Name: 我學會了一套口齒清晰的說話系統 (I learned a system for speaking articulately)
Uploaded: 2024-06-12T14:55:15.000Z
Duration: 16 min 27 s

If you want to be articulate like world-class podcasters, speakers, and leaders, I'm going to share this seven-stage journey that has taught me to speak with greater exactness and clarity.

如果你想成為像世界級播客、演講者和領導者那樣能言善辯的人，我將與你分享這七個階段的心路歷程，這七個階段教會了我如何更準確、更清晰地說話。

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It includes understanding three problems invading your speech, the aha moment that immediately will improve your choice of words, and three thinking modifications that brought a verbal freshness and intelligence to my sentences.

它包括瞭解入侵你語言的三個問題，立即改善你的用詞的 "啊哈時刻"，以及為我的句子帶來語言新鮮感和智慧的三個思維修正。

The first problem was my addiction to overusing dead phrases.

第一個問題是我沉迷於過度使用死板的短語。

Dead phrases are phrases and expressions that we use in such a recreational way that they have been stripped of all power in life.

所謂 "死詞組"，是指我們以娛樂方式使用的詞組和表達方式，它們在生活中已經失去了一切力量。

Popular dead phrases include, pursue that avenue, the Achilles heel, secret sauce, to say the least, ins and outs, spill the beans.

流行的 "死詞組 "包括："走那條路"、"致命弱點"、"祕訣"、"至少"、"來龍去脈"、"透露消息"。

We use dead phrases because they save us the time and trouble of hunting for more precise words.

我們使用死板的短語，是因為它們省去了我們尋找更精確詞語的時間和麻煩。

This introduces the first of seven articulacy rules.

這是七條銜接規則中的第一條。

Rule number one, articulacy increases when you practice conscious selection with your words.

第一條規則，當你有意識地選擇詞語時，發音能力就會提高。

If you hastily choose ready-made phrases and gum them together in your sentences like the sections of a prefabricated Ikea table, they didn't indulge your sentence.

如果你匆匆忙忙地選擇現成的短語，然後像宜家預製桌子的各個部分一樣把它們粘在句子裡，那麼他們並沒有放縱你的句子。

Ultimately, you want to learn how to engineer sentences that are fresh, homemade, and excavate that richness and texture that often gets buried beneath dead phrases.

歸根結底，你要學會如何設計出新鮮、自制的句子，挖掘出往往被埋沒在死板短語下的豐富內涵和質感。

The second problem holding me back was my small surface lexicon.

制約我的第二個問題是我的表面詞典太少。

The term lexicon refers to your personal vocabulary.

詞典一詞指的是您的個人詞彙。

Your surface lexicon are those 500 to 1,500 words that your brain unconsciously and effortlessly defaults to when you compose sentences.

你的表層詞彙是你在造句時大腦不自覺地、毫不費力地默認使用的 500 到 1,500 個單詞。

These words you've heard, seen, said so often, they ooze out of your mouth.

這些話你聽過，看過，說過，說得太多了，都從你嘴裡滲出來了。

Beneath your surface lexicon is your deep lexicon.

在你的表層詞典之下是你的深層詞典。

Your deep lexicon is made up of those 20,000 to 35,000 words you recognize but don't use.

你的深層詞典由你認識但不使用的 20,000 至 35,000 個單詞組成。

We know this because you recognize most, if not all, words that articulate speakers use.

我們之所以知道這一點，是因為您能認出大多數（如果不是全部的話）能說會道的人使用的單詞。

Why is it, then, that you struggle to think of those same words in conversation?

那麼，為什麼你在談話中很難想到這些相同的詞語呢？

Because those words don't register in your surface lexicon.

因為這些詞不會出現在你的字典裡。

This introduces the second rule of articulacy.

這就引入了銜接的第二條規則。

Effortless articulacy is limited to the size of your surface lexicon.

