Don't Study English in Vancouver

不要在溫哥華學習英語

Why am I making this video?

我為什麼要做這個視頻？

Well, I'm making this video for my Korean students.

好吧，我正在為我的韓國學生製作這個視頻。

Ok

好的

Now I'm Canadian and I've traveled through... throughout Canada

現在我是加拿大人，我走遍了... 整個加拿大。

and I visited many of my Korean students and I saw how they studied English in Canada.

和我拜訪了很多韓國學生，我看到了他們在加拿大學習英語的情況。

And also many of my students have gone to Canada for six months...

而且我的很多學生也去了加拿大半年... ...

one year... two years to study English and comeback and I've talked with them.

一年... ... 兩年學習英語和復出，我已經和他們談過了。

So, I learned a lot about studying English in Canada.

所以，在加拿大學習英語，我學到了很多東西。

And what I learned is don't study here.

而我學到的是不要在這裡學習。

Ahh, Vancouver and Toronto. These are the bigger cities in Canada.

啊，溫哥華和多倫多。 這些都是加拿大較大的城市。

And I'm going to say don't study English in Vancouver.

而我想說的是，不要在溫哥華學英語。

and...don't study English in Toronto.

還有......不要在多倫多學英語。

because...of the students...ahh... that I've seen, and there's been a lot, that went to Canada

因為... ...我見過的學生... ...啊... ...有很多人，去了加拿大。

and studied for six months or a year and they came back.

並學習了半年或一年，他們回來了。

Ahh...I've noticed that students that studied English in Vancouver and Toronto...

啊......我注意到在溫哥華和多倫多學習英語的學生......。

their English was not as good as my students that studied in smaller Canadian cities.

他們的英語不如我在加拿大小城市學習的學生好。

Ok, so I'm going to talk a little bit of maybe 'why' that happens.

好吧，所以我要談一談也許 "為什麼 "會發生。

And before...uh...I talk about the 'why', we should understand if you plan to go to Canada...

在......呃......我說 "為什麼 "之前，我們應該明白，如果你打算去加拿大......。

Uh...you should have a primary goal.

呃......你應該有一個首要目標。

Now up here I have an example of two goals.

現在上面我舉了一個例子，有兩個目標。

Improve my English speaking ability.

提高我的英語口語能力。

Have a great travel experience. Ok.

有一個很好的旅行體驗。好的

Both of these are good goals.

這兩個目標都不錯。

There's probably other goals but we should identify the primary goal.

可能還有其他目標，但我們應該確定主要目標。

The first goal and the first goal I think should always be number one.

第一球和第一球我覺得應該永遠是第一。

When we go to Canada, we want to improve our English ok we want to go there for one year...

當我們去加拿大的時候，我們想提高我們的英語水平，我們想去那裡一年... ...

...come back. And we speak English...uh...very well.

...回來。我們的英語... ...說得很好。

You know it's very embarrassing if you...your parents

你知道這是非常尷尬的，如果你... 你的父母...

spend a lot of money to send you to Canada... you go there and you come back

花了很多錢送你去加拿大... 你去了又回來了

and there's only a little bit of improvement.

而且只有一點點的進步。

So our first goal should be improve our English

所以我們的首要目標是提高英語水平

So every decision we make, should be to help the first goal.

所以我們做的每一個決定，都應該是幫助第一個目標。

Of course in Canada, wherever you go in Canada, you will have a great travel experience.

當然在加拿大，無論你去加拿大的哪個地方，你都會有很好的旅行體驗。

So understanding our first goal... do not study English in Vancouver...

所以理解我們的第一個目標... 不要在溫哥華學英語....

...or Toronto.

...或多倫多。

All right, we should also think about what kind of friends we want to meet in Canada.

好了，我們也應該想想在加拿大要認識什麼樣的朋友。

Ahh...Toronto and Vancouver...

啊...多倫多和溫哥華...。

Uh...they attract a lot of international students.

呃......他們吸引了很多國際學生。

ok so if you go to the language school...uh... or you're just walking around...uh...probably

好吧，如果你去語言學校......呃......或者你只是四處走走......呃......可能會。

you're going to meet a lot of international students.

你會遇到很多國際學生。

These are going to be your friends. These are possibly going to be your roommates

這些都將是你的朋友。 這些可能會是你的室友。

Again, we have some goals here. You want to go to Canada.

