《2025年快捷英语时文阅读理解八年级上册译林版》

When you begin learning English, you probably just want to be able to order a coffee and find the bathroom. But the longer you study, you'll probably want to really sound like a native 1speaker(speak). So how can you make your speech sound more natural?
2First(one) of all, make sure you know your grammar, says Emile Dodds from the Leonardo English website. "Bad grammar will hold you back," he says.
3However, that doesn't mean you have to speak like the King of England. In fact, sometimes you should do 4theopposite!
When native speakers talk 5naturally(natural), they use things like contractions (缩略词) and filler words.
And contractions aren't just things 6like"can't" and "won't". Native speakers also shorten "going to" to "gonna" or "got to" to "gotta". You wouldn't use these in 7writing(write), but they sound natural when speaking.
Filler words—words that fill space—are great 8becausethey sound natural, but also give you time to think. These are little words like "so", "um" and "you know". For example, you might say, "So, I was thinking, um, are you doing anything later?"
According to the website Dan's Real English, "It's really important 9to use(use) fillers—but not too often!"
And while you might have learned in school to answer questions in full sentences, it's not something you need to do in casual conversation.
Of course, learning to speak naturally takes time. You can learn by listening to native speakers on the Internet or in 10movies(movie) to hear how they speak, and you might even hear some useful phrases and idioms!

答案： 1. speaker 句意为“你可能想听起来真的像母语者一样。”故填 speaker。
2. First first of all 意为“首先；最重要的是”，为固定短语。
3. However 空格前后有转折的意味，且空格后有逗号。故填 However，意为“然而”。
4. the 此处指相反的事。the opposite 表示“相反的事情”。
5. naturally 修饰动词 talk 需用副词,故填 naturally。
6. like 此处表示列举。like 意为“像”。
7. writing 本句前半句的句意为“你不会在写作中使用这些（缩略词）。”in writing 是固定短语，意为“在书面表达/写作中”。
8. because 此处引导原因状语从句。because 意为“因为”。
9. to use “It is + adj. + to do sth”意为“做某事……”，为固定句型，故填 to use。
10. movies 这里泛指电影，应用 movie 的复数。