AEE 第20集：如何免费通过电话练习英语

这是《All Ears English》播客第20期。

This is an All Ears English podcast episode 20.

教你免费练习电话英语的方法。

How to practice your English on the telephone for free.

欢迎收听。

Welcome

欢迎来到《All Ears English》播客，在这里，你将真正听到母语者的自然对话，提升商务和生活中的英语流利度。

to the All Ears English podcast where you'll finally get real native English conversation and fluency for business and life.

我们相信，学英语的关键在于沟通，而不是完美。

We believe in connection, not perfection when it comes to learning English.

今天为大家带来节目的两位主持人，英语冒险家林赛·麦马洪，和来自纽约的电台女孩米歇尔·卡普兰，他们分别从波士顿和纽约为您直播。

Now here are your hosts, Lindsay McMahon, the English adventurer, and Michelle Kaplan, the New York radio girl coming to you from Boston and New York City, USA.

在本期节目中，我们将分享一个鲜为人知的小技巧，教你如何实时练习电话英语。

In today's episode, find out how you can practice your telephone English live with our little known strategy.

今天一定要认真听。

Listen in today.

不管你喜不喜欢，英语都会影响你被评价的结果，比如在会议、面试和谈判中。

English is part of how you're evaluated, whether you like it or not, in meetings, in interviews, in negotiations.

关键不在于你的英语是不是够好或够用。

The question isn't whether your English is okay or good enough.

而在于它是不是真的帮到你了。

It's whether it's working for you.

它有没有帮你拿到应得的晋升和加薪？

Is it getting you the promotions and the salary raises that you deserve?

如果没有，那今年就该行动了。

If not, this is the year to do something about it.

我们的免费两分钟流利度测试，能帮你准确了解自己的英语水平——是B1、B2还是C1，并告诉你如何真正提升，为事业或全球生活打下基础。

Our free two minute fluency quiz shows you your true English level, b one, b two, or c one, and where you can level up for real world success for your career or your global life in English.

现在就去 allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore 免费做测试吧。

Take the quiz now for free at allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore.

网址是 allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore。

That's allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore.

嗨，米歇尔。

Hey, Michelle.

最近一切都还好吗？

How's everything going?

嗨，林赛。

Hey, Lindsey.

我挺好的。

I'm good.

我挺好的。

I'm good.

你呢？

How are you?

特别棒。

Awesome.

能来这里我很开心。

I'm happy to be here.

在上两期《All Ears English》第十八和十九期里，我们聊了交通方式，还有美国城市里交通正在发生的变化，以及相关的词汇。

In the last couple episodes of All Ears English eighteen and nineteen, we talked about transportation and how that's changing in American cities and the vocab for it.

所以大家记得回去听听那两期。

So guys, go back, listen to those.

不过今天，Michelle，咱们要聊什么？

But today, Michelle, what are we getting into?

今天啊，天哪。

Today oh my gosh.

我超期待今天的主题。

I'm excited for today's topic.

跟手机有关，还能练习英语。

It's something to do with the phone and practicing your English skills.

特别有意思。

It's really fun.

这个点子真棒。

It's cool concept.

这个想法真的很棒。

It's a really cool concept.

你知道吗，很多人在工作和社交中都会用英语，但最让人紧张的时刻，往往是得接电话的时候。

And this is, you know, I know that for a lot of you guys, you use English at work and your social lives, but the high pressure moment is when you have to answer the phone.

所以今天我们要分享一个免费练习英语电话对话的方法。

So today, we have a strategy of how to practice your English on the phone for free.

这需要你稍微冒点险——主动打出去这个电话。

It's gonna take a little bit of a you know, you gotta take a little bit of a risk here, but you're initiating the call.

正因如此，我们才能调整心态，获得真正的实战练习。

So that's why we can change our mindset and we can get in really good practice.

米歇尔，这具体是怎么操作的？

Michelle, how exactly does this work?

好的。

Okay.

方法是这样的：你打个电话，然后看看家里有什么东西。

Well, the idea here is that you make a call, you look at, you know, the things in your house.

对。

Yep.

你可以想想，到处都有电话号码，随便打一个试试。

And you think of something like, you know, everywhere has a phone number you can Mhmm.

如果你有什么意见，就打那个号码，就算听起来有点奇怪，就算有点害怕，也别怕——想想你真想说点什么，不管是夸奖，还是有点尖锐的建议，都打过去说一说。

If you have any feedback, call that number even though it sounds kind of funny, even though it might be scary and think of some something that you wanna say, either something good or maybe some helpful feedback you have that maybe it's a little bit more critical and call and give that feedback.

