Now, my name is Carter and I'll be the host of the podcast today and hopefully many other podcasts in the future.

我叫卡特，是今天播客的主持人，希望以後還能主持其他播客。

This podcast is for people who are at an upper beginner level or above in English.

本播客面向英語初級或以上水準的用戶。

In this podcast, I'm going to talk not too fast and very clearly so you can practice your listening skills and also your pronunciation skills if you copy me.

在這個播客中，我的語速不會太快，但會說得非常清楚，這樣你就可以練習聽力和發音，如果你模仿我的話。

So if you shadow me, for example.

比如說，如果你跟蹤我

Shadowing means to say what I'm saying.

影射的意思就是說我在說什麼。

In Vietnamese, I think you guys can say bạch chứa.

在越南語中，我想你們可以說 bạch chứa.

So if you do that, then you can practice your pronunciation.

這樣，你就可以練習發音了。

Before we start, I want to remind you that this podcast has English and Vietnamese subtitles.

在我們開始之前，我想提醒大家，這個播客有英語和越南語字幕。

So if there are any words that you don't understand or that you couldn't really hear clearly, just check the subtitles.

是以，如果有聽不懂或聽不清楚的詞句，只需查看字幕即可。

If you're just listening on headphones on another platform, then you can go to YouTube, look in the description and download the transcript or just look at the subtitles.

如果你只是在其他平臺上用耳機收聽，那麼你可以到 YouTube 上查看說明，下載文字稿或只看字幕。

So in today's podcast, I'm going to talk about...

是以，在今天的播客中，我要談談...

Well, first, I'll introduce myself to you guys and I'll tell you about What's Up English and kind of like what you can expect from What's Up English in the future.

首先，我向你們介紹一下我自己，然後告訴你們 What's Up English 的情況，以及你們對 What's Up English 未來的期待。

So firstly, well, very nice to meet you.

首先，很高興見到你。

My name is Carter.

我叫卡特

Maybe you've seen me in videos on TikTok or on Instagram.

也許你在 TikTok 或 Instagram 的視頻中見過我。

You know, those of you have seen me in different places.

要知道，你們這些人曾在不同的地方見過我。

Some people, they see me on the street and they say, oh, are you the TikToker or whatever?

有些人在街上看到我，就會說，哦，你是 TikToker 還是什麼？

And I say, yeah, yeah, I made a few videos.

我說，是的，是的，我拍了一些視頻。

And so I wanted to make this podcast to connect with you guys on a personal level.

是以，我想製作這個播客，與你們建立個人聯繫。

So if there's anything, by the way, you have any suggestions, you can just make a comment.

所以，如果你有任何建議，都可以提出來。

But anyway, I'm getting a little bit off topic now.

但不管怎麼說，我現在有點跑題了。

I made this podcast to help English learners, specifically English learners in Vietnam.

我製作這個播客是為了幫助英語學習者，特別是越南的英語學習者。

And it's mostly for upper beginner and above learners.

而且主要是針對初級以上的學習者。

For total beginners, I don't think it's totally ideal to study with a native speaker.

對於初學者來說，我認為與母語人士一起學習並不完全理想。

I think it's better to learn from Vietnamese people.

我認為向越南人學習更好。

But for higher level learners, you can start listening to native content.

但對於更高級別的學習者，您可以開始聽母語內容。

And that is why I made this podcast.

這就是我製作這個播客的原因。

So I want to tell you guys about the journey from making TikToks up until now, because I could not believe how many people started following my TikTok and started watching my TikToks.

我想告訴你們從製作 TikToks 到現在的歷程，因為我簡直不敢相信有那麼多人開始關注我的 TikTok，開始觀看我的 TikToks。

I put out videos nearly a year ago.

我差不多一年前就開始製作視頻了。

I believe it was August of 2022.

我記得是 2022 年 8 月。

I started putting out some videos on TikTok teaching English.

我開始在 TikTok 上發佈一些教授英語的視頻。

And I thought, oh, you know, if I could get a few followers and a few views, that would be cool.

我想，哦，你知道，如果我能有一些粉絲和瀏覽量，那就太酷了。

I didn't expect much, to be honest.

說實話，我並沒有抱太大希望。

But I had the goal of making videos that were really useful, that could, you know, really help Vietnamese English learners.

但我的目標是製作真正有用的視頻，能夠真正幫助越南英語學習者。

So I made the first video, didn't get too many views, maybe I think 100 or something.

所以我製作了第一個視頻，但觀看次數並不多，大概只有 100 次左右。

And on TikTok, that's like nothing, because TikTok is the easy one out of, you know, the different platforms, right?

