Japan for two years, wow, six years, that's amazing.

日本兩年，哇，六年，這太不可思議了。

So she's like super flow in chinese.

所以她的中文就像超級流量。

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嘿，夥計們，這個視頻是由羅塞塔石碑贊助的，這是一家超過25年的領先語言學習公司。

Learning a new language isn't easy, but Rosetta stone offers the tools needed to help you achieve confidence in speaking in your chosen second language, whether it's for job travel or just for fun.

學習一門新的語言並不容易，但羅塞塔石碑提供了必要的工具，幫助你實現用你選擇的第二語言說話的信心，無論是為了工作旅行還是隻是為了娛樂。

Rosetta stone's got your back.

羅塞塔石碑是你的後盾。

I was able to test out Rosetta Stone for myself in a video uploaded on my channel and loved it for all levels.

我在我的頻道上上傳的視頻中親自測試了羅塞塔石碑，並喜歡它的所有級別。

I wish I had something like this when I was younger and learning Japanese because back then all we had were text books and paper flashcards.

我希望在我年輕時學習日語時有這樣的東西，因為那時我們只有課本和紙質閃卡。

Rosetta stone is easy to use and even has the option for an online language tutor better yet I'm giving you an amazing option to get a discount on your subscription price or a lifetime offer for unlimited access To the app and program for only $199 total.

羅塞塔石碑很容易使用，甚至可以選擇在線語言導師，而且我給你一個驚人的選擇，你可以在訂閱價格上獲得折扣，或者終身無限制地使用該應用程序和程序，總共只需要199美元。

You have it for a lifetime.

你擁有它的一生。

It allows you to learn as many languages as you would like with only one account forever.

它允許你永遠只用一個賬戶就能學習你想要的多種語言。

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是以，不要錯過這個機會，利用羅塞塔石碑驚人的語言程序，成長、學習和彌合文化之間的差距。

The links are down below.

鏈接在下面。

Mhm Yeah.

嗯，是的。

Why is it so difficult for us to learn a language.

為什麼我們學習一種語言會如此困難。

I see many people struggle myself included to get better at Japanese.

我看到很多人都在為提高日語水準而奮鬥，包括我自己。

We say things like I wish I was better at this language or I wish I could understand what they're saying.

我們會說一些話，比如我希望我的語言能力更強，或者我希望我能理解他們所說的內容。

We get nervous when we move abroad to try to communicate when it comes to daily tasks.

當我們搬到國外嘗試溝通時，當涉及到日常工作時，我們會感到緊張。

When you throw yourself into the real world of Japan, you struggle and you wonder why, Hey guys, welcome back to my channel.

當你把自己扔進日本的真實世界時，你會掙扎，你會想知道為什麼。嘿，夥計們，歡迎回到我的頻道。

So today I'm going to meet a friend I haven't seen since maybe two years ago, but she's actually a friend in junior high school.

所以今天我要去見一個可能兩年前就沒見過的朋友，但她實際上是國中時的朋友。

So she lived in china for a really long time and she also lives in Japan.

是以，她在中國生活了非常長的時間，她也住在日本。

Well now she lives in Japan but she's fluent in both languages.

嗯，現在她住在日本，但她能說流利的兩種語言。

So it's a gloomy day.

所以這是一個陰沉的日子。

I don't know if it's gonna rain.

我不知道是否會下雨。

Hopefully it doesn't.

希望它不會。

But um I can't wait for you guys to meet my friend.

但是，嗯，我等不及讓你們見見我的朋友了。

All right, so hot wearing a mask.

好了，戴著面具這麼熱。

But I didn't wear any lipstick today because I wasn't expecting to not wear a mask.

但我今天沒有塗任何口紅，因為我沒有想到不戴口罩。

But I'm taking it off because there's nobody around and I'm heading to Ueno right now and I'm going to meet up with my friend, we're going to go get some sushi or some lunch around Ueno Station and just have a little bit of a chat and just enjoy the outdoors.

但是我把它拿下來了，因為周圍沒有人，我現在要去上野，我要和我的朋友見面，我們要去上野車站附近吃點壽司或午餐，只是聊一聊，享受一下戶外活動。

Today, doors on the right side will open.

今天，右側的門會打開。

Mhm Mhm Oh busy here and everybody's still wearing that extremely hot outside and I'm waiting for my friend here because I'm a little bit early, but you know, I haven't been here in so long.

