Is it hard to speak fluent English?
流利地說(shuō)英語(yǔ)難嗎？
In fact, learning how to speak better English is simple and fun!
事實(shí)上，學(xué)會(huì )如何更好地說(shuō)英語(yǔ)簡(jiǎn)單而有趣。
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Do you have English trauma?
你有過(guò)英語(yǔ)創(chuàng )傷嗎？
Trauma：(a) severe emotional shock and pain caused by an extremely upsetting experience
創(chuàng )傷：由極度痛苦經(jīng)歷造成的情感打擊。
我有一個(gè)口語(yǔ)高鐵的學(xué)員，曾經(jīng)當著(zhù)面被老師撕破英語(yǔ)作業(yè)本。這就是英語(yǔ)創(chuàng )傷。
Belief & deep & repetition
信念&深度&重復
Yes, that is another belief, a very common belief, English is difficult. Or, English is complicated. Well, that’s just a belief. For teacher Victor, English is very interesting, because I love English, so I practice a lot.
是的，英語(yǔ)很難或英語(yǔ)很復雜是一種非常常見(jiàn)的看法。但這只是一種想法。對于Victor老師來(lái)說(shuō)，英語(yǔ)非常有意思。因為我熱愛(ài)英語(yǔ)，所以我經(jīng)常練習。
Just like everybody here can speak fluent Chinese, just because you practice Chinese everyday, right? So you might say “English is so difficult,” and I would say “No, English is super easy.”
就像在座的每一位都能說(shuō)一口流利的中文一樣，這是由于你每天都練習中文，對不對？ 所以也許你會(huì )說(shuō)“英語(yǔ)好難?！钡俏覅s說(shuō)“不，英語(yǔ)超級簡(jiǎn)單?！?br>
These are just beliefs that come from our experiences. The problem is these limiting beliefs limit us. They in fact do limit us. They stop us from getting better.
這些都是來(lái)源于我們經(jīng)歷的看法。問(wèn)題是這些限制性的信念會(huì )限制我們。
They cause a lot of problems for us as students, as learners of English. You have a lot of these limiting beliefs that let you realize “Oh, English is so difficult.” English is complicated, just look at the writing system. It’s so different from Chinese.
它們確實(shí)會(huì )限制我們。你有太多這樣的限制性信念，它們讓你覺(jué)得“噢，英語(yǔ)太難了！ 英語(yǔ)好復雜?？纯从⒄Z(yǔ)的書(shū)寫(xiě)系統，它和中文區別太大了?！?br>
And these beliefs hurt your motivation. They lower your energy, and in fact they’re wrong. They’re not true. English does not have to be difficult, it does not have to be complicated.
這些信念會(huì )破壞你的積極性，它們降低你的學(xué)習精力，但事實(shí)上它們都是錯誤的，而不是真的。英語(yǔ)不必有多難，不必有多復雜。
A small child in China could learn English very easily. And the reason is, the number one reason is, they don’t have the limiting beliefs. They can sing songs and play games and enjoy the language, and they’ll learn it so quickly, so easily, they’ll say “English is easy.” Well, it’s the same with English with you.
中國的小孩子能夠輕松地學(xué)會(huì )英語(yǔ)，原因是，第一原因是：他們沒(méi)有限制性信念。他們能唱英語(yǔ)歌，玩英文游戲并且享受這門(mén)語(yǔ)言，所以他們能夠如此快速、輕松地學(xué)會(huì )英語(yǔ)。他們會(huì )說(shuō)“英語(yǔ)非常簡(jiǎn)單?！边@點(diǎn)就英語(yǔ)與你來(lái)說(shuō)是一樣的。
You learned in a very painful, difficult way in the past. And so you developed, you created these beliefs in your head. English is difficult. English is boring. English is painful. I’m not good at English. I’ll never speak excellent English. These are just beliefs.
你在過(guò)去用痛苦、困難的方法進(jìn)行學(xué)習，所以你在你的腦中建立、造成了這些信念，英語(yǔ)很難，英語(yǔ)很無(wú)聊，英語(yǔ)是令人痛苦的，我英語(yǔ)很差，我永遠也無(wú)法說(shuō)一口優(yōu)秀的英語(yǔ)...... 這些都只是信念而已。
So how do you eliminate these beliefs? Okay, you have these beliefs. You know they’re negative, you know they’re not helping you. But we have to figure out, how can we get rid of the limiting beliefs?