而在 TikTok 上，這根本不算什麼，因為 TikTok 是不同平臺中最簡單的一個，對嗎？

I made another one, again, not too many views.

我又做了一個，同樣沒有太多人觀看。

And then I think it was the third video that I made.

然後，我想這是我製作的第三個視頻。

And the content was a little bit different.

內容也有些不同。

The style was a bit different.

風格有點不同。

And I uploaded it when I was at a cafe.

我是在咖啡館時上傳的。

Then I started driving home.

然後我開始開車回家。

I didn't think too much about it.

我沒想太多。

And then I opened the app on my phone, because most people, when they upload a video on TikTok, you know, they open their phone to see how many views that they have.

然後我打開了手機上的應用，因為大多數人在 TikTok 上上傳視頻時，都會打開手機看看有多少人觀看。

And so, yeah, I did that.

所以，是的，我做到了。

And then I saw it was like 5,000 or something.

然後我看到大概有 5000 或更多。

And that was after about 15 minutes.

那是在大約 15 分鐘之後。

And so I was thinking, something's wrong.

所以我在想，事情不對勁。

Not only that, but a lot of people were following.

不僅如此，還有很多人在關注。

And then every time I refreshed the page, there were like thousands more views.

然後每次我刷新頁面，都會有成千上萬的瀏覽量。

And so I was shocked, to be completely honest.

老實說，我很震驚。

I did not expect that to happen.

我沒想到會這樣。

Like, I kept refreshing.

比如，我一直在刷新。

And then there were more and more and more.

然後，越來越多，越來越多。

And I was like, what is going on?

我當時想，這是怎麼回事？

I have like 10,000 followers and 15,000.

我有 1 萬名粉絲和 1.5 萬名粉絲。

It was exploding.

它在爆炸。

And then so, well, I kept on uploading videos.

然後，我繼續上傳視頻。

Because, again, I had all of these ideas in my head that I thought Vietnamese people could really benefit from this.

因為，我腦子裡有很多想法，我認為越南人真的能從中受益。

Like, it could be really useful for them.

比如，這可能對他們非常有用。

And so, and apparently, you know, people liked it.

很顯然，人們很喜歡它。

And I was very happy about that.

我對此感到非常高興。

And so I made videos for about, sorry, I'm talking a bit fast.

所以我製作了一些視頻，抱歉，我說得有點快。

And so I made videos for about six months consistently, maybe four or five.

就這樣，我持續製作了大約六個月的視頻，也許是四五個月。

To be honest, I can't really remember.

說實話，我真的記不清了。

And then I amassed about, you know, a bunch of followers, a bunch of views.

然後我就積累了一些粉絲和瀏覽量。

Some videos did much better than others, of course.

當然，有些視頻的效果要比其他視頻好得多。

But then I stopped making videos.

但後來我就不再拍視頻了。

Because I had made a lot of videos.

因為我製作了很多視頻。

I had a lot of people follow me.

有很多人追隨我。

I had a decent-sized Facebook group.

我有一個規模不小的 Facebook 群組。

But I didn't have anything else to give the students.

但我沒有別的東西可以給學生。

And I think TikTok and Instagram Reels, those short videos, I think they're useful for learning.

我認為 TikTok 和 Instagram Reels 這些短視頻對學習很有幫助。

But if you really want to learn, you need to have more.

但是，如果你真的想學習，你就需要擁有更多。

And to be honest, I don't even really like TikTok.

老實說，我甚至不太喜歡 TikTok。

I don't like the whole short content thing going on, how everyone is pretty much addicted to short content.

我不喜歡現在的短內容，不喜歡每個人都沉迷於短內容。

Because I see it like that stuff is cake, you know.

因為在我看來，那些東西就像蛋糕，你知道的。

It's like really sweet.

真的很貼心。

It's delicious.

太好吃了

And when you eat it, you want to eat more.

吃了還想再吃。

And when you eat it, your brain gets that dopamine and you feel really good, right?

吃了之後，大腦會分泌多巴胺，感覺非常好，對吧？

And so it makes other foods not so appealing.

這樣一來，其他食物就不那麼吸引人了。

Like if you eat cake all the time or if you eat something so delicious all the time, then the other things that are healthy but a little bit more bland won't be as appealing to you.

比如，如果你一直吃蛋糕，或者一直吃美味的東西，那麼其他健康但略顯平淡的東西就不會那麼吸引你了。

And I see short content kind of like that.