Mhm Mhm 哦，這裡很忙，每個人都還穿著那件極熱的外衣，我在這裡等我的朋友，因為我有點早，但你知道，我已經很久沒有來這裡了。

It's kind of nice to be out and about and just like walking around and doing stuff.

出去走走，就像到處走走，做一些事情，這很好。

Mhm.

嗯。

Mhm This is my friends, high school friends, high school or junior high school friends.

這是我的朋友，高中的朋友，高中或國中的朋友。

We tend to see language as foreign, something that is separate from who we are, but language is who we are.

我們傾向於把語言看作是外來的，是與我們是誰分開的東西，但語言就是我們是誰。

It's a deep part of us that wants to come out, we want to communicate.

這是我們內心深處想要出來的一部分，我們想要溝通。

Everyone has the ability to speak any language they want to, we don't have to sound native or being native to understand and communicate to tell stories.

每個人都有能力說他們想說的任何語言，我們不必聽起來像本地人或被本地人理解和溝通，以講故事。

It's not necessary that place over there, it looks very western style home.

那邊的地方沒有必要，看起來很有西式的家。

You got to get that log, get the log, get the log, we've been looking for a place to sit for like an hour.

你得去找那根木頭，找那根木頭，找那根木頭，我們已經找了大概一個小時的地方坐了。

Well this will do alright.

這個會做得很好。

We found a spot, it's not a log on an actual bench now in this beautiful little forest where there's like nobody, this is my friend, her name is coming, that's my chinese name.

我們找到了一個地方，這不是一個真正的長椅上的木頭，現在在這個美麗的小森林裡，好像沒有人，這是我的朋友，她的名字叫來，這是我的中文名字。

I lived in china for six years.

我在中國生活了6年。

Japan for two years, wow, six years, that's amazing.

日本兩年，哇，六年，這太不可思議了。

So she's like super fluent in chinese and really fluent in japanese.

所以她的中文超級流利，日語也非常流利。

I don't know how that happened, that's what we're here to talk about today because a lot of you guys are saying that like oh I want to come to Japan or all I want to learn Japanese but I'm 30 or and it's too late, you know, so I feel like I wanted to given a little bit of an interview.

我不知道那是怎麼發生的，這就是我們今天在這裡談論的問題，因為你們很多人都在說，比如說哦，我想來日本，或者所有我想學習日語，但是我已經30歲了，或者而且已經太晚了，你知道，所以我覺得我想給一個小的採訪。

She's actually a friend of mine from junior high school.

她實際上是我國中時的一個朋友。

So we've known each other for a really long time, like 15, 16 years.

所以我們已經認識了很長時間，比如15、16年。

Yeah.

是的。

Yes.

是的。

And it's so crazy because we kind of found each other on the other side of the world.

它是如此瘋狂，因為我們在世界的另一端發現了對方。

She learned language, wait later in life and I just want to show you some proof and I don't know if you can give my viewers any tips on learning the language and why you got so good because people think it's always impossible.

她學會了語言，在生活中等待，我只是想給你看一些證據，我不知道你是否可以給我的觀眾提供一些學習語言的提示，以及你為什麼會變得如此好，因為人們認為這總是不可能的。

Honestly, it's only impossible if these states impose, it's impossible if you give up, It's impossible if you give up and it's impossible if you keep saying like, Oh it's so hard.

老實說，只有在這些國家強加的情況下才是不可能的，如果你放棄了，那是不可能的，如果你一直說，哦，這太難了，那是不可能的。

I'd like to hear them say that to the 80 year old Japanese people who I taught English to are any of them like really good.

我想聽他們對我教過英語的80歲的日本人說這句話，他們中的任何一個都像真的一樣好。

They were, some of them were good.

他們是，其中一些人是好的。

They were learning at 80 years old.

他們在80歲的時候還在學習。

So if you think 30 is too late you should go talk to them.

是以，如果你認為30歲已經太晚了，你應該去和他們談談。

And I feel like if you don't enjoy it, then you're not going to get good because if you don't enjoy learning language then you're just never gonna let's sell well, some people don't know how to learn it.

我覺得如果你不喜歡它，那麼你就不會得到好的結果，因為如果你不喜歡學習語言，那麼你就永遠不會讓我們賣得好，有些人不知道如何學習它。

They pick a very boring way to learn it and then in that case you wouldn't enjoy it.

他們挑選一種非常無聊的方式來學習，那麼在這種情況下，你就不會喜歡它。

But there are funner ways to learn than just from a book.

