oral workshop 英语初级口语

Lesson 3Who Took the Money?Text AMr. Smith gave his wife ten pounds for her birthday-ten pretty pound notes. So the day after her birthday, Mrs. Smith went shopping. She queued for a bus, got on and sat down next to an old lady. After a while, she noticed that the old lady's handbag was open. Inside it, she saw a wad of pound notes exactly like the one her husband had given her. So she quickly looked into her own bag- the notes had gone!Mrs. Smith was sure that the old lady who was sitting next to her had stolen them. She thought she would have to call the police; but, as she disliked making a fuss and getting people into trouble, she decided to take back the money from the old lady's handbag and say nothing more about it. She looked round the bus to make sure nobody was watching, then she carefully put her hand into the old lady's bag, took the notes and put them in her own bag.When she got home that evening, she showed her husband the beautiful hat she had bought.´How did you pay for it?' he asked.´With the money you gave me for my birthday, of course,' she replied.´Oh? What's that, then?' he asked, as he pointed to a wad of ten pound notes on the table.Text B'Goodbye, darling,' said Mr.Mackin. 'I'll be late tonight.' Poor George, she thought. He was always in a hurry in the morning, and it wasn't unusual for him to come home late at night. He worked for a shoe company in Leeds. and there as such a lot of work that he normally stayed in the office till seven or eight.When George had left the house Mrs.Mackin sat down. in an armchair and turned on the radio. It was a few minutes past eight, and she heard the last words of the news :'...woman who escaped from Iceds prison yesterday is still free. The police warn you not to open your door to strangers. 'She turned off the radio. The housework was waiting for her. She made the beds and washed the dishes. There wasn't any shopping to do. and so she thought for a moment of all the Work in the garden.The Mackins lived in a house with a large garden in a suburb of Leeds. Behind the garden there were some trees. and then the open fields.Suddenly Mrs.Mackin remembered the news. She laughed uneasily. That prison is only 15 miles away, she thought. She didn't work in the garden, she mended her husband 's shirts instead And she carefully locked the front door and closed all the windows.It was getting dark. She turned on the lights in the livingroom. Then she noticed that she had turned on the lights in most of the rooms in the house.'How silly I am!' she said nervously and went into the other rooms and turned the lights on.The person at the door said something loudly. But she was so frightened that she didn'tunderstand a word.Additional InformationDo you believe in ghosts? I don't, eitlter-or at least I didn't until I heard a strange story the other day from Mr. Mike Paton, of 19 Marlborough llill.It all began on November 28, when Mr. Paton's eight-year-old son, Bob, was playing in the big back garden of his parents' house. He met an old man with a long white beard. The old man told Bob he was building the underground railway there, but Bob didn't believe him. Bob told me afterwards that he knew the underground ran under Marlborough Hill itself. The old man said there had been an accident the day before. Then he went away.At first the Patons didn't believe Bob's story. Mrs. Paton told me that Bob often made up stories about ghosts and monsters, like other children of his age. But Mr. Paton was curious and decided that he would go to the library to check up on the facts.He found that the railway company had started to build the line to the west of Marlborough Hill in 1881. but they had run into an underground river. Ten workmen had died in an accident and the Company had changed the direction of the line and built the present tunnel under Marlborough Hill. At first I didn't believe Mr. Paton's story either, so I did some research myself.Inspector Bright of the Metropolitan Police said it was natural to find tramps in the district in winter, but no one had reported one answering the description I had given him since last August.Mr. Joseph Griffiths of London Transport checked the files on the accident for me. He told me that the accident had apparently taken place on or very near the junction of Marlborough Hill and Woodstock Avenue on 27 November 1881. Mr. Paton's house stands on the corner!The source of this extraordinary story was not affected by the news. 'I told Mummy it was true,' young Bob Paton told me yesterday. When I left the house he was playing happily with his toy cars-in the garden!。

