Name: 少說多問：用問題提高英語水平 (Speak Less, Ask More: Use Questions to Improve Your English)
Uploaded: 2025-10-16T18:34:15.000Z
Duration: 17 min 18 s

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This video is going to be a little different than my normal videos.

這支影片會跟我平常的影片有點不一樣。

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It's part of a four part series in which we're going to look at communication in its totality or in its big form.

這是四部曲系列的一部分，我們要從整體或大方向來探討溝通。

And we're going to show how speaking, reading, writing and listening work together.

我們要來展示說、讀、寫、聽是如何一起運作的。

And right now I'm going to go to the board and start with our first lesson.

現在我要到白板前，開始我們的第一課。

And look, Mr. E is here to tell you that speaking is an important part of language.

而且你看，E 先生在這裡告訴你，說話是語言中很重要的一部分。

We say acquisition to get language because in order to communicate you need to speak and to listen.

我們說取得語言，因為為了溝通，你需要說話和聽。

Mr. E is telling you that speaking takes up 25 to 30% of language usage in a day.

E 先生告訴你，說話佔一天語言使用的 25% 到 30%。

So you spend 25 to 30% of your day speaking more than, and

所以你一天有 25% 到 30% 的時間在說話，比

you know, 10% for, I believe, writing, 10 to 15%.

我認為的寫作，10% 到 15% 還多。

In this lesson we're going to talk about the most important part of what I think you want to do when speaking in order to learn the most in language.

在這堂課，我們要談談我認為你說話時最想做、以便在語言學習中收穫最多的部分。

And it's not speaking, it's actually questions.

You want to learn to ask questions in order to improve your speaking and your communication ability.

你想學提問，才能提升你的口語和溝通能力。

And let's go to the board to find out why.

Well, most people want to speak because they want airtime.

嗯，大多數人想說話，是因為他們想要發言時間。

They think if they're not speaking, they're not being taken seriously or they're not important and it's the person who's speaking who has all the power.

他們覺得如果不是他們在說話，別人就不會認真看待他們，或者他們就不重要，而且說話的人才擁有所有權力。

Some people are just stupid and they talk for the sake of stupid.

有些人就是很笨，他們說話只是為了說話而說。

When you want to speak, you want to learn something or inform people.

當你想說話時，你是想學到東西或告知別人。

And the best way to do that is to start by questions.

而最好的方法就是從提問開始。

For some people, speaking is your mouth is open but no one's home.

對某些人來說，說話就是嘴巴張開，腦袋卻一片空白。

They're talking and they've got lots to say.

他們滔滔不絕，有很多話想說。

It may not be informed, it may not be well thought out, it may not even be clear.

可能沒有經過深思熟慮，可能沒有仔細思考，甚至可能不夠清晰。

And it's confusing for people, but they feel good because they're speaking.

這會讓聽的人感到困惑，但他們因為說了話而感覺良好。

And the act of using questions is what makes it active.

而使用問句這個動作，就是讓它變得積極的關鍵。

Because when you use questions, we ask open ended questions.

因為當你使用問句時，我們會問開放式問句。

We don't say ask questions where it says yes or no.

我們不是問那種只能回答「是」或「否」的問句。

We ask a question where the person has to speak More, or we say elaborate.

我們會問一個需要對方多說一點，或是請對方詳述的問句。

And as they do that, they give us more information so we can communicate more effectively with them.

而且當他們這樣做的時候，他們會給我們更多資訊，讓我們能更有效地和他們溝通。

We use questions to clarify, like, what do you mean, connect?

我們用問句來釐清，像是，你說的「連結」是什麼意思？

And empathy and reflect, to think about it.

同理心和回饋，去思考這件事。

So by asking questions, we can have all of this, which is different than just speaking for the sake of speaking.

所以透過提問，我們可以得到這些，這跟只是為了說話而說話很不一樣。

Why I chose speaking as the cornerstone for questions, for the cornerstone of speaking, as opposed to just say you can talk about this and that.

為什麼我選擇把提問當作核心，把說話當作核心，而不是說你可以談論這個談論那個。

I've got videos teaching you how to do small talk, how to ask questions and that.

我有很多影片教你如何閒聊、如何提問等等。

You have to understand the importance of questions so that you can utilize them to learn language, not just for better communication, which is what it's about.

你必須瞭解提問的重要性，這樣你才能利用它們來學習語言，而不只是為了更好的溝通，這才是重點。

That's why you're learning a language, to communicate.

這就是你學習語言的原因，是為了溝通。

But we want to do this so that we can actually get more out of our conversations and closer relations.

但我們希望做到這點，這樣我們才能真正從對話中獲得更多，並建立更親密的關係。

Well, years ago, I stumbled on this book called Humble Inquiry by Edgar Schein.

嗯，幾年前，我偶然發現了這本由 Edgar Schein 所寫的書，叫做《Humble Inquiry》。

I can't remember the university he worked at, but he does.

我不記得他在哪間大學任教，但他知道。

He's in the Department of Communication and Language, and he had a book.

他在傳播與語言學系，他有一本書。

And this book was expensive because the book was tiny and it was like $40.

這本書很貴，因為書很小，但要價 40 美元。

And why would I pay $40 for like 80 pages?

為什麼我要花 40 美元買大約 80 頁的書？

This is not a direct quote, but it's basically what he said.

這不是直接引用，但大致是他所說的。

He said, by asking questions, we are asking the other person to enter a relationship of trust and respect.

他說，透過提問，我們是在請對方進入一個信任與尊重的關係。

I always thought, especially I was teaching English, that I would speak to you, you would speak to me, and

我一直以為，尤其是我教英文的時候，我會對你說話，你會對我說話，然後

But the underlying thing to him was every time you have conversation and a question is asked, you're creating a relationship.

但他認為最根本的是，每次對話中出現問題時，你就建立了一種關係。

I never got it, and most people still don't.

我從來沒搞懂，而且大多數人到現在也沒搞懂。

So you're going to have an advantage over many people if you really understand this.

所以如果你真的瞭解這一點，你就會比很多人佔有優勢。

When you ask a question, you're saying to someone, I don't know, I'm vulnerable.

當你問一個問題時，你等於在告訴對方，我不知道，我很脆弱。

你可以傷害我，也可以幫助我。

Well, some people, you'll ask a question like, is the library here?

嗯，有些人，你可能會問一個問題，像是，圖書館在這裡嗎？

天啊，看，它就寫著圖書館，就在那裡。

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