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01这节课练什么

标题是 How to talk like a native。先说清楚——这节课不练口音。

母语者听起来"像母语者",不是因为发音多标准,是因为他们说法不一样:动词带方向、句子之间有停顿、不确定的时候会加一个软化的词。这些东西,你也能学会。

这节课的全部材料,来自一段真实对话——那个人在讲他怎么玩 Jenga(抽积木)。我们会把他说的句子一句句拆开,看看母语者到底是怎么搭话的。

你会学到它能帮你干什么
动词的方向(pull out / push into / chop into)说动作的时候不再只说"做",能说清"往哪做"
sort of / kind of话说到一半想不起词,也能顺着说下去
kind of + 名词一句话讲清"那种……的人/工作/气氛"
this is what …把话头接到"某人是怎么说的"
02先听两句真话

对话一开始是两句客套话。客套话最能看出一个人是不是母语者——因为他们说得又短又准。

说法什么时候用
thanks for having me被邀请、被招待的时候(比 thank you 更得体)
it's always an honor to be with you对长辈、对客户、正式场合
it's been an honor to be with you同一句话,换成"到现在为止一直"——结尾时用

第三句多了一个 been,味道就变了:前者是"(现在)很荣幸",后者是"(这一整段时间)很荣幸"。分别用在开头和结尾。

你下次见完客户、结束一通电话,可以这样说:

It's been an honor to be with you — thanks for having me.

03Can you tell me what you've seen?

对方开口问的第一个问题是:

Can you tell me what you've seen?

这句值得背下来,因为它是最好用的"请对方讲一讲"句式——比 What do you think? 更具体,比 Tell me more 更有分寸。你去巡店、开会、问供应商,都能用它。

那人的回答只有一个词:

refineries.(炼油厂)

注意这里:他没有说一整句,就丢了一个名词出来。这是口语里非常自然的一种回答——先把最关键的那个词说出来,后面的解释慢慢补。

下一句对方又问:

How do you think of this project?(你觉得这个项目怎么样?)

回答是两条并列的判断:

1. nobody can ever agree with this 2. everybody likes it, except you.

第二句最后那个 except you 是整段的转折——前面说"所有人都喜欢",最后三个字把结论翻过来。这种"先铺、再翻"的节奏,是母语者讲话最好听的地方。

04Jenga:动词是有方向的

话题转到 Jenga 的时候,对方问了一句:

Anybody who's ever played Jenga?

然后他说了一个关键词:pulling(往外抽)。

记住这条:英语的动词,几乎都自带一个方向。

中文说"抽",方向要靠上下文猜;英语直接写在词里——

动词方向画面
pull sth out往外把积木抽出来
push sth into a direction往里往某个方向推
chop sth into pieces切开(成块)剁成一块一块

所以你说工作的时候,也可以给动作配一个方向:

  • We rolled it out to twelve stores. 铺到十二家店(out = 铺开)
  • They pushed it back to next month. 推到下个月(back = 往回)
  • Let's break it into three phases. 拆成三个阶段(into = 分进去)
05方向三件套

把上一张卡的方向词收进三个小框里,说的时候照着挑:

小品词意思配什么动词
out往外、出来、铺开pull out / roll out / figure out / point out
into往里、变成、进入某个过程push into / chop into / break into / turn into
pieces成块、拆散chop into pieces / break into pieces / take it apart

一个特别好用的观察:into 后面往往接"过程",out 后面往往接"结果"。

  • chop it into pieces → 在切(过程)
  • pull the piece out → 抽出来了(结果)

工作里也一样:We broke the launch into three phases(在拆)→ We rolled it out in June(已经铺出去了)。

06主语和谓语要贴住

原话是这一句:

You're sort of pulling the pieces out.

先看骨架:You're(主语+be)… pulling(谓语)。主语和谓语贴得非常近,中间只插了两个很轻的词。

为什么要贴住?因为听的人要先知道"谁"和"在干嘛",才有耐心听后面的细节。你把主语和谓语隔太远,对方就跟丢了。

不要这样改成这样
You, when you're playing Jenga with your friends on a Saturday night, are pulling the pieces out.You're pulling the pieces out when you play Jenga with friends.
The plan that we agreed with the partner last March in Amsterdam, is not working.The plan isn't working — the one we agreed with the partner in Amsterdam.

口诀:谁做什么,先说;什么时候、在哪、跟谁,往后放。

07一次一个:频率怎么放

紧接着一句:

...one at a time.(一次一个)

这是放在句尾的频率短语,四个词,位置固定。同类的一起记:

短语意思例句
one at a time一次一个We roll out one at a time.
step by step一步一步We'll do it step by step.
little by little一点一点Little by little, the gap closed.
every other week隔周We report every other week.

为什么好用:这四个都能直接放在句尾,不用改句子的其他部分。你说话卡住的时候,往句尾加一个这样的短语,句子立刻就长了、也稳了。

08you know 怎么切句子

原话里有一处很典型:

...and ↑ watching, uh, you know...

看到那个 you know 了吗?它在这里不是"你知道吗",它是一个逗号。

母语者说长句时,会用一个小的填充词把句子切成几段,让自己喘一口气,也让对方跟上。常用来当"逗号"的有:

you know / I mean / like / sort of / uh

它们的共同点是:声音很轻、一带而过、不承载任何信息。

你可以直接借过来用。说一段长话的时候,在中间放一个 you know,效果是:

  • 你多了一秒想下一个词;
  • 对方知道"这句还没完,后面还有";
  • 整段话听起来更像说话,不像背稿。

但要控制量:一段话里一到两个就够,多了会显得不自信。

09整座塔塌下来那句

描述 Jenga 的高潮,他说了这么一句:

Eventually you pull the one out, and the whole thing comes down.

