But there is one thing that I think is the most important.

但我認為有一件事是最重要的。

The thing I think is the most important.

我認為最重要的事情是：

The thing you should do to improve your English learning is to stay motivated.

要提升你的英語學習能力就是應該保持積極。

So, in this English lesson, I'm going to give you five tips.

這堂英語課裡，我會給你五個訣竅。

I'm going to tell you about five things that you can do, starting right now, starting today, to improve your English learning.

告訴你的這五件事，你可以從現在開始做，從今天開始，提升你的英語學習能力。

One of the first things you can do to improve your English learning is to create a daily reminder: Do something so that you will be reminded every day that you should be learning a little bit of English.

提升英語學習能力要做的第一件事：有個學英文的每日提醒。

Here's a really cool way to do that.

有一個非常酷的方法去實行。

Think of an English-speaking country and find a picture of their flag, or think of an English-speaking city in that country and find a picture of that city.

想出一個英語系國家，並找到他們的國旗圖片，或想出該國的一個英語系城市，並找到該城市的圖片。

Print it out or cut it out of a magazine and tape it to the wall somewhere in your house or your apartment.

印出來、從雜誌上剪下來，並貼在你家或公寓的牆上。

Uh, tape it to the wall somewhere where you know you're going to walk past it multiple times per day.

把它貼在你每天會經過很多次的牆面。

Each time you walk past, you'll see that picture or you'll... or you'll see that flag, and you'll be reminded that you are learning English.

你每次經過看到那張照片或那面國旗，你就會想起你正在學習英語。

And you'll probably be reminded that you're excited about it and maybe you even want to visit that city or country someday.

你可能會想起對它的喜愛、甚至以後想去參觀那個城市或國家。

So, job number one to improve your English: Find a picture, find a flag, tape it to the wall somewhere in your apartment or house, and as you walk by it multiple times each day, be reminded that you're learning English.

提高英語學習能力的第一件事：找一張照片或找一面旗子，把它貼在你的公寓或房子的牆上。當你每天多次經過時，就會提醒你正在學習英語。

Hey, I just wanted to jump in to the middle of this lesson and remind you that if this is your first time here, don't forget to click that red subscribe button over there.

在這堂課的中間，我想提醒你，如果這是你第一次觀看，別忘了點擊旁邊紅色的訂閱按鈕。

And give me a thumbs up if this video is helping you learn just a little bit more English.

如果這個影片對你學習英語有幫助，可以給我一個讚。

Now, back to the lesson.

回到課程。

The second thing you can do to improve your English learning, especially on those days when you don't feel like doing it, is to just say to yourself, "I'll just study for five minutes."

提升英語學習能力的第二件事，特別是在那些你不想學習的時候，對自己說：「我只學習五分鐘。」

I walk for exercise, and some days, I don't feel like walking, and this funny thing happens:

我會健走當運動，有時候我會不想走，這時有趣的事情發生了：

If I just say, "I'll just go for a five-minute walk," when I get outside and I start my walk and I walk for five minutes, I end up walking for 30 or 40 minutes.

如果我說：「我只要到外面健走五分鐘」，一開始會健走五分鐘，但最後我卻走了 30 或 40 分鐘。

Sometimes it's just a matter of getting started.

有時候就是需要開始去執行。

So on those days when you don't feel like studying English, on those days where you have no motivation, just say to yourself, "You know what? I'll just study for five minutes," and you might be surprised; you might end up studying for a lot longer.

在那些你不想學習英文、沒有動力的日子裡，只要對自己說：「你知道嗎？我只需要學習五分鐘」，你最後學習的時間可能更長，這可能會讓你感到驚訝。

So, the second thing you can do to improve your English learning on days when you don't feel like doing it: Just say to yourself, "I'll just do it for five minutes," and see how long you actually do it for.

在你不想學英語的時候，提高英語學習能力的第二件事，是只要對自己說：「我只做五分鐘」，然後再看你實際做了多久。

Are you a competitive person? Do you like competing with other people? Do you like playing games? And do you like to win?

你是一個好勝的人嗎？你喜歡和別人競爭嗎？ 你喜歡玩遊戲嗎？ 你喜歡贏嗎？

Well, if you build competition with another person into your English learning, it will really improve your English learning.

如果你在英語學習中與另一個人競爭，這可以真正提高你的英語學習能力。

Find a friend or a relative and challenge each other, maybe to learn a certain number of vocabulary words each week or maybe to watch a certain number of videos on YouTube, to help you learn English each week.

找個朋友或親人一起挑戰每週要背一定數量的單字，或每週在 Youtube 上觀看一定數量的影片來幫助你學習英語。

When you compete with someone, it builds in another level of motivation.