同樣，我們有一些目標在這裡。 你想去加拿大。

You want to make Canadian friends.

你想交加拿大的朋友。

Ok, to improve your English.

好吧，為了提高你的英語水平。

And you want to make international friends. This is good, too.

而且你想交國際友人。這也是好事。

...but again our primary goal should be - try to make Canadian friends. Ok?

......但我們的首要目標還是應該是--努力交到加拿大朋友。好嗎？

Again a lot of my students... they go to Canada... they go to Vancouver for one year

我的很多學生... 他們去了加拿大... 他們去溫哥華呆一年

They come back and they say " I have a lot of friends" and I asked them, "well

他們回來後，他們說："我有很多朋友"，我問他們，"好吧，我有很多朋友"。

"how many Canadian friends?' ...no...they have no Canadian friends. Ok...

"有多少加拿大朋友？" ......不......他們沒有加拿大朋友。好吧... ...

They have lots of new Korean friends. And they have lots of Japanese or Chinese friends.

他們有很多新的韓國朋友。 他們有很多日本或中國朋友。

That's good, but we should try to make some Canadian friends because this

這很好，但我們應該試著交一些加拿大朋友，因為這...

will really help improve our English.

將真正幫助我們提高英語水平。

Ok.

好吧，我知道了

Study here!

在這裡學習！

Here are some better cities.

這裡有一些比較好的城市。

Victoria, Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Regina, Winnipeg, Ottawa.

維多利亞、卡爾加里、埃德蒙頓、薩斯卡通、里賈納、溫尼伯、渥太華。

Great cities to study English.

學習英語的好城市。

and 'why?'

和 "為什麼？

Well problem one.

那麼問題一：

There's too many..ah...k..k..Koreans...in Canada. Like when I say Koreans...

加拿大有太多......啊......k......k......韓國人......在加拿大。 就像我說韓國人的時候...

there's a lot of koreans living in Canada. There's also a lot of Korean

有很多韓國人住在加拿大。 也有很多韓國人

students going to Canada. And there's a lot of Korean tourists going to Canada.

學生去加拿大。而且去加拿大的韓國遊客也很多。

Now, I love Korea, and I love Koreans. But if you're going to Canada to study English

現在，我愛韓國，我愛韓國人。 但如果你要去加拿大學英語的話

or practice English.

或練習英語。

Ah...You don't want to be around a lot of Koreans

啊......你不會想和很多韓國人在一起吧？

cause you're just going to speak Korean more than you speak English.

因為你會說韓語比你說英語多。

Ok, so it's very important to get away from the people who speak the same language as you.

好吧，所以遠離和你說同一種語言的人是非常重要的。

Ok. It's very tempting. After a long day, you're tired and you're sick of English

好吧，這很有誘惑力。經過漫長的一天，你累了，你厭倦了英語。

to go play with your Korean friends. And on the weekend...

去和你的韓國朋友玩。 而在週末...

play with your korean friends. Ok.You're not practicing your English.

和你的韓國朋友一起玩吧好吧，你沒有練習你的英語。

So, here are Canadian provinces, not all the Canadian provinces.

所以，這裡是加拿大的省份，而不是加拿大所有的省份。

Ontario... This is...ah...the province with Toronto and Ottawa.

安大略省... 這是......啊......有多倫多和渥太華的省份。

British Columbia. Vancouver. Victoria.

不列顛哥倫比亞省。溫哥華省。維多利亞省。

So Toronto, Vancouver, don't study English there. You can see there's a lot of Koreans there.

所以多倫多，溫哥華，不要在那裡學英語。 你可以看到那裡有很多韓國人。

These are the Koreans that live there. Korean-Canadians.

這些是住在那裡的韓國人。韓裔加拿大人。

And again as I said, they're students and tourists.

又如我所說，他們是學生和遊客。

These are the cities I recommend. Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Regina, Winnipeg.

這些是我推薦的城市。卡爾加里，埃德蒙頓，薩斯卡通，里賈納，溫尼伯。

So you can see not many Koreans there. Good chance to practice your English

所以你可以看到那裡沒有多少韓國人。是練習英語的好機會

Ok, another problem...the language schools.

好吧，又是一個問題......語言學校。

Now when you're in Korea, you probably go to the 어학원 [language school helpers] first.

現在到了韓國，可能會先去找어학원[語言學校的幫助者]。

and you... you talk about studying English in Canada.

而你... ... 你說的是在加拿大學習英語。

And they might recommend Vancouver or Toronto.

