And before I start, if this is your first time watching something from my channel, make sure to like the video, share it, and subscribe to my channel. That's all for now.

在我開始之前，如果這是你第一次觀看我頻道的節目，請務必點贊、分享並訂閱我的頻道。就到這裡吧。

Let's start with number one. Shadowing. Another way to say shadowing is mimicking, or perhaps listening and repeating. So, you can watch videos, you can listen to audio recordings, you can listen to dialogues, you can watch and listen to movies and TV shows, you can listen to what people are saying, and repeat. Basically, pause, rewind, and repeat. Repeat the intonation, repeat the pronunciation as well. This is a way to help you practice and to see how the language is supposed to sound, or if you... Another way to think about it is to think about how you, you, excuse me, how you want to sound. So, maybe you have found a good role model that you want to emulate, that you want to mimic or shadow.

讓我們從第一項開始。模仿。另一種說法是模仿，或者說是聆聽和重複。是以，你可以看視頻，可以聽錄音，可以聽對話，可以看和聽電影和電視節目，可以聽別人在說什麼，然後重複。基本上就是暫停、倒帶和重複。重複語調，重複發音。這是一種幫助您練習的方法，可以讓您瞭解語言應該是怎樣發音的，或者如果您......另一種思考方式是，想想你，你，不好意思，你想讓自己的聲音聽起來如何。所以，也許你已經找到了一個很好的榜樣，你想效仿他，想模仿他，想成為他的影子。

So, for example, if you enjoy the sound of my voice, for example, you can watch some of my videos, pause them, repeat after me, listen. How does my voice sound? How is my intonation? Am I going up? Or am I going down at the end of my sentences? So, listen and repeat, shadowing. This is a good way to make sure that you are getting a model for how the language is supposed to sound, or how you want to speak.

是以，舉例來說，如果你喜歡我的聲音，你可以觀看我的一些視頻，暫停，跟著我重複，聽。我的聲音聽起來如何？我的語調如何？我的語調是提高了？或者我在句子末尾的語調是否有所下降？所以，要邊聽邊重複，如影隨形。這是一個很好的方法，可以確保您獲得語言應該如何發音或您想如何說話的模型。

Let's go on to number two, reading out loud. Pick a book, pick an article, pick a paragraph, anything at all that will help you to read and to exercise your speaking muscles. Reading out loud is great because it allows you to pay attention to the structure of the language you are studying. You can slow down, you can learn and practice the correct forms.

讓我們繼續第二項，大聲朗讀。選一本書，選一篇文章，選一段話，只要能幫助你閱讀和鍛鍊口語肌肉的都可以。大聲朗讀非常好，因為它可以讓你關注所學語言的結構。你可以放慢語速，學習和練習正確的形式。

You can look at, oh, okay, what tense is this? Oh, I can use this word here? Oh, okay. So, you are forcing yourself to speak correctly, if the writing is good, of course. So, for example, you might pick up a book like this one. So, lately I have been reading The Art of Living, which is a philosophical book by Epictetus. I mean, it's not in the original

你可以看看，哦，好吧，這是什麼時態？哦，我可以在這裡用這個詞嗎？哦，好的。這樣，你就能強迫自己說正確的話，當然，如果文章寫得好的話。例如，你可以拿起像這樣的一本書。最近我一直在讀《生活的藝術》，這是一本伊壁鳩魯寫的哲學書。我是說，這本書的原文不是

Greek. So, you could pick up a book like this and read, okay, nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back, for your own will is always within your control. Good advice, good advice. So, read out loud, practice your ability also to decode words. And let's move on to number three, visualizing. So, in this situation, you want to imagine real situations where you would use English. You would practice what you would say in a particular context, a particular situation. So, for example, you can imagine yourself speaking to someone while you are ordering a coffee. Like, imagine you are ordering a coffee, for example. Or imagine you are making an appointment with the doctor. What would I say in that situation? Oh, okay.