Lesson TwoDiscovery of a Father1精品课件,精彩无限!Book ThreeBackground InformationHis Life:“Sherwood Anderson was notonly a great American writer,but he was also a businessman,husband and father.”The WriterSherwood Anderson was a great American writerHe is the author of 27 works including Winesburg,Ohio, and seven novels that include Poor White,Many Marriages and Dark Laughter .Anderson wasMany Marriages Dark Laughteralso a poet and a playwright, a newspaper editor anda political journalistHOMEPA2 GE精品课件,精彩无限!Structure of the textPart1: Para.1introduction Part2: Para.2 -25 what was the father like inthe boy’s eyes Part3: para.26-41A turning point occurred,and then the boy changed the opinion of hisfather completely.3精品课件,精彩无限!Lesson 2 ? Discovery of a Father Oral Workshop Oral WorkshopQuestions to help comprehension andappreciation of the text What ‘s your understanding of “ fatherswant their sons to be what they themselvescannot be, but it also works the other way?”To be continued on the next page.4精品课件,精彩无限!Lesson 2 ? Discovery of a FatherOral Workshop Oral WorkshopTopics for Debating1Like father, like son2. If a father loves his child, he should do allhe can for the child.3. Discuss the importance of “peer effect” inlight of the following storyThe end of Oral Work.5精品课件,精彩无限!What was the father like in theboy’s eyes? List his father's characteristics one by one,and try to explain them with some examples.6精品课件,精彩无限!Retell in your own wordsHe was ridiculous. / He was a clown? He was foolish He was a windbag He was irresponsible.7精品课件,精彩无限!Why was this incident soimportant What happened one day that changed theauthor’s opinions of his father completelyWhy was it such an important turningpoint? Why did his father do this? Did theauthor understand at that time? Why didhe say that from that time on he no longerwanted another father8精品课件,精彩无限!In paragraph 27, the fact that he sat in a chair for along time with the saddest look on his faceshowed that he was not the irresponsible personhis son had thought him to be. He was not awindbag any more, and he was actually veryserious. He was ashamed because he had not beenable to give his son what he needed, and he wasworried because he loved his son.9精品课件,精彩无限!The swimming had an important symbolic value. Fatherand son, striking out together in the dark. The boysuddenly saw his father as a dignified man, powerful,loving, and ready to face the harsh life. Through theswimming his father seemed to be communicatingwith him, trying to give him courage and strengthAnd from that night on, he began to understand hisfarther10精品课件,精彩无限!Through this incident, he came tosee:He was not a clown. he loved life and loved peoplearound him. He was popular because everybody knewthat he was a nice man and he could “liven up” the dulllife of the sleepy little townHe was not a windbag. He was just a born storyteller,a born writer. He was a man with rich imagination andrare talent. Towards the end of the text, the authorrealized that he himself had become a story writerbecause of his father’s influence, because he had hisf ather’s genes of literary creation.He was not foolish. He was just too generous and tookind-hearted11精品课件,精彩无限!Retell the incident accordingto the following hintsThe setting: 背景WhenIn what sintuation?Where?What did they do?12精品课件,精彩无限!Detailed Discussion ofthe Text13精品课件,精彩无限!You hear it said that fathers want their sons to be what they feel they cannot themselves be,but I tell you it also works the other way. 1In a general way, fathers want their sons tolive up to their expectations. But it is also truethe other way around, that is to say thechildren have the same demand on theirfathers.“It” refers to “that” clause.14精品课件,精彩无限! It seemed to me then that he was alwaysshowing off. 2Pay attention to the use of past continuous tense, which expresses strong approval or disapproval.More examples:He is always making fun of other people. I don’t like that She is a wonderful person. She is alwayshelping others.15精品课件,精彩无限!The druggist would be in it. 2“Would” is used here to refer to characteristicbehavior or habitual action.16精品课件,精彩无限!…he was shouting back and having asgood a time as they were. 4 In the “as…as” pattern, when the first “as” isfollowed by a noun modified by an adjectivea good time, the adjective should be placedbefore the indefinite article More examples: I heard as interesting a story as what you justtold me They were having as difficult a time as wewere.17精品课件,精彩无限!…there were always a lot of men loafing in the shop. He went broke, of course, because hegave too much credit. 5loaf v.: spend time idlyloaf n.: mass of bread shaped and baked inone piecea loaf of breadbroke a.: having no money; bankruptgo broketo give too much credit: to lend too much; toallow customers to buy things without payingcredit [U] 赊购18精品课件,精彩无限!There’d be men I didn’t think would want to be fooling around with him. 6want to be fooling around: this continuoustense in the infinitive phrase also emphasizesstrong disapprovalI know him only too well. Very soon he’ll becomplaining again.19精品课件,精彩无限!…they all knew he was lying, but they seemed to like him just the same. 10just the same: all the same; in spite of aparticular situation or opinion, etc.Another example:We don’t need any help. But thank you justthesame.20精品课件,精彩无限!About the Civil War The Civil War: itrefers to the war inthe United Statesbetween theUnion north andthe Confederacysouth from 1861to 1865. It is alsocalled War Betweenthe States21精品课件,精彩无限!To hear him tell it he’d been in about every battle. 11 This infinitive phrase placed at the beginningof a sentence is used as an adverbial,modifying but independent of the wholesentence Another example: To watch these people waste good food,you’dnever believe that it is happening in a countrywhere millions of people are still hungry.22精品课件,精彩无限!to slip off 13 to go off quietly or secretly without being noticed or caught23精品课件,精彩无限!I knew we had them licked. 18to lick infml: to defeat an opponent,often in sports始终注意sth 与过去分词表示的动作之间是被动关系。

