直入正题,我们来说一说当你没有听懂对方在说什么的时候如何表达我不明白。
Does it make sense? 除了I don't understand 还有哪些地道的表达呢?我们可以根据不同的情境表达自己没有没有明白对方的意思。不懂就大声说出来吧。
我不明白的情况可以大致分为以下3类:

第一,你没有听清楚对方在说什么
如果对方说太快,声音太小或者你之前没有认真听,根本就没有听到对方在说什么。可以说:
Sorry, I did not quite catch it. / I did not catch you.
比如老师说,please open the book onto page number 156. 你没抓到是哪一页,就可以说Sorry, I didn't catch that.
I couldn't hear that.
如果对方说话太小声,说话像蚊子一样,你没有听到他/她在说什么。你可以说 Sorry, I couldn't hear that.

第二,你听到对方说的声音,但是由于语言问题不理解他/她说的是什么
第二个境界是你无法将外界的声音内化为自己的理解,可以对方需要换一种说法帮助你更好得理解。你可以说:
Sorry I don't understand.
I'm not following.
I didn't get it.
第三,你知道对方说的是什么,不过内容太过隐晦,不懂是什么意思。
语言也不是问题,但是不明白是什么意思。遇到这种情况,避免说I can't understand you. 给人感觉会比较生硬。可以说:
I have difficulty understanding your question.
It's over my head.
It is over my head - Something is too difficult or complicated for somebody to understand.
比如说有些专业名词太难了,我不明白。

好了,说明了自己没有明白对方的意思,需要call to action 让对方帮助你理解, 你要告诉对方你想让他 / 她干嘛来解决这个问题。可以根据不同的情境使用:
如果你没有听清楚,想要对方再讲一次,可以说:
Could you repeat that?
Could you say that again?
Would you mind repeating that?
come again.
注意 come again 一般用在比较随意的场合,正式的场合不可以用。比如你和你的朋友在酒吧或者KTV,太吵了你没有听清楚,可以说 come again。
如果对方说话声音太小了,需要对方声音大一点才听得到:
Could you please speak up?
can you speak a little louder?
如果对方说太快了,想要让对方讲慢一点:
Could you slow down?
Could you speak more slowly?

相信解决了这些问题你能听懂大部分了。听懂以后要及时给对方反馈哦。可以说
I see.
I get it.
It's beyond me. 我完全不能理解

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