Difficult, isn't it?

很困難，不是嗎？

But don't worry, I'm here to help.

不過別擔心，我會幫你的。

Welcome back to English with Catherine.

歡迎回到凱瑟琳英語。

As you can see, I have a new filming spot.

如你所見，我有了一個新的拍攝點。

How exciting.

真令人興奮

Today, I'm going to give you three tips to help with your speaking.

今天，我將給大家介紹三個有助於演講的小竅門。

This video will be really useful for IELTS, specifically the speaking section, and hopefully it will give you motivation and inspiration to get better at speaking English.

這段視頻對雅思考試（尤其是口語部分）非常有用，希望它能激勵您提高英語口語水準。

Don't forget to watch to the end of the video, for word of the week.

別忘了觀看視頻結尾，瞭解本週關鍵詞。

Advanced level and IELTS friendly.

適合高級水準和雅思考試。

What are we waiting for? Let's get started.

我們還在等什麼？讓我們開始吧

Start with sound.

從聲音開始

Sound is something you can hear.

聲音是你能聽到的東西。

When you're speaking, you're making a sound.

當你說話時，你就在發出聲音。

Your ears are the secret to learning how to speak in English.

耳朵是學習英語口語的祕訣。

Forget reading, forget writing for this.

忘掉閱讀，忘掉寫作。

Focus on listening to people speaking in English.

重點聽別人說英語。

Listening is the key.

傾聽是關鍵。

Because speaking is the most primitive form of communication.

因為說話是最原始的交流方式。

It's very basic. It's what you learn when you're a baby.

這是非常基本的。這是你小時候學的東西。

As human beings, we learn through imitation and doing.

作為人類，我們通過模仿和實踐來學習。

Your learning conditions for how to speak should never be quiet.

你學習說話的條件絕不能是安靜。

There should be sound, always.

應該始終有聲音。

Here are my recommendations.

以下是我的建議。

If you're someone that's interested in music, like me, listen to interviews with musicians.

如果你和我一樣對音樂感興趣，不妨聽聽音樂家的訪談。

You will hear them speaking, using natural conversation, and you'll naturally learn lots of vocabulary to do with music.

你會聽到他們用自然的對話方式說話，自然而然就會學到很多與音樂有關的詞彙。

I'll put some recommendations in the description box because I love music so much.

我會在描述框中推薦一些音樂，因為我太愛音樂了。

These interviews are just so, so good.

這些採訪實在是太精彩了。

If you're interested in nature and the outdoors, you should watch an interview with David Attenborough, one of my heroes.

如果你對大自然和戶外活動感興趣，就應該看看我的偶像之一大衛-愛登堡（David Attenborough）的訪談。

He speaks with the RP accent, so really good for your ear.

他說話時帶著 RP 口音，非常好聽。

Again, I'll put an interview link in the description box.

同樣，我會把採訪鏈接放在描述框裡。

If you're interested in books and reading and literature, try watching an interview of a lovely author from Britain.

如果您對書籍、閱讀和文學感興趣，可以嘗試觀看對一位可愛的英國作家的採訪。

And for general learning, guys, you have got to check out Diary of a CEO.

至於一般的學習，夥計們，你們一定要看看《CEO 日記》。

It's so amazing because there are lots of different interviews with different experts and professionals, and you learn about all these different subjects. It's so good.

它太神奇了，因為有很多不同專家和專業人士的訪談，你可以瞭解到所有這些不同的主題。非常棒。

There's never been a better time to learn how to speak English because the internet gives you access to all of these sources.

現在是學習英語口語的最佳時機，因為有了互聯網，您就可以接觸到所有這些資源。

The internet is the best thing since sliced bread. And while you're listening, try to make a note of vocabulary, listen out for their accent, their pronunciation, try to imitate them, rewind it, listen to it again. That's the beauty of YouTube. You can easily do that.

互聯網是自麵包片問世以來最好的東西。在聽的過程中，儘量記下詞彙，聽出他們的口音和發音，試著模仿他們，倒回去，再聽一遍。這就是 YouTube 的魅力所在。你可以輕鬆做到這一點。

By doing this, you will be learning real-life English,

通過這樣做，您將學習到真實生活中的英語、

English that is in use, that people are using to communicate with each other. You will learn natural

使用中的英語，即人們在相互交流時使用的英語。您將學習到自然的

English in conversation form.

會話形式的英語

You will also learn pronunciation.

您還將學習發音。

And you will learn vocabulary in context.

您還將在語境中學習詞彙。

Please don't think you can learn how to speak by picking up a textbook.

請不要以為拿起教科書就能學會說話。

It's not going to give you the results that you need, unfortunately. Tip number two, word communities.

不幸的是，這不會給你帶來你需要的結果。祕訣二：文字社區。

What do I mean by that? A word community is two to four words that all relate to each other.