那么我們如何消除這些信念呢？好的，你擁有這些信念，你知道它們是消極的，你知道它們不會(huì )幫助你。但是我們必須知道，我們如何來(lái)消除這些限制性信念。
That’s the first step, you have to weaken them. You have to make them weaker and weaker and weaker. You have to cut them down. Well beliefs get stronger from an experience or a memory.
這是第一步，你必須弱化它們。你必須讓它們變得越來(lái)越弱，越來(lái)越弱，你必須要削減它們。想法會(huì )通過(guò)一段經(jīng)歷或者記憶變得更強。
Sometimes it’s just something you imagine, actually. But it’s a specific experience or a specific imagination, a specific moment, that makes the belief stronger or weaker.
而事實(shí)上有時(shí)它只是你的想象而已。但是是一段特定的經(jīng)歷，一份特定的想象或者一個(gè)特定的時(shí)刻讓你的信念變得更強或更弱。
So, for example, you have this idea “English is painful and boring.” And when you think of this belief, where does it come from?
就比如說(shuō)，你有“英語(yǔ)是令人痛苦且無(wú)聊的”這樣的看法。你想想這樣的看法是來(lái)自哪里？
Well, you think of all these past experiences.You think of the time in middle school where your teacher corrected your mistake and you felt terrible.
你想到你過(guò)去的所有的經(jīng)歷，你想到你中學(xué)時(shí)老師糾正了你的錯誤而你感到非常糟糕。
And you think of maybe the bad grades you got on the test or all the red marks on your English papers. And you start adding more and more and more memories, more of these negative experiences, these negative references.
你也許會(huì )想到考試取得的低分和你英語(yǔ)試卷上的紅色分數。接著(zhù)你便會(huì )不斷添加越來(lái)越多這樣的記憶，越來(lái)越多這樣的消極經(jīng)歷，負面參照。
And if you get enough, you will develop a very, strong, deep, powerful belief “English is difficult. English is painful. I’m not good at English.” So to weaken these, you just have to question the experiences.
如果你積累足夠多的這樣的想法，你將建立一種非常強烈、深刻而強大的信念“英語(yǔ)很難，英語(yǔ)是痛苦的，我英語(yǔ)非常糟糕?！彼砸趸@樣的信念，你只要審問(wèn)自己過(guò)去的經(jīng)歷。
Take the power away from the experiences. And an easy way to do that is just to ask questions about them. For example, let me ask this question.
將過(guò)去經(jīng)歷的力量奪去。一個(gè)簡(jiǎn)單的方法便是詢(xún)問(wèn)關(guān)于它們的問(wèn)題，比如說(shuō)，我想問(wèn)問(wèn)。
Your past English schools, were they excellent?Were they just fantastic English schools with fantastic, amazing, fun, positive English teachers? Did you have a great time every day?
你以前的英語(yǔ)學(xué)校夠好嗎？它們是有著(zhù)優(yōu)秀、風(fēng)趣、積極的英語(yǔ)老師的很棒的學(xué)校嗎？你在那每天都過(guò)得很開(kāi)心嗎？
Well, I know for most of you the answer is no. So that’s interesting, so if your schools were not excellent, maybe the school was the problem. Maybe it’s not you. Maybe your English is not great because you did not go to great schools. And did they use proven methods?
我知道對于你們大部分人來(lái)說(shuō)，答案是否定的。所以很有意思的是，如果你的學(xué)校并不怎么樣，也許是學(xué)校的問(wèn)題，而不是你；也許你的英語(yǔ)不夠好是因為你沒(méi)有去一家很好的學(xué)校。而他們又是否使用了經(jīng)過(guò)驗證的方法呢？
Did they only use the best methods? Or did they just use the textbook that everybody else uses? Well, I know from my experience as a Chinese learner of English, most schools just use the same textbooks.
他們是只使用最好的方法，還是只使用其他人都用的教材？作為一名中國英語(yǔ)學(xué)習者，從我自己的經(jīng)驗來(lái)看，大多數學(xué)校都是使用相同的教材。
But they’re not choosing the very, very best methods. They’re not choosing the very, very best books. And so maybe the reason you believe English is difficult is because you used difficult methods in the past, or your teachers did.
而且他們沒(méi)有選擇最棒的教學(xué)方法，最好的教材。所有也許你覺(jué)得英語(yǔ)很難的原因是因為你以前使用了難的方法，或者你的老師這樣做了。
Maybe you think English is boring because in the past you used boring methods. You went to boring schools. You had boring teachers.
