Sometimes we use noises rather than words to hesitate. Suchhesitationvaries from one language to another. In English, the sound ’en’ or ’er’is used to hesitate. But if we overuse these sounds, we can sound very opposite tofluent.

Like, er, you know,well…

These words don’t have any meaning in themselves but they are very useful to make yourself sound morefluentandconfident.

这些词有时候本身不具有任何意义，但是如果使用正确，是很有帮助的，为你在交流中赢得思考的时间，并且听起来也很地道。

But if you use them too much, you can actually sound veryirritating.

大家要注意的是，如果你过度使用这些词，就会让人觉得很厌烦。

I think…

If I were you, I’d…

如果用I think...来表达自己的看法，但还不确定自己要具体说什么，就可以拖长最后一个音。