Name: 通過電視學習英語的真相：是什麼讓它成為一個糟糕的選擇 (The Truth of Learning English Through TV: What Makes It a Bad Choice)
Uploaded: 2025-05-31T17:20:04.000Z
Duration: 5 min 44 s

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If you're an English learner, you've probably heard the advice, go watch TV series if you want to become a good English speaker.

如果你是一名英語學習者，你可能聽過這樣的建議：如果你想成為一名優秀的英語演講者，就去看電視劇吧。

In this video, I want to talk about why learning English through TV series can be one of the most misleading or dangerous tips, and I will also explain why you don't need to watch a lot of TV series to become a good English user.

在本視頻中，我想談談為什麼通過電視劇學習英語可能是最容易被誤導或最危險的竅門之一，我還會解釋為什麼不需要看大量電視劇就能成為一名優秀的英語使用者。

Don't forget to stick around till the end of the video because I will give you more better, more accessible, and more understandable alternatives to TV series.

別忘了留到視頻結束，因為我將給你提供更多更好、更易懂、更易理解的電視劇替代品。

Let's start by talking about why TV series are so popular in the English learning community.

讓我們先來談談為什麼電視劇在英語學習界如此受歡迎。

If you look online or read articles, you will see advice like TV shows use authentic English or it's real English spoken by native speakers.

如果你上網或閱讀文章，你會看到一些建議，比如電視節目使用道地的英語，或者是母語人士說的真正的英語。

Some TV shows use exaggerated or scripted language that doesn't reflect everyday speech.

有些電視節目使用誇張或劇本化的語言，不能反映日常用語。

It is often over-exaggerated, dramatized, and fictional.

它往往被誇大、戲劇化和虛構。

The language is carefully written by screenwriters to show emotion, build suspense, or make the audience laugh.

語言是編劇精心編寫的，目的是表現情感、製造懸念或讓觀眾發笑。

It is not a true reflection of how people actually talk in everyday life.

它並不能真實反映人們在日常生活中的實際交談方式。

You'll hear tons of idioms and jokes because the writers are trying to keep your attention.

你會聽到大量的成語和笑話，因為編劇們正在努力吸引你的注意力。

But if you think about it, we actually don't speak like that in reality.

但仔細想想，我們在現實中其實並不這樣說話。

Or take the example of Game of Thrones or House of Cards.

或者以《權力的遊戲》或《紙牌屋》為例。

Unless you are living in Middle-Evil times where working in politics, this vocabulary won't help you in daily life.

除非你生活在中世紀，從事政治工作，否則這些詞彙對你的日常生活沒有任何幫助。

So why did TV shows become such a go-to method for learning English?

那麼，為什麼電視節目會成為學習英語的首選方法呢？

I think it is probably because in the past, we didn't have many resources to go.

我想，這可能是因為過去我們沒有太多的資源可以去。

Maybe 20 years ago, we only had boring audio tapes or textbook dialogues, then came imported TV series, which felt fresh and exciting.

也許 20 年前，我們只有枯燥乏味的錄音帶或教科書上的對白，後來有了進口電視劇，感覺新鮮又刺激。

Apart from foreign teachers, we had no real way to hear how English was spoken naturally.

除了外籍教師，我們無法真正聽到自然的英語口語。

So TV shows felt like a better alternative.

是以，電視節目是一個更好的選擇。

Here are three big reasons why relying on TV series might backfire.

以下是依賴電視劇可能適得其反的三大原因。

首先，它們會打擊你的積極性。

The language in TV shows is too often perfect.

電視節目中的語言往往過於完美。

If you've been watching for 5 or even 10 years but still can't speak like that, it is very easy to feel frustrated.

如果你已經看了 5 年甚至 10 年，但仍然無法像這樣說話，很容易感到沮喪。

What you see in TV shows is scripted and perfected.

你在電視節目中看到的都是經過編排和完善的。

Any perfect person's story or sentence you see is probably designed to look perfect.

你看到的任何完美人物的故事或句子，可能都是為了看起來完美而設計的。

If a show has subtitles, you might rely on them too much and ignore the spoken English.

如果節目有字幕，您可能會過於依賴字幕而忽略英語口語。

But without subtitles, you might not understand anything, especially if the language in the show is difficult.

但如果沒有字幕，你可能什麼都看不懂，尤其是如果節目中的語言很難理解。

Most learners rely on subtitles, even native speakers sometimes do.