不費吹灰之力的表達能力受限於你的表面詞彙量。

This does not mean inflating your surface lexicon with flowery, sophisticated words.

這並不意味著用華麗、複雜的詞語來充實你的表面詞彙。

Articulate speakers recognize that you can use ordinary words and still be articulate.

能說會道的人認識到，你可以使用普通的詞語，但仍然能說會道。

Think of your lexicon as a box of crayons.

You can easily use a wide color palette to design a vibrant picture, or you can create something profound with just three colors, or choose an uncommon color to substitute for a common one.

你可以輕鬆地使用寬泛的調色板來設計一幅充滿活力的畫面，也可以只用三種顏色就創造出意味深長的作品，或者選擇一種不常見的顏色來替代常見的顏色。

You don't always have to prostitute ordinary words down to obvious and common meanings.

你不一定非要把普通的詞語貶低到顯而易見的普通含義。

The third problem eroding my speaking was thought retention.

侵蝕我口語的第三個問題是思維的保持。

When you can't retain a thought in your mind for longer than 10 seconds, your speech is like a kite, following every new wind current, never climbing high in the sky.

當你無法在頭腦中保持一個想法超過 10 秒鐘時，你的演講就像風箏，只能跟隨每一個新的風流，永遠無法爬上高高的天空。

Articulate speakers are able to hold a thought in their mind as they work to peel away the layers that lead to understanding.

善於表達的人能夠在腦海中牢牢記住一個思想，並努力剝開它的各個層次，從而獲得理解。

Your thinking and speaking become superficial and scrambled.

你的思維和言語變得膚淺而雜亂。

The longer you engage a thought, the greater depth you achieve with words.

思考的時間越長，文字就越有深度。

These are the three thorns in our tongue that prevent us from producing articulate speech.

這就是我們舌頭上的三根刺，它們阻礙我們口齒清楚地說話。

我們為什麼要與這些問題作鬥爭？

One day, I remember asking myself this after a particularly frustrating time of sounding juvenile and vague.

有一天，我記得在經歷了一段聽起來特別稚嫩和含糊不清的沮喪時光後，我這樣問自己。

I went to YouTube and researched the most articulate speakers I could find.

我在 YouTube 上搜索了我能找到的最善於表達的演講者。

Was my substandard speech the result of poor language inputs?

我不標準的語言是語言輸入不當造成的嗎？

I asked myself that question and wondered how much would I have to change the sources of language I exposed myself to in order to influence my speech.

我問自己這個問題，並想知道我必須改變我所接觸的語言來源才能影響我的演講。

To understand how my language was potentially being invaded by poor language sources, I began writing down each source of language that I exposed myself to for more than ten minutes a day.

為了瞭解我的語言如何受到不良語言源的潛在入侵，我開始寫下我每天接觸超過十分鐘的每一種語言源。

I rated each on a scale of one to ten on how articulate and intelligent I considered each to be.

我根據每個人的表達能力和智慧程度，用 1 到 10 分給他們打分。

If you want to do this for yourself, you can use this worksheet that's freely linked below.

如果您想自己做，可以使用下面免費鏈接的工作表。

This exercise revealed that I didn't have any language inputs higher than a five, which is approximately the level of articulacy of an average conversation.

這項練習顯示，我的語言輸入沒有超過 5 分的，這大約是普通對話的發音水準。

I quickly realized the fourth rule of articulacy.

我很快就明白了 "口齒伶俐 "的第四條規則。

The quality of your speech is a product of your language environments.

The books you read, videos you watch, music you listen to, etch language patterns in your mind that unconsciously are imitated in your speech.

你閱讀的書籍、觀看的視頻、聆聽的音樂，都會在你的腦海中刻下語言模式，並在你的言語中無意識地模仿。

And since most people aren't articulate or thoughtful with their words, you're constantly exposed to high doses of vague, vapid, and oftentimes vulgar language.

