听不懂老外说话怎么办?

Q1：听不懂老外说话怎么办？

学外语的人在和老外交流时总是害怕会犯错误而导致误解，害怕听不懂对方而导致交流无法进行。其实听不懂也不必如此担心，下面就为您支几招应对策略。
For those of you still worried about making mistakes, you should just remember countries like Britain, America, Australia and Canada are all very
multicultural
countries. Multicultural means lots of different cultures. In London alone there are people living here from all over the world. Most of them speak English but there are many different accents. Not everyone speaks perfectly and people do make mistakes.
你们很多人担心犯错，你们应该记住，像英国、美国、澳大利亚和加拿大这样的国家是多文化融合的国家。多文化融合指的是有很多不同的文化。单说伦敦，就有世界各地的人住在那里。大部分人说英语但有很多不同的口音。不是每个人都说标准的英语，而且，人们会犯错。
But as English speakers, we dont worry about it. We are really used to (familiar with) hearing non-native speakers of English speak English. We dont care at all if they make mistakes as long as we can understand them. So as non-native speakers of English, you shouldnt worry about making mistakes. Small mistakes are fine. But even if you make big mistakes and people cant understand you, they will try to understand - or they will tell you if they dont understand. This gives you a chance to say again in different language what you want to say.
不过作为一个说英语的人，我们不需要担心这个问题。我们已经很熟悉非英语母语的人说英语了。只要我们明白他们的意思，我们根本不在乎他们是不是犯了错。所以，作为非英语母语的人，你不需要担心犯错。小错误无伤大雅，即使你犯了比较大的错误别人不懂你的意思，他们也会努力去弄清楚——或者会直接告诉你他们不明白。这给了你一个机会可以用不同语言再次表达你想说的话的机会。
There will be times of course that people maybe wont understand you but you wont know that if you dont try to communicate. Just try your best and really DONT WORRY. Your English is probably better than you think.
当然人们不懂的时候会有很多次，但是如果你不去交流你就永远不知道。尽你所能的去试吧，别担心。你的英语可能比你想象的要好。
Someone talked about not understanding people when they speak English, so I thought today I would discuss
what you can say when you dont understand someone.
If someone is speaking really quickly, dont be afraid to ask them to speak more slowly.如果对方说话太快，可以大胆的请他们慢点说。
And dont be afraid to tell someone you dont understand.
如果你听不懂，就直接说听不懂：
Im sorry I dont understand.
Im sorry I didnt catch that. (I didnt understand)
You could just ask them to say the same thing again.
你可以让他们重复一遍：
Would you mind repeating that sentence again - I didnt get what you said? (I didnt understand).
There is nothing bad about asking someone to repeat or speak slower. Its better to ask than to pretend you understand (make someone think you understand when you dont). It will really help you to communicate with English speakers. Sometimes they dont realise they are speaking so fast or using difficult words, so its good for you to tell them.
I do understand the problems a lot of you are talking about. I studied French and German at university (a long time ago!) and I didnt have many French or German people to talk to. I made sure I listened to a lot of native speakers on the TV or radio or oncassettesfrom my teachers. I spoke to myself. I spoke to my classmates and I read a lot. Reading aloud (reading and speaking the words as you read) is also a good thing to do to practise speaking. Fortunately I did have a chance to visit those countries as they are not so far away as Britain or America is from China - but a lot of the time it was up to me to try to improve as best as I could without being able to speak to French of German people.
对你们说的问题我有很深的体会。我在大学里学过法语和德语（很久以前了！），我没有机会和很多法国人或者德国人聊天。我尽量从电视、广播和老师的磁带中听以我学习的外语为母语的人说话。我和自己说，我和我的同学说，我大量阅读。大声朗读也是练习口语的好方法。幸运的是，这些国家离我并不像英国、美国离中国这么远，我曾有个机会去这些国家——但是很多时候在不能和法国、德国人聊天的时候，是不是尽我所能提高我的外语水平是完全取决于我自己的。
That is what you should all do with your English. I wish you LOTS of luck with your studies and I hope the advice helps.
这就是你们学习英语应该做的事。祝你们学业顺利，希望这些建议能有用处。

Q2：英语听力练习：听不懂老外说话，什么原因

一，时刻记住，读是听的基础。
只有自身发音正确听英语时才会听懂。让每一个词的发音在大脑里留有一个印象，再一次听到这个词时，就听得懂了。至于练习材料可以用大学英语课本，新概念也行，也可以读单词以达到巩固的目的记住。记住，朗读的时候一定要大声，这样有利于纠正错误的发音。
二，听什么英语材料。
练习英语听力的材料可以是电影对白，新闻BBC或VOA，人物演讲，采访，因为英语听力考试多是人物的独白和对话，所以也可以采用四六级的模拟听力试题。一切可以读懂的阅读材料都可以用来练习英语听力。
三，英语听力怎么听?
找到合适的英语材料，也需要配合一定的练习方法，那么英语听力怎么听？这又是一个问题！
一般来说，练习英语听力的方法可大概分为两种，一个是精听，另一种是泛听。
首先我们来说一下如何进行精听：
精听，就是仔细认真听，而且必须句句听懂。要仔细分析，看懂每个词语、句子。练习精听时，要高度集中思想，力图听懂每个词语、句子，捕捉信息。训练的方法是先把录音文章听一遍，通晓大意，然后再重放，一句一句地听，遇到听不懂的词语、句子，就利用录音机、复读机的倒放功能，倒了再听，一遍不行两遍，甚至三遍，直至听懂为止。然后再下一句，等到每个句子都听懂了，再把全文从头至尾放一遍，的确全听懂了，精听也达到了预期的效果。
那泛听又是怎么样呢？
泛听就是只求量的增加与积累，不求听懂每个句子。比如说，在家吃晚饭时就放些英语新闻，听英语广播，就像处在英语国家的语言环境中；或者是乘车时，戴着耳机听英语，都不占用整块的学习时间。而是利用休息时间或零星时间，使自己尽可能增加“听”的输入量。泛听靠的就是反复听语言情景与单词短语，也很自然慢慢听懂了。当泛听和精听练习一段时间之后，要进行自我测试，看自己有没有提升，评定自己的听力水平。因为对于很多学生来说，听英语录音、看英语电视毕竟不是英语听力考试，英语听力考试还有个熟悉考试题型的问题。比如各种英语考试中的短对话、长对话、文章理解，要想考试出优良成绩，还需来熟悉这些听力考试的题型与形式。
精听结合泛听 的练习方法，不管在哪个阶段，都应该坚持数月，乃至一年，定会取得显著的进步。听力的提高与训练的时间成正比，同学们还处在学听力的最佳年龄，趁现在年轻，用正确方法攻克英语听力关，一辈子受用。

Q3：出国听不懂或老外说话快反应不过来应该怎么办

说pardon或者sorry， 这种情况很正常，老外之间都经常说

Q4：当我们听不懂老外说话时，应该用英语怎么回答

摆摆手，瞥瞥嘴...