This means you can come up with what to say faster,

這意味著你可以更快地想出要說的話。

join the conversation faster, and join in more easily with more confidence.

更快地加入對話，更輕鬆地加入，更有信心。

You don't have to translate in your head.

你不必在腦子裡翻譯。

You can just jump right in to an American English conversation in English.

你可以直接跳到美式英語的英語對話中去。

This is one of the biggest problems my students say they have.

這是我的學生說的最大問題之一。

Thinking of what to say when in a conversation.

想著在談話時該怎麼說。

I can relate to that.

我能體會到這一點。

I had the same problem when I was living in Germany.

我在德國生活的時候也有同樣的問題。

I was stuck at an intermediate level, and I had a hard time jumping into the next phase,

我停留在中級水準，很難跳進下一階段。

the next level where I was more comfortable joining into a conversation spontaneously.

在下一個層面，我更願意自發地加入到對話中。

The good news is you can actually train your brain to think in English.

好消息是你其實可以訓練你的大腦用英語思考。

I made a video recently where I went over some strategies.

我最近做了一個視頻，我在視頻中介紹了一些策略。

And in this video, we take one of those strategies and we go deep.

而在這段視頻中，我們將採取其中的一個策略，並進行深入探討。

It's a training video.

這是一個培訓視頻。

While we train your brain to think in English, we may discover some words you don't know yet, great!

當我們訓練你的大腦用英語思考的時候，我們可能會發現一些你還不知道的單詞，太好了!

It's going to be a vocabulary builder video for you too.

這也將成為你的詞彙積累視頻。

Now, if you like this video or you learned something new, please like it and subscribe. It helps a lot.

現在，如果你喜歡這個視頻或你學到了新的東西，請喜歡它並訂閱。它的幫助很大。

So today, we're working on your ability to put together descriptive sentences.

所以今天，我們要鍛鍊你整理描述性句子的能力。

We recently did a video where we looked at a picture and named objects that was just nouns.

我們最近做了一個視頻，我們看了一個圖片，給物體起名字，就是名詞。

So now, we're going to be moving on.

所以現在，我們要繼續前進。

We're going to be using verbs, adjectives, maybe adverbs in addition.

我們要用動詞，形容詞，也許還要用副詞。

Let's do one together. We're going to see a photo,

我們一起做一個。我們要去看一張照片。

this is of my son Stoney, and my niece Emily, on a recent trip to Mexico.

這是我兒子Stoney和我侄女Emily最近去墨西哥旅行的照片。

You're going to see it for ten seconds.

你會看到它的十秒鐘。

And I want you to think in your mind, come up with one sentence in English,

我要你在腦海中思考，想出一個英語句子。

it can be as simple as it has to be.

它可以是簡單的，因為它必須是。

Now, maybe you can come up with much more than one sentence.

現在，也許你能想出比一句話更多的東西。

Great, keep going, keep coming up with sentences until that timer is done.

很好，繼續，繼續想出句子，直到那個計時器完成。

But if you can only do one sentence, that's fine too.

但如果你只能做一句話，那也可以。

Okay, here it is.

好了，在這裡，它是。

Did that timer in the corner stress you out?

角落裡的計時器讓你壓力很大嗎？

It's going to be there because I want you to practice thinking quickly.

它會在那裡，因為我想讓你快速練習思考。

Maybe thinking under a little bit of pressure just like it will be in a conversation.

也許在一點點的壓力下思考，就像在談話中會。

Practicing it makes it easier.

實踐出真知

Okay, now let's go over that photo, and we're going to come up with some sentences that you may have thought of.

好了，現在我們來看看那張照片，我們要想出一些你可能想到的句子。

Stoney is on Emily's lap.

斯通尼在艾米麗的腿上。

They're sitting in a white plastic chair at a restaurant.

他們坐在一家餐廳的白色塑膠椅上。

Stoney is eating pancakes with strawberries on top.

斯通尼正在吃煎餅，上面放著草莓。

Emily has her sunglasses on her head.

艾米麗的頭上戴著墨鏡。

They're both smiling.

他們都在笑

They look happy.

他們看起來很開心。

The floor is tile.

地面是瓷磚。

Stoney has a fork in his mouth.

斯通尼嘴裡叼著一個叉子。

These are just ideas of course.

當然，這些只是想法。

You may have come up with phrases that are totally different but are accurate.

你可能想出了完全不同的短語，但卻很準確。

There's no right or wrong here.

這裡沒有對錯之分。

What we want to focus on here is clearing your head, and going from English.

我們在這裡要重點說的是理清思路，從英語。

The sentence can be as simple as it has to be.

這句話可以很簡單，因為它必須是。

Just start from a place of English from your English vocabulary as you describe what's happening.

在描述發生的事情時，從英語詞彙中的英語地方入手即可。

Now, if you can't yet put together a sentence, that's okay too.

現在，如果你還不能湊成一句話，那也沒關係。

Just go back to naming objects: table, chair, mouth.