大多數學習者都依賴字幕，甚至母語使用者有時也會這樣做。

Because the language is so fast, idiomatic, and advanced.

因為語言是如此快速、習慣化和先進。

Ideally, we should develop techniques to gradually reduce our reliance on subtitles.

理想的情況是，我們應該開發一些技術，逐步減少對字幕的依賴。

But if we don't, watching TV shows with subtitles all the time is not helpful.

但如果我們不這樣做，一直看有字幕的電視節目也無濟於事。

Repetition is one of the most important parts of learning English.

重複是學習英語最重要的部分之一。

But TV shows are long, with many episodes.

After finishing one, you are tempted to start the next.

Your brain wants that dopamine hit from a new story.

你的大腦需要新故事帶來的多巴胺刺激。

But when we watch the same thing again, that hit gets weaker.

但當我們再次觀看同樣的內容時，這種衝擊力就會減弱。

Two years ago, I finished the sixth series of Breaking Bad in just two months.

兩年前，我在短短兩個月內看完《霹靂遊俠》第六集。

After finishing that series, I remembered nothing except methamphetamine and the names of the characters.

看完這套書後，除了甲基苯丙胺和書中人物的名字，我什麼都不記得了。

That's why we avoid watching the same episode twice or a third time, even though repetition is exactly what we need to improve our English.

這就是為什麼我們避免把同一集看兩遍或三遍，儘管重複正是我們提高英語水平所需要的。

Based on all these problems, we might need to look for new materials that have the right difficulty level, something we can understand without subtitles, at least after a few views, aren't too long or addictive, so we are not constantly chasing the next episode, and Use real language, spoken by real people in real situations.

基於所有這些問題，我們可能需要尋找新的材料，這些材料要有適當的難度，不需要字幕我們也能看懂，至少看幾遍就能明白，時間不要太長，也不要讓人上癮，這樣我們就不會一直追著下一集看，而且要使用真實的語言，由真實的人在真實的情境中講述。

We don't speak like the Queen in The Crown, or like Jon Snow in Game of Thrones, or Frank Underwood in House of Cards.

我們說話不像《王冠》中的女王，不像《權力的遊戲》中的瓊恩-雪諾，也不像《紙牌屋》中的弗蘭克-安德伍德。

Those are fictional characters, that's not how regular people talk.

那些都是虛構的人物，普通人可不是這麼說話的。

So we have better alternatives, solo media and real speech.

是以，我們有更好的選擇，獨奏媒體和真正的演講。

What made me want to make this video in the first place was my experience.

最初讓我想製作這段視頻的原因是我的經歷。

I was not very into TV series back then, but as I developed my English proficiency all the way, I somehow discovered the other way around.

那時我對電視劇並不感興趣，但隨著我英語水平的不斷提高，我不知不覺地發現了另一個方向。

Thanks to the internet, we now have solo media, content made by individuals.

多虧了互聯網，我們現在有了個人媒體，有了個人製作的內容。

And I believe this is the best material for English learners.

我相信這對英語學習者來說是最好的教材。

We have podcasts, where it feels like someone is actually talking directly to you.

我們有播客，感覺就像有人在直接與你對話。

But here is the tip, download the video, turn off the internet, and remove the distractions.

但這裡有一個小竅門，那就是下載視頻，關閉網絡，排除干擾。

No autoplay, no next video, that way, you won't be tempted to keep scrolling, and you can focus on repeating the same video multiple times.

沒有自動播放，沒有下一個視頻，這樣，你就不會忍不住繼續滾動，可以專注於多次重複播放同一個視頻。

As for TV series, I just watch them for the sake of entertainment.

至於電視劇，我只是為了娛樂而看。

I help myself relax, read the subtitles if I need them, and do not care about the words in them.

我幫助自己放鬆，如果需要的話就看字幕，並不在意字幕中的文字。

Okay, that's all I think about why we don't actually need to watch a lot of TV series to improve our English proficiency, because we have more alternatives to go.

好了，這就是我所想的為什麼我們其實不需要看大量的電視劇來提高英語水平，因為我們有更多的選擇。

You can actually search for and look for any content creator or channel that hits the chord with you.

實際上，您可以搜索和查找任何能打動您的內容創作者或頻道。

Remember, happy learning, and I will see you next time.

記住，快樂學習，我們下次再見。