而且他們可能會推薦溫哥華或多倫多。

I hope you tell them: "No, no, no, I want to go to a smaller city."

我希望你告訴他們。 "不，不，不，我想去一個較小的城市。"

But when they recommend Vancouver or Toronto...ah...

但當他們推薦溫哥華或多倫多時......啊......。

They might get some incentive, some something, you know, money from...

他們可能會得到一些獎勵，一些東西，你知道，錢從... ...

Vancouver language schools and Toronto language schools. These are big language schools.

溫哥華語言學校和多倫多語言學校。這些都是大的語言學校。

They have a lot of students. They have a lot of...ah...money to try to get more students.

他們有很多的學生。他們有很多的......啊......錢，試圖讓更多的學生。

So don't trust the [language school helpers] too much, ok?

所以不要太相信【語言學校幫辦】，好嗎？

And the language schools in Vancouver, Toronto

還有溫哥華、多倫多的語言學校

very big very professional. And they are a problem because...I put three reasons here.

很大很專業。而他們是一個問題，因為......我在這裡放了三個理由。

First reason, they make it too easy...for students.

第一個原因，他們讓學生太容易了......。

Ah... Another reason they steal your English-speaking experiences.

啊，這也是他們竊取你英語經驗的另一個原因。

I'll talk about this in a moment.

我一會兒就會說到這個問題。

And they control your money.

而且他們控制著你的錢。

Actually they control your time and money.

其實他們控制了你的時間和金錢。

So...

所以...

Let's go back to the stealing. Language stealing.

我們再來談談偷。語言的偷竊。

So if you go to the language school in Vancouver or Toronto,

所以如果你去溫哥華或多倫多的語言學校。

ahh...they're usual going to pick you up from the airport.

啊......他們通常會去機場接你。

They're going to help you finding housing.

他們會幫你找房子。

Ahh...they help...they help you make a bank account

啊......他們幫......他們幫你開銀行賬戶。

and they have some weekend events for Saturday, Sunday.

他們有一些週末活動 週六，週日。

And they offer some class trips .

而且他們還提供一些班級旅行.

Ahh...and I'm going to say this is stealing your language experience.

啊......我想說這是在竊取你的語文經驗。

Remember you're going to Canada to improve your English.

記住你去加拿大是為了提高你的英語水平。

It's very important that you struggle and have a difficult time.

奮鬥，有困難的時候是非常重要的。

That is where you're learning to speak English.

這就是你學說英語的地方。

So, for example, if you go to make a bank account by yourself,..

所以，舉個例子，如果你自己去做一個銀行賬戶，。

wow, what a learning experience. You got to go open a bank account.

哇，什麼是學習經驗。 你得去開個銀行賬戶。

You have to communicate what you need to the Canadian teller.

你必須把你需要的東西傳達給加拿大出納員。

And then you have a goal to accomplish.

然後你有一個目標要完成。

This is a really good learning experience.

這真是一次很好的學習經歷。

Not the 학원[language school] or the language school

不是학원[語言學校]或語言學校。

taking you to the bank and helping you do everything.

帶你去銀行，幫你做一切。

And actually maybe you don't even speak any English.

而實際上也許你根本就不會說英語。

Same with the weekend and class trips, you're...you're at the language school you're in a class...

週末和班級旅行也一樣，你...你在語言學校你在班級....

most of your class, especially Vancouver 'n Toronto,...

你們班的大部分同學，尤其是溫哥華和多倫多...

are going to be other Koreans. Ok.

將是其他韓國人。好吧。

Ah...over fifty percent of your classmates are going to be other Koreans.

啊......百分之五十以上的同學都會是其他韓國人。

You're going to have some international...uh...students there. Uh...Probably from Asia, Japan, China, Taiwan.

你們那裡會有一些國際......呃......學生。呃......可能來自亞洲，日本，中國，臺灣。

You might have some European students - very few European students.

你可能有一些歐洲學生--很少的歐洲學生。

Maybe some South American and there's a lot of Mexican students, too.

也許是一些南美人，也有很多墨西哥學生。

Ah...great they're also great to improve your .English

啊......很好，他們也能提高你的.英語水平。

But, you know, they're controling your time and your money

但是，你知道，他們在控制你的時間和金錢。

by offering their programs. You go out on a trip,

通過提供他們的項目。你出去旅遊。

you're...you're making friends and practicing English but really,

你... ... 你在交朋友和練習英語，但真的。

your goal is to make Canadian friends and interact with Canadians.