就回去給物體命名：桌子、椅子、嘴巴。

That kind of thing. That is still building the skill of thinking in English,

這種事情。那還是在培養用英語思考的技能。

and before you know it, you'll be able to put together simple sentences too.

而在你知道之前，你也能把簡單的句子組合在一起。

For everybody, building the skill of thinking in English is going to let you sound more natural

對於大家來說，培養用英語思考的技巧，是會讓你聽起來更自然的

when you're speaking English, and it's going to let you join that conversation faster.

當你在說英語的時候，它會讓你更快地加入到這個對話中去。

Okay, let's look at another picture.

好了，我們再看一張圖片。

You have 10 seconds. Take a deep breath.

你有10秒鐘的時間。深吸一口氣

Get your mind ready to think in English.

讓你的大腦做好用英語思考的準備。

This is a picture of me, David, and Stoney.

這是我、大衛和斯通尼的照片。

I should have said David is my husband.

我應該說大衛是我丈夫

Okay, now we're going to go over that picture and come up with some possible sentences,

好了，現在我們要去看那張圖，然後想出一些可能的句子。

and then I'm going to hit you with three pictures in a row.

然後我要用三張圖片連著打你。

They're at Disney.

他們在迪士尼。

It's crowded.

這裡很擁擠。

It's sunny.

陽光明媚。

They're all wearing baseball caps.

他們都戴著棒球帽。

Rachel's wearing a striped shirt.

瑞秋穿著一件條紋衫。

They look excited to be there.

他們看起來很興奮，要去那裡。

David has a beard.

大衛有鬍子。

It may feel silly to just describe a picture and state the obvious,

如果只是描述一幅圖畫，並說明顯而易見的事情，可能會覺得很傻。

but it does build the skill and it starts from a simple place.

但它確實能培養技能，而且是從簡單的地方開始的。

So that no matter your level, you can start here, and you can do this.

所以說，無論你的水準如何，你都可以從這裡開始，你也可以做到這一點。

Building the skill to think in English. It's invaluable.

培養用英語思考的技能。這是無價之寶。

Here are three photos in a row. Ten seconds each.

下面是一連三張照片。每張十秒鐘

Try to come up with at least one sentence for each, but maybe you can come up with four or five,

試著為每個人至少想出一個句子，但也許你可以想出四個或五個。

or maybe even more.

甚至可能更多。

Okay, let's take a look at those pictures and go over some sentences that you may have come up with.

好了，我們來看看這些圖片，再來看看你可能想到的一些句子。

Then we're going to jump to video clips.

然後我們要跳到視頻剪輯。

Stoney's at the beach.

斯通尼在海灘上。

He's playing in the surf.

他在玩衝浪

The water is foamy.

水是泡沫狀的。

He's wearing a red hat.

他戴著一頂紅帽子。

He's running out of the water.

他的水快沒了。

This is an action shot.

這是一個動作鏡頭。

They're carving a pumpkin.

他們正在雕刻一個南瓜。

Rachel's taking out the seeds.

瑞秋把種子拿出來了

Stoney's watching.

斯通尼在看

They're outside.

他們在外面

Rachel's wearing flip-flops.

瑞秋穿著人字拖。

Rachel is squatting.

瑞秋在蹲著。

Stoney is sitting cross-legged.

斯通尼盤腿而坐。

The boys are wearing matching pajamas.

男孩們都穿著配套的睡衣。

Stoney's barefoot.

斯通尼的赤腳。

Sawyer only has two teeth.

Sawyer只有兩顆牙齒

Sawyer has his hand on Stoney.

索伊爾的手放在斯通尼身上。

The pajamas are red and gray striped.

睡衣是紅灰條紋的。

They're sitting on a rug.

他們坐在地毯上。

They're both smiling.

他們都在笑

Let's do this same thing now with ten seconds of video.

現在我們用十秒鐘的視頻來做同樣的事情。

This is a little bit more of a challenge because there's more going on.

這是一個比較大的挑戰，因為事情比較多。

If it's too much for you, then just clear your mind and just name one object.

如果你覺得太多，那就理清思路，只說出一個對象。

If you find you can do that, and there's still time then come up with one simple sentence.

如果你發現你可以做到，而且還有時間，那麼就來一句簡單的話。

Okay. What did you say about that?

好吧，你怎麼說？你是怎麼說的？

They're eating. Or they're about to eat. Or Rachel is serving food.

他們在吃東西或者他們正準備吃飯。或者是瑞秋在上菜。

There are lots of different sentences that you could have come up with.

你可以想出很多不同的句子。

Remember, there's no right or wrong here.

記住，這裡沒有對錯之分。

Let's go back and watch it and we'll go over a few more sentences

我們回去看一下，我們再看幾句。

that you might have come up with watching this scene.

你看了這一幕可能會想到的。

Rachel is serving beans and rice.

瑞秋正在供應豆子和米飯。

She's sitting on a white couch.

她坐在一張白色的沙發上。

There are two little boys in the video.

視頻裡有兩個小男孩。

The plate and fork are green.

盤子和叉子是綠色的。

It looks like they got takeout.