當你與人競爭時，就能建立另一個層次的動力。

If you use the app called Duolingo, this is actually built in; you can track each other's progress, and when you see your friend or relative, uh, performing really well on Duolingo, it motivates you to do more Duolingo and to learn more English.

如果你有用一個叫 Duolingo 的 app，這其實是內建的，你可以跟蹤對方的進度。當你看到朋友或親人在 Duolingo 表現得非常好，就會激勵你用 Duolingo 學習更多的英語。

So, the third thing you can do to improve your English learning: Find someone else who's competitive and set up little challenges for each other each week and see who ends up winning.

提高英語學習能力的第三件事：找到其他好勝的人，每週為彼此訂下一些小挑戰，看看最後誰會贏。

The fourth thing you can do to improve your English learning is to keep track of your progress.

提高英語學習能力的第四件事：追蹤自己的進度。

Now, I've mentioned this many times before, so of the five things I'm telling you today, this one isn't really new, but it's still a really good one.

我以前已經講過很多次，所以在今天要告訴你的五件事中，這一件事並不算新的，但這還是一件非常好的事。

Get a calendar, put the calendar on the wall somewhere.

拿個日曆，掛在牆上。

On days where you do study English, even if it's only for five minutes, put a nice green checkmark.

在你有學習英語的日子，就算只有五分鐘，也都可以打一個綠色勾勾。

On those days where you didn't have time to study English and you didn't study it at all, put a big red X.

在你沒有時間學習英文的日子，打上一個大紅色叉叉。

As you go through the days and weeks and months, you will be motivated to put green checkmarks on the calendar.

隨著幾天、幾週和幾個月過去，你就會有動力在日曆打上綠色勾勾。

It just looks a lot better when there's lots of green checkmarks instead of lots of red ones.

當綠色勾勾比紅色叉叉多很多的時候，看起來就會很好。

So, another way to motivate yourself is to simply keep track of those days where you've done English learning and put it on the calendar somewhere, maybe write it in a journal, do whatever you need to do so that you can look back and see the success that you've had.

另一個激勵自己的方法就是簡單紀錄你學習英文的日子，並把它寫在日曆上或在日記裡。想紀錄在哪都可以，這樣你就可以回顧並看到你達成的成功。

And, hopefully, there's not too many red Xs 'cause it's not nice to look back and see a lot of failures.

希望沒有太多的紅叉叉，因為回顧還看到很多沒做到的話不太好。

The fifth thing you can do to improve your English learning is to stay positive and make sure you don't aim for perfection.

提高英語學習能力的第五件事：保持正面的態度，確保你不會過度追求完美。

Learning a language is, by its very nature, going to be filled with mistakes.

學習一門語言，就本質來說，本來就會有很多錯誤。

You are going to make mistakes, you are going to aim to study for five hours a week and only study for three, you're going to have an English conversation and you're going to make mistakes.

你會犯錯，你的目標是每週學習五個小時，但只學習了三個小時。你要進行英語對話，你也會犯錯。

Do not aim for perfection; when you aim for perfection, you end up becoming disappointed.

不要過度追求完美。當你追求完美的時候，你最後只會變沮喪。

So, be realistic, be positive, set goals each week.

所以要實際的、積極的設定每週的目標。

If you don't hit those goals, at least get part of the way.

如果你沒有達到這些目標，至少也要完成一部分。

If your plan was to study for five hours a week and you study for four, celebrate that; be realistic that maybe there just wasn't enough time to do five hours, and always keep looking forward.

如果你的計劃是每週學習五個小時，而你只學習了四個小時，那就慶祝一下。實際一點，或許只是沒有足夠的時間學習五個小時，並始終保持向前看。

If you fail one week, do better the next week.

如果你這週沒做到，下週就要做得更好。

If you fail one day, do better the next three days.

如果你今天沒做到，接下來的三天都要做得更好。

Always think about moving forward instead of dwelling on past failures.

要一直想著進步，而不是沉浸在過去的失敗中。

Well, hey, thank you so much for watching this English lesson.

非常感謝你觀看這堂英語課。

I hope the five tips that I gave you will help you stay motivated, and if you stay motivated, I know that will improve your English learning.

我希望這五個提示能幫助你保持積極，如果你有保持積極，這將提高你的英語學習能力。

So, try all five, or maybe just try one or two, and see if they help.

嘗試這五種方法或只嘗試一兩種都可以，看看它們是否有幫助。

Anyways, thank you again for watching; if you're new here, don't forget to click that red subscribe button over there and give me a thumbs up if this video helped you learn a little bit more English.

無論如何，再次感謝你的觀看。如果你是新來的， 別忘了點擊旁邊的紅色訂閱按鈕。如果這段影片對你學習英語有幫助的話，幫我按個讚。

And if you have the time, why don't you stick around and watch another English lesson?

如果你還有時間，為什麼不要再看去看看其他的英語課？