下面是一个一方在说什么而听的那一方觉得对方的说法很奇怪，不理解的例子：

Mary:" Chinese is a very easy language to learn."

Jenny: "What you mean?"

Mary: "Well, What I mean to say was that it is easy if you practice every day."

Jenny: "Oh, that’s right."

　　在这种情况下，你可以Rephrasing expressions 换种说法：

"What I mean to say was..."

"In another word..."

"Let me rephrase that..."

"Let me put this another way..."

"Perhaps I'm not making myself clear..."

　　另一种方法是Back to the Beginning 从头说起：

"If we go back to beginning..."

"The basic idea is..."

"One way of looking at this is..."

"Another way of looking at this is..."

If you forget the English word 忘了词的说法：

"I can't find the right word I'm looking for..."

"I am not sure that is the right word, but..."

"What I want to say is..." 

　　Remember:

　　不要害怕重复自己说过的，特别是当你可以稍稍地换一个角度去表达的时候。