也許你覺(jué)得英語(yǔ)無(wú)聊是因為過(guò)去你使用了無(wú)聊的學(xué)習方法，你念的是無(wú)聊的學(xué)校，你的老師很無(wú)聊。
Maybe English isn’t the problem. Maybe it was these past experiences. Maybe it was the way you did it or where you did it. Ask yourself these questions. Think about them in detail. Weaken your limiting beliefs. Challenge your limiting beliefs.
也許問(wèn)題不在英語(yǔ)，而在于你過(guò)去的經(jīng)歷，也許在于你過(guò)去是如何學(xué)習的和在哪學(xué)習的。問(wèn)下自己這些問(wèn)題，仔細地思考一下。弱化你的限制性信念，挑戰你的限制性信念！
Another question, in school did you learn deeply? For example, did you take one chapter in your book and learn it for a long time so that you totally mastered it, so that you knew it completely, 100% and never forgot it?
另一個(gè)問(wèn)題是，你在學(xué)校有深度地進(jìn)行學(xué)習嗎？例如，你有沒(méi)有將書(shū)中的一個(gè)章節進(jìn)行長(cháng)時(shí)間的學(xué)習，然后將它百分百地徹底掌握，再也不會(huì )忘記呢？
Probably not, most schools I have ever seen, it’s quite the opposite. The teachers go very, very, very quickly. You learn one chapter in your book, boom, after one week on to the next one, and the next one. Each chapter has so many new words, so much new grammar.
大概沒(méi)有，我見(jiàn)過(guò)的大部分學(xué)校，都是完全相反的。老師的上課節奏非?？?，你剛學(xué)習一個(gè)章節，緊接著(zhù)，下周便馬上進(jìn)入下一個(gè)章節，再下一個(gè)章節。而每個(gè)章節都有很多的新單詞，新語(yǔ)法知識。
For example, my experience with English in high school, you may know that I’ve had a total of four years of English study in high school, because I was failed for the first time for College Entrance Examination.
再比如我高中學(xué)習英語(yǔ)的經(jīng)歷，你可能知道我在高中學(xué)習了整整四年的英語(yǔ)，因為我第一次高考失利了。
So I’ve had a total of four-years study in high school. But I almost forgot it all at that time. Because we never learned deeply. The teachers just tried to make us learn as many words as possible, a lot of words, a lot of grammar, very, very fast.
所以我在學(xué)校學(xué)習了整整四年。但是我幾乎已經(jīng)完全忘記那時(shí)學(xué)的內容了。這是因為我們從沒(méi)有深度地學(xué)習過(guò)。老師只是試著(zhù)讓我盡可能多地學(xué)習單詞和語(yǔ)法知識，而且速度非?？?。
And then take a lot of examination, of course, I forgot everything. How about you? Did you learn deeply in your schools? If not, maybe that was one of the problems. Maybe English feels difficult because you never learned deeply. Maybe English is not the problem. When I start to learned it deeply, my English improves very fast.
接著(zhù)便是大量的考試，我當然會(huì )什么都記不住。那你呢？你在學(xué)校有深度地學(xué)習嗎？如果沒(méi)有，也許那也是問(wèn)題之一。也許你覺(jué)得英語(yǔ)難是因為你從來(lái)沒(méi)有深度地學(xué)習過(guò)。也許問(wèn)題并不在英語(yǔ)。在我開(kāi)始進(jìn)行深度地學(xué)習之后，我的英語(yǔ)便迅速地提高了。
Finally, did you learn with a grammar translation method? Did you study a lot of grammar rules? Did you take a lot of tests? Did you feel good about that? Again, maybe the method was the problem. Maybe the school is the problem, not English.
最后，你使用了語(yǔ)法翻譯法進(jìn)行學(xué)習嗎？你學(xué)習了很多的語(yǔ)法嗎？你參加了很多的考試嗎？你對此的感覺(jué)是好的嗎？再一次，也許問(wèn)題在于學(xué)習方法，也許問(wèn)題在于學(xué)校，而不在英語(yǔ)。
So think about these questions and think about them every day. Think about them a lot. I want you to think about these questions again and again and again. And really be honest about it.
所以思考一下這些問(wèn)題，每天都思考一下。經(jīng)常思考一下這些問(wèn)題。我想讓你反復、再反復地思考這些問(wèn)題，而且要對此完全坦誠。
And start to destroy these limiting beliefs. Get rid of them. They’re wrong. English is not difficult. English is not painful. English is not boring. It’s only a belief. It’s only a past experience. You can change that now and in the future.