Lesson 2Au Pair GirlText AGretel comes from Austria. She is eighteen years old. She is going to stay with the Clark family for a year. Gretel has come to England because she wants to improve her English. She works as an au pair girl. She helps Mrs. Clark in the house and attends English classes regularly in her spare time.Gretel hasn’t been in England long and everything is strange to her. She often compares life in London with life in Vienna. Some things are nicer in London; other things are not so nice. For instance, the shops are bigger in London than in Vienna and there is greater variety. But it's more expensive to enjoy yourself in London. It's expensive to have a meal at a restaurant or to go to a theatre.Gretel has got used to many things already, but she can't get used to breakfast in England. "You English eat so much in the morning," she often says. "Fruit juice, porridge, bacon and egg, tea, toast and marmalade! How can you face all that food so early in the day?"Text BMaria had decided that as soon as she had finished school she would become an au pair girl in London. Two of her friends had already spent a year with a family in Kensington, and told her they had had an interesting time and had managed to learn a lot of English. She was advised by her Head Teacher to get her parents' consent and to make all the necessary arrangements prior to her departure: have enough money for her return fare, know exactly what kind of a family she was going to live with and what they expected of her.Shortly after her eighteenth birthday Maria received a letter from Mrs. Hutchinson, the wife of an advertising executive, stating the terms on which she would be employed. The Hutchinson lived in a house in Chelsea. They had three children; two boys, aged fourteen and ten, both at boarding schools, the elder at a Public School in the Midlands and the younger at a Preparatory School in Surrey;The youngest child was a girl aged eight, and she went to the French Lycee in South Kensington. During term time Maria would have to take the girl to school in the morning and fetch her in the afternoon. She would have to help Mrs. Hutchinson in the house - washing up, making the beds, laying the table, dusting the rooms, answering the door, taking telephone messages, shopping and running errands.She would be guaranteed three evenings a week free and could attend English classes either from eleven till one in the morning or from half past one till four in the afternoon. She would receive 3 a week pocket money. Maria was delighted with the conditions and thought that they were fair. She also liked the look of the family, as Mrs. Hutchinson had thoughtfully enclosed a photograph with her letter.Additional InformationIt was nothing for a girl to be sent away to service when she was eleven years old. That meant leaving the family as she had never been parted from for a day in her lifebefore, and going to some place miles away to be treated like a dog. I've got nothing against girls going into good service.In my opinion, good service in a properly run big house was a wonderful training for a lot of girls who never would have seen anything different all the days of their lives if they hadn't gone. It was better than working on the land, then, and if it still existed now, I reckon I'd rather see any of my daughters be a goodhousemaid or a well-trainedparlourmaid than a dolled-up shop-assistant or a factory worker.But folks are too proud to work for other folks, now. Even if it's to their own advantage, though as far as I can see you are still working for other folks, whatever you're doing. Big houses didn't want littlegirls of eleven, even as kitchen maids, so the first few years had to be put in somewhere else, before you got even that amount of promotion.Big houses expected good service, but you got good treatment in return. It wasn't like that at the sort of place my friends had to go. Mostly they went to the farmers' houses within ten or twenty miles from where they'd been born. These farmers were a jumped up, proud lot who didn't know how to treat the people who worked for them. They took advantage of the poor people's need to get their girls off their hands to get little slaves for nearly nothing. The conditions were terrible.。