没错，Michelle。

Exactly, Michelle.

这主意确实有点离谱，疯狂。

I mean, this is off the wall and crazy.

听着就挺疯的。

It sounds crazy.

一般老师肯定不会这么建议，但《All Ears English》本来就不是那种普通的播客。

It's not something your typical teacher's gonna recommend, but All Ears English is not your typical, you know, podcast.

对吧？

Right?

所以，当人们第一次听说这个做法时，最常见的顾虑是什么？

So, you know, what are the common objections for people when they're introduced?

他们觉得会打扰到对方。

Well, they think that they're gonna bother the person.

我的回答是，这个人正等着你的电话呢。

Well, I mean, my answer to that is this person is here waiting for your call.

人家是随时可以接的。

They're available.

关键在于，你得提供真诚的反馈。

And the key to this is make sure you offer genuine feedback.

这样你其实是在帮他们改进产品。

So you're actually helping them improve their product.

而不是白白浪费他们的时间。

So you're not just wasting their time.

你可以说，我觉得要是改成这样会更好。

You're saying, oh, this is what I would rather it be.

对吧？

Right?

或者你可以这样把它改进一下。

Or this is how you could make it better.

对吧？

Right?

米歇尔，你觉得呢？

Michelle, what do you

是的。

think about that?

对。

Right.

没错。

Right.

确实如此。

Right.

没错。

Exactly.

没错。

Exactly.

你没必要随便选个不靠谱的点子。

It doesn't have to like, you don't wanna just pick something silly.

得认真想想怎么改进产品，或者为公司做点有实际帮助的事。

Like, really put some thought into how you could improve a product or something helpful for the company.

或者你也可以问个问题，比如关于未来可能会推出的更新。

Or maybe it's a question that you wanna ask, you know, about updates that may be coming out in the future.

提问也是完全可以的。

You know, a question is fine as well.

这也是一个不错的方向。

That's another way that you could go.

对。

Yeah.

这主意太棒了。

I love that.

我想给我们的听众提供一些相关的表达方式，方便他们提问。

And I just wanna give our listeners a little bit of vocabulary for asking this.

有时候我在新闻里看到，某些产品因为含有某种污染物或有害化学物质被召回了。

You know, sometimes I see things in the news where certain products have been recalled because they have some kind of contaminant or they have some kind of chemical that they've found is harmful.

你可以就类似的事情做点文章。

So you could do something like that.

比如说，你拿威猛先生清洁剂举例。

Let's say you have Windex or something.

我一想到威猛先生，米歇尔，我就想起那部电影，他把威猛先生喷在每一场婚礼上。

When I think of Windex, Michelle, I think of the wind what's that what's that movie where he sprays the Windex on every wedding.

是的。

Yeah.

对。

Yeah.

他们什么都会喷上威猛先生。

They put Windex on everything.

对。

Yeah.

大家去看看那部电影吧。

Watch that movie, guys.

每当我想到出问题了，他就拿威猛先生一喷，啥都能解决，我就想起那个人。

It just makes me think of that guy when something's wrong, he sprays Windex on it and it gets everything better.

可别这么干。

Don't do that.

没错。

Exactly.

想象一下，你买了一瓶威猛先生，想知道里面是不是含某种化学物质。

Let's imagine you've bought a thing of Windex and, you know, you wanna know if a certain chemical is in that Windex.

对吧？

Right?

那我们要怎么向客服人员问这个问题呢，米歇尔？

So what is something how would we ask that question to the customer service person in English, Michelle?

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In less than fifteen minutes a day, you'll go beyond the headlines and learn about the big ideas shaping your future.

接下来，AI将如何改变我们的沟通方式，如何成为更好的领导者，还有更多内容。

Coming up, how AI will change the way we communicate, how to be a better leader, and more.

在你常用的播客平台收听《TED每日演讲》。

Listen to TED Talks daily wherever you get your podcast.

好的。

Okay.

如果你想弄清楚Windex里有没有某种化学成分

If you wanna know if something is in the Windex

对。

Yeah.

比如说‘包含’

Something like contain

你可以说：‘我想查一下相关信息。’

You could say something like, oh, I'm looking for information.

这个成分在你们的产品里吗？

Is this ingredient in your product?

对，就是这样。

Yeah, exactly.

所以这是一种表达方式。

So that's one structure.

对吧？

Right?

比如钛，我们随便举个例子，我都不确定钛会不会出现在威猛先生里，大概不会。

Is titanium let's just throw any I don't even know if titanium would be in Windex, probably not.

