When you role-play, you pretend to be in a situation that is not happening for real, so you can practise what you would say and do. Language teachers love it: one student is the waiter, the other is the customer, and you try the English you would need in a café. Offices and counselling rooms use it too — a job interview, a complaint, a hard talk with a parent — because it is safer to get it wrong while everyone knows it is only pretend.

When you role-play當你 role-play 的時候，you你 pretend to be假裝自己 that is not happening for real處在一個不是真的在發生 in a situation的情境裡，so這樣 you can practise你就能練習 what you would say and do你會說什麼、做什麼。 Language teachers語言老師 love it最愛用：one student一個學生 is the waiter當服務生，the other另一個 is the customer當客人，and you try而你試著用 in a café在咖啡店裡 the English you would need會需要的英文。 Offices and counselling rooms辦公室和諮商室 use it too也用它——a job interview面試、a complaint客訴、a hard talk with a parent和家長的一次難談——because因為 while everyone knows it is only pretend在大家都知道只是假裝的情況下，to get it wrong把事情做錯 is safer比較安全。

It is not a play for an audience, though actually the two sit close together; the point here is practice, not a show.

It它 is not不是 for an audience演給觀眾看 a play的戲，though actually不過其實 the two這兩件事 sit close together離得很近；the point here這裡的重點 is practice是練習，not a show不是表演。

You will hear it as a noun (a role-play) and as a verb (let’s role-play that call). Some people write roleplay as one word, some as two; the hyphen is the usual dictionary form.

You will hear it你會聽到它 as a noun當名詞（a role-play）and as a verb也當動詞（let's role-play that call我們來演練那通電話吧）。 Some people有些人 write roleplay as one word把 roleplay 寫成一個字，some as two有些拆成兩個；the hyphen帶連字號 is the usual dictionary form是字典裡常見的樣子。