全英 | 英语口音太纯正可能是一种负担
- decent accent
- cons/perks
- develop a false perception of your proficiency
- accent does not necessarily reflect their ability to understand cultural nuances
- an illusion of your actual language skills
- you are made to believe that
- got carried away by this flattering compliment but later on I was yanked back to reality by the countless moments when I struggled to express myself
- dish soap was running low
- it suddenly hit me that...
- Deep down I just felt I was not that good, I just had a gift for imitating sounds and speech
- demonstrate/articulate
- with all the good(bad) words from...
- it might undermine the perception
- the conversations I had with the barista were very mechanical and predictable
- sometimes even though I wanna try out some new options, I got cold feet at the thought of the spontaneity of discussing something I didn't know well
- I was thinking what if the barista went really fast and kept throwing out coffee terms, so I always played safe
- I would like to end with
- you don't have any image to maintain
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