1.降低声调说
1.to talk to someone as if you think they are not as intelligent or important as you are
1.If you do not talk down to a child, it will assuredly talk up to you.
如果你对一个小孩子说话不摆架子，他一定会对你坦白。
2.I can sense your getting ready to tell me to take an aspirin in a glass of wine. Don't talk down to me!
听着好像你接下来就会建议我把阿司匹林放到酒里然后喝下去一样。不许居高临下地跟我说话！
3.Don't talk down to me, Frank! Whether you like it or not, I know just as much about the subject as you do, if not more.
不要对我说了，弗兰克！不管你喜欢还是不喜欢，我知道这个问题的只是尽可能多地做，如果不是更多。
4.Try not to talk down to children when you're teaching them.
你教孩子时尽量不要用高高在上的口气讲话。
5.Would you have one in authority over you scream at you and talk down to you?
你希望有个权威人事在你之上对你咆哮用高人一等的口气对你说话吗？
6.I'm not a child any more. Don't talk down to me.
我不再是孩子了，别用这种态度跟我说话。
7.Don't talk down to coworkers, including subordinates.
不要用居高临下的口吻和同事说话，包括下属。
8.You talk down to me like I'm some kind of idiot.
你一付高高在上的样子跟我说话，好像我是个笨蛋似的。
9.Talk with children. Ask them questions. Answer theirs. Don't talk down to them with baby talk, but don't be too grownup either.
和孩子们交谈。你们可以互问互答。不要试图像哄婴儿一样去说服他们，更别像个大人的样子进行交谈。
10.Top tip? Never underestimate your students and never talk down to them.
最好的建议？不要低估你的学生，不要用高人一等的口气同他们讲话。