学外语的人在和老外交流时总是害怕会犯错误而导致误解，害怕听不懂对方而导致交流无法进行。其实听不懂也不必如此担心，下面就为您支几招应对策略。
Forthoseofyoustillworriedaboutmakingmistakes,youshouldjustremembercountrieslikeBritain,America,AustraliaandCanadaareallverymulticulturalcountries.Multiculturalmeanslotsofdifferentcultures.InLondonalonetherearepeoplelivingherefromallovertheworld.MostofthemspeakEnglishbuttherearemanydifferentaccents.Noteveryonespeaksperfectlyandpeopledomakemistakes.
ButasEnglishspeakers,wedon'tworryaboutit.Wearereallyusedto(familiarwith)hearingnon-nativespeakersofEnglishspeakEnglish.Wedon'tcareatalliftheymakemistakesaslongaswecanunderstandthem.Soasnon-nativespeakersofEnglish,youshouldn'tworryaboutmakingmistakes.Smallmistakesarefine.Butevenifyoumakebigmistakesandpeoplecan'tunderstandyou,theywilltrytounderstand-ortheywilltellyouiftheydon'tunderstand.Thisgivesyouachancetosayagainindifferentlanguagewhatyouwanttosay.
Therewillbetimesofcoursethatpeoplemaybewon'tunderstandyoubutyouwon'tknowthatifyoudon'ttrytocommunicate.JusttryyourbestandreallyDON'TWORRY.YourEnglishisprobablybetterthanyouthink.
SomeonetalkedaboutnotunderstandingpeoplewhentheyspeakEnglish,soIthoughttodayIwoulddiscusswhatyoucansaywhenyoudon'tunderstandsomeone.
听不懂别人的话会有几种情况，不同的情景下可以有不同的应对办法：
Ifsomeoneisspeakingreallyquickly,don'tbeafraidtoaskthemtospeakmoreslowly.
如果对方说地太快，你可以请他/她说慢点：
I'msorry,butcanyouspeakalittleslowerplease?
Thatwasalittlebittofastforme.Couldyouspeakabitslowerplease?
Anddon'tbeafraidtotellsomeoneyoudon'tunderstand.
如果你听不懂，就直接说听不懂：
I'msorryIdon'tunderstand.
I'msorryIdidn'tcatchthat.(Ididn'tunderstand)
Youcouldjustaskthemtosaythesamethingagain.
你可以让他们重复一遍：
I'msorry,couldyourepeatthatplease?
Wouldyoumindrepeatingthatsentenceagain-Ididn'tgetwhatyousaid?(Ididn'tunderstand).
Thereisnothingbadaboutaskingsomeonetorepeatorspeakslower.It'sbettertoaskthantopretendyouunderstand(makesomeonethinkyouunderstandwhenyoudon't).ItwillreallyhelpyoutocommunicatewithEnglishspeakers.Sometimestheydon'trealisetheyarespeakingsofastorusingdifficultwords,soit'sgoodforyoutotellthem.
Idounderstandtheproblemsalotofyouaretalkingabout.IstudiedFrenchandGermanatuniversity(alongtimeago!)andIdidn'thavemanyFrenchorGermanpeopletotalkto.ImadesureIlistenedtoalotofnativespeakersontheTVorradiooroncassettesfrommyteachers.Ispoketomyself.IspoketomyclassmatesandIreadalot.Readingaloud(readingandspeakingthewordsasyouread)isalsoagoodthingtodotopractisespeaking.FortunatelyIdidhaveachancetovisitthosecountriesastheyarenotsofarawayasBritainorAmericaisfromChina-butalotofthetimeitwasuptometotrytoimproveasbestasIcouldwithoutbeingabletospeaktoFrenchofGermanpeople.
ThatiswhatyoushouldalldowithyourEnglish.IwishyouLOTSofluckwithyourstudiesandIhopetheadvicehelps.