我看到的短內容也是如此。

It makes us really used to getting that quick hit of a good feeling and then go to the next one.

這讓我們真的習慣於快速獲得好感，然後去找下一個。

And many people have talked about this.

很多人都談到了這一點。

So I'm not going to talk about it too much.

所以，我不想談太多。

But what I wanted to do was create something bigger, create something more useful.

但我想做的是創造更大的東西，創造更有用的東西。

And so that's what I'm working on right now.

這就是我現在的工作。

I'm not going to talk too much about it.

我不想談太多。

I will announce it in the future.

我將在今後公佈。

But yeah, so that's kind of why I stopped making TikTok videos is because I started spending my time making something else.

是的，這就是我不再製作 TikTok 視頻的原因，因為我開始花時間製作其他東西。

And those videos on TikTok, they take a lot of time for me to think about what the video will be about, to film it, to edit it.

而 TikTok 上的那些視頻，需要我花很多時間去思考視頻的內容、拍攝和剪輯。

Because I didn't have a team.

因為我沒有團隊。

I was doing everything by myself.

我什麼都是一個人做。

And so it took me a lot, a lot of time.

是以，我花了很多很多時間。

And I realized if I wanted to create something bigger and better, then I need to sacrifice something to have more time.

我意識到，如果我想創造更大更好的東西，那麼我就需要犧牲一些東西來獲得更多的時間。

And so I put short videos on pause and I'm working on something else.

於是我暫停了短視頻，開始做別的事情。

It's coming soon.

它即將到來。

All right.

好的

I'm looking at my notes here because I made a bit of a plan for this podcast.

我正在看我的筆記，因為我為這次播客制定了一個計劃。

So guys, what can you expect from this channel and from What's Up English?

那麼，你們對這個頻道和 What's Up English 有什麼期待呢？

Well, this channel, I plan to upload content at least once a week, whether that is a short video or a long video.

在這個頻道里，我計劃每週至少上傳一次內容，無論是短視頻還是長視頻。

I want to focus more on long videos that are really high quality and really useful.

我想把更多精力放在真正高質量、真正有用的長視頻上。

So you guys can learn, right?

所以你們可以學習，對嗎？

Whenever I'm making a video, I'm always thinking about you guys.

每當我製作視頻時，我都會想到你們。

I'm thinking like, OK, what would be useful for them?

我在想，好吧，什麼對他們有用？

What would they watch and be also entertained by?

他們會看什麼並從中得到樂趣？

Because, you know, when you learn English, you also have to have fun.

因為，你知道，學習英語的同時，也要享受樂趣。

And if it's purely educational, like someone in front of a whiteboard just writing, you know, this and this, then you feel bored.

如果是純粹的教育，比如有人在白板前寫寫畫畫，你知道，這樣那樣，你就會覺得無聊。

And while it is very educational, I think entertainment is crucial, especially these days when we can easily go to something else and be entertained.

雖然它很有教育意義，但我認為娛樂也很重要，尤其是在我們可以很容易地去看其他東西並獲得娛樂的今天。

So, yeah, that's what you can expect from this channel is videos each week.

所以，是的，這就是你能從這個頻道每週看到的視頻。

And if there's anything you guys want to learn, please just put a comment in the description.

如果你們有什麼想學的，請在描述中留言。

I will read them and I listen to your feedback for sure.

我會看的，也一定會聽取你們的反饋意見。

I don't want to ramble on and kind of bore you with talking.

我不想喋喋不休，讓你們覺得無聊。

So I don't think this podcast will be very long because it's the first one.

所以我覺得這個播客不會很長，因為這是第一個。

And I just want to, like, introduce you guys to myself and to What's Up English, to the company.

我只想向你們介紹一下我自己，介紹一下 What's Up English，介紹一下公司。

So, again, guys, download my e-book of the 48 most useful phrases in English that we use every day.

所以，還是那句話，夥計們，下載我的電子書，裡面有 48 個我們每天都會用到的最實用的英語短語。

And write a comment in the comment section.

並在評論區寫下您的評論。

Let me know what do you want to see.

讓我知道你們想看什麼。

And, yeah, this is my first podcast, so it's not the best, but it's something.

是的，這是我的第一個播客，所以它不是最好的，但它是一些東西。

So thank you so much for watching.

非常感謝您的收看。

And if you want to watch more of my content, just click this video up here, whichever one it is.

如果你想觀看更多我的內容，只需點擊這裡的視頻，不管是哪一個。

So, again, thanks for watching and I'll see you next time.

再次感謝您的收看，我們下次再見。

Goodbye.

再見