"How to improve my English listening skills?".

如何提升我的英語聽力技巧?

So, yeah, I got asked this question almost everyday! But I have to say, right from the beginning,

所以 是的! 我幾乎每天被問這問題，但一開始我必須先說

that I'm pretty sure 70 to 80 percent of the people who watch this video would just

我非常確定70%~80%的人看這部影片只是想要

stop watching almost immediately.

馬上停止看這視頻

The reason why is because I'm not going to give you the kind of answer that you want!

原因是我將不會給你 你想要的答案

So what kind of answer is it people are hoping to get when they ask this question? Or even

什麼樣的回答是大家在問這問題時希望聽的? 甚至

this kind of question because "improving listening skills", "improving speaking skills" is all

如何增進聽力及口說技巧這類的問題

basically the same.

基本是一樣的

The kind of answer people want is a kind of easy, magic solution. They want me to give

這類的人 想要聽到的是一個簡單、神奇的方法

them some kind of tip or trick which will let them improve their English listening skills

他希望我給他們一些技巧和竅門提升英語聽力技巧

instantly and easily without making any effort!

快速且簡單地 不需要任何努力

To be honest? That is a load of rubbish! These tips and tricks, magic methods just don't

老實說 這都是廢話! 這些技巧和竅門 神奇的方法都是不存在的

exist. They don't work at all. So, I can't give you that kind of answer.

這些根本沒用 所以 我並不會給你們那樣的答案

It really is a case of just doing it! That is about it. And in fact, I have to be honest,

真正的方法就是去做! 就是如此! 事實上 我必須老實說

instead of searching for these kind of easy methods, these magic ways to do it easily

與其尋找簡便的方法 容易達到的神奇方法

and quickly without having to do any kind of hard work.

且快速地 不需任何的努力

Instead of looking for these things, don't waste your time. Just start doing it. I mean,

與其找這些方法 不要浪費時間了 停止這麼做 我的意思是

if you want to improve your listening skills, start listening to things.

如果你想要提升你的聽力技巧 開始聽些東西吧

The only thing that I will say is that you should think about what kind of situation

唯一我想說的是 你必須思考什麼樣的場合

and what kind of English you're gonna be listening to. And try and target your practice to that.

什麼樣的英語是你想聽的 並嘗試訂出目標且去實踐

In my newsletter, I have a story about a friend who wanted to learn to play the guitar.

在我的 Newsletter 我有個關於朋友想學習吉他的故事

And he thought, "Well, listening to music will make me a better guitar player."

他想著 "好吧 聽音樂會讓我成為一個更好的吉他手"

So, what does he do? He starts to listen to piano music and he listens to piano music everyday, all day!

所以 他怎麼做? 他開始聽鋼琴的音樂 每天都聽鋼琴曲，一整天!

And of course, his guitar playing doesn't improve.

那當然 他的吉他演奏並沒有提升

But it's kind of obvious when I put it like that because you know, you want to

很明顯地 如果是類似的事 你想要

learn to play the guitar, you should listen to guitar music not the piano.

學習彈吉他 你該聽的是吉他的音樂 而非鋼琴曲

But actually people tend to do this when they are practicing their English listening or something like that.

但事實上 大家都是這樣做 當他們練習英語聽力的時候或其他類似

If you are having trouble understanding people in conversation,

當你對理解會話有困難的時候

listening to the news is not going to be that helpful. The reason is because the kind of words that

聽新聞不會有幫助 原因是因為那些單字

people use and the phrases that people use are quite different.

和人們交談時使用的片語是不一樣的

And the style of speaking is quite different, as well.

而且說話的風格也完全不同

So, yeah, if it's conversation that you're having trouble in, try and listen to a lot of conversations.

所以 是的! 如果你對會話有困難 試著聆聽大量的會話

Even better, make friends and get involved in conversations.

最好的話 廣交朋友 涉足對話

If, on the other hand, it's listening to a lecture at your University that you're having

如果 另一方面 在大學時當你聽一個講座遇到困難

trouble with then try to listen to that sort of thing. Get on YouTube, find recordings of lectures

然後嘗試著想聽 上 YouTube 尋找那個講座的紀錄

and start listening to them.

並開始聆聽

If you come across words that you don't know, just look them up in the dictionary and then

如果遇到不懂的單字 儘管去查字典

everytime you find a word that you don't know and you keep on hearing it again and again

在每次查詢你不懂的單字後 你一次又一次的聆聽

and again, just look it up in the dictionary.

儘管查詢那些單字

You'll find that the more you do it, the easier it'll get. So,

你會發現你查的越多 你將得到的更多 所以

instead of worrying about it and looking for some kind of easy, magic solution, just start doing it.

與其擔心和尋找那些簡單、神奇的方法 腳踏實地的做吧

The more you do it, the easier it will get! The easier it gets,the more you'll want to

你做得越多 你越容易得到 你越容易得到 你將會想要

do it!

做得更多!!

So, that is it for today's video lesson. So yeah, as always, if you have any questions

所以 這就是今天的影音課程 是的 一如既往 如果你有任何問題

of your own just let me know in the comments under this video.

在影音下方留言讓我知道

Recently, I got a lot of comments on my YouTube videos and I don't know if people watching

最近 我得到很多對我YouTube視頻的評論 我不知道 看視頻的人知不知道

the videos actually know but YouTube changed the comments system recently

YouTube 最近改變了留言的系統

and I no longer get these comments sent to my email so I missed a lot of them!

我不能再收到email的通知 所以我漏掉了很多留言

If I don't reply to your comment or if I don't notice your comment, just keep sending it

如果我沒回應或沒注意到你的留言 儘管在留一次

again or even better, join my newsletter and ask me them.

甚至更好的方式 加入我的Newsletter 並在裡面問我

By the way, Congratulations if you are part of the 20 to 30 percent that didn't stop watching

順便一提 恭喜你們是那 20%~30% 沒有停止看這視頻的人

when I said I was not going to give you some kind of magic tip, magic method. You are one

當我說我將不會給你們技巧和神奇的方法

of the 20 to 30 percent who will probably get very good at English very easily and very

你們是20%~30%的人將有可能會學好英語 簡單地

quickly because you know, there is no magic method.

快速地 因為你知道 並沒有神奇的方法

It's just a case of doing it: work hard, learn English, use English. Easy!

這只是做了一個案例：努力工作，學英語，用英語。很簡單！