13. Speak up 大声说话
A: I thought I was speaking English fairly well. Now I'm not so
sure.
B: What did you say?
A: I said I thought I spoke1 pretty good English, but people keep
asking me to repeat what I've said, so maybe I'm not doing so well
after all.
B: There's nothing wrong with your English. It's just that no one
can hear what you're saying.
A: Is that what's wrong? But I think it's impolite to talk loudly.
B: You don't have to shout, but you do have to make yourself heard.
Maybe Americans talk louder than other people. If so, you'll just
have to speak louder,too.
Notes
Fairly well 挺很好
Is that what's wrong? 这就是问题所在吗？
Make yourself heard 让其他人听得见你说的话
A：我本以为我们的英语说得很好。目前我又不那样有把握了。
B：你怎么说？
A：我说我以为自己英语说得很好，但大家总是要我重复我说过的话。可能我说的并不那样好。
B：你的英语没问题。只不过无人听得见你在怎么说。
A：问题就在这里吗？可是我感觉大声说话是不礼貌的。
B：你不必须要大声喊叫，但你应该让其他人听得见你的话。或许美国人说话声音比别的人要响。假如如此，你说话声音也大一些就是了