整句话只用了一个很普通的动词 come down,但画面全出来了。这就是母语者的省力之处——不找大词,用最熟的词说最准的画面。

短语意思还能用在哪儿
come down塌下来、掉下来The whole display came down.(整个陈列倒了)
fall apart散架、崩掉The plan fell apart in week two.
collapse崩、垮Sell-through collapsed after the launch.

描述门店执行崩掉的时候,你可以说:

You fix one thing, and the whole thing comes down somewhere else.

10时间 + 结果

他把整件事收在一句上:

...the one who pulls the last piece that makes the whole thing come down?
...loses the game.

这句话的结构是「谁 + 做了什么 + 结果」,而且中间用了一个很漂亮的定语从句:

the one who pulls the last piece that makes the whole thing come down → loses the game
零件作用
the one who …锁定"那个人"
the last piece that …给这块积木加一个画面(能让整座塔塌的那块)
loses the game落结果

这句话的用法你一定能用上——把 Jenga 换成工作:

It's the one thing that makes the whole plan fall apart.
(就是那一件事,能让整个计划崩掉。)

11sort of / kind of

整段话里出现最多的两个词,是 sort of 和 kind of。它们不是"种类"的意思,是软化语气的词——中文里最接近的是"那啥""就那种感觉""差不多吧"。

放在哪写法例子
动词前面you sort of VERB / I kind of VERBI kind of knew it.
动词前面(想做的事)I sort of want to …I sort of want to try it.
形容词前面kind of + adjIt's kind of beautiful.
名词前面kind of + Na kind of day(见下一张卡)

它们最大的用处是救场:话说到一半发现词不对,加一个 sort of,句子就还能走完,而且听起来反而更自然。

对比一下:

  • I don't really agree.(硬)
  • I kind of see it differently.(软,适合开会)
12kind of + 名词:一句话压成一个词

这一招是整节课最像母语者的地方——把一整句描述,用连字符串起来,变成一个形容词,放在 kind of 后面。

先看最简单的一个:

Let's have a wine kind of day.

意思是"今天就当个喝酒的日子过吧"。a wine kind of day —— 一个名词 + kind of + 名词,直接把"今天什么调性"说完了。

再看长的两个(原话就是这样说的):

You have this don't-get-too-close-I'm-gonna-break-your-heart kind of vibe going on.

(你身上有那种"别靠太近,我会让你心碎"的气质。)

I hate this all-dressed-up-sitting-in-an-office-counting-down-the-waiting-for-clocking-out kind of job.

(我讨厌那种西装革履坐在办公室里等下班的工作。)

怎么做说明
把描述写成一句话don't get too close / I'm gonna break your heart
用连字符串起来don't-get-too-close-I'm-gonna-break-your-heart
后面接 kind of + 名词… kind of vibe / … kind of job

自己造一个试试(按你工作的场景):

It's that we-agreed-it-in-March-and-nobody-told-the-store kind of problem.

13recommend / suggest

原话里还有一组建议句式:

recommend that you have to come to check it out suggest that

两个都是"建议",但语气和速度不一样:

recommendsuggest
语气更正式、更确定更轻、更试探
语速相对快相对慢
后面recommend that + 句子 / recommend + doingsuggest that + 句子 / suggest + doing

两个都举一遍:

  • I'd recommend that you come and check it out yourself.(推荐你亲自来看看)
  • I'd suggest moving the table back to the entrance.(建议把桌子挪回门口)

一个小坑:这两个词后面不能直接接 to do。
❌ I suggest to move it. → ✓ I suggest moving it. / I suggest that we move it.

14this is what …

课程的最后两句长这样:

this is what I have been thinking about this is what David had to say about this product that we are doing right now

这个句型在第 6 课就见过,这次是它在真实对话里的样子:

This is what David had to say about this product that we are doing right now.

位置填什么
what 后面谁说的(人)
about 后面关于什么(东西)
that 后面哪一个(把它框住)

换个场景就能用:

  • This is what the store manager had to say about the planogram that we sent last month.
  • Let me tell you what the reps keep saying about the demo table that we put in the corner.

它最值钱的地方:你把"我要说一件事"换成了"我要转述一件别人说的事"——既讲了内容,又不显得在硬推自己的观点。

15自查 · 打勾
  • 会说 it's been an honor to be with you(收尾用),也知道它和 it's always an honor 的区别
  • 记住了 Can you tell me what you've seen? 这个"请对方讲一讲"的句式
  • 能给动词配方向:pull out / push into / chop into pieces
  • 说得清 into 多接"过程"、out 多接"结果"
  • 说长句时,主语和谓语是贴住的
  • 会用句尾频率短语:one at a time / step by step / little by little
  • 敢在长句中间放一个 you know 当逗号(一段话不超过两个)
  • 会用 come down / fall apart 描述"崩掉"
  • 会用 the one who … / the last piece that … 说"就是那件事让整个计划崩掉"
  • 会用 kind of + 动词/形容词,救场的时候不慌
  • 会造一个 kind of + 名词(把一整句压成一个词),比如 a wine kind of day
  • 知道 recommend / suggest 后面不能直接接 to do
  • 会用 This is what … had to say about … that … 转述别人的话