接著(zhù)摧毀這些限制性信念，清除它們。它們是錯誤的，英語(yǔ)不難；英語(yǔ)不使人痛苦；英語(yǔ)不無(wú)聊。這一切只是一種信念，只是一種過(guò)去的經(jīng)歷。你可以現在改變它們，并且在將來(lái)也能做到。
So let’s do that. Let’s talk now about empowering beliefs, the positive side. So to empower, the verb, to empower means to make stronger. It means to give power to another person.
那么讓我們這樣做?，F在讓我們談?wù)劶钚孕拍?，積極的那一面?！凹睢?，這個(gè)動(dòng)詞，意味著(zhù)使之變得更強，意味著(zhù)將力量給予另一個(gè)人。
Or in this case, it means the beliefs give you power.An empowering belief is a belief that makes you feel powerful, that gives you power.
也或許在這個(gè)情況中，意味著(zhù)信念給你力量。一個(gè)激勵性信念是一種讓你感到強大，給你力量的信念
Something that is empowering makes you more confident and makes you feel that you are in control of your English learning. That’s the kind of beliefs you want and you need to choose them.
是一種讓你變得自信，讓你覺(jué)得自己將英語(yǔ)學(xué)習掌握在手的東西。這才是你想要的信念，而你需要選擇它們。
You must decide which beliefs will make you stronger. For example, here’s an empowering belief. You can replace your old limiting belief, add this one instead.
你必須決定什么樣的信念會(huì )讓你變得更強大。例如，有一種激勵性信念，你可以用它替換掉你舊的限制性信念，取而代之，將這個(gè)信念加進(jìn)去。
You can say “My brain is a natural language learning machine.” Because that’s what all of the scientific research shows, our brain naturally learns languages.
你可以說(shuō)“我的大腦是一個(gè)自然的語(yǔ)言學(xué)習機器”因為所有的科學(xué)研究顯示，我們的大腦會(huì )自然而且地進(jìn)行語(yǔ)言學(xué)習。
It is designed to learn language. It should be easy. It should feel good. We learned our native language that way. It wasn’t difficult, was it? Everybody now can speak fluent Chinese. Chinese was easy for us to learn, because we did it in a totally natural way.
它的構造就是用來(lái)學(xué)習語(yǔ)言的。學(xué)習英語(yǔ)應該是簡(jiǎn)單的，應該是讓人感覺(jué)良好的，我們就是這樣學(xué)會(huì )我們的母語(yǔ)的。我們學(xué)習母語(yǔ)并不難，不是嗎？每個(gè)人都能流利地說(shuō)中文。中文對于我們來(lái)說(shuō)是很容易學(xué)習的，因為我們是用一種完全自然的方法做到的。
And the more naturally I tried to learn Korean, for example, the easier it feels（說(shuō)韓語(yǔ)自我介紹）. So this is a new belief and you should write it down, think about it. Write down this belief “My brain is a natural language learning machine.” Think about it every day. Decide to choose that belief.
我越自然地進(jìn)行韓語(yǔ)學(xué)習，我越覺(jué)得韓語(yǔ)容易。所以你應該將這個(gè)信念寫(xiě)下來(lái)，思考一下它。把這個(gè)信念寫(xiě)下來(lái)“我的大腦是一個(gè)自然的學(xué)習機器?！泵刻焖伎歼@點(diǎn)，下決心選擇這樣的信念。
Do you like it? English, Korean, Cantonese, all the same thing.
這你喜歡嗎？英語(yǔ)、漢語(yǔ)、普通話(huà)，都是一樣的。
Here’s another belief you might decide to choose “English can be fun.” That’s an empowering belief and it’s also true. You can think of a lot of examples for this. Take English songs for example.
有另一個(gè)你可以下定決心進(jìn)行選擇的信念“英語(yǔ)可以是有趣的?！边@是一種激勵性信念，而且它也是真實(shí)的。為此你可以想到很多例子。英文歌就是一個(gè)例子。
They’re fun. They’re stupid, sometimes. They’re crazy, sometimes. But they’re not serious. English can be fun. That’s an empowering belief you want to choose and you want to remember it every day.
英語(yǔ)歌非常有趣，有時(shí)它們有點(diǎn)愚蠢，有時(shí)還有點(diǎn)瘋狂，它們不是非得是嚴肅的。英語(yǔ)可以是有趣的，這是你想要選擇的激勵性信念，而且你需要每天都記得它。
What’s really interesting for me is that these are the same beliefs that all of my best students have. They all have these same ideas. The best students, the ones who learn the fastest, the ones who have the best test scores, the ones with the best speaking, they all believe these things. They all believe that English is fun and interesting. They all believe that language learning is natural.
