Well hey there this is Emma from mmmEnglish! How are you?
大家好啊，我是Emma，歡迎來到Emma的美味英語！你好嗎？
Over the past few months, many of you have written to me in the comments below my videos asking for help with your English speaking skills.
You want to sound more natural, more casual, more like a native English speaker, right?
在過去的幾個月，你們其中的很多人都在我視頻下方的評論區給我寫評論，說是想要尋求幫助，提升英語口語水平。你們想要聽起來更加自然、更加隨意，更像一個英語母語者，對吧？
Some of you also like my not so Australian, Australian accent and you want to practise speaking like me.
Well today you're in luck because in this lesson, we're gonna have some fun doing exactly that!
你們其中的一些人喜歡我並不那麼澳洲的澳洲英語口音，你們想要練習和我一樣說英語。好的，那麼今天你們就很幸運了，因為在本節課程中，我們就要這麼做呢，肯定會很有趣的！
Okay! Welcome to your first English Conversation Workout!
This is an intensive 'repeat after me' style lesson that's going to work those conversation muscles.
好的！歡迎來到第一節英語對話訓練！這是一節強度非常大的『跟我一起念』風格的課程，會訓練講話的肌肉。
It's gonna help you to strengthen those speaking skills and your listening skills at the same time.
We're gonna do a lot of speaking practice together in a short space of time so you need to be ready to participate.
這能夠幫助你們增強口語技巧，同時也可以提升聽力技巧。我們將會在很短的時間內一起做很多口語練習，所以大家需要準備好參與哦。
You've got to join in and by the end of the workout today, you're gonna feel more confident and you're gonna sound more natural like a native English speaker when you use these common conversation expressions.
Today's workout will focus on greetings and introductions.
你們得加入我一起，在今天的鍛鍊結束之後，當你們使用這些常見的對話表達的時候，你們會感覺更加自信，也會聽起來更加自然，像英語母語者一樣。今天的訓練側重於問候和介紹。
We're going to practise some really common questions that you can ask or that you might be asked in a very casual and very common English conversation.
Before we get started, I want to make sure that you're in a place where you feel comfortable talking at your normal speaking volume.
我們將會練習一些在隨意和常見的英語對話中你可以問別人或者是可能被問到的非常常見的問題。在我們開始之前，我想要先確認一下，你們現在是在一個可以非常舒適地用自己一般的說話音量說話的地方。
And if you're able to avoid using your headphones, then do that too. That's so that you can hear me but also you can hear yourself clearly too.
如果你們可以不用耳機的話，那就別用啦。這樣你們不僅僅可以聽到我，還可以清楚地聽到自己。
Now this workout is really simple you don't need to think much, you just need to listen and repeat after me. We're gonna practise four sets of really simple English phrases.
這個訓練非常簡單，你們不需要思考太多，只需要豎起耳朵認真聽，然後跟著我念就行了。我們會練習四組非常簡單的英語短語。
Now these are gonna be phrases that you already know and you've probably read them or you've heard them during a casual conversation with native speakers.
But we're going to focus on your pronunciation and your expression today, okay?
其中可能會有一些短語你們已經知道了，你們可能見到過，或者是在和母語者進行隨意對話的時候聽到過。但是今天我們會側重於你的發音以及表達，好嗎？
So you'll practise listening and then saying these questions just like native speakers do with contractions, with linking and you know, we'll play around a little with word stress as well.
So get ready to practise out loud guys. It's workout time!
你們會先聽，然後練習像母語者那樣連讀，我們也會練習一下單詞的重音。準備好大聲練習吧朋友們。鍛鍊時間到了！
So when we meet with someone, whether it's someone we already know or someone we're just meeting for the first time, we almost always ask how they are, right?
So for our first set, we're gonna practise some simple phrases that all mean the same thing, "How are you?"
當我們見到別人的時候，不管是我們已經認識的人還是我們第一次見的人，我們幾乎總是要問他們怎麼樣，對吧？那我們的第一組會練習一些簡單的和『你好嗎？』相同意思的短語。
So here we go. Hi Tom, how are you?