您的目標是結交加拿大朋友，與加拿大人交流。

So I don't really like this system.

所以我不太喜歡這個系統。

Uh... It's ok, you know, it's ok. It works, but I want you to

沒事的，你知道，沒事的。 它的工作原理，但我想你

try a more difficult and better way to really improve your English.

嘗試一種更難更好的方式來真正提高自己的英語水平。

Alright, let's talk about Canada in a little more detail.

好了，我們再來詳細說說加拿大的情況。

This is Canada. I put the red pins: Vancouver, Toronto - Don't go there.

這裡是加拿大。我把紅色的針。溫哥華，多倫多，不要去那裡。

Uh...I recommend middle Canada ...the middle area...the middle cities.

呃......我推薦加拿大中部......中部地區......中部城市。

So yeah. Vancouver and Victoria. Vancouver, Victoria - beautiful cities.

所以，是的，溫哥華和維多利亞。溫哥華和維多利亞。 溫哥華、維多利亞--美麗的城市。

Ok, if you go to Canada, you must visit Vancouver. There is a good reason why many Koreans go to

好了，如果你去加拿大，你一定要去溫哥華。很多韓國人去溫哥華是有原因的。

Vancouver. It is beautiful. So, spend a week travelling in Vancouver. But again,

溫哥華。它是美麗的。所以，花一週時間在溫哥華旅遊。但是，再一次。

Don't study English in Vancouver.

不要在溫哥華學習英語。

Victoria very close to Vancouver. A lot of Koreans, but a better place

維多利亞離溫哥華很近。有很多韓國人，但是是個比較好的地方。

to help improve your English.

以幫助提高你的英語水平。

Ah...Alberta. Province of Alberta. Calgary, Edmonton.

啊......阿爾伯塔省。阿爾伯塔省。卡爾加里，埃德蒙頓。

Perfect. These are perfect cities to study English. Ok.

完美的。這些都是學習英語的完美城市。好吧，我知道了

They're about a million people each.

他們每個人大約有一百萬人。

Uhm...Not many Koreans.

呃......韓國人不多。

Safe places. Ah...you would have a great experience in these cities.

安全的地方。 啊......你在這些城市會有很好的體驗。

Saskatchewan. Saskatoon. Regina.

薩斯喀徹溫省。薩斯卡通。里賈納。

I...I'll tell you I had a student who went to Regina for nine months.

我......我告訴你，我有個學生去里賈納呆了九個月。

He said, he...he went to Regina. There was no Koreans. He was forced, he had to make

他說，他......他去了里賈納。那裡沒有韓國人。他是被迫的，他不得不做出

Canadian friends. He came back his English was amazing.

加拿大朋友。他回來了，他的英語很厲害。

Ok. Just nine months in Regina.

好吧。只是在里賈納的九個月。

You know he really improved his English.

你知道他的英語真的進步了。

And he loved Regina. Of course Regina is not a perfect city.

而且他很喜歡里賈納。當然，里賈納不是一個完美的城市。

But he had a great time there. And he made Canadian friends.

但他在那裡度過了一段美好的時光。 而且他還交到了加拿大朋友。

Winnipeg..uh..getting really interior, in the center of Canada.

溫尼伯......呃......變得很內部，在加拿大的中心。

Another good place to study English. I've had some students go there.

又是一個學習英語的好地方。 我有一些學生去那裡。

It's a good place.

這是個好地方。

Uh...Winnipeg.

呃......溫尼伯。

Uh...this area's... I'm not going to lie. A little bit cold.

呃... 這個區域的...我不打算撒謊。有點冷。

So if you do go to Winnipeg, dress warm.

所以，如果你真的去溫尼伯，要穿得暖和點。

But that's part of the Canadian experience.

但這也是加拿大經驗的一部分。

Ah...this is the province of Ontario. This is where Ottawa and Toronto are.

啊......這裡是安大略省。 這裡是渥太華和多倫多的所在地。

Now before I talk about Ottawa and Toronto, I'm just going to mention the East coast of Canada.

現在在談渥太華和多倫多之前，我只想提一下加拿大的東海岸。

There are some places... some good places to study English,

有一些地方... 一些學習英語的好地方。

but I'm sorry I don't have much information about these places.