但你们的这款威猛先生里含钛吗？

But is titanium in your product, in this Windex?

或者你们的产品里含有钛吗？

Or does your product contain titanium?

好的，这两种方式都行。

Okay, those are the two

结构。

structures.

也可以这样问。

Get that that way too.

对，接下来就要开始了。

Yeah, and this is gonna start.

然后试着跟对方聊聊，看看他们觉得怎么改进，平时是怎么使用的。

And then try to engage in a little bit of a conversation, how you would improve it, what you know, how you use it.

这些公司都想收集客户数据，了解你是谁，怎么使用他们的产品。

These companies, they wanna collect customer data on who you are and how you're using their product.

它

Does it

自己制造出来？

make itself?

是的。

Yeah.

没错。

Right.

所以，你确实有理由问这些问题，提出这些意见。

So, yeah, it's completely fair to, you know, ask them these questions, give these comments.

对的。

Mhmm.

我觉得，可以把这看作是一种帮忙的方式。

And I think, you know, look at it as a a a way to be helpful.

对吧？

Right?

再强调一遍，别随便说点什么，要认真思考一下。

Again, don't just think of just any old random thing to say, but put some thought into it.

打电话之前可以先练习一下。

Maybe practice before you call.

而且，这确实是练习英语的好方法，还不用花一分钱。

And, yeah, this could be just a really great way to practice your English for and and not spend any money doing it.

我知道。

I know.

太棒了。

It's so cool.

现在这个世界，什么事都在线上搞定，比如亚马逊购物。

Mean, we live in a world where everything's done just online, you know, through Amazon.

我刚在亚马逊上买了一样东西，后来要退货，全程都没跟人说过话。我们不希望你们因为很少打电话，就失去了面对面交流的能力。

I just ordered something on Amazon, and I had to return it, and there was just no interaction, but we're losing we don't want you guys to lose the ability to speak on the phone because you don't have to very much.

对吧？

Right?

你们得经常练习这些技能。

You need to be practicing these skills.

米歇尔，你最近有没有给什么服务机构或公司打过电话，比如要添加点什么、询问点什么，或者投诉点什么？

Michelle, have you recently had to call some service or company to to add something, ask something, complain about something?

哦，我一时想不起来，但肯定有过这种事。

Oh, not that I can recall right the second, but I'm sure there has been something.

对吧？

Right?

所以，我们依然需要

So we still have

打电话去办事。

to get on the phone to do things.

确实如此。

For sure.

对。

Yeah.

没错。

Exactly.

我觉得这个方法特别棒，因为你们是在制造一个真实的场景。

And so what I love about this strategy, guys, is that you're manufacturing a real situation.

你们不是一个人待在房间里，对着课本背诵、练习，或者更糟的是，死记硬背一段对话——这正是大多数教材和课堂教你们做的，对吧？

You are not in your room in front of a textbook reciting or rehearsing or memorizing, even worse, memorizing a dialogue, which is what most textbooks and classrooms are gonna tell you to do, right?

我们现在是让你们稍微冒险一下，走出去，亲自拨一个电话号码。

What we're doing now is we're asking you to take a little risk, and you're going out there, and you're dialing a number in the phone.

这才是真正的英语。

That is real English.

没错。

Right.

对。

Right.

确实如此。

Right.

天哪。

Oh my gosh.

Lindsay，我太喜欢这个点子了。

I love this idea, Lindsay.

这真的特别有意思。

This is so much fun.

所以大家记住，一定要试试这个方法。

So guys, remember to give this a try.

其实这是在电话里练习地道英语的好方式。

You know, this is a way to practice real English on the phone.

没错。

Yep.

别害怕，放手去做吧。

And, you know, don't be don't be afraid.

就试一次吧。

Just try it.

最坏能坏到哪儿去呢？

What's the worst that could happen?

我太喜欢了。

I love it.

太棒了。

So good.

这就是我们今天的小贴士。

And that's our tip for today.

这就是免费练习电话英语的方法。

That is how you can practice English on the phone for free.

这周试试看，朋友们，然后去 allearsenglish.com 的博客告诉我们你的体验。

Try it this week, guys, and let us know back on the blog, allearsenglish.com, how it went.

明白吗？

Okay?

好的。

Alright.

不错，Michelle。

Cool, Michelle.

我很快再跟你联系。

I'll talk to you soon.

好的。

Alright.

再见，林赛。

Bye, Lindsey.

再见，大家。

Bye, guys.

再见。

Bye.

感谢收听All Ears English。

Thanks for listening to All Ears English.

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下次见。

See you next time.