口腔科常用英语口语1. Good morning/afternoon! How can I help you today?2. Please have a seat on the dental chair.3. Let me examine your teeth and gums.4. I need to take an X-ray of your teeth to assess the condition.5. You have a cavity that needs to be filled.6. The procedure may cause a little discomfort, but we will ensure you're as comfortable as possible.7. We will apply local anesthesia to numb the area before starting the procedure.8. I will clean your teeth and remove any plaque ortartar build-up.9. You might experience some minor bleeding or swelling after the cleaning, which is normal.10. Regular brushing and flossing are essential for maintaining good oral hygiene.11. I recommend using a soft-bristled toothbrush and fluoride toothpaste.12. It's important to replace your toothbrush every three to four months.13. Don't forget to brush your tongue to remove bacteria and prevent bad breath.14. Using a mouthwash can help kill bacteria and freshen your breath.15. If you have any missing teeth, I suggest considering dental implants or bridges.16. Braces can straighten your teeth and improve your bite.17. It's crucial to wear a mouthguard during sports activities to protect your teeth.18. If you grind your teeth at night, a nightguard can help prevent damage.19. Avoid consuming excessive sugary foods and drinks, as they can promote tooth decay.20. Regular dental check-ups are important to detect any potential issues early on.。

Lesson 5Text ASummer PlansPeter and Mary are talking about their plans for the summer. Mary is going to work in the city, but Peter is going to go to camp. Mary thinks that their friend John is going to the mountains with his family.Peter:What are you going to do after you return from Washington?Mary:I'm going to stay in the city.Peter:What will you do all day?Mary:I'm going to work with my father at the store. In the evening,I'll read books.On weekends, I'll go to the beach with my family.Peter:Have you ever worked?Mary:No, but I can learn. What are you going to do this summer?Peter:I'm going to camp. I've gone to camp for four summers.Mary:I've never gone to camp. What do you do there?Peter:We do many things. In the morning, we go swimming and boating. In the afternoon,we play basketball or tennis. We sit around a campfire at night. We sing or tellstories.Mary: That sounds wonderful.Peter:It is wonderful. What's John going to do this summer?Mary:I think he's going to the mountains with his parents.Peter:Well, so long, Mary. Have fun.Mary:You too, Peter. Give my regards to John.'8 I'll see you in September.Text BMy DishwasherMrs. Williams lived in a small street in London, and now she had a new neighbor. Her name was Mrs. Briggs, and she talked a lot about her expensive furniture, her beautiful carpets and her new kitchen."Do you know," she said to Mrs. Williams one day, "I've got a newdishwasher. It washes the plates and glasses and knives and forks beautifully. ""Oh?" Mrs. Williams answered. "And does it dry them and put them in the cupboard too?"Mrs. Briggs was surprised. "Well," she answered, "the things in the machine are dry after an hour,but it doesn't put them away, of course.""I've had a dishwasher for twelve and a half years," Mrs. Williams said."Oh?" Mrs.Briggs answered. "And does yours put the things in the cupboard when it has washed them?" She laughed nastily."Yes, he does," Mrs. Williams answered. "He driesthe dishes and puts them away."Questions on Text B7. Read the following dialogue once. Underline the key words while reading and retell to your partner the dialogue in your own words.Frank and Charles discuss last night's television programme.Frank:Did you watch television last night, Charles?Charles: Yes, I did.Frank:It was a good game, wasn't it?Charles: Oh, I didn't watch the football match. I wanted t , but my wifepreferred to see the old film.Frank:What a pity. It was quite exciting. Both teams played very well.Charles: How did it finish?Frank: It finished in a draw. What was the film like?Charles: It was quite good. But.I missed the beginning of it because I had to eat first. Frank:Did your wife enjoy it?Charles: No, she didn't. After half an hour she stopped watching and started to read abook.。