但很抱歉，我沒有太多關於這些地方的資訊。

Ok... I... I haven't had many students that went to study out here.

好吧，我...我還沒有很多學生去這裡學習。

I haven't traveled so much in this area. So I'm sure there's good places in Eastern Canada,

我在這一帶沒有走過那麼多地方。所以我相信加拿大東部一定有好地方。

Uh... but I can't really recommend them today so I know about central Canada

呃... 但我今天真的不能推薦他們，所以我知道加拿大中部的情況。

very well and I recommend this area.

很好，我推薦這個地區。

Alright, so, Ottawa, Toronto. Ottawa is the capital city of Canada.

好吧，那麼，渥太華，多倫多。渥太華是加拿大的首都。

It's a beautiful city.

這是一個美麗的城市。

I think it's okay to study English there. But Toronto - don't study English in Toronto.

我覺得在那裡學英語是可以的。但是多倫多--不要在多倫多學英語。

Too many... too many Koreans in this area. And Koreatown...uh... if you study in Toronto

太多......太多韓國人在這個地區。而韓國城......呃......如果你在多倫多讀書的話。

most your friends are going to be Korean and you're you're eating...uh... you know Korean

你的大部分朋友都是韓國人，你吃的是... ... 呃... ...

food and doing Korean activities almost every day you know this is not part of

飲食和幾乎每天都在做韓國的活動，你知道這不是一部分。

the Canadian experience. Alright?

加拿大的經驗。好嗎？

Alright let's do a summary of what I've been telling you.

好吧，讓我們做一個總結，我一直在告訴你。

Be sincere about your goals.

對自己的目標要有誠意。

Remember your goal should be - improve my English.

記住你的目標應該是--提高我的英語水平。

That's your first goal.

這是你的第一個目標。

Make Canadian Friends.

結交加拿大朋友。

Alright, so all of your decisions focused on those things you have to achieve those things.

好吧，所以你所有的決定都集中在那些事情上，你要實現那些事情。

So do not study English in Vancouver or Toronto. Ok? these are not good places to study English.

所以不要去溫哥華或多倫多學習英語。 好嗎，這些都不是學習英語的好地方。

They do not help your goals because there's too many Koreans in these cities.

他們對你的目標沒有幫助，因為這些城市裡有太多的韓國人。

You are going to have a lot of Korean friends. You are going to go to Koreatown.

你會有很多韓國朋友。 你會去韓國城。

You are going to be speaking more Korean than English

你的韓語要比英語多了。

Don't go there. They're great places to visit, but don't study English in Vancouver.

不要去那裡。他們是很好的地方，但不要在溫哥華學習英語。

Get out of the 어학원 [language school helpers] language school system.

走出어학원【語言學校助手】語言學校系統。

Uh...this is okay at first. I can understand why people might need this.

呃......一開始還好。 我可以理解為什麼人們可能需要這個。

but to spend one year in this system where they're controlling your time and

但花了一年時間在這個系統中，他們控制你的時間和

money and your selection of friends... is only your classmates.

錢和你選擇的朋友... 只是你的同學。

Uh...you got to getaway from this all right.

呃......你得離開這裡，好嗎？

Uh...be brave. Be strong. You can do it. You can get out of the system and start

呃... 勇敢點要堅強。你可以做到這一點。你可以走出系統，開始

interacting with Canadians and living in Canada.

與加拿大人交流，在加拿大生活。

So that brings us to participate in Canadian culture.

所以，這讓我們參與到加拿大文化中來。

You're going to Canada (another country) to study English,

你要去加拿大（另一個國家）學習英語。

but you have to participate. You have to live in Canada. So you have to do things

但你必須參加。你必須住在加拿大。所以你必須要做的事情

Canadians do. And you have to join clubs. And join classes. Meet Canadians.

加拿大人就是這樣。而且你必須加入俱樂部。並加入班級。認識加拿大人。

Alright, this is really important to improve your English.

好吧，這對提高你的英語水平真的很重要。

Ah...of course you're going to have a great experience.

啊......當然你會有很好的體驗。

You do not have to go to Vancouver or Toronto to have a great experience.

你不一定非要去溫哥華或多倫多才有好的體驗。

You can go anywhere in Canada. I promise you. You will have a great experience.

你可以去加拿大的任何地方。我向你保證。 你會有一個偉大的經驗。

Ok? So, this goal is very easy. So, you do not have to study in Vancouver or Toronto.