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• 當別人聽不懂你講的英文，怎麼辦？

Dave：English is a very easy language to learn.
Susan：What do you mean?
Dave：Well, what I meant to say was that it is easy if you practice every day.
Susan：Oh, right.

• 道地的說法：

1. 重組語句，換一種說法

①What I meant to say was...
②Let me rephrase that...
③Let me put this another way...
④Perhaps I'm not making myself clear
2. 從頭再說一次
①If we go back to the beginning...
②The basic idea is...
③One way of looking at it is...
3. 如果一下子腦子打結，想不起來用英語怎麼說
①I can't find the word I'm looking for...
②I'm not sure that this is the right word , but...
③What I want to say is...
不要害怕重複你的話，如果每次解釋所說的話都有一點的差別即可讓人猜測到你要說什麼。