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Hello! I'm John Russell.
大家好！我是约翰·拉塞尔。
It can be scary to practice speaking English.
练习说英语可能很可怕。
Perhaps you are talking to an English teacher or a native English speaker.
也许你正在和一位英语老师或以英语为母语的人交谈。
You might become worried about how you say certain sounds.
你可能会担心发音。
This nervousness can create a problem.
这种紧张情绪可能会造成问题。
Nervous or worried people often speak more quickly.
紧张或忧心忡忡的人通常说话速度更快。
Consider this example.
看一下这个例子。
My name is John.
我叫约翰。
I love learning about languages and teaching about languages.
我喜欢学习语言，也喜欢教语言。
I said this at a relatively slow speed.
我是用比较慢的语速说了这句话。
I sounded reasonably sure or confident about what I was saying.
听起来我对自己所说的话相当肯定，有自信。
Now consider this example.
现在看一下这个例子。
I will say the same sentence very fast.
我会用非常快的语速说同一句话。
My name is John.
我叫约翰。
I love learning about languages and teaching about languages.
我喜欢学习语言，也喜欢教语言。
Even native speakers might have a hard time understanding me.
即使是以英语为母语的人可能也很难听懂我说的话。
This is because I spoke very quickly.
这是因为我说得很快。
I might have seemed nervous or worried to the listener.
在听者看来，我可能看起来很紧张或担心。
So, what can you do to improve your speaking speed?
那么，你能做些什么来改善你的口语语速呢？
One idea is to imagine that you are a politician giving a speech, or an actor appearing in a play.
一种想法是，想象你是一名正在演讲的政治家，或者是一名表演戏剧的演员。
Politicians and actors have to speak slowly and confidently.
政治家和演员必须慢慢地、自信地说话。
Both politicians and actors build their skills by practicing their speaking speed.
政治家和演员都通过练习语速来提高自己的技能。
One way to practice is to take any kind of dialogue and practice saying it very quickly and very slowly.
练习的一种方法是进行任何形式的对话，以非常快和非常慢的语速练习说话。
You can then record yourself using a phone, computer or tape recorder.
然后你可以用手机、电脑或录音机给自己录音。
Compare how you sound when you speak quickly and when you speak slowly.
比较一下你语速快和语速慢时候的发音。
You will likely find that the slower version is almost always better.
你可能会发现，语速较慢的版本总是更好。
That's all for today! Keep up the good work!
今天就到这里吧！继续努力！
