Today, we're going to talk about three reasons why you might not understand native English speakers.

今天，我們要來談談大家可能聽不懂母語人士的三個原因。

Uh, reason number one: Native speakers sound funny.

一，母語人士說話方式古怪。

Now, the reason for this is that most native speakers have their own personal English, really.

大多母語人士都有自己獨有的說話方式。

Um, if you think about it, uh, native speakers might come from different countries.

仔細想想，母語人士可能來自各個國家。

They come from different cities, they come from different towns.

他們來自不同的城市或鄉村。

Quite often it can be more difficult to understand native speakers who are from small towns and villages

通常，來自小城鎮和村莊的母語人士口語可能更難理解，

because they might speak very quickly, they might blur the sounds they use together,

因為他們可能語速很快，可能聲音會糊在一起。

and perhaps they don't really use maybe a high-level or academic English sometimes.

或有時，他們也許並沒有用高級或學術詞語。

So, all of these things can make it difficult to understand them.

這些事情都可能讓人更難聽懂。

Also, native speakers might have their own personal habits or phrases that they use a lot but no one else uses,

此外，母語人士可能會用自己習慣或常用，但其他人不用的短語，

so this could make it quite complicated.

這可能會讓情況更加複雜。

Uh, every native speaker uses their own pronunciation and ways to express things, and again, this makes it hard.

每個母語人士都有自己獨特的發音和表達方式，使理解又變得更加困難。

So, if you don't understand one native speaker, don't be discouraged, you might understand many more.

所以如果聽不懂一個母語人士在說什麼，不要氣餒，你可能比想像中理解的更多。

Okay, reason number two: You might be too used to classroom English.

第二，你可能習慣了「教學英語」

Now, the problem with this is that classroom English is very good for getting started at learning a language.

課堂中的標準英語非常適合入門時學習。

Uh, it is very important to learn basic vocabulary, basic expressions, and the proper grammar,

學好基本詞彙、表達、正確文法很重要，

but in real life, native speakers don't speak using classroom English.

但現實生活中，母語人士並不會用標準英語說話。

They really like to use their own phrases, their own, uh, slang, and they don't always speak with perfect grammar actually.

他們喜歡用自己的短語、俚語，他們並不總是用完美的文法說話。

So, this could make it difficult if you're only used to classroom English.

所以，如果你習慣了「教學英語」，可能理解上會很吃力。

So, quite often it's useful to listen to native speakers on the street or watch movies or TV shows in English.

那麼，上街聽母語人士講話或看英文電影、影集通常對這個很有幫助。

That will give you a much better idea of what real or natural English sounds like.

能幫助你更加了解真實、自然的英語聽起來是什麼樣的。

Finally, reason number three is that you might not know enough phrasal verbs or idioms.

最後，第三，你可能知道的片語或俚語不夠多。

So, in English there are a lot of phrasal verbs that native speakers use every day.

在英語中，母語人士每天都會使用很多片語動詞。

These aren't commonly used in writing, but when we speak we often use phrasal verbs.

在寫作中不常用，但說話時我們常會用片語動詞。

I always recommend to my students to study many, many phrasal verbs.

我總是建議我的學生學很多很多片語動詞。

Also, learning idioms is helpful as well.

另外，學俚語也挺有用的。

They can be much more difficult to learn, but it's important to be able to understand them.

俚語可能更難學，但理解它們很重要。

So, phrasal verbs and idioms are a great way to understand native speakers better and to sound more natural yourself.

片語動詞和俚語能幫助你更好地理解母語人士口語，讓自己的口語更自然。

So, to review, three ways that you can understand native speakers better:

回顧一下，幫助你理解母語人士的三種方式：

Realize that native speakers might sound funny, depending on who you're talking to.

知道母語人士可能有時說話古怪，取決於你在與誰交談。

Also, remember that you might be used to classroom English a little bit too much.

另外，請記住，你可能過於習慣教學英語了。

And three, remember to learn phrasal verbs and idioms.

第三，別忘了學習片語及俚語。

This will help you to understand native speakers much more.

那能幫助你更加理解母語人士口語。

So, this has been Jason Palmer. I'll see you next time.

我是 Jason Palmer，下次見！