由於大多數人不善於表達，說話也不經過深思熟慮，所以你經常會接觸到大量含糊不清、空洞無物的語言，有時甚至是粗俗的語言。

Your surface lexicon is the size that it is because you encounter those 500 to 1500 words daily.

您的表層詞典之所以如此龐大，是因為您每天都會遇到 500 到 1500 個單詞。

When we first learn language as children, we absorb three to five new words every day.

當我們在孩提時代學習語言時，每天都會吸收三到五個新單詞。

By adulthood, it takes a deliberate effort to expose ourselves to new and creative word combinations.

成年後，我們需要刻意去接觸新的、有創意的詞語組合。

In fact, the battle is preventing the shrinking of our surface lexicon.

事實上，這場戰鬥正在防止我們的地表詞典縮小。

Think of your surface lexicon as an expanding and contracting circle.

將您的表面詞典想象成一個不斷擴展和收縮的圓圈。

Interacting with fresh word combinations, such as when you read a book, temporarily expands the radius of that circle to usher in those newfound words.

與新鮮的單詞組合互動，比如當你閱讀一本書時，會暫時擴大這個圈子的半徑，以迎來這些新發現的單詞。

If those words are not put to use, they lose their place within the circle as its nature is to contract to include only your most actively used words.

如果不使用這些詞，它們就會失去在圓圈中的位置，因為圓圈的性質是收縮，只包括你最常用的詞。

This is why great speakers read profusely.

這就是為什麼偉大的演講者會大量閱讀的原因。

It is to keep that language heartbeat pulsing, expanding, and fortifying their surface lexicon.

這是為了保持語言心跳的脈動，擴大和強化他們的表層詞彙。

We can begin to improve our verbal health with the first modification I made to my speaking, the three by five language diet.

我們可以從我對口語做出的第一個改變--三乘五的語言飲食--開始改善我們的語言健康。

This consists of three five-minute sessions for a total of 15 minutes per day focused on enriching your language.

這包括三節 5 分鐘的課程，每天共 15 分鐘，重點是豐富您的語言。

The first five minutes is spent reading an article or book chapter that's at least one level beyond your current average language input.

前五分鐘用來閱讀一篇文章或書籍章節，至少要比你目前的平均語言輸入水準高一個層次。

This exercise will expose you to richer language and help you solve poor thought retention, which is a symptom of constantly fracturing your attention like we do on social media with bite-sized content.

這種練習會讓你接觸到更豐富的語言，並幫助你解決思維保持不佳的問題，而思維保持不佳正是像我們在社交媒體上那樣，不斷用碎片化內容分散注意力的症狀。

You don't know what material to begin with, start with this list.

您不知道從什麼材料開始，那就從這份清單開始吧。

The second five minutes includes reading poetry aloud with the intent of learning rhythm and cadence.

第二個五分鐘包括朗讀詩歌，目的是學習節奏和韻律。

There's a misnomer that articulacy is memorizing the dictionary and vomiting flowery words.

有一種錯誤的說法，認為口才就是背字典、吐花言巧語。

The fifth rule of articulacy is sentences sound articulate when words flow and fit into eloquent molds.

口齒清楚的第五條規則是，當詞語流暢並符合雄辯的模子時，句子聽起來就會口齒清楚。

If you want to learn to effortlessly fit words together in beautiful and creative ways, your to say beautiful sentences.

如果你想學會毫不費力地將單詞以優美、有創意的方式組合在一起，你就得說優美的句子。

This is precisely why dead phrases are terribly difficult to prune from your speaking.

這就是為什麼死詞句很難從你的口語中刪除的原因。

You're trying to resist engaging a pattern of muscles in your mouth that's been activated a thousand times.

你正試圖抵制口腔中已被激活過無數次的肌肉模式。

It's like trying to change pre-cut lines on a cardboard box.

這就像試圖改變紙板箱上預先切割好的線條。

When you tear the flap, it's expected to seamlessly follow the line and we're trying to tear in a new direction.

