Languages are like genes talking, getting things they want.

语言就像会说话的基因，得到他们想要的东西。

When he heard the maidens, he woke up.

侍女们说话的声音把他吵醒了。

I'd like to reinstate the younottalking rule.

我想恢复那你不说话的规定。

Often it's the delivery which causes the audience to smile, so speak slowly and remember that a raised eyebrow or an unbelieving look may help to show that you are making a light-hearted remark.

常常是你说话的方式使众发笑，因此说慢一些，并且记住扬扬眉毛或者做出一种不相信的表情都会向们显示你正在说笑话。

The first is called ignoring and it's just downright rude, so the second level is the kind of level my sister talks to to my mom, it's called pretending.

第一种是忽视，是种十分粗鲁的表现，第二种是我妹妹跟我说话时的级别，叫做假装。

Alright, I'm off to talk to my unborn child.

好了，我要去和还没出生的宝宝说话了。

No matter whether you're introducing yourself, telling a story or saying, " Thank you, " to someone who held the door for you, do it in a full and clear voice.

无论是你在自我介绍、说故事、或是向帮你开门的道谢，说话的时候要清楚大声。

So please bear with me if I don't sound as chipper as I normally do.

所以，如果我说话的声音不像平常一样爽朗，请谅解。

You've probably been in a situation where the presenter is not very well organized, and then it just becomes difficult to to listen to this presentation, or to sit through the presentation that this person is giving.

你可能遇到过样的情况 演讲者说话的条理性不太好，然后你会发现自己很难去懂他在讲什么，或者是很难耐着性子完的演讲。

Because of your bravery, other girls and boys, and women and men, are now speaking without shame and being heard without judgment.

由于你的勇敢，其他女孩和男孩，女和男，没有羞愧的说话，没有让其他评头论足。

Pacing is how fast you are speaking.

语速是指你说话的速度。

No one would call her a pushover.

没有认为她是一好说话的。

If you hadn't spoken to me, we should have travelled in complete silence.

如果你不跟我说话，我们的旅程会相当安静。

He certainly has the gift of the gab.

当我们看到一口才非常好，能演算到。你可以说，He's got the gift of the gab。他真的很有口才。Gab有闲聊或是瞎扯的含义。Gift of the gab就是很会说话的才能。

Native speakers of English tend to speak very fast, and at first I was just stunned and looked at them with a dazed expression on my face.

以英语为母语的说话一般很快，一开始我只能惊愕地一脸茫然地看着他们。

Back to Joseph Priestley, whose rudiments of English grammar insists that the custom of speaking is the original and only just standard of any language.

回到约瑟夫·普里斯特利，他认为英语语法的基础说话的习惯是任何语言的起源和标准。

The short answer: new accents begin to develop when isolated groups of speakers start making nearly imperceptible changes to the way they pronounce words.

当孤立的说话者群体开始对他们的发音方式进行几乎不可察觉的改变时，新口音就会开始形成。

Question 24. What do we learn about the quantity and quality of the speaker's work?

关于说话的工作数量和质量，我们可以了解到什么？

Tom, whose parents are conservative, is talking to Karen, whose parents are open-minded.

汤姆的父母想法很保守，他正在跟凯伦说话，她的父母思想很开明。

So far, Alice had been very small, then very tall, then very small again in this strange Wonderland she found when she chased a talking rabbit and fell down the rabbit hole.

到目前为止，爱丽丝在她追逐一只会说话的兔子并掉进兔子洞后发现的仙境里，她变得很小，又变得很高，然后又变小。