好的，開始吧。嗨，湯姆，你好嗎？
Good! So notice how it's like just one big word there. Do it again.
很好！注意聽起來是很像一個完整的詞。再來一次。
Hi Tom, how are you? Last one.
嗨，湯姆，你好嗎？最後一次。
Hi Tom, how are you? Okay, now let's change the emphasis a little here.
嗨，湯姆，你好嗎？好的，現在讓我們來改變一下重音吧。
Hi Brooke! How are you? So really stretch out that 'and' sound.
嗨，布魯克！你好嗎？把那個『and』的音給拉長。
Doing this helps to sound really interested in the answer so if you know the person well but you haven't really seen them for a while then using this intonation is great okay because it shows that you really care.
Hi Brooke! How are you?
這樣做會讓你聽起來對答案非常感興趣，如果你非常了解這個人，但是你很久沒有見過他們了的話，那麼使用這個語調就非常好，因為它會表現出你真的非常在意。嗨，布魯克！你好嗎？
Hi Brooke! How are you? Alright let's try this one now.
嗨，布魯克！你好嗎？好的，讓我們試一下這一個吧。
Hey Steve, how you doing? So notice that we've dropped the verb 'be' here and this is something that's really common in spoken English.
嗨，史蒂夫，你好嗎？注意我們在這裡省略了be動詞，這在英語口語中非常常見。
Especially with really common phrases, frequently used phrases like these ones. Hey Steve, how you doing?
尤其是在常見的短語中，就像這些經常會使用的短語一樣。嗨，史蒂夫，你好嗎？
Hey Steve, how you doing? All right, so now let's switch out 'doing' with 'going' but you'll notice there's a couple of other changes when we do that.
嗨，史蒂夫，你好嗎？好的，現在讓我們把『doing』換成『going』，但是你會注意到當我們那麼做的時候，還會有一些其他的改變。
Hey Angelina, how's it going? So you'll hear native English speakers say 'goin', 'going'.
嗨，安吉麗娜，你好嗎？你們會聽到英語母語者說『goin』，『going』。
Whatever. So just use which one is the most comfortable for you. Hey Angelina, how's it going?
無所謂的。你覺得哪個用起來舒服，就用哪個就行了。嗨，安吉麗娜，你好嗎？
Hey Angelina, how's it going? And for the last one, something super, super casual.
嗨，安吉麗娜，你好嗎？最後一個，非常非常隨意的一個。
Hey mate, what's happening? In spoken English, it's really really common to hear 'happening' reduced down to just two syllables but it is especially common in this expression, okay?
嘿兄弟，還好嗎？在英語口語中，聽到『happening』縮減成了兩個音節是非常常見的，但是在這個表達中尤其常見，對吧？
Now it's still correct to say 'happening', "What's happening?" but it just sounds more relaxed and more friendly when you reduce it down to happenin'.
And of course, 'mate' is used to refer to a friend in Australia and it's also really common in England.
完整地說『happening』當然是可以的。『怎麼樣啊？』這樣說，但是如果說成是『happenin』的話，聽起來會更加放鬆，語氣也更加友好。當然了，『mate』在澳大利亞指的是朋友，在英國也挺常見的。
So you could replace it with 'dude' or 'man' or 'guys' or whatever but it's the same, same kind of expression. Hey mate, what's happening?
你可以用『dude』，或者是『man』啊，『guys』啊來代替，但是這都是相同的表達。夥計，怎麼樣啊？
Hey mate, what's happening? Awesome work!
夥計，怎麼樣啊？太棒了！
Now there are a lot of different combinations for greetings in English and from what we just practised now, you would have noticed that there's a lot of flexibility in spoken English, okay?
So try not to worry too much about perfection.
在英語中有很多不同的表達問候的組合，從我們剛剛練習的那一些例子你們可能已經注意到英語口語靈活性很強，對吧？不要擔心一定要完美。
Native speakers really don't worry about perfection when it comes to introductions, okay? You don't have to be perfect, grammatically speaking.
