Why native English sounds different
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Real English conversations do not sound like a textbook, and when you go from the classroom and your textbook to real life English, you can feel overwhelmed, stressed out, and honestly feel kind of bad about your English because there is a big gap.
真实的英语对话听起来不像教科书，当你从课堂和教科书转向现实生活中的英语时，你会感到不知所措、压力重重，甚至因为两者之间巨大的差距而对自己的英语感到沮丧。
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See, native speakers do not usually speak like your teacher, and that's why I'm here to help you understand how to bridge that gap between your old English class and real life English now.
你看，母语人士通常不会像你的老师那样说话，这就是我在这里的原因，我要帮你理解如何弥合你以前的英语课堂与现实生活英语之间的差距。
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So your teacher might say, for example, "What are you doing?
所以你的老师可能会说，例如，“What are you doing?
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" But in real life, especially in casual American English, people often say, "What are you doing?
” 但在现实生活中，尤其是在随意的美国英语中，人们经常说，“What are you doing?
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" These are all ways to ask the same thing that you might not have heard or learned.
” 这些都是询问同一件事的方式，你可能没听过或没学过。
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