【原】口语：“护身符”的英语是什么？怎么说？

口语：“护身符”的英语是什么？怎么说？

出门在外，很多人喜欢带着一个“护身符”，比如在南方地区，有人习惯用一只狗爪放行李箱里作为“护身符”。

于是，“学”英语的人有人就问了：“护身符”用英语怎么说？

一、你是问中文“护身符”的英语单词怎么说吗？

   这么说：护身符：talisman，例句：

1. He had a rabbit's foot which he wore round his neck as a talisman.

  他有一只兔爪，他带脖子上做自己的护身符

2. Your rabbit's foot key chain may be your lucky talisman. Of course, it wasn't so lucky  

  for that rabbit.

  你的兔爪钥匙扣可能是你的护身符，但是对于那只兔子来说可是倒了大霉的

二、你是问“用英语说英语”时怎么说吗？

1) “读”英语：talisman (ˈtӕlizmən)

1.Something that people wear around their neck and is believed to have magic power and can bring good fortune to the wearer.

2.Something that is usually hung about the neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil or disease and to bring good luck.

3. An object which is supposed to have magic powers to protect its owner.

4.An object held to act as a charm to keep away evil and bring good luck

5.A talisman is an object that you believe holds magical power and brings good luck to you,or protect you from evil or harm.

6.An object marked with magic signs and believed to bring to its bearer supernatural powers or protection.

7.A stone or other small object, usually inscribed or carved, believed to protect the wearer from evil influences

这一大段“漂亮”的英语不是用来给你做“英译汉”的，是给你用来“说”英语的：

2) “说”英语，主动“输出”英语：

1. Well,got you.A talisman is something we wear on our neck.

2. Well, people believe a talisman has magic power and can bring them good fortune

3. Well, to bring good fortune means to bring good luck.So when we say：A talisman brings good luck, we can also say：A talisman brings us good fortune.

4. Well,a talisman can protect us from evil,or keep away evil.

我不知道，你是用中文“'护身符’记住和表达英语talisman，然后再用talisman造句几句带中文翻译的talisman，还是“把学过的英语用起来”，直接用英语magic power, bring us good luck/good fortune,keep away evil,protect us from harm等等“实用”的英语记住和表达talisman呢？

能“用”上这样的英语，你就已经是在“练口语”了。

实际上这涉及到的已经不只是“知识”(如果“知识”不能带来和转换成语言能力，这“知识”就是一种“应试”的东西。它还涉及学习习惯，学习方法(方法能转换成能力)，学习是否“学以致用”，“学”“用”同步)。

我是后者：它给我更多的英语，它真的给我“把学过的英语用起来”的机会。

1) “读”英语：Talisman：a good luck charm, mascot, amulet, lucky charm,good-luck piece, juju, rabbit's foot

2) “说”英语：

So,a talisman has many other names/We have many ways to say a talisman.

For example：

We can say a talisman is good luck charm,we can say a talisman is a mascot, we can say a talisman is an amulet, we can say a talisman is a lucky charm,we can say a talisman is a good-luck piece, we can say a talisman is a juju, we can say a talisman is a rabbit's foot.

这样不断的“主动输出”英语，是不是“英语口语”？学英语最重要的就是“用”(主动输出)，跟别人用，跟自己用，而不仅仅是“学”(被动输入)。