但是，除了從書本上學習，還有更有趣的學習方式。

She speaks japanese and chinese so fluently you can, you should check your channel out, It's called oriental pearl and she just makes video, mostly videos about interacting with people around Japan and china.

她的日語和中文說得很流利，你可以，你應該看看你的頻道，它叫東方之珠，她只是做視頻，主要是關於與日本和中國周圍的人互動的視頻。

So you can just see like she, when did you start learning Japanese?

所以你就可以看到像她，你是什麼時候開始學習日語的？

You said I started learning Japanese in 2015 and Chinese in 2012 and that was uh long after I was a child, that's when you start around college years and stuff and but like how did, how do you think you got better?

你說我在2015年開始學習日語，2012年開始學習中文，那是在我小時候很久之後，那是你在大學時代左右開始學習的，但是像怎麼，你認為你是怎麼變得更好的？

One of it was a money investment, I had to put out money because after I spent all that money on language learning and came all the way to Japan, I'm like okay, I cannot just let this go, I cannot just not study this after I made this huge investment, you know, it was kind of like an investment in myself and I would feel like it was a total waste of my time and money if I just gave up after that.

其中一個是金錢投資，我必須拿出錢來，因為在我花了那麼多錢學習語言，大老遠來到日本之後，我覺得好吧，我不能就這麼算了，我不能在做了這麼大的投資之後不學習，你知道，這有點像對自己的投資，如果我之後就放棄了，我會覺得這完全是在浪費我的時間和金錢。

So I put that risk out there and went into the school and paid money for the classes and I'm like I'm going to learn something, having that time investment, That money investment pushed me because I'm like okay, I'm not going to waste time and money, I'm committed to this fully committed if you want to grow or make a change in your life or something like you and you invest in it, it makes you more motivated and more committed to completing whatever you're investing your life.

是以，我把這種風險放在那裡，進入學校併為課程支付了錢，我想我要學點東西，有這種時間投資，這種金錢投資推動了我，因為我想好了，我不會浪費時間和金錢，我完全致力於此，如果你想成長或改變你的生活或類似你的東西，你投資於它，它使你更有動力，更致力於完成你的生活投資。

It's just the same as life coaching or something like people invest money.

這和生活指導或像人們投資金錢一樣的事情一樣。

I invested in business coaching.

我投資於商業輔導。

So like, you know, I invested a lot of money into that and I'm like, I am not going to fail, like I am going to actually do it.

所以，就像，你知道，我在這上面投資了很多錢，我想，我不會失敗的，就像我要真的去做。

I think the problem is a lot of people see the results of that okay, where I am today, where other people are today, what the videos look like when you have enough confidence to post them, but you don't see all the hard work that went into that.

我認為問題是很多人看到的結果是好的，我今天在哪裡，其他人今天在哪裡，當你有足夠的信心發佈視頻時，視頻是什麼樣子的，但你沒有看到所有的艱苦工作，這一點。

So they get this idea that certain people are good at languages and other people are not.

是以，他們有這樣的想法：某些人擅長語言，而另一些人則不擅長。

That's not necessarily true.

這不一定是真的。

I don't think I have any special ability with language.

我不認為我在語言方面有什麼特殊能力。

I think it's a little bit more about willpower, how much time, how much sacrifice you put into it.

我認為這更多地是關於意志力，多少時間，你投入多少犧牲。

Some people think see the finished product, you see the work after it's all done.

有些人認為看到的是成品，你看到的是全部完成後的工作。

I struggled a lot.

我掙扎了很久。

There were many, many times, many times when I wanted to give up, especially when I was a beginner and that is the biggest hurdle.

有很多很多時候，很多時候我想放棄，特別是當我是一個初學者的時候，這就是最大的障礙。

That's the point that a lot of people stop because they get discouraged.

這也是很多人因為氣餒而停止的一點。

They feel like there's no end in sight and that's when you're most vulnerable.

他們感覺沒有盡頭，而這正是你最脆弱的時候。

I think I had gotten made fun of in china when I first moved there by my students, I still made fun of me.

我想我在中國剛搬到那裡時，曾被我的學生取笑過，我還是取笑我。

They were brutal.

他們是殘酷的。

Like kids will just tell you like it is kids don't hold anything back.

就像孩子們一樣，他們會如實告訴你，孩子們不會隱瞞什麼。

I said some things to my students and chinese and they mocked me.

我對我的學生和中國人說了一些話，他們嘲笑我。

I mean they were kids.

我是說他們是孩子。

I can't get too humiliated by a bunch of kids but I feel bad about it.

