用英语讲故事或轶事，是一项十分有用的书面语晋升道路。所谓轶事，就是把发生在你四周的或者你所熟习的事情，用英语表述出来。那么如何开端讲故事呢？去过我们常用“很久良久以前”开头，固然显得老土，然而仍是不算过期。不外假如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…
　　Something similar happened to me….
　　接下来，如何讲述你的故事呢？首先，你的故事应当尽可能的短，尽量简略，扼要。谈话音量要大道让听众清楚懂得。叙述进程中，要应用必要的连接词跟过渡词。好比表示事件发生次序的过渡词汇（Sequencing words）有：
　　First of all, I (packed my suitcase)
　　Secondly, I …. (made sure I had all my documents)
　　Previously (before that) ….. I changed 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 go until the next day)
　　也能够用表现起因、成果、对照、递进、总结等功效的语义衔接的词汇（Linking words）：
　　I booked a flight because….
　　As 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 driving licence.
　　In short, I had made a complete mess of the holiday.
　　讲故事的时候，谓语动词的时态必定得用得对。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产生的动作。如：The sun was shining and it was a beautiful day. We were driving 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.用从前完成时描写过去某一时光或动作（参照物）之前发生的事情。如：
　　I double checked my reservation, which I had made three days previously.
　　I wanted to visit some friends who had been living in France for the last five years.
　　讲述当初的事件用“实现时”（have/has+done）、“进行时”（be+doing）、“个别时”（do/does）或者“未来时”（will+do）。比方：
　　I have been here for more than five years.
　　She is waiting for her boyfriend at the main gate.
　　A man 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说的事情戏剧性的叙事后果，咱们也用普通现在时。如：
　　The year is 1066. In medieval England people are worried that the king, Harold, is not strong enough to fight off a Norman invasion.
　　在用词方面,励志文章，尝试使用多样化的词语，使你的故事更有趣。记住，你可以用“夸大”的伎俩，来代替一些正常意思上的“好”或“坏”，比如“漂亮”、“神奇的”、“出色”、“恐怖”、“蹩脚”、“可怕”等等。最后，要记住：你在讲故事，而不是报告。要坚持眼神接触，使用准确的语调，尽量让你的脸部表情丰盛起来，让听众“参加”到你的故事情景中来。当然尝试在镜头训练，而后“走出去”，一定能讲得有活泼形象！ 浏览并尝试复述如下故事，之后用英文谈谈本人的趣闻轶事。
Shopping made easy
　　People are not so honest as they once were. The temptation to steal is greater than ever before. Especially in large shops.A detective recently watched a well-dressed woman who always went into a large store on Monday mornings. One Monday, there were fewer people in the shop than usual when the woman came in, So it was easier for the detective to watch her. The woman first bought a few small articles. After a little time, she chose one of the most expensive dresses in the shop and handed it to an assistant who wrapped it up for her as quickly as possible. Then the woman simply took the shop assistant was her daughter. The girl ‘gave’ her mother a tree dress once a week!
　　Out of the darkness
　　Nearly a week passed before the girl was able to explain what had happened to her. One afternoon she set out from the coast in a small boat and was caught in a storm. Towards evening, the boat struck a rock and the girl jumped into the sea. Then she swam to the shore after spending the whole night in the water. During that time she covered a distance of eight miles. Early next morning, she saw a light ahead. She knew she was near the shore because the light was high up on the cliffs. On arrivingat the shore, the girl struggled up the cliff towards the light she had seen. That was all she remembered. When she woke up a day later, she found herself in hospital.
Quick work
　　Dan Robinson has been worried all week. Last Tuesday he received a letter from the local police. In the letter he was asked to call at the station. Dan wondered why he was wanted by the police, but he went to the station yesterday and now he is notworried anymore.At the station, he was told by a smiling policeman that his bicycle had been found Five days ago, the policeman told him, the bicycle was picked up in a small village four hundred miles away. It is nowbeing sent to his home bytrain. Dan was most surprised when he heard the news. He was amused too, because he never expected the bicycle to be found, It was stolen twenty years ago when Dan was a boy of fifteen!
Stop thief!
　　Roy Trenton used to drive a taxi. A short while ago, however, he became a bus driver and he has not regretted it. He is finding his new work far more exciting. When he was driving along Catford Street recently, he saw two thieves rush out of a shop and run towards a waiting car. One of them was carrying a bag full of money. Roy acted quickly and drove the bus straight at the thieves. The one with the money got such a fright that he dropped the bag. As the thieves were trying to get away in their car, Roy drove his bus into the back of it. While the battered car was moving away, Roy stopped his bus and telephoned the police. The thieves' car was badly damaged and easy to recognize. Shortly afterwards, the police stopped the car and both men were arrested.

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