英语学习必备习惯将问与答进行到底

英语学习必备习惯将问与答进行到底本文简介：英语学习必备习惯将问与答进行到底练口语的时候，常去英语角，而在那里，除了用到前面所提到的一些技巧（包括引用电影台词和复述改述相关材料）之外，最常规的聊天方式就是问与答（以下称Q&A），而今天要介绍的就是如何利用这样的方法和原则来最大程度的提升口语练习机会。原则一：准备一些问题有的放矢的去英语角，这点

英语学习必备习惯将问与答进行到底本文内容：

英语学习必备习惯

将问与答进行到底

练口语的时候，常去英语角，而在那里，除了用到前面所提到的一些技巧（包括引用电影台词和复述改述相关材料）之外，最常规的聊天方式就是问与答（以下称Q&A），而今天要介绍的就是如何利用这样的方法和原则来最大程度的提升口语练习机会。

原则一：准备一些问题

有的放矢的去英语角，这点已经毋庸置疑了，除了准备一些材料之外，还要懂得准备问题，因为毕竟不是所有人都对我们准备的材料感兴趣，或者从另一个角度说，如果通过提问将话题引到我们准备的材料上，给人感觉非常自然，即使他不是很感兴趣，也会在早期比较配合我们的对话，也就给了我们锻炼的机会。否则的话，就会出现以下的情况：

A:

Hi,nice

to

meet

you.

B:

Nice

to

see

you

too.

A:

What

shall

we

talk

about?

B:

I

don’t

know.

It’s

up

to

you.

A:

I

can

talk

about

everything.

B:

Me

too.

A:

So

what

shall

we

talk

about?

B:

Whatever

you

like.

So

what

do

you

like

to

talk

about?

A:…

两人无言，只有泪千行。但是如果我们有所准备或者考虑，情况可能就完全不一样。比如，我们所熟悉的材料是关于广告的，那么要设计一些广告方面的问题，一般三个就足够了，具体的对话可以是这样的：、

A:

Hi,nice

to

meet

you.

B:

Nice

to

see

you

too.

A:

What

shall

we

talk

about?

B:

Well,I

would

like

to

ask

you

a

few

questions

if

I

may.

A:

Sure,go

ahead.

B:

Have

you

ever

been

annoyed

by

those

commercials

between

TV

series

when

you

are

desperate

to

know

about

what’s

going

on

next?

A:

Yes.

It

spoils

the

whole

evening

sometimes.

B:

Have

you

ever

been

bothered

by

those

junk

commercial

messages

during

midnight

when

you

are

just

about

to

have

a

sweet

dream?

A:

Well,yes.

B:

Have

you

ever

been

confused

by

those

booming

advertisements

or

commercials

so

that

you

can

hardly

decide

which

one

to

follow

and

which

product

to

buy?

A:

I

agree.

B:

Then

it

is

high

time

that

we

should

prohibit

commercials

during

golden

hours….

（然后加入自己所准备的话题和内容）

原则二：给出多句话的回答

这个原则主要是针对那些回答问题惯用一两句话或者一两个字的人，但凡这样的情况出现，这个Q&A的过程就会变成一个审问的过程。使得提问人和答问人都会显得非常郁闷。比如：

A:

What’s

you

name?

B:

York.

A:

How

old

are

you?

B:

27.

A:

Where

do

you

come

from?

B:

Chengdu

A:

Do

you

like

the

English

Corner

here?

B:

No.

A:

Why?

B:

Because

I

see

you.

这种乒乓球式的一来一回，最后都不会有什么好的结果。练习口语是我们的目的，所以一定要利用别人提问的机会多说一些，这样才会对所说的话题更加熟悉，同时还可以兼顾到语音语调以及词汇句型的升级，也让听者觉得你是有表达欲望和交流欲望的。比如：

A:

What’s

your

name?

B:

Feel

free

to

call

me

York.

This

is

a

name

easy

to

remember

as

it

never

fails

to

remind

people

of

the

names

of

a

state

and

a

city

in

the

United

States—the

New

York

State

and

the

New

York

City.

Actually

it

was

given

by

my

first

English

teacher

in

middle

school

and

it

is

my

personal

favorite

English

name

and

I

have

used

it

since

then.

后面的任何问题都可以如法炮制，只要回答者能够用多句话来回答问题，交流的感觉会变得更加好。平时要有意识的训练自己用5句话回答任何问题，这样的话就可以在面对任何问题的时候都不会没有话说（当然，这个训练的目的是为了大家抓住锻炼口语多说，不意味着任何问题从实质上讲都需要说5句话，5是个虚数也是个实数），包括那些你不知道答案的问题，比如：

A:

Do

you

know

how

many

stars

are

there

in

the

sky?

(口头逼到可以不太讲究语序)

B:

This

is

a

question

too

complicated

for

me

to

answer.

As

far

as

I

know,the

number

of

stars

is

uncertain

since

science

and

technology

are

developing

everyday

and

we

can

not

be

so

sure

about

the

number

of

stars

we

have

discovered,not

to

mention

those

unknown

to

us.