我不能被一群孩子太過羞辱，但我感覺很不好。

Like these kids making fun of my chinese and I would leave the classical feel like wow, I suck man to accept being imperfect.

比如這些孩子取笑我的中文，而我在離開教室的時候會覺得，哇，我這個人太爛了，要接受不完美。

You have to accept making mistakes because if you don't make mistakes, you don't learn.

你必須接受犯錯，因為如果你不犯錯，你就不會學習。

So making mistakes is key.

是以，犯錯是關鍵。

But some people are embarrassed to make mistakes.

但有些人卻不好意思犯錯。

Especially many japanese adults that I taught did not want to make mistakes, they would think about sentences for a long time.

特別是我教過的許多日本成年人不願意犯錯，他們會想很長時間的句子。

But it is essential.

但這是必不可少的。

So a lot of perfectionists have trouble with language learning because they don't want to be wrong.

是以，很多完美主義者在語言學習方面有困難，因為他們不希望出錯。

But you have to, especially in the beginning, the answer is simple, We can't learn japanese because we think we can't learn japanese.

但你必須這樣做，特別是在開始的時候，答案很簡單，我們不能學習日語，因為我們認為我們不能學習日語。

So we give up, we see the progress other people made and see it as something so out of our reach that it's impossible.

所以我們放棄了，我們看到其他人取得的進步，認為它是我們無法企及的東西，是不可能的。

Our thoughts shape our reality and everything we do.

我們的思想塑造了我們的現實和我們所做的一切。

If we think we don't have time to study, then we don't have time to study.

如果我們認為我們沒有時間學習，那麼我們就沒有時間學習。

If we think we're too old then we're too old.

如果我們認為我們太老了，那麼我們就太老了。

If we say something is hard, it's hard, it takes work in progress but complaining that it's hard will make us overthink and it won't make it any easier to do the task.

如果我們說某件事情很難，它就很難，需要不斷努力，但抱怨它很難，會讓我們過度思考，也不會讓我們更容易完成任務。

Okay, this is this is my japanese husband.

好吧，這是這是我的日本丈夫。

I have a mexican husband and I also have a european husband, but my husband is japanese.

我有一個墨西哥丈夫，我也有一個歐洲丈夫，但我丈夫是日本人。

Right, are you japanese?

對了，你是日本人嗎？

American?

美國人？

Whoa!

哇!

Okay.

好的。

Ueno has a lot of major period type of things.

上野有很多主要時期類型的東西。

We see all these cool buildings.

我們看到所有這些很酷的建築。

Oh can we go in there?

哦，我們可以進去了嗎？

So we can look there's like a little shop and this is so cool.

是以，我們可以看看那裡有一個小商店，這太酷了。

Okay, so now I'm starting to speak like I'm from michigan now because I'm around you.

好了，現在我開始說得像我來自密歇根州了，因為我在你身邊。

You do you still sound like good.

你這樣做你聽起來還是不錯的。

I thought it was going, I was like, oh my gosh!

我以為它要去，我就像，哦，我的天哪！"。

So this is a school but it looks really small.

所以這是一所學校，但它看起來真的很小。

Little little shop here.

這裡的小店。

Haven't explored in so long.

很久沒有探索了。

This feels so good.

這感覺真好。

I'm on my way now.

我現在在路上了。

Mm come on, I wanna go way back.

嗯，來吧，我想回去的路上。

Yeah.

是的。

Mhm Hello!

嗯，你好!

Welcome to japan.

歡迎來到日本。

Uh one thing we learned today is you don't need to be perfect and speak perfect japanese or go up there.

呃，我們今天學到的一件事是，你不需要完美，不需要說完美的日語，也不需要去那裡。

Like you know like some master, you could just learn a little bit and have a conversation and get to know the people.

就像你知道像一些大師一樣，你可以只學一點，並進行交談，瞭解人們。

Exactly.

正是如此。

And that's enough and don't be afraid to open your mouth and talk.

這就夠了，不要害怕張嘴說話。

Yeah.

是的。

Even like me, like my japanese is only intermediate level, but I understood everything that they were saying.

即使像我這樣的人，比如我的日語只有中級水準，但我也能理解他們所說的一切。

So listening is also a good skill.

是以，傾聽也是一種良好的技能。

It doesn't have to be perfect when it comes to speaking, listening is also good to, Right, right?

說話的時候不一定要完美，聽也是不錯的，對吧？

So you want to be able to understand if someone's trying to talk to you or something that's really important.