當要進行介紹的時候，母語者並不擔心要表達得很完美，對吧？從語法上來說，你們並不需要表達得很完美。
Okay, let's keep going, we're just warming up. What are you doing?
好的，讓我們繼續吧，剛剛只是熱身呢。你在做什麼呢？
When we're speaking with friends or even colleagues at work, we can use this expression to find out what's happening right now, but we often use it to find out what plans are in the future, what someone's plans are.
So it's a little question that can start a conversation or a really useful one to help you keep a conversation going.
當我們和朋友或者是工作同事說話的時候，我們可以使用這個表達來問他們現在在做什麼，但是我們經常會用這個表達來問他們未來的計劃是什麼。這是個可以開啟對話或者是非常有用的幫助你維持對話的小問題。
Now in the next few phrases that we practise, we're going to begin each question with 'so' because it helps to give the listener a clue that you're going to say something or you're going to ask something so it introduces you.
And I also want you to listen out for the stressed words and the way that we change the focus of the question by stressing certain words.
在我們練習的下面的幾個短語中，我們每個問題都會以『so』開始，因為這會幫助你給聽者線索，那就是你要說話了，或者是你要問問題，這會引出你說的話。我也想讓大家聽一下單詞的重音，以及我們是如何通過重讀某些單詞來改變問句的焦點的。
Listen out for 'what're you' instead of 'what are you'. So this is the contracted form 'what are you'.
認真聽一下我們說的是『what're you』，而不是『what are you』。這是『what are you』的連讀形式。
So, what are you doing later on? What are you doing later on?
所以，你接下來會做什麼呢？你接下來會做什麼呢？
Now can you hear that flap 'T' there? It sounds more like a 'D'. 'Whatta', 'Whatta', 'Whatta' and then again 'later', 'later'.
This is really really common in Australian and American English accents. And a quick note about 'later on', okay?
你們能聽到這裡的彈舌音『T』嗎？聽起來更像是『D』。『Whatta』，『Whatta』，『Whatta』，然後是『later』，『later』。這在澳大利亞和美式英語口音中非常非常常見。然後呢，我需要快速地提一下『later on』，好嗎？
You can assume that it means later on in that same day if there's no extra information but you'll also hear people using it with longer time references as well.
Later on in the week, later on in the year. Okay, so it's not a specific point in time but it's just in the future at some point.
如果沒有額外信息的話，你們可以認為它的意思是同一天的晚些時候，但是你們也會聽到別人用這個短語指很長一段時間之後。本周晚些時候，今年晚些時候。好的，並不是特定的一個時間，只是未來的某個時間。
So what are you doing later on? So what are you doing later on?
你接下來會做什麼呢？你接下來會做什麼呢？
Great stuff! Let's practise some more now.
太棒了！讓我們再練習一下吧。
So what are you doing tomorrow? What are you doing tomorrow?
你們明天要做什麼呢？你們明天要做什麼呢？
Now push the stress, transfer the stress onto 'you' okay? We want to emphasise who we're talking to in a group.
現在改變一下重音，把重音放到『you』上，好嗎？我們想要強調一下我們是在群體中對話。
So what are you doing tomorrow? So what are you doing on the weekend?
你們明天要做什麼呢？你們周末要做什麼呢？
And now let's shift our emphasis back to the weekend, away from you. So what are you doing on the weekend?
現在讓我們還是把重音放到『weekend』上吧，不要把重音放到『you』上面啦。你們周末要做什麼呢？
So what are you doing on the weekend? Fantastic! Nice work with the stress.
你們周末要做什麼呢？太棒了！重音這部分做的很好啊。
Alright, last set now. So what are you guys doing over summer?
好的，最後一組啦。你們夏天會做什麼呢？
So what are you guys doing over summer? And again let's move the stress back to the subject: You guys.
你們夏天會做什麼呢？同樣的，讓我們把重音放回到主語：you guys上面。
So what are you guys doing over the summer? Top stuff! Let's keep going.