我的意思是什麼？一個詞群是指兩到四個相互關聯的詞。

This is much more effective than learning just one word. You need to learn about the community of that word. This will really help your fluency because fluency is related to vocabulary.

這比只學一個單詞要有效得多。您需要了解該單詞的社區。這將真正幫助你提高流利程度，因為流利程度與詞彙有關。

How many words you have in order to express yourself.

你有多少詞彙來表達自己。

You're not limited to just one word to try to communicate, like eat. I want eat.

你不能只用一個詞來交流，比如 "吃"。我要吃

That would be very basic fluency.

這將是非常基本的流利程度。

But if you said, I fancy a bite to eat, that would be more advanced level fluency. Let's look at some word communities. Take the word rain, for example.

但如果你說 "我想吃點東西"，那就是更高級別的流利程度了。讓我們來看看一些單詞群。以 "雨 "為例。

Rain. A lovely word. I love the rain.

雨一個可愛的詞。我喜歡雨。

Which words tend to come with rain? I wonder if you know any of them. First one is heavy.

哪些詞容易和雨一起出現？不知道你是否知道。第一個是沉重。

When it's raining a lot, we don't say there's a lot of rain or there's big rain. No.

下大雨時，我們不會說雨很大或很大。不說

We say heavy rain. We also say tipping it down.

我們說大雨。我們也說傾盆大雨。

Tipping it down. This is an expression to do with very heavy rain. What you're doing is you're not only just learning the word rain, you're learning about the community that surrounds that word. It will make you much more fluent whenever you have to talk about the rain. Take music for example. Let's look at the word community of music. Download.

傾盆大雨。這是一個與大雨有關的詞語。你所做的不僅僅是學習雨這個單詞，你還在學習圍繞這個單詞的社區。這將使你在談論雨時更加流暢。以音樂為例。讓我們來看看音樂這個詞的社區。下載。

We download music.

我們下載音樂。

That comes with music. Experimental music. That's a type of music that is a little bit different to mainstream or regular style music. We make music as well. We make it.

這與音樂有關。實驗音樂。這是一種與主流或常規風格音樂略有不同的音樂類型。我們也做音樂。我們也做音樂。

We don't do music, we make it. So every time you learn a new word, try and learn the word community for that word.

我們不做音樂，我們做音樂。是以，每當你學會一個新詞時，都要嘗試學習該詞的詞組社區。

One more example would be shopping.

再舉一個購物的例子。

Shopping spree is when you go shopping for lots of things.

瘋狂購物就是去買很多東西。

So you go on a shopping spree. Late night shopping.

於是你開始瘋狂購物。深夜購物。

That's shopping in the evening which is quite rare here in the UK because shops usually close at about 5 or 6. Sometimes they stay open late and you can go late night shopping. Some homework for you.

傍晚購物在英國非常罕見，因為商店通常五六點就關門了。有時商店會營業到很晚，你可以在深夜購物。給你一些作業。

Pick something that you really love like a river or some beautiful scene like a sunset.

選擇一些你非常喜歡的東西，比如河流或日落等美麗的景色。

Try to learn all the words that come with that word. So if it's the sea that you love, think of all the words that are connected to the sea. The result of doing this is that you'll be able to talk about lots of different topics because you'll know all the vocabulary connected to that topic. Choose topics that you're interested in and then when you have conversation you're more likely to be able to talk about that topic in an advanced, fluent way.

試著學習與這個詞相關的所有單詞。是以，如果你喜歡大海，那就想想與大海有關的所有單詞。這樣做的結果是，你將能夠談論很多不同的話題，因為你知道與該話題相關的所有詞彙。選擇您感興趣的話題，這樣當您進行對話時，您就更有可能以先進、流暢的方式談論該話題。

Tip number 3. Forget comfort.

祕訣三忘記舒適。

I'm sorry guys. Comfort can be a wonderful thing but when it comes to learning how to speak in English comfort is not important. What I mean is leave your comfort zone. That means take risks. Do things that you would never usually do. You need to be speaking in

對不起，各位。舒適是件美妙的事情，但在學習英語口語時，舒適並不重要。我的意思是離開你的舒適區。這意味著要冒險。做一些你通常不會做的事情。你需要用

English as much as you can in any situation that is available to you. Do you know why this is important? Because it gives you confidence.

在任何情況下都儘可能多地使用英語。你知道這為什麼重要嗎？因為這會給你帶來自信。

Confidence is the key to fluency. I see it in my students when I teach them.

自信是提高流利程度的關鍵。當我教學生時，我在他們身上看到了這一點。

When they feel confident and empowered, they are so fluent. It's almost like a button has been turned on. English is flowing out of their mouth. Do one single action that will give you confidence. This could be attending an English class where it's mainly focused on speaking. Striking up a conversation with someone in a shop.

