오늘은 Justin Hilton 쌤의 도시연수 실전 (advanced low) 클래스.
Here we go!
Expresson 1. Getting a conversation back on track
- So anyways, getting back to my story.
- As I said/mentioned earlier, ...
- To return to what I said,...
- Like I have already told you (before), ...
- So back to what we were talking about,...
- So to continue our conversation...
- So back to the topic at hand...
- I think you were saying something about,...
Expresson 2. When you're lost in a conversation
- I seem to have lost the thread of the conversation.
- I think I may be missing something here.
- I didn't follow that. Could you go over it again?
- Please run that by me one more time.
Exercise : to redirect the conversation
- Interrupt politely by asking for permission
- Excuse me, is now a good time to bring up X?
- Do you mind if I just jump in quicklu?
- Am I okay to pause you for a second? - Check your understand
- I'd love to see if we're both understanding one another.
- Tell you what, let me see if we are on the same page.
- I'm not sure thow this relates to our topic, can you explain the connection? - Redirect the conversation back to track
- So, let's get back to our topic.
- Since today's agenda is [ ], let's stay focused on that and table other issue for later.
- Let's refocus on our original goal.
익숙한 표현이 아니라서 입에서 술술 나오지 않는다. 생각날 때마다 계속 소리 내서 읽어봐야겠다.
오늘 영어 공부, 끝.