看來他們有外賣了。

Before we move on to the next clip, I want to go over a strategy

在我們進入下一個片段之前，我想先介紹一個策略。

that you can use every day to keep working on this skill.

你每天都可以用它來繼續練習這個技能。

You don't need to keep watching this video. Go to YouTube, find a video that you like,

你不需要一直看這個視頻。去YouTube，找一個你喜歡的視頻。

a person that you like, a channel that you like, and just watch a few seconds of the video, any video,

一個你喜歡的人，一個你喜歡的頻道，只要看幾秒鐘的視頻，任何視頻。

then pause it and just describe it as much as you can in as much detail as you can.

然後暫停，就儘可能詳細地描述一下。

If you can't describe it, if you can only come up with a few words to say, then say those words.

如果你無法描述，如果你只能想出幾個詞來表達，那就說這些話。

And as you do this, your skill will build.

當你這樣做的時候，你的技能就會建立起來。

Now, it's great if you watch the video in English because then you're going to be hearing English,

現在，如果你用英語看視頻是很好的，因為這樣你就會聽到英語了。

and that's going to be getting your mind into the English mood for thinking.

而這要讓你的頭腦進入英語的思考狀態。

Now if you see something and you want to name it, you want to describe it, but you don't know the word,

現在如果你看到一個東西，你想給它起個名字，你想描述它，但你不知道這個詞。

then look it up in your native language in a translating dictionary. I have no problem with that.

那就用你的母語在翻譯字典裡找找看吧我沒有問題。

But then take that word in English, take the new word you've learned, and go to a learner's dictionary.

但是後來把這個英語單詞，拿著你學過的新單詞，去查學習者的字典。

That way you can also read the definition only in English, in simplified terms,

這樣你也可以只讀英文的定義，用簡體字來讀。

so that you can think of the word as an English word.

以便你能把這個詞當成一個英文單詞。

You can help yourself learn it by looking at the English definition

你可以通過看英文定義來幫助自己學習。

and then of course, you'll also remember because you had that visual from watching the video.

當然，你也會記得，因為你看了視頻就有了那個視覺。

Write it down, review it every day for a few weeks, then that word will be added to your vocabulary,

把它寫下來，在幾個星期內每天覆習，然後這個詞就會被添加到你的詞彙中。

and you can start using it again as you are naming objects or coming up with descriptive phrases,

你可以在給對象命名或想出描述性短語時再開始使用它。

maybe that word will come up for you again.

也許這個詞會再次出現在你身上。

But this method, the steps to learn to think in English only work if you do them.

但是這個方法，學習英語思維的步驟只有做了才會有效。

So don't just do them with me here.

所以，不要只跟我在這裡做。

Do them yourself every day. Just a few minutes. Just commit to it.

自己每天都要做。只要幾分鐘。只是承諾它。

Okay, let's take a look at another ten-second clip.

好了，我們再來看看另一個十秒鐘的片段。

All right, let's think of some sentences together.

好了，我們一起想一些句子。

Sawyer is on a tennis court.

Sawyer在網球場上。

He's wearing all red.

他穿著一身紅色的衣服。

He puts a tennis racket in his mouth.

他把網球拍放進嘴裡。

We pushed the racket out of his mouth.

我們把球拍從他嘴裡推了出來。

He doesn't seem to care.

他似乎並不關心。

And that's it. You can do this. I know you can. The payoff is huge.

就是這樣。你可以做到這一點。我知道你可以。報酬是巨大的。

To be able to start thinking in English, to recall words and sentences in English,

能夠開始用英語思考，用英語回憶單詞和句子。

and not have to translate in your own head, is going to let you join the conversation so much faster,

而不必在自己的腦海中翻譯，是會讓你更快地加入到對話中來。

you're going to feel so much more confident, so just do it, put in a little time to train this habit.

你會覺得自己自信多了，所以就去做，投入一點時間來訓練這個習慣。

You're going to love the payoff.

你會愛上這種回報的。

In the next video in this series where we're training you to think in English,

在這個系列的下一個視頻中，我們將訓練你用英語思考。

we're going to be taking a step forward, a step higher, and it's going to be conversational prompts.

我們將向前邁進一步，更上一層樓，這將是對話式的提示。

So not just describing sentences, but actually answering a question in the moment.

所以不只是描述句子，而是真正的在當下回答問題。

I make new videos on the English language every Tuesday.

我每週二都會製作關於英語的新視頻。

Please subscribe with the notifications and come on back. We have fun together.

請用通知訂閱，並回來。我們一起開心。

Let's watch videos together again on Tuesday.

週二我們再一起看視頻吧。

The next video you should watch now to keep on learning

下一個視頻你現在就應該看，繼續學習下去

is this one that YouTube has picked for you out of all of my videos.

是這一個，YouTube已經為你挑選了我所有的視頻。

It thinks it's a great match for you. I do too.

它認為它很適合你。我也這麼認為

Click it and watch it.

點擊它，觀看它。

That's it and thanks so much for using Rachel's English!

就這樣，非常感謝大家使用瑞秋英語!