 | VOCABULARY to sound natural - brzmieć naturalnie
dream - tu: marzenie
trophy - trofeum
support - wsparcie, poparcie
I mean... - tu: konwersacyjny wtręt, ‘zapchajdziura’, która nie jest nośnikiem znaczenia
unbelievable - niewiarygodny, nie do wiary
guy - facet, człowiek
to speak - mówić
to need - potrzebować
to think - myśleć
to say - mówić, powiedzieć
silence – cisza
to keep the listener listening - utrzymać uwagę słuchacza (sprawić, aby dalej słuchał) |
Lesson 2
What can I do to sound more natural?Goran Ivanisevic: This was my dream, all my life and er… you know to serve for the match, suddenly I have a match point out of nowhere, you know... I came here, nobody even talked about me and now I’m holding this trophy and it’s... it’s just... this support today is like... er... I mean.. I was... er... three times in the final but this is, this is just unbelievable, this is too good. Thank you guys for everything...
Richard Hallows: When we’re speaking, sometimes maybe we need time to think about what we’re saying. Um... rather than having a silence when you’re speaking, um... you might like to say, ‘erm... um...’ In fact, I do this quite a lot when I’m speaking. And this helps you sound very natural and keeps the listener listening.
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