对于很多人来说，英语口语的提升难点在于缺乏语言环境。确实，如果能到英语国家生活或有母语人士交流机会，开口练习会更加容易。但即使没有这样的条件，我们也可以通过自主练习来提高口语——这种路径已被许多人实践证明可行。BBC推荐的33条tips帮助你日常提高口语能力，再也不愁不敢说话或者说不好啦！
If you’re reading this, I imagine you want to communicate with confidence and competence in English.
如果你在看这篇文章，我能想象你是想更好、更自信地用英语交流。
What you need is to become a self-directed learner, somebody who takes responsibility for their own learning and creates their own learning programme to develop their English.
你需要做的是成为一个自主学习的人，有些人对待学习很自觉，并且会做出自己的学习规划来提高自己的英语。
2. Read aloud, especially dialogue. 大声地读出来，特别是对话。
6. Learn and identify schwa. 学习并学会识别中性元音。
8. Learn about word stress. 学会单词的重读。
10. Identify fixed and semi-fixed phrases and practise them. 学会识别固定短语和半固定短语，并不断练习。
17. Learn about typical pronunciation problems in your first language. 学习跟你同个母语的人的典型发音问题。
Find out about the problems people who speak your first language have when speaking English and you will know what you need to focus on. 找出那些跟你说一样母语的人在说英语时会出现的发音问题，你就会知道你应该注意什么。
19. Find an actor/actress you like and identify what makes them powerful speakers. 找一个你喜欢的男演员或女演员并找出是什么让他们成为强大的演说家。
20. Use a mirror and / or a sheet of paper for identifying aspirated and non-aspirated sounds. 用一面镜子或一张白纸来辨别送气和不送气的音。
21. Practise tongue twisters. 练习绕口令。
Tongue twisters are phrases designed to improve your pronunciation of particular sounds.
绕口令是专门用来提高你对某些词的发音的句子。
24. Learn about places of articulation. 学习发音的位置。
The articulators are the parts of the mouth we use to turn sound into speech.
发音的位置是我们嘴巴把声音变成语言的一部分。
26. Learn why English is a stress-timed language. 了解为什么英语是重音节拍的语音。
The rhythm of the language is based on stressed syllables so we shorten the unstressed syllables to fit the rhythm. 语言的节奏是基于重度音节的，所以我们会缩短非重读的音节发音以便适应语言的节奏。
30. Listen and read along to poetry (or rap songs) to practise the rhythm of English. 收听和朗读诗歌或饶舌歌曲来锻炼你的英语发音节奏。
31. Learn exclamation words and fillers.
学会用感叹词和填充词。
33. Use contractions more. 多使用缩读。
Contractions make your speech more efficient because they save time and energy. 使用缩读能让你的讲话更高效，因为这样说会节省时间和精力。
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