1、怎么用英语讲故事用英语讲故事或轶事，是一项非常有用的口语提升途径。所谓轶事，就是把发生在你周围的或者你所熟悉的事情，用英语表述出来。那么如何开始讲故事呢？去过我们常用“很久很久以前”开头，虽然显得老土，但是还是不算过时。不过如果你听了别人的故事后，轮到你讲，该如何打头呢？你不妨这么说：That reminds me!Funny you should say that. Did I ever tell you about…Hearing your story reminds me of when…Somethi
2、ng similar happened to me….接下来，如何讲述你的故事呢？首先，你的故事应该尽可能的短，尽量简单，简明。说话音量要大道让听众明白了解。叙述过程中，要使用必要的连接词和过渡词。比如表示事件发生顺序的过渡词汇（Sequencing words）有：First of all, I (packed my suitcase)Secondly, I …. (made sure I had all my documents)Previously (before that) ….. I changed
3、 some money.Then… I (called a taxi for the airport)Later (on)… (when we were stuck in traffic, I realised…)But before al that… (I had double checked my reservation)Finally… (I arrived at the wrong check-in desk at the wrong airport for a flight that didn't
4、go until the next day)也可以用表示原因、结果、对比、递进、总结等功能的语义连接的词汇（Linking words）：I booked a flight because….4As a result, I was late…Although I had a reservation, I hadn't checked the airport name.I made sure I had an up-to-date passport and I also took along my drivin
5、g licence.In short, I had made a complete mess of the holiday.讲故事的时候，谓语动词的时态一定得用得对。陈述过去的事情用过去时，如I double checked my reservation. I packed my suitcase, and then I called a taxi.用过去进行时描述过去一段时间正在发生的动作。如：The sun was shining and it was a beautiful day. We were d
6、riving along the motorway quite steadily until we suddenly saw in front of us the warning lights to slow down. We were heading towards a huge tailback.用过去完成时描述过去某一时间或动作（参照物）之前发生的事情。如：I double checked my reservation, which I had made three days previously.I
7、wanted to visit some friends who had been living in France for the last five years.讲述现在的事情用“完成时”（have/has+done）、“进行时”（be+doing）、“一般时”（do/does）或者“将来时”（will+do）。比如：I have been here for more than five years.She is waiting for her boyfriend at the main gate.A m
8、an walks into a bar and orders a beer.He will fly to Japan tomorrow.为了讲一个笑话或者给予陈述的事情戏剧性的叙事效果，我们也用一般现在时。如：4The year is 1066. In medieval England people are worried that the king, Harold, is not strong e
