当说英语时紧张、忘词、犹豫时怎么办？可以用哪些句子撑撑场面？缓解一下尴尬？

一、How do I put this? 我该怎么说呢

或者也可以说：how should I put this？ 

但不要说how to say，这是中式表达。 

假如去参加一个考试或面试，对方问了一个比较难回答的问 题，为了给自己争取一些思考的时间就可以这样说： 

Well, that’s a good question. I mean I have never really  thought about it before. How do I put this. Well, when it  comes to this issue, I guess I would have to say

二、what’s the word for it? What’s the word I’m looking for?我要说的这个东西叫啥来着？（当你一时想不起来一个词就可以用这句话）

实景对话： 

A: I need a… what’s the word for it? I mean the thing you use to  wrap your food. 

我需要一个那啥，就是包食物的 

B: oh you mean a plastic wrap? 

你说的是保鲜膜吗 

A: Exactly.

对，就那个。

三、当你突然忘记你刚才想说的话时就可以这样讲：

I don’t remember what I was going to say.

I was going to say something but I forgot. 

我忘了我要说啥。

发音小技巧：口语中going to 可以发成gonna

四、I don’t know off the top of my head

我一时间想不起来了

例子： 

A: hey, when is the deadline of our task? 

咱们的任务要在几号前完成？

B: I don’t know off the top of my head. I’m gonna go check.

我一时想不起来了，我去查一下。

五、It was on the tip of my tongue.我一定知道的，但突然想不起来了。

例子：

A: what’s the name of our high school English teacher’s name? 

咱们高中英语老师叫什么名字来着？ 

B: it’s… it was on the tip of my tongue. 

叫…你给我点时间我一定能想起来。

六、I lost my train of thought. 

我的思路突然断了 

七、Where was I 我刚说到哪了？ 

What was I saying?

Where were we? 

我们刚刚在说什么？ 

What were we talking about？

八、Sorry. I went blank for a moment 抱歉，我刚走神了

九、I need a minute to rearrange my thoughts我需要时间重新整理下我的思路 

十、 Something like that 就差不多这个意思（当你前面说了很多，但下面有不知道该怎么措辞）