没听懂也能接着聊
When You Miss Most of the Sentence
Name: ________________ Date: ________
对方说了一大串，你只听见“明天”。你笑着说“对”，他却还在等你回答。原来，他问的是：“明天你想几点见面？”
没听懂的时候，不用急着说“对”，也不一定要从头再听一遍。先告诉对方，你听懂了哪一部分。
“你是说，明天见面吗？”
这句话把问题变小了。对方只要说“对”，你就可以接着问：“几点？”
如果一个词也没听清，可以说：“不好意思，刚才没听清，能再说一遍吗？”如果他说得太快，就加一句：“可以慢一点吗？”
听见了声音，却不知道一个词是什么意思，可以直接问：“‘改期’是什么意思？”也可以把这个词重复一次，等对方解释。
最后，按自己的理解，再确认时间和地点：“所以，我们明天下午三点，在咖啡店见，是这样吗？”时间、地点都没错，这件事就说清楚了。
不必每句话都听懂，也能继续聊。你听见的那个词，已经是下一句话的开头。
Key words
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 回答 | huídá | to answer; to reply; answer; reply |
| 见面 | jiànmiàn | to meet; to see each other |
| 不用 | búyòng | need not; don't have to |
| 急 | jí | anxious; worried |
| 一定 | yídìng | surely; certainly; must |
| 先 | xiān | first; in advance |
| 句 | jù | classifier for phrases and lines of speech or verse |
| 只要 | zhǐyào | as long as; provided that; if only |
| 刚才 | gāngcái | just now; a moment ago |
| 加 | jiā | to add; to plus |
| 声音 | shēngyīn | sound; voice |
| 最后 | zuìhòu | finally; in the end; last; final |
English (for the teacher)
The other person says a whole string of things, and you only catch ‘tomorrow’. You smile and say ‘yes’, but they are still waiting for your answer. It turns out they asked, ‘What time would you like to meet tomorrow?’
When you don’t understand, there’s no need to rush to say ‘yes’, or necessarily to listen to everything again from the beginning. First, tell the other person which part you understood.
‘Do you mean meeting tomorrow?’
This sentence narrows the question down. Once they say ‘yes’, you can follow up with ‘What time?’
If you didn’t catch a single word, you can say, ‘Sorry, I didn’t catch that. Could you say it again?’ If they are speaking too quickly, add, ‘Could you speak a little more slowly?’
If you heard the sounds but don’t know what a word means, you can ask directly, ‘What does “reschedule” mean?’ You can also repeat the word once and wait for them to explain.
Finally, confirm the time and place according to your understanding: ‘So we’re meeting at the café at three tomorrow afternoon. Is that right?’ Once the time and place are both correct, you’ve made the arrangement clear.
You can keep chatting without understanding every sentence. The word you caught is already the beginning of your next sentence.