對我來(lái)說(shuō)有意思的是這些是我最出色學(xué)生都共同擁有的信念。這些最好的學(xué)生，這些學(xué)習速度最快，得分最高，口語(yǔ)最好，這樣的學(xué)生，他們擁有同樣的信念，都相信這些事情。他們都相信英語(yǔ)是好玩而有趣的，他們都相信語(yǔ)言的學(xué)習是自然而然的。
Another belief they have is that you must learn language naturally and you must focus on meaning. So in other words, they don’t focus on the grammar. They are not focusing on boring textbooks. They’re reading interesting things that they enjoy. They’re listening to interesting things that they enjoy. So, for them, language learning is interesting.
他們擁有的另一個(gè)信念是，你必須自然而然地進(jìn)行語(yǔ)言學(xué)習，而且你必須專(zhuān)注其含義。換言之，你不是專(zhuān)注于語(yǔ)法。他們不是專(zhuān)攻無(wú)聊的教材，他們看自己感興趣的書(shū)，聽(tīng)他們喜歡的有趣的東西。所以對于他們來(lái)說(shuō)，語(yǔ)言學(xué)習是有意思的。
So if you want to be like these successful people, you need to think like them. You need to have the same beliefs as them.
所以如果你想像這些成功的人一樣，你需要和他們一樣思考，你需要擁有和他們一樣的信念。
So here’s what I want you to do. Here’s your homework for part 1. What I want you to do is write down two, three or four empowering beliefs, beliefs that give you power about English.
那么這里是我想讓你做的事情，這里是第一部分的家庭作業(yè)。我想讓你寫(xiě)下兩到三條或者四條激勵性信念，能讓你對英語(yǔ)充滿(mǎn)力量的信念。
Maybe “I am a language genius. My brain is a natural language learning machine.” Maybe “English can be fun and interesting.” Maybe “English is beautiful, I love English.” I don’t know, write down, two, three or four empowering beliefs about English.
也許是：“我是一名英語(yǔ)天才。我的大腦是一臺天然語(yǔ)言學(xué)習機?！币苍S是：“英語(yǔ)可以是好玩有趣的?！币苍S是：“英語(yǔ)是美麗的，我愛(ài)英語(yǔ)?！敝灰獙?xiě)下兩到三條或是四條關(guān)于英語(yǔ)的激勵性信念。
And you’re going to say that out loud every day. These are beliefs that you are going to repeat again and again and again every day.
而且你要每天大聲將其說(shuō)出來(lái)，每天將這些信念一遍又一遍地重復。
As you’re getting ready for the English lesson, you’re going to repeat this out loud. You’re going to say “English can be fun and interesting.”
在你準備上課時(shí)，你要大聲進(jìn)行重復，你要說(shuō)“英語(yǔ)可以是好玩有趣的?！?br>
You’re going to say it with some emotion. Say it with feeling so you’re smiling, you’re breathing deep, you’re moving your body, and now you’re also saying these strong beliefs.
你要帶著(zhù)情感地說(shuō)，帶著(zhù)感覺(jué)地說(shuō)，這樣你才會(huì )面帶微笑、深呼吸、晃動(dòng)你的身體，現在你要說(shuō)出這些激勵性信念
English can be fun and interesting. You repeat it again. English can be fun and interesting. And then you say it again. English can be fun and interesting.
英語(yǔ)可以是好玩有趣的。你要反復重復：英語(yǔ)可以是好玩有趣的。然后你再次重復：英語(yǔ)可以是好玩有趣的。
You can do this in your room and its fine. You can do it outside and make everyone look at you and think you’re crazy. Why not? It’s better than being bored, right? I promise you will learn so much faster if you do this.
你可以在你的房間做這件事情，你也去外面讓每個(gè)人都看著(zhù)你認為你是個(gè)瘋子。這為什么不可以呢？這總比無(wú)聊強，不是嗎？我向你保證，如果你這樣做了你會(huì )學(xué)得快很多。
So do it every day just before you do a lesson. Get peak emotional state, and then say it out loud. English can be fun and interesting. English can be fun and interesting. Then you’re ready to learn.
所以每天在課前都要這樣做。達到情緒頂峰后大聲地將其說(shuō)出來(lái)。英語(yǔ)可以是好玩有趣的，英語(yǔ)可以是好玩有趣的。接下來(lái)你就準備好進(jìn)行學(xué)習了。
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