當他們感到自信和有力量時，他們就會非常流暢。幾乎就像打開了一個按鈕。英語從他們的嘴裡流淌出來。做一件能給你帶來自信的事。這可以是參加以口語為主的英語課。在商店裡與人交談。

Just go for it. Honestly, you won't regret it. This could be just simply speaking to others whenever you can. At the bus stop.

去吧。說實話，你不會後悔的。只要有機會，你就可以與他人交談。在公交車站

When you're waiting for the train.

等火車的時候

Any way that you can, just go for it.

只要有可能，就去做吧。

Do the scary thing, guys.

做可怕的事吧，夥計們。

Just do it.

照做就是了。

Or you could just book a class with me and I'll give you confidence. Using English in the real world. I know that we all exist kind of online now and that in itself is a comfort zone, by the way. The online world is a massive comfort zone. The real world is outside your door.

或者你也可以直接預約我的課程，我會給你信心。在現實世界中使用英語。我知道，我們現在都存在於網絡中，順便說一句，這本身就是一個舒適區。網絡世界是一個巨大的舒適區。真實世界就在你的門外。

You just have to leave your house and you'll be in the real world and that's where you should be speaking English.

你只要離開家，就會來到真實的世界，這才是你應該說英語的地方。

Ladies and gentlemen, it's time for the word of the week. Are you excited?

女士們，先生們，現在是每週一詞的時間。你興奮嗎？

Iridescent. Do you know what that means?

五彩繽紛你知道這意味著什麼嗎？

This is related to colour. When something is actually two colours at the same time. From one angle it's maybe blue and from another angle it's green.

這與顏色有關。當某樣東西同時呈現兩種顏色時。從一個角度看是藍色，從另一個角度看是綠色。

This could be a good word to describe ducks. Ducks are one of my favourite animals and on their neck it is quite iridescent because it shines blue and green depending on which angle the duck is in. Actually, this word is great for nature. So if you're choosing the topic of nature to learn, learning lots of word communities in nature, iridescent is a great word that connects to ducks and also fish. You know the beautiful scales of the fish? They shine different colours? That's iridescent.

用這個詞來形容鴨子再合適不過了。鴨子是我最喜歡的動物之一，鴨子脖子上的虹彩非常漂亮，因為根據鴨子所處的角度，虹彩會閃爍出藍色和綠色。事實上，這個詞非常適合大自然。所以，如果你選擇自然這個主題來學習，學習自然界中的很多單詞群，虹彩就是一個很好的單詞，它與鴨子和魚都有聯繫。你知道魚身上美麗的鱗片嗎？它們閃爍著不同的顏色？那就是彩虹色。

Peacock feathers are also iridescent. You also get this effect on a butterfly's wings.

孔雀的羽毛也是彩虹色的。蝴蝶翅膀上也有這種效果。

If you're interested in jewellery, iridescent is a great adjective for some of the gemstones like moonstone, like opal.

如果你對珠寶感興趣，彩虹色是對月光石、蛋白石等寶石的最佳形容詞。

The pronunciation is kind of interesting. There's a silent

發音有點意思。有一個無聲的

C. So don't pronounce the C. It's just iridescent.

C.所以不要發 C 的音，它只是彩虹色。

Iridescent.

五彩斑斕。

Make sure you stress des. Iridescent.

請確保您強調的是 "des"。五彩斑斕。

I hope you enjoyed my video guys. I hope it's given you some motivation to learn how to speak better

希望你們喜歡我的視頻。希望它能激勵你們學好口語

English. With trying to achieve anything difficult, it's really worth breaking it down into sections and stages so that you don't get overwhelmed by how difficult it is.

英語。對於任何困難的事情，都應該把它抽成不同的部分和階段，這樣你就不會被它的難度嚇倒。

These three tips I think are really good steps to learning how to be more fluent.

我認為這三個小竅門是學習如何更加流利的好方法。

If you enjoyed my video, let me know in the comments. Please, I love reading all your comments. It's so amazing. You can also follow me on Instagram. Just type in

如果您喜歡我的視頻，請在評論中告訴我。我喜歡看你們的評論。這太神奇了。您也可以在 Instagram 上關注我。只需輸入

EnglishwithKatherine and you'll find me.

EnglishwithKatherine 就能找到我。

I love helping you guys and I want to do that in the most efficient way. So anything that you're struggling with, put it in the comments and I'll definitely read it and take it on board. Wishing you a wonderful weekend with lots of English speaking. I'll see you next Friday.

我喜歡幫助你們，也希望以最有效的方式幫助你們。是以，如果你們有任何問題，請在評論中提出來，我一定會閱讀並採納。祝大家週末愉快，多說英語。下週五見。

Bye.

再見。