用英語講故事或軼事，是一項十分有用的書面語晉升道路。所謂軼事，就是把發生在你四周的或者你所熟習的事情，用英語表述出來。那么如何開端講故事呢？去過我們常用“很久良久以前”開頭，固然顯得老土，然而仍是不算過期。不外假如你聽了別人的故事后，輪到你講，該如何打頭呢？你不妨這么說：
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….
　　接下來，如何講述你的故事呢？首先，你的故事應當盡可能的短，盡量簡略，扼要。談話音量要大道讓聽眾清楚懂得。敘述進程中，要應用必要的連接詞跟過渡詞。好比表示事件發生次序的過渡詞匯（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)
　　也能夠用表現起因、成果、對照、遞進、總結等功效的語義銜接的詞匯（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.
　　講故事的時候，謂語動詞的時態必定得用得對。陳述過去的事情用過去時，如I double checked my reservation. I packed my suitcase, and then I called a taxi.用過去進行時描述過去一段時間正在產生的動作。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.用從前完成時描寫過去某一時光或動作（參照物）之前發生的事情。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.
　　講述當初的事件用“實現時”（have/has+done）、“進行時”（be+doing）、“個別時”（do/does）或者“未來時”（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.
　　為了講一個笑話或者給予陳說的事情戲劇性的敘事后果，咱們也用普通現在時。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.
　　在用詞方面,勵志文章，嘗試使用多樣化的詞語，使你的故事更有趣。記住，你可以用“夸大”的伎倆，來代替一些正常意思上的“好”或“壞”，比如“漂亮”、“神奇的”、“出色”、“恐怖”、“蹩腳”、“可怕”等等。最后，要記�。耗阍谥v故事，而不是報告。要堅持眼神接觸，使用準確的語調，盡量讓你的臉部表情豐盛起來，讓聽眾“參加”到你的故事情景中來。當然嘗試在鏡頭訓練，而后“走出去”，一定能講得有活潑形象！ 瀏覽并嘗試復述如下故事，之后用英文談談本人的趣聞軼事。
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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