Lesson 4Text AWhat's the Matter with You?Welsh:Good afternoon, Dr. Dawes.Dawes:Good afternoon, Mrs. Welsh.Welsh:Please come this way,Doctor.Peter's in this room.Dawes:Well, Peter.I'm sorry you're ill. What's the matter with you?Peter:I don't know,Doctor. I'm ill.I have a headache and a stomachache.Dawes:Show me your tongue.What did you eat yesterday?Peter:Well,Doctor,I. . .Dawes:Did you eat any cake?Peter:Yes,I ate some cake.Dawes:Did you eat any ice cream?Peter:Well,yes,Iate some ice cream.Dawes: Did you eat any candy?Peter:Well,yes,I did. I ate some candy.Dawes:Young man,tell me everything you ate yesterday evening.Peter:Well, Doctor.I went to a birthday party.Dawes:I see!How many pieces of cake did you eat?Peter:Three,Doctor.Dawes:How many plates of ice cream did you eat,young man?Peter:Gosh,Doctor.I had only three plates of ice cream.John had four.Text BHow Did You lose Your Way?Mrs. Brown's old grandfather lived with her and her husband. Every morning he went for a walk in the park and came home at half past twelve for his lunch.But one morning a police car stopped outside Mrs. Brown's house at twelveo'clock, and two policemen helped Mr. Brown to get out. One of them said to Mrs. Brown, "The poor old gentleman lost his way in the park and telephoned to us for help, sowe sent a car to bring him home." Mrs. Brown was very surprised, but she thanked the policemen and they left."But, Grandfather," she then said, "you have been to thatpark nearly every day for twenty years. How did you lose your way there?"The old man smiled,closed one eye and said, "I didn'tquite lose my way. I just got tired and I didn't want to walk home! "Questions on Text B7. Read the following passage once. Underline the key words while reading and retell the story to your partner.One morning a man was crossing a narrow bridge when he saw a fisherman onthe shady bank of the deep, smooth river under him,so he stopped to watch him quietly.After a few minutes, the fisherman pulled his line in. There was a big, fat fish at the end of it.The fisherman took it off the hook and threw it back into the water. Then he put his hook and line in again. After a few more minutes he caught another big fish. Again he threw it back into the river. Then, the third time, he caught a small fish. He put it into his basket and started to get ready to go. The man on the bridge was very surprised, so he spoke to the fisherman. He said, "Why did you throw those beautiful big fish back into the water and keep only that small one?"The fisherman looked up and answered, "Small frying-pan."。

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"B u t t h e C h i n e s e d i d!"Ta s k3T h e r e I s S o m e t h i n g Ve r y N i c e I n s i d e Yo u r D r u mI t w a s J i m m y's b i r t h d a y, a n d h e w a s f i v e y e a r s o l d. H e g o t q u i t ea l o t o f n i c eb i r t h d a y p r e s e n t s f r o m h i s f a m i l y, a n d o n e o f t h e m w a s a b e a u t i f u l b i g d r u m."W h o g a v e h i m t h a t t h i n g?" J i m m y's f a t h e r s a i d w h e n h e s a w i t."H i s g r a n d f a t h e r d i d,"a n s w e r e d J i m m y's m o t h e r."O h,"s a i d h i s f a t h e r.O f c o u r s e, J i m m y l i k e d h i s d r u m v e r y m u c h. H e m a d e a t e r r i b l ed u r i n g t he d a y,a n d J i m m y w a s i n b e d w h e n h e g o t h o m e i n t h ee v e n i n g,s o h e d i d n o t h e a r t h e n o i s e.m o r n i n g a f e w d a y s l a t e r,s h e t o o k a s h a r p k n i f e a n d w e n t t o J i m m y's h o u s e w h i l e h e w a s h i t t i n g h i s d r u m.S h e s a i d t o h i m, "H u l l o,J i m m y.D o y o u k n o w,t h e r e's s o m e t h i n g v e r y n i c e i n s i d e y o u r d r u m.H e r e's a k n i f e.O p e n t h e d r u m a n d l e t's f i n d i t."Task 4 How did you lose Your Way?Mrs. Brown's old grandfather lived with her and her husband. Every morning he went for a walk in the park and came home at half past twelve forBut one morning a police car stopped outside Mrs. Brown's house at twelve o'clock, and two policemen helped Mr Brown to get out. One of themtelephoned to us for help, so we sent a car to bring him home.” Mrs. Brown was very surprised, but she thanked the policemen and they l eft."But, Grandfather, “she then said, "you have been to that park nearly every day for twenty years. How did you lose your way there?"The old man smiled, closed one eye and said, "I didn't quite lose my way.I just got tired and I didn't want to walk home! "Task 5 My DishwasherMrs. Williams lived in a small street in London, and now she had a new neighbour. Her name was Mrs Briggs, and she talked a lot about her expensive furniture, her beautiful carpets and her new kitchen.dishwasher. It washes the plates and glasses and knives and forks beautifully.""Oh?" Mrs Williams answered. "And does it dry them and put them in the cupboard too?"Mrs Briggs was surprised. "Well," she answered," the things in the machine are dry after an hour,but it doesn't put them away, of course. ""I've had a dishwasher for twelve and a half years," Mrs Williams said."Oh?" Mrs Briggs answered. "And does yours put the things in the cupboard when it has washed them?" She laughed nastily."Yes , he does," Mrs Williams answered. "He dries the dishes and puts them away. "Task 6 How to Make Everybody HappyPeter's uncle lived in the country. Once Peter went to stay with him for a few weeks. Whenever they went for a walk or for a drive in the car and they passed somebody, his uncle waved. Peter was surprised, and said, "Uncle George, you know everybody here. Where did you meet them all?""I don't know all these people," said his uncle."Then why do you wave to them?" asked Peter."Well, Peter," answered his uncle, "when I wave to someone and he knowsBut when I wave to someone and he doesn't know me, h e is surprised and says to himself `Who is that man? Why did he wave to me?' So he hasjourney seem shorter. So I make everybody happy. "Task 7 After a Heavy SnowstormOne night there was a heavy snowstorm, and in the morning Mr Smith's garden was full of deep snow. Mr Smith wanted to take his car out, so he paid a man to clean the path from his garage to his gate. He said to this man, "Don't throw any snow on that side, because it will damage the bushes in my garden; and don't throw any snow into the street, or the police will be angry."When he came back, the path was clean and the snow from it was not on the bushes, or the fence, or the street. Mr Smith was very pleased-until hethe snow from the path, and his car was somewhere under it all!Task 8 Interesting Pictures"Food really tastes good cooked over an open fire," Lloyd remarked as he took another bite of his hot dog."It sure does," replied Fred. "I wish this weren't the last night of our camping trip, but school starts next week."A couple of days after returning home, Lloyd and Fred took the e xposedwere told that the pictures would be ready Thursday. Thursday was just two days away. Fred and Lloyd could hardly wait to see how their pictures cameschool was back in session.Fred and Lloyd felt very pleased when they showed their teacher the pictures they had taken on their vacation. She said that they were some of the most interesting pictures she had seen.Task 9 Stop Eating Fried PotatoesMrs Jenkins went to her doctor one day, because her heart was giving her trouble.Then he said, "Well, Mrs Jenkins, stop smoking, and then you'll soon be quite all right again."like smoking. ""Oh, well," said the doctor, "then don't drink any more alcohol. ""But I don't drink alcohol," answered Mrs Jenkins at once."Stop drinking tea and coffee then," the doctor said to her."I only drink water," answered Mrs Jenkins. "I don't like tea or coffee."The doctor thought for a few seconds and then said,"Well,. . . er. . . do you like fried potatoes?""Yes, I like them very much," answered Mrs Jenkins.goodbye to Mrs Jenkins.A Beautiful DressOne day Mrs Jones went shopping. When her husband came home in the evening, she began to tell him about a beautiful cotton dress. "I saw it in a shop this morning," she said, "and...""And you want to buy it," said her husband. "How much does it cost?""Forty pounds.""Forty pounds for a cotton dress? That is too much!"But every evening, when Mr Jones came back from work, his wife"Oh, buy the dress! Here is the money!" She was ver y happy.But the next evening, when Mr Jones came home and asked, "Have you"Why not?" he said."Well, it was still in the window of the shop after a week, so I thought, nobody else wants this dress, so I don't want it either. "。

