm, at some point I can read,

而且，嗯，在某些时候我可以读到，

“Oh on the last day, I was so sad and because

“哦，在最后一天，我非常伤心，因为

I was walking in the garden and suddenly I fell and broke my face.”

我在花园里散步，突然我摔倒了，摔破了脸。”

And it honestly took me a good 10 minutes to understand what she meant.

说实话，我花了 10 分钟才明白她的意思。

And it's actually because there's an expression in French,

实际上是因为法语中有一个表达方式

"suis cassé la figure" Which is literally, “to break your face,”

“suis cassé lafigure”，字面意思是“打碎你的脸”，

and it means to hurt yourself. And so, she wanted to say, “I was walking

意思是伤害自己。

所以，她想说，

in the garden, suddenly I fell and hurt myself,”

“我在花园里散步，突然摔倒了，受伤了。”

But she translated French into English

但她把法语翻译成了英语。

You know… Thinking umm, and I guess you know we all think that.

你知道……

我想，嗯，我想你知道我们都这么想。

We all think, oh my language is the reference.

我们都认为，哦，我的语言是参考。

这是标准，其他所有语言都会模仿我的。

It's the standard and every other language imitates mine.

And just you know I can simply translate.

你知道我可以简单地翻译。

But, unfortunately, you can't.

但不幸的是，你不能。

So as a teacher, again, with years of experience, umm please don't try and do that.

因此，作为一名拥有多年经验的老师，请不要尝试这样做。

Don't translate your mother tongue. You just have to learn as much as you can.

不要翻译你的母语。

你只需要尽可能多地学习。

Watch films. Read books.

看电影。看书。

Try and understand how people talk in English. You know the expressions that they use,

尝试并理解人们如何用英语交谈。

你知道他们使用的表达方式，记住它们并使用它们。

remember them and use them.

But don't translate your mother tongue into English.

但不要把你的母语翻译成英语。

Okay?

好的？

I hope this helps. Umm thank you very much for watching guys

我希望这有帮助。

嗯，非常感谢你们的观看，我们下一个视频见。

and see you in the next video.

Thank you guys for watching my video.

谢谢你们观看我的视频。

I hope you've liked it. If you have, please show us your support.

我希望你喜欢它。如果您有，请向我们表示您的支持。

Click ‘like’. Subscribe to the channel.

点击“喜欢”。订阅频道。

Put your comments below and share with your friends.

请在下面留下您的评论并与您的朋友分享。

See you.

再见。