情態助動詞 A2

When I was 21 years old,  I could only speak English,

which is typical for those of us  from English-speaking countries,

這樣的狀況在英語系國家很普遍

過去簡單式

this is going to be the case for me for the rest of my life.

讓我將這個目標訂為我的人生志業

我太老了，至少我自己是這樣覺得

that I was going to frustrate  the native speakers

我可能會使那些說母語的人感到挫折

So, I did actually get the opportunity to get into languages

我真正有機會讓自己沉浸在語言環境中

Now, a sensible person would have given up at this stage

現在，任何一個理智的人應該就會放棄了吧

And what happened to inspire me  to get into language learning

就是我遇見一位通曉多國語言的語言通

A polyglot is someone who can speak many languages.

這個語言通會說很多國家的語言

And the first time you meet someone like that,

you can't help but feel really impressed.

Like, for instance there's Richard from the UK,

and there's one video online where he speaks 16 languages.

我還看過一部印象相當深刻的影片

of this 16-year-old  from America called Tim,

and in this part here you can see him go through:

I met someone like this  and I was so impressed.

遇到這樣的人真的讓我印象深刻

I thought to myself, "I want to be like that!"

我告訴自己：「我要像他們一樣！」

但是我想要像他們一樣會多國語言的原因是

is because I wanted people  to think I'm smart,

and I met this polyglot at the start of my time in Spain

我剛到西班牙時遇到這位語言通時

and with this very superficial motivation,

just because it will be cool to learn a language,

只是因為覺得學習語言應該很酷

So, what I discovered  after those 6 months

is one of the biggest problems we have in language learning

A lot of us start with the wrong  motivation to learn a language.

很多人在學習語言時的動機都錯了

We are learning the language just to pass an exam,

我們學語言只是為了要通過考試

for superficial reasons  to impress people.

is that those polyglots that I've just shown in the video,

is because they're passionate about that language,

是因為他們對這個語言充滿熱情

They're passionate about  the literature, and the movies

他們熱愛這個語言的文化、電影

And when I changed that priority of use in the language of people,

I was able to learn  the languages myself.

But there are a lot of things  that people feel

還是有很多事情阻礙著他們學習語言

I think there's five,  I asked a lot of people,

當我問過很多人之後，歸納出 5 點

there's five major reasons they'd never get into language learning.

他們對語言學習從來都不感興趣的 5 個主要原因

So, let me go through some of these here.

The first is they've  no language gene or talent.

第一個原因，他們對這個語言沒有天份

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