How's it going today?

今天怎麼樣？

My name is Brandon.

我叫布蘭登。

And in this video, we're gonna help improve your English speaking ability.

而在這支影片中，我們將幫助你提高英語口語能力。

I make mistakes, and you probably make mistakes, too.

我犯錯，你可能也會犯錯。

But I make mistakes when I speak English and I'm a native speaker.

但是我說英語的時候會犯錯，我是一個母語者。

I make many mistakes with pronunciation and grammar.

我在發音和文法上犯了很多錯誤。

And that's okay.

這就好了。

Everyone makes mistakes when speaking, and you can, too.

每個人在說話時都會犯錯，你也會。

So stick around and keep watching.

所以要堅持下去，繼續觀察。

Let's say you're playing tennis with an English-speaking friend and he says to you, “You play tennis good.”

比方說，你在和一個說英語的朋友打網球，他對你說：「你網球打得不錯。」

What?

什麼？

You know the sentence should be, “You play tennis well.”

你知道這句話應該是："你網球打得不錯。"

Is he wrong?

他有錯嗎？

Yes and no.

是，也不是。

In colloquial English, which is spoken English, “You play tennis good,” is okay.

口語化的英語，也就是英語口語來說，「你打網球打得不錯 」是可以接受的。

But in written English, which is more strict, the sentence must be, “you play tennis well.”

但在書面英語中，比較嚴格，句子必須是：「你網球打得不錯。」

So should you copy him?

那你要不要學他？

As an English teacher, I say, “no.”

作為一名英語老師，我說：「不。」

Go with what you learned in your book or what you learned in class.

用書本上的知識或課堂上的知識去做。

Let's talk about pronunciation.

我們來談談發音。

One word that I pronounce differently than everyone else is “ask.”

有一個字，我的發音和大家不一樣，就是 ask (詢問)。

Is it wrong that I say it like that?

我這樣說有錯嗎？

No.

沒有。

You understand me.

你明白我的意思

In this world, there are many different English speakers with accents everywhere.

在這個世界上，有許多不同的英語使用者，到處都有口音。

The most important thing when speaking is if the receiver can understand you.

說話時，最重要的是接收方是否能聽懂你的話。

In conclusion, native speakers make many mistakes.

總之，母語者會犯很多錯誤。

Those mistakes could be pronunciation or grammatical.

這些錯誤可能是發音或文法上的錯誤。

What I want you to do is be better than us.

我要你做的是比我們更好。

Practice every day and learn so that you don't make the mistakes that we do.

每天都要練習，每天都要學習，這樣才不會犯我們這樣的錯誤。

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如果你喜歡這支影片，請務必點讚、上字幕、和訂閱。