1.表達對對方的興趣 Show interest in the other speaker
你不需要說太多。 通常只需要一個詞就可以表明您有興趣並在傾聽。
“Really?” (with a rising intonation),“真的嗎？” （語調升高）
“Right” “對”
“Sure”.“當然”
“Mmm”“嗯”
“Uh-huh”.“嗯”
“I hate watching rubbish on the TV.”
“Right.”
2.用簡單的表達感受 Use a short phrase to show your feelings
For example, “How awful”, “Oh no!”, “You’re joking”, “What a pity” etc.
“My neighbour had a car accident yesterday.”
“Oh no!”
“Yes, but thankfully he wasn’t hurt.”
“Mmm.”
3. 簡單回應 Ask a short question
你可以使用助動詞提出一個簡短的問題，鼓勵對方繼續說話：
“We tried out the new Chinese restaurant last night.”
“Did you?”
“I’m going to Barbados next week on holiday.”
“Are you? Lucky you!”
“It’s snowing again.”
“Is it?”
4.重複對方所說的內容 Repeat what the other person said
“He won £200 on the lottery.”
“£200!”
“I’m going to Barbados next week.”
“Barbados!”
聽不懂時可以說
“Sorry, I don’t understand.”
“Sorry, could you repeat that?”
“Sorry? I didn’t get that.”
不知道該怎麼表達時可以說
“I can’t find the word I’m looking for…”
“I’m not sure that this is the right word, but…”
“What I want to say is…”
思考如何回應時可以說
You don’t want to be completely silent, but you need time to find the words.
“Well…”
“OK…”
“So…”
“Hmmm…”
“Uh-huh”
“Umm…”
想切換話題時可以說
“Anyway,…”
“Well, as I was saying…”
“So, back to …”
“So, we were saying …”
想表明自己的意思時可以說
“What I meant to say was…”
“Let me rephrase that…”
“Let me put this another way…”
“Perhaps I’m not making myself clear…”
如果你在解釋某事，而你發現對方不明白，你可以使用以下短語：
“If we go back to the beginning…”
“The basic idea is…”
“One way of looking at it is…”
“Another way of looking at it is…”