請先看下面這組對話：

    Mark： "English is a very easy language to learn." Susan： "What do
you mean？" Mark： "Well， what I meant to say was that it is easy if
you practice every day." Susan： "Oh， right."

    這里，Mark說得話一開始Susan 并沒有完全聽懂，于是Mark換了一種說法來
表達自己的意思，如此一來Susan 便理解了。

    以下是幾種在日常英語中能把問題解釋清楚的地道說法：

    1.重組語句，換一種說法。

    "What I meant to say was…" "Let me rephrase that …" "Let me put
this another way…" "Perhaps I'm not making myself clear…"

    2.從頭再說一次。

    "If we go back to the beginning …" "The basic idea is…" "One way
of looking at it is …" "Another way of looking at it is…"

    3.如果一下子卡了殼，想不起來用英語怎么說，則……

    "I can't find the word I'm looking for…" "I'm not sure that this
is the right word ， but…" "What I want to say is…"

    不要害怕重復(fù)你的話，如果每次解釋的話都有稍微的差別，讓人可以猜測到
你要說什么。