你們夏天會做什麼呢？棒的不得了！讓我們繼續吧。
What are you up to? Okay so this phrase is really similar to "What are you doing?" but it's even more natural and common for native speakers to ask a question this way.
你最近在忙啥呢？好的，這個短語和『你在做什麼呢？』意思非常相近，對於英語母語者來說，這樣問問題會更加自然，更加常見。
So see if you can get "What are you up to?" down to just "What are you up to?" Are you ready to give it a go?
看一下你們能不能把『What are you up to?』連讀成『What are you up to?』吧？準備好試一下了嗎？
What are you up to? What are you up to?
你最近在忙啥呢？你最近在忙啥呢？
What are you up to? Brilliant! Alright, let's give this question a little bit more focus.
你最近在忙啥呢？太棒了！好的，讓我們再來練習一下這個問題。
So, what are you up to today? So, what are you up to today?
所以，你今天忙什麼呢？所以，你今天忙什麼呢？
And now shift that focus to the person that you're talking to. So what are you up to today?
現在呢把放在和你對話的那個人身上。所以，你今天忙什麼呢？
Great! Now let's add another prompting question. So we could say, "What are you up to tonight? Busy?"
太棒了！讓我們加上另外一個提示性問題吧。我們可以說：你今晚要做什麼呢？忙嗎？
So we've dropped the structure of the question there in the second question and we're using only intonation to signal that it's a question. And that's quite common in informal spoken English.
我們把第二個問題的問句結構給省略掉了，只是用語調來表示這是個問題。這在非正式英語口語中非常常見。
What are you up to tonight? Busy? Now if we want to shift the focus on to the person who we're talking to we can say: What are you up to tonight? Busy?
你今晚要做什麼呢？忙嗎？如果我們想要把轉移到和我們交談的那個人身上的話，我們可以說：你今晚要做什麼呢？忙嗎？
So what are you up to for the weekend? Got any plans?
你周末要做什麼呢？有什麼計劃嗎？
So what are you up to for the weekend? Got any plans?
你周末要做什麼呢？有什麼計劃嗎？
Excellent! And last time. So what are you up to for the weekend?
太棒了！最後一次。你周末要做什麼呢？
Got any plans? This one is definitely one of the most common small talk questions that you just hear all the time.
有什麼計劃嗎？這個絕對是你總是會聽到的非常常見的小對話問題之一。
In fact, I was just talking to my mum earlier today on the phone and we almost always start our conversation by chatting about the weather because we live in different cities and the weather often shapes our mood and it can affect our day so asking a question about the weather, it helps to show interest in someone especially if you're far away from each other.
Now there are different ways to ask about the weather, lots of them but we're gonna focus on some of the most common and the most natural sounding ways of asking about the weather in English.
其實呢，我今天早些時候和我媽媽打電話來著，我們幾乎每次對話都是以聊天氣開始的，因為我們生活在不同的城市，天氣經常會影響我們的心情，影響我們的生活，所以可以問一下關於天氣的問題，這能夠幫助我們表示對某個人的興趣，尤其是你們互相離得很遠的話。
有很多不同的方式可以詢問天氣，真的特別多，但是我們會側重於其中非常常見的那些，以及那些聽起來最自然的用英語詢問天氣的表達。
And one of the best ways to do that is to add an -ING verb to talk about the weather as if it was feeling or doing something. It adds a little bit of personality and that's what we're gonna practise right now.
詢問天氣最好的方式之一就是使用加-ing的動詞，就像是可以真的感覺到或者是正在做什麼事情一樣。這會增加一點點個性，我們現在就要練習一下。
So are you ready? What's the weather doing?
準備好了嗎？天氣怎麼樣呢？
Notice that I'm contracting and linking 'what's the', 'what is the' into 'what's the'. What's the weather doing?
注意我在讀『what's the』的時候是連讀的，把『what is the』連讀成了『what's the』。天氣怎麼樣呢？
What's the weather doing? Perfect! So now it's time to add some time markers.