Workshop说话术"Could you ...please?" 虽然是问句，虽然里面有"please"，但是还是一种要求的和轻微命令的语气。

斯坦福在对于国际学生第一天新生Orientation的时候就说，不要经常用这个句子。

这个用法是不够礼貌和客气的。

如果你加入到一个对话，就非常需要承上启下，需要和别人互动，需要总结别人的话，需要明确的表达自己的话和前面一个或者几个人的话之间是什么逻辑关系。

这种逻辑关系可以是：补充，反对，支持，提问要求澄清，他说的理论我举个例子，他说个现象我升华抽象成规律和理论，我要新起个头说下一话题，等等各种。

即使你在学校在你们实验室5年都不用练英语的说话术，等到毕业了，在公司里你怎么说服别人，怎么让你的老板给你更多锻炼的机会，你怎么给你的下级提供指导，你怎么协商谈判解决工作上的纠纷，怎么取得职业上的发展。

这里是一些叫conversational gambits。

表达自己意见：∙I think that... *最简单的∙It seems to me that... *可以用作表达意见，或者summarize或者confirm对方说的话。

∙I would argue that...*这里面用would来弱化语气。

∙Just to go along with what you said... *感谢读者下方留言提醒我这句话，真的很好用，承上启下。

这句话还好在，它使你现在插话看上去legitimate，因为你是为了和前面的那个人goalong啊。

不赶紧接话，不就along不上了嘛。

∙Going back to what xxx said... * 同上。

不过一般是你已经说了几句，此事，想要relate to someting 别人刚刚提到过或者蜻蜓点水说道的东西。

这句话的好处就是，一能bring others on board说看我的说法和你是有一致之处的，二能表现他刚才说的东西你还有印象。