希臘語所以，你可以拿起這樣一本書讀一讀，好吧，沒有什麼能真正阻止你。沒有什麼能真正阻擋你，因為你的意志永遠在你的掌控之中。好建議，好建議。所以，大聲朗讀，練習你的解詞能力。接下來是第三步，想象。所以，在這種情況下，你要想象你會使用英語的真實場景。你要練習在特定的語境、特定的情況下說什麼。是以，舉例來說，你可以想象自己在點咖啡時和別人說話。比如，想象你正在點咖啡。或者想象你正在預約醫生。在這種情況下我會說什麼呢？哦，好吧。

I'd like to make an appointment, or I'd like to make a reservation, if you're calling a hotel, for example. For two nights, please. Okay? Even short sentences like this will help you to continue stretching your muscles, exercising your speaking muscles. It's all about practice. So, visualize your situation, put yourself in that moment, and yes, you will feel a little funny, but that's okay. You will get used to it after a little while.

我想預約，或者我想預訂，如果你打電話給酒店的話。請訂兩晚好嗎？即使是這樣的短句，也能幫助你繼續伸展肌肉，鍛鍊你的口語肌肉。這就是練習。所以，想象一下你的處境，把自己置身於那個時刻，是的，你會覺得有點滑稽，但沒關係。過一會兒你就會習慣的。

So, I do the same thing in French from time to time. My French still is not great, but sometimes I talk to my walls, you know? So, un verre d'eau, s'il vous plaît. Yeah. The wall will get me a glass of water, I hope. Okay. So, visualize your situations and just speak. Imagine that you are in those situations. What would you say? Next, number four, singing a song or singing a song. Not bad. Okay. So, I know many people who learn English or who become interested in learning English because they love English music or they love English films, which you can learn with by shadowing. And this is a form of shadowing. But if you sing a song, basically studying, you study it and you memorize the words, a song you like, preferably. So, you're okay singing it. And then, sing your heart out with the song that you have learned. Again, you're practicing speaking, you're practicing singing, another skill that you can practice. And the bonus benefit is that you are also getting exposure to English culture. When you are learning a language, it also helps if you start like living the language. And one of the ways that you can really start living a language is by learning about the culture around that language. Music is a big part of every culture. So, learn some English music, find out what you like, and memorize it, study it, sing it, let it become part of you. And that is another way that you can practice your English speaking and exercise your English speaking muscles. We only have one more to go. So, here it is. Number five, practicing poems and monologues. Now, I know what you're thinking. Alex, poetry. Alex, theater. Okay, number one for the monologues, it doesn't have to be theater. It could be a monologue from a movie. If you Google famous movie monologues, you can find videos as well as the transcript for the monologue. So, for example, now again,

所以，我時不時地用法語做同樣的事情。我的法語仍然不是很好，但有時我會對著牆壁說話，你知道嗎？那就來杯水吧，請慢用 So, un verre d'eau, s'il vous plaît.好啊我希望牆能給我一杯水好了，想象一下你的處境，然後說出來。想象你正處於這些情境中。你會說什麼？接下來，第四項，唱首歌或唱首歌不錯好了，我知道很多人學習英語或對學習英語感興趣是因為他們喜歡英語音樂或英語電影，你可以通過影子學習。這就是影子學習的一種形式。但是，如果你唱一首歌，基本上就是學習，你研究它並記住歌詞，最好是你喜歡

I don't actually feel this way. If you've ever seen the movie Taken with Liam Neeson, you can memorize the monologue where he says, I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for a ransom, I can tell you that I don't have money. Look at that. I don't have money. I'm practicing the present simple. It's beautiful. But what

其實我沒有這種感覺。如果你看過連姆-尼森（Liam Neeson）主演的電影《奪寶奇兵》（Taken），你就能記住他說 "我不知道你是誰 "的那段獨白。我不知道你想要什麼。如果你要贖金，我可以告訴你我沒錢。看看這個我沒錢我在練習現在進行時太美了但是

I do have are a very particular set of skills. This is more like Batman than Liam Neeson.

