英国外交部翻译教你《实用口语课》-让你飚出一口地道、流利英语

 

有句话说，钱是人的胆。

那你觉不觉得，英语也是人在这个世界上行走所需要的胆？

记得小时候，在一本画册的背面，看到了26个图像化的字母。

那会刚刚上小学，连普通话都说不好。

有一次，我指着26个字母问妈妈那是什么，妈妈说是英语。

“什么是英语呀？”

“英语是全世界的普通话。”

妈妈是个只读过3年小学的人，完全不懂英语，但她的这一句“英语是全世界的普通话”，我至今都记得门儿清。

如今长大了，努力工作了，开始赚钱了，想去更远的地方了…却发现不知何时英语就这样被落下了：

学英语十年，词汇量数千，但偶遇问路的外国人，秒变哑巴，憋不出一句话；

课本里学到的表达，出国后发现老外根本不这样讲，甚至一脸懵逼，因为听不懂你在讲what？；

20岁时，发誓要学好英语，却常常不了了之。25岁那一年，遇到一份很棒但要会说英语的工作,  只好说：“我不会耶！”；

每一次交谈、面试、演讲、接待、出游……听到别人用一口标准、流利的英语侃侃而谈，只能羡慕嫉妒外加干瞪眼。

……

世界那么大，那么丰富多彩，我们本可以用英语去看看、去体验。却因为说不好英语，那些在别人看来触手可及的美好，你可能一辈子也触碰不到。

就像一个去过16个国家的朋友所言：英语不好，即便你出了国，也只能活在自己的小圈子里。

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