是以，你希望能夠理解，如果有人想和你說話，或者有什麼真正重要的事情。

What is this?

這是什麼？

What is this?

這是什麼？

A restaurant?

餐館？

Oh, it is a restaurant has food and stuff, nobody is perfect.

哦，這是一家餐廳有食物和東西，沒有人是完美的。

It takes time to break the limiting belief of, I can't do something.

需要時間來打破 "我不能做某事 "的限制性信念。

We have to become a terminator of past limiting beliefs, a samurai for our demons that keep us from moving forward.

我們必須成為過去限制性信念的終結者，成為阻止我們前進的惡魔的武士。

Your self doubts will always resurface, but as you work more and more in yourself, become more aware of how you're thinking and how bs that thought actually is, you'll discover how to break the chains and reach every single goal.

你的自我懷疑總是會重新浮現，但隨著你在自己身上的工作越來越多，越來越意識到你是如何思考的，以及這種思考實際上是多麼糟糕，你會發現如何打破枷鎖，達到每一個目標。

I look terrible right now because it's sweating grows.

我現在看起來很糟糕，因為它的汗水在增長。

We're in Yanacocha ginza and they sell a lot of food and old shop.

我們在Yanacocha ginza，他們賣了很多食物和老店。

It's really, really unique.

這真的非常非常獨特。

Okay, I'm looking for a japanese cup because I really wanted one.

好吧，我正在尋找一個日本杯，因為我真的很想要一個。

Yeah.

是的。

Tell people that I like these.

告訴人們，我喜歡這些。

This is cute.

這很可愛。

This one is a cute one.

這個人是個可愛的人。

This one's nice.

這個人很好。

No, I like it.

不，我喜歡它。

It's like a coffee.

這就像一杯咖啡。

I kind of, I don't know.

我有點，我不知道。

Yes, the real world is important for learning, but learning from a textbook classroom online program app or whatever you choose is an important step to begin your journey, choose something that's enjoyable for you don't feel ashamed that you're using materials to help you learn.

是的，現實世界對學習很重要，但從教科書教室在線程序應用程序或任何你選擇的東西中學習是開始你的旅程的重要一步，選擇一些你喜歡的東西不要因為你使用材料來幫助你學習而感到羞恥。

That's just the beginning.

這僅僅是個開始。

Don't be afraid of going back and reviewing your language programs, test quizzes.

不要害怕回去複習你的語言課程，測試測驗。

It's all essential.

這都是必不可少的。

The one thing most people need to understand is after learning, you need to use it.

大多數人需要明白的一點是，學習之後，你需要使用它。

People actually love that you're trying.

人們實際上喜歡你的努力。

No matter how many mistakes you make, the only way to get better is to make mistakes, courage won't come overnight.

無論你犯了多少錯誤，要想變得更好，唯一的辦法就是犯錯，勇氣不會在一夜之間到來。

So start by telling yourself that you can speak japanese, stop telling yourself that it's impossible.

是以，首先要告訴自己，你可以說日語，不要再告訴自己這是不可能的。

It's only as impossible as you make it.

你怎麼做，它就怎麼不可能。

Yeah, this is the coolest little street actually.

是的，這實際上是最酷的小街道。

I've never been down here.

我從來沒有到過這裡。

Yonica is like an old street.

尤尼卡就像一條老街。

There's lots of cafes were near cemetery right now.

現在公墓附近有很多咖啡館。

Yanacocha Cemetery, I think, oh, there's those little rain spirits.

亞納科查公墓，我想，哦，有那些小雨靈。

This is so cute.

這真是太可愛了。

Yeah, like they keep the rain away or like stop the rain or whatever are they keep the rain from falling or to make rainfall?

是的，就像他們把雨擋住了，或者像把雨擋住了，或者什麼是他們把雨擋住了，或者讓雨落下來？

Um, thanks, Stop, stop, stop the ring.

嗯，謝謝，停，停，停環。

Okay, so kids make those tomorrow.

好的，所以孩子們明天做這些。

This is cool water bottle.

這是個很酷的水瓶。

I just met one of my subscribers and she's from Venezuela.

我剛剛認識了我的一個訂戶，她來自委內瑞拉。

Right, that's so awesome.

對，這太了不起了。

It's your first time in Japan.

這是你第一次來日本。

So that's so cool.

所以這太酷了。

What are you planning on doing today in Japan?

你今天打算在日本做什麼？

Do friend?

做朋友？

Okay, here is very small, but very nice.