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AEE 2522: What to Say When You Lose Your Train of Thought
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1. 当自己忘记时
· What was I saying? （我刚刚说到哪了？）— 最常用、最自然的问法。
· Where was I?（我讲到哪一部分了？）— 特别适合在讲故事或叙述一连串事件时使用。
2. 当别人提醒后
· Right!/ That's it!对！就是那儿！
3. 如果别人提醒了，但还没完全想起来，或者觉得不重要
· Oh, never mind. It'll come back to me.（哦，算了。我会想起来的。）—
· (内心想法) It must not have been that important. 用于自我安慰，表示忘记的可能是不紧要的内容。
4. Jog your memory唤起你的记忆
· What was I saying? （我刚刚说到哪了？）— 最常用、最自然的问法。
· Where was I?（我讲到哪一部分了？）— 特别适合在讲故事或叙述一连串事件时使用。
2. 当别人提醒后
· Right!/ That's it!对！就是那儿！
3. 如果别人提醒了，但还没完全想起来，或者觉得不重要
· Oh, never mind. It'll come back to me.（哦，算了。我会想起来的。）—
· (内心想法) It must not have been that important. 用于自我安慰，表示忘记的可能是不紧要的内容。
4. Jog your memory唤起你的记忆
jog your memory : to get it going again put it back in place to help you memory
what was i saying: if I'm talking and i lose my train of thought and then i will pick up right back up
Role play:
A: i was thinking we could try that new rooftop place in downtown they have live music in Saturdays
B: wow! That's sounds fun! Do they serve food too?
A: yes! Small plates, i think and wait! what was i saying?
B: you were talking about the food at the rooftop place, small plates?
A: right! and they have a tops and amazing cocktails we should totally check it out
it is collaborative here we are not on stage we are in collaboration
2.where was I? （ where was i in my story）
Role play:
A:so anyway, i walked into a meeting late because the elevator stopped on every single floor, i finally get in and guess what? my boss already looking annoyed and then i just spilled my coffee
B:oh here's the napkins!
A:oh sorry about that where was i?
B: you were saying your boss looked annoyed when you walking to the meeting
A: right! i walk in and he asks me to present without any warning
what you say or what they day doesn't jog your memory it must not been that important or never mind it'll come back to me
Role play:
A: so i was telling you about how i run into Mr.Laos at the grocery store he was our neighbor, when we lived on jupiter do you remember him?
B:yeah thankfully! Didn't he always wear that bow tie
A:yeah! That's him, anyway he started telling me about sorry! started thinking those other neighbors when we had lived there,where was i?
B: something about …
A: oh never mind it'll come back to me, can you believe it's been 15 years since we moved