雷军火了，因为他在印度的小米发布会上用正宗湖北仙桃口音飙了3个OK 和2个ARE YOU OK。弹幕爆裂、上头条、发神曲、微博刷屏……简直是根本停不下来的节奏。当然就出现了玻璃心的网友和同样玻璃心的公知大V各站一边，就“口语不好到底应不应该出来丢人”的问题开撕。
其实这个问题吧，还是应该宽容地看啦，又不是谁都像马云一样做老师起家的，都有个循序渐进的过程嘛~特别是口语，重要的不是语法、措辞或者口音，重要的是敢说，做到无障碍沟通之后，再慢慢打磨细节问题。
今天的内容整理自Quora上的一个问题——如何短期内提高口语？（How do I improve my English speaking skills in a very short time?）提问的盆友还有很短时间就要英文面试了，虽然有点临时抱佛脚的意思，但Quora网友的回答还是中肯实用的。中英文非完全对应，大部分为小编粗浅理解，有不对的地方欢迎指正。
Kaicheng Liang
Watch your favorite English language TV show or movie, and as the characters speak, repeat loudly the exact words they are saying the moment you hear them. Don't worry about getting every word or sound right - focus on listening carefully, moving along quickly and keeping pace. After the movie ends, repeat the exact same movie and do it again. And again.
找个最爱的英美剧或者电影，跟读剧中角色的台词，要大声哦。不要担心读音是否标准，要把注意力放在仔细听人家的发音上。结束后，按照片子重复，然后此过程多来几遍直到看吐。
Luis M. Gonzalez
No matter your English level, just talk! This may sound stupid, but it's not. When learning a language (as well as other skills) perfectionism is sometimes an obstacle. Becoming fluent comes with practice, there's no other way,and FLUENCY IS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAN ACCURACY (this point is extremelly important).
不管你是什么水平，尽情说就对了！可能听起来有点二，但事实绝非如此。当你学一门语言的时候，想尽善尽美绝对是个不小的障碍。流畅地交流都是在不断练习中的，除此之外绝无他法。并且，流利绝对比准确更重要。
Every language has a subset of roughly 300 words that are needed to communicate effectively with others. Anyone can learn them in a very short period of time.
一种语言掌握300个单词左右基本就能保持正常交流，谁都可以在短期内做到这一点。
Perfection comes with a lot of reading, listening and practice. I'm afraid you need time for this. There's no fast track. You can have a very good English level, academically correct and even elegant by only reading and listening a lot.
Butfull perfection comes with full inmersion. That means, living with people that only speaks English for a considerable length of time.
但同时，想英语水平达到完美，必须通过大量阅读、倾听和练习，此外没有捷径。绝对的完美缘于持续的积累沉淀，当然，如果有条件把自己泡在英语环境里是最好的。
Samridhi Arora
Talk to people you interact with on daily basis. Please don't just wait to meet the people in your language class to test the result of your experiment. Do remember,it is a continuous process and if you don't follow, your pace of learning would be slow.
在日常生活中也要用英文交流，不要只是等着上语言课的时候才测试自己的水平有没有进步。语言学习是长期不间断地循序渐进的过程，如果违背此点，你的进步会非常缓慢。
Read, read as much as you can. If your are not an avid reader, start with simple novel, it will not only entertain you, but also improve your language sense and vocabulary and this in turn adds to your confidence to express.
尽可能多地阅读。如果你本身不是很热衷于读书，就从简单的小说开始读起，获得愉快的阅读体验之外，还可以增加你的语感和词汇量，这些都可以在你需要通过口语表达的时候给你带来更多自信。
Many people suggest to learn 10-15 words/day from dictionary. Well this method doesn't really help in gaining relevant vocabulary. The best way to add new words to your vocabulary is by reading, as at that time, you have a context established thus making the word more likely to to get registered in your memory.
很多人建议每天从辞典里背10-15个单词，其实这种方法并不能让你对单词的理解有实质性的增加。最好的方式是通过阅读，结合上下文语境，理解记忆。
Laura Sicola
You have an interview in a few weeks and you need to perform well. This is first priority. What can you do to predict the specific skills, topics and other issues that will arise in English during the interview? How can you develop your skills to perform those unique functions? That is very do-able in 20 days. But focus: what kind of job, where, and with what kind of people?Record yourself answering hypothetical questions. See where you tend to get stuck, then answer the same question again and make it better.
你当前的目的是短时间内针对面试进行口语练习。你需要知道如何预测谈话的主题、需要什么语言技巧和将探讨哪方面的事件。把注意力放在这些问题上：这是份什么样的工作？在哪里？公司都是些什么人？假设一些问题，看看自己会在哪些答案上面卡壳，在反复练习知道熟练。
Finding conversation partners/friends, etc - this is more appropriate for long-term development.I don't know where you live now, other than that it is "isolated." But there are lots of online venues for "conversation/language exchange partners," or look at local universities to see if there are any exchange students who would like to help you with English and have you help them learn your language as well.
找个能跟你练习对话的小伙伴，这其实更适合长期训练。如果你生活在非英语环境中，可以上网找些互相练习语言的BBS或网站，或者在当地大学找找有没有交换生愿意帮助你练习。
Finally, depending on the job, you may want to actually acknowledge your "foreign language" status in the interview at some point. Many American managers would have a lot of respect for you if you said something like, "I know my English isn't perfect, and there will be a bit of a learning curve when I start out on the job, but I'm a fast learner and open to correction as needed, and I look forward to improving my communication skills and do my job as effectively as possible."
最后，依工作来说，也许在面试中大方展示自己的实际英语水平会是个不错的决定。在美国，如果你在面试中表达诸如“我知道我的英语水平不是很完美，这在工作之初可能会有个缓慢进步的过程，但我会尽快进入状态，且会根据工作需要随时调整，尽可能提高我的工作能力”之类的想法，我想管理层会理解并赞赏这种坦诚的。
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