The

fact

of

matter

is

we

need

to

see

beyond

those

numbers,which

means

what

those

number

means

to

us

matters

much

more

than

the

number

itself.

That

is

basically

how

I

look

at

this

question.

相信大家可以看出来了，即使不能对问题的答案有一个确定的答复，也可以就提问者的动机或者问题答案对我们的意义着手进行进一步的陈述，最关键的是把自己的观点说出来，这样不论是英语口头表达和个人的自信心，都会得到相应的提高。

原则三：有铺垫的提问

大家都知道在英语角要做一个多说多练的人，但是如果遇到一个人喜欢主导谈话，不给别人机会发表观点，我们的策略师有机会的时候利用机会，没有机会的时候创造机会然后再利用机会。一般喜欢占据主导的说话者通常也会喜欢被别人提问，这样很有当明星的感觉，每次去英语角和开记者招待会一样，虚荣心可以得到极大的满足。最关键的是每次提问的人只会怯生生地说出一句话，而回答的人可以说出长篇大论的东西，所以最后的结果就是提问者练听力，说话者练口语。遇到这样的情况，突破口就在提问的环节，只要我们提问的时候用N句话，这样就很容易锻炼到我们自己的表达。同时，如果有铺垫的提问也会给回答者一些时间思考答案，他本能不会排斥，毕竟贸然打断提问是一种特别不礼貌的举动。具体的操作方法是首先说出问题的范围，让他有心理准备，然后再呈现出自己对这个问题感兴趣的原因，让他明白提问者的动机，再慢慢的提出这个问题。最起码一个问题也可以用五句话来提，比如how

old

are

you？一个简单问年龄的问题，也可以有很多形式的铺垫，比如

I

would

like

to

ask

a

question

about

your

age

if

I

may.

(当然，如果对方直接说no,you

may

not

或者

sorry,it

is

not

a

polite

question

to

ask.

那可以作罢，换下一个问题。)然后接着说出自己对这个问题感兴趣的原因，I

don’t

mean

to

intrude

in

your

privacy

but

as

is

indicated

in

lots

of

cases,people

at

different

age

tend

to

speak

and

behave

in

different

ways

even

though

their

personality

and

value

system

have

not

changed

much.

That

is

to

say,it

is

generally

possible

to

tell

how

old

the

person

is

or

how

he

looks

at

some

question

or

topic

by

studying

his

speaking

and

behaviors.

I

happened

to

notice

that

you

do

have

a

special

perspective

upon

the

issue

or

topic

we

just

talked

about

and

it

is

kind

of

rare

for

people

at

your

age

to

think

in

this

way

if

I

am

right

about

your

age.

So

would

you

please

tell

me

how

old

you

are?

Or

are

you

between

25

and

30?

这样的提问效果显而易见。

原则四：就回答提问

在Q&A的过程中，很多时候大家会觉得问了一个问题后就无话可说了，于是会出现冷场的局面，然后一拍两散，去寻找新的搭档，重演旧的悲剧。其实，如果两个人只要都稍微经过练习，就能做到一直谈下去，特别是在英语角这个地方，除非他累了。具体的方法就是，与其去想几十个问题，还不如先想好一个问题，然后在对方回答的过程中，顺着对方的思路去开发新的问题，这样一来向对方传达出你对他回答的兴趣，又给他不断表达的机会，然后用上面一个原则表达自己的观点，效果也是很好的。比如：

A:

What’s

your

name?

B:

York.

A:

Very

special

name,isn’t

it?

Do

you

like

it?

B:

Sure.

It

was

given

by

my

first

English

teacher

in

middle

school

and

it

became

my

personal

favorite

English

name.

A:

Interesting.

It

seems

that

he

influenced

you

a

great

deal.

What’s

he

like?

B:

Actually

I

don’t

remember

much

about

him

but

what

impressed

me

most

was

his

easygoing

personality

and

he

is

a

kind

guy

too.

A:

Well,middle

school

student

generally

hate

teachers,don’t

they?

B:

Yes,because

we

were

too

active

and

hated

being

controlled

and

disciplined.

But

I

would

like

to

say

that

he

is

an

exception

because

he

was

ready

to

help

any

student

in

need

and

he

seemed

to

understand

us

better,sometimes

much

better

than

our

parents

did.

A:

Is

there

any

specific

example

that

you

would

like

to

share

with

me?

I’m

really

interested

in

it.

为了让大家看得清楚这个原则的应用，这里的问答就没有采用多句的原则，效果自然不言自明。最有默契的搭档是这样做的：A铺垫提问，B陈述回答+提问，A陈述回答+提问，循环往复，以至无穷。

大家在掌握了这个额技巧以后，更重要的还是要明白说话的语言质量，内容以及逻辑性，这也是以后的文章会不断提到的。其实英语交流和中文交流一样，如果大家遇到了什么问题，首先考虑在中文交流过程中怎么解决的，很大程度上可以类推到英语中的。