天氣怎麼樣呢？完美！現在是時間加上一點時間標誌了。
What's the weather doing tomorrow? What's the weather doing tomorrow?
明天天氣怎麼樣呢？明天天氣怎麼樣呢？
What's the weather doing tomorrow? And let's add some additional words as well to make our sentence more interesting.
明天天氣怎麼樣呢？讓我們再加一些額外的單詞，讓我們的句子更有意思一點吧。
Seen what the weather's doing tomorrow?
Notice again that we've dropped the standard question structure here and it's common in English, in informal conversations just to drop the structure of a question and just use intonation to signal it.
你看了明天天氣怎麼樣嗎？注意哦，我們在這裡也是沒有用標準的問句結構，這在英語中非常常見，在非正式對話中省略掉問句的結構，用語調來表示這是個問句。
Know what the weather's doing tomorrow? Heard what the weather's doing tomorrow?
你知道明天天氣會怎麼樣嗎？你知道明天天氣會怎麼樣嗎？
Our intonation is going up to signal the question. So when you write or you use formal language, you definitely should use the full structure.
我們的語調會上揚，表明這是個問句。當你們寫作或者是使用正式語言的時候，你們肯定是應該使用完整的結構的。
Have you seen what the weather is doing tomorrow? But in informal spoken English, it's really, really common to just drop it completely.
你看了明天天氣怎麼樣嗎？但是在非正式英語口語中，把它給完全省掉是非常非常常見的。
Wonderful work guys so let's change it up a little now. We want to mix this sentence up.
朋友們真的很贊啊，讓我們稍作一點改變吧。我們想要把這個句子給混合一下。
What's the weather looking like over the weekend? What's the weather like over the weekend?
周末天氣怎麼樣？周末天氣怎麼樣？
What's the weather like over the weekend? Any good? So this question is "Is it any good?" or "Does it look any good?"
周末天氣怎麼樣？還好嗎？問題是『還好嗎？』或者是『看起來還可以嗎？』
What's the weather like on the weekend? Any good? What's the weather doing on the weekend? Any good?
周末天氣怎麼樣？還好嗎？周末天氣怎麼樣？還好嗎？
What a workout guys! Well done for making it all the way through to the very, very end.
Let's just get something clear here, I did not make this lesson for you to watch it once and then walk away and forget about it.
這次鍛鍊也太棒了吧，朋友們！堅持到最後真的要為你們豎起大拇指。讓我們再來強調一下，我做這節課程並不是為了讓你們看一次之後就再也不管，完全忘記這節課了。
This is your training okay? You need to come back and practise with me often, alright?
這是大家的訓練，對嗎？你們需要時不時地回來和我一起練習，對吧？
As much as you can so save it to a playlist along with some of my imitation lessons for your full mouth daily workout okay?
If you want to sound like a native English speaker, you've got to get comfortable using these contractions and reductions just like we've practised all the way through this lesson.
你們可以把它收藏到播放清單裡面，還有我的其他的模仿課程，來進行完整的每日口語訓練，好嗎？如果你們想要聽起來更像是英語母語者的話，你們需要非常舒適自然地使用連讀和略讀，就像我們今天在課程中練習的一樣。
Now I'm curious to hear what you thought about our first English Conversation Workout here at mmmEnglish. Was it helpful for you to practise this way?
我很好奇，想要聽一下大家在美味英語頻道的第一節英語對話訓練的感受。這樣練習對你們而言有用嗎？
Do you want me to make more lessons like this about anything in particular? Let me know by liking the video and leaving a comment below.
你們想讓我就英語的某個方面出一些類似的課程嗎？為我的視頻點個讚，在視頻下方留言告訴我吧。
You can definitely, definitely, definitely keep practising with me right now, right here in either of these two lessons and I'll see you in there.
Bye for now!
你們當然當然當然是可以和我一起練習的，就在這裡，這兩節課程都可以，我們在這兩節課程裡面見啦。暫時拜拜啦！