當你撕開襟翼時，它應該無縫地順著線撕開，而我們正試圖向一個新的方向撕開。

Recognize that you can create lines for other types of speaking.

認識到可以為其他類型的發言創建臺詞。

That's what reading poetry aloud accomplishes.

Check out this list of poems linked below.

I also have a popular poems playlist available on Spotify.

我還在 Spotify 上提供了一個流行詩歌播放列表。

The final five minutes is spent consciously attuned to the word choice of any podcast or audio book you consume.

最後的五分鐘，你要有意識地關注播客或有聲讀物的用詞。

Ignore the content, the substance of what's being said, and visualize in your mind the words being said.

忽略說話的內容和實質，在腦海中想象所說的話。

This will help you understand the difference between intelligence and eloquence.

這將幫助你理解智慧和口才之間的區別。

Intelligence is the knowledge communicated.

Eloquence is how pleasing and persuasive the words sound.

口才是指語言聽起來多麼悅耳動聽，多麼具有說服力。

Here's a list of brilliant speakers who, in my opinion, have an unrivaled command of the English language.

在我看來，他們對英語的駕馭能力無與倫比。

This 3x5 language formula invites the question, how do I use the creative words and phrases I encounter to enrich my speaking?

這個 3x5 語言公式提出了一個問題：我該如何利用我遇到的創造性詞彙和短語來豐富我的口語？

I struggled with this myself and was inspired to build the ultimate tool to accelerate articulacy.

我自己也曾為此苦苦掙扎，是以受到啟發，製作了一個終極工具，以加快語言表達能力。

Nounce allows you to create a word bank where you're able to log words and phrases that you want to stitch into your surface lexicon.

Nounce 允許你創建一個詞庫，在這裡你可以記錄想要拼接到表面詞典中的單詞和短語。

You can practice retrieving those words from memory and use them in creative ways as you would like to in natural conversation.

您可以練習從記憶中檢索這些單詞，並在自然對話中創造性地使用它們。

Nounce also has a library of popular online speakers that you can learn from.

Nounce 還擁有一個熱門在線發言人資料庫，您可以向他們學習。

If you want to speak with the clarity of Steve Jobs or the eloquence of Martin Luther King Jr., select a speaker and you'll be guided through using their communication structures to develop clear answers automatically.

如果你想要像史蒂夫-喬布斯（Steve Jobs）或馬丁-路德-金（Martin Luther King Jr.

Nounce was built out of a desire to give myself and the viewers of this channel a way of efficiently practicing producing clear and creative speech.

建立 Nounce 的初衷，是為了讓我自己和本頻道的觀眾能夠高效地練習製作清晰、有創意的語音。

Visit nounce.ai to use this tool for free or message me on Twitter if you'd like to be part of our team in helping others build a better world with their words.

請訪問 nounce.ai 免費使用這一工具，如果你願意加入我們的團隊，幫助他人用文字建設一個更美好的世界，請在 Twitter 上給我留言。

The second modification will reduce your dependence on dead phrases.

第二項修改將減少對死詞的依賴。

The reason why we aim to reduce dead phrases is not because they're overused.

我們之所以要減少死詞組，並不是因為它們被過度使用。

It's because they slip us into a state of mental anesthesia where we choose words without serious thought.

這是因為它們會讓我們陷入一種精神麻醉狀態，讓我們不假思索地選擇詞語。

Noises come up from our larynx, our speaking instrument, but our brain is not as involved as if we were selecting the words for ourselves.

聲音從我們的喉嚨（我們說話的工具）發出，但我們的大腦並不像我們自己選擇詞語那樣參與其中。

The only way to gain back full consciousness is to descend past the dead phrase and into the heart of our thought.

要想重新獲得完全的意識，唯一的辦法就是越過死板的語句，進入我們思想的核心。

We accomplish this by increasing the consciousness per sentence.

我們通過提高每個句子的意識來實現這一目標。