我有一套非常特殊的技能。這更像蝙蝠俠，而不是連姆-尼森。

Skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now, that'll be the end of it. I'm going to read till the end. I will not look for you. I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you.

我在漫長的職業生涯中獲得的技能。這些技能讓我成為你這種人的噩夢如果你現在放了我女兒 我就完了我會讀到最後的我不會找你我不會再找你但如果你不追，我會找你的

I will find you and I will kill you. It's terrible. Sorry for that last part. Okay.

我會找到你，然後殺了你。太可怕了對不起，最後一部分。好吧

But that's an example of a movie monologue. And just like I mentioned at the beginning of the video, it's another way of shadowing. My Liam Neeson impression is probably pretty bad. But if you enjoy Liam Neeson's voice, if you enjoy the way he says things, the way his intonation goes, you could try to memorize a monologue like that to help you get a sense of the intonation and rhythm of the language, to practice speaking with emotion so that you're not just reading saying, you know, I would like to go to Spain. Like that's all you're reading, right? Practice speaking with emotion. Shadow videos of others reading poems and monologues. So one of my favorite poems, I think I've mentioned it on this channel many times, The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe. I used to know almost that entire poem by heart.

但這只是電影獨白的一個例子。就像我在視頻開頭提到的，這是另一種影射方式。我對連姆-尼森的印象可能很差。但如果你喜歡連姆-尼森的聲音，如果你喜歡他說話的方式和語調，你可以試著背誦一段這樣的獨白，幫助你瞭解語言的語調和節奏，練習有感情地說話，這樣你就不會只是唸叨著 "我想去西班牙"。你讀的不就是這些嗎？練習有感情地說話。觀看他人朗讀詩歌和獨白的視頻。我最喜歡的一首詩，我想我在這個頻道提過很多次了，埃德加-愛倫-坡的《烏鴉》。我以前幾乎能背誦整首詩。

And I can still say like part of it in the beginning, like once upon a midnight dreary while I pondered weak and weary over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore.

我仍然可以說，我喜歡它最初的一部分，就像曾經在一個沉悶的午夜，我疲憊無力地思考著許多被遺忘的古老而好奇的傳說。

Suddenly there came a rapping. No, suddenly there came a tapping. No, suddenly there came a rapping as of someone gently tapping, tapping at my chamber door. Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December. And it keeps going. I know a little more than that. But just an example of a poem that you can learn. Maybe not that one. There is a lot of older language in that one. But memorizing poems, memorizing monologues, getting emotion into your English while you were speaking is a great way to help you exercise your English speaking muscles.

突然傳來一陣敲擊聲。不，突然傳來了敲擊聲。不，是突然有人輕輕地拍打著我的房門。啊，我清楚地記得，那是在淒涼的十二月。它還在繼續我知道的還不止這些。但這只是一首詩的例子，你可以學學。也許不是這首那首詩裡有很多古老的語言但是背詩，背獨白，在你說話的時候把情感融入到你的英語中，是幫助你鍛鍊英語口語肌肉的好方法。

Whew! That's everything, guys. So let me know in the comments what you thought about this video. Number one, let me know if you have practiced English speaking in one of these ways. And number two, are there other things that I haven't mentioned in this video that you have tried and that have worked for you to help you practice your speaking? Let me know. And if you enjoyed this video, make sure to like it, share it, subscribe to my channel. And until next time, thanks for clicking. Good luck with your English speaking, and go practice. Go, go.

呼！就這些了，夥計們。請在評論中告訴我你對這段視頻的看法。第一，讓我知道你是否用這些方法練習過英語口語。第二，我在視頻中沒有提到的其他方法，你是否也嘗試過？請告訴我。如果您喜歡這段視頻，請務必點贊、分享、訂閱我的頻道。感謝您的點擊，下次再見。祝你英語口語好運，多多練習。加油，加油