Maybe you live in a country where nobody around you speaks English, or you're the only person you know that speaks English.

例如你所居住的國家沒有人說英文，或是你是你認識的人當中，唯一一個會說英文的人。

I've got some advice for you.

那我接下來要傳授你提升英文口說能力的秘訣。

So, how to help you improve your speaking or your talking in English?

你猜是什麼秘訣呢？

Goin' crazy. Um... Usually in English, we never say "going" or "trying"; we say: "goin".

把自己變成瘋子！機會教育一下，在說英文時，我們從來不說 going 或是 trying（特別加重 ing 的音）我們會說 goin'（輕輕帶過 ing）

So, any time in English you see this, we're actually missing the "g".

所以，在英文中，你只要看到「'」這個標點符號，通常都是省略掉 g 的意思。

So, probably you should say, "Going crazy trying to speak or practice English."

在正規的英文文法上，我們會說：「試著瘋狂的說或練習英文（加重 ing 的音調）。」

But, in slang or in regular speech, we say, "Goin' crazy tryin' to speak or practice English."

但，當我們在使用俚語或日常對話時，我們通常會說：「試著瘋狂的說或練習英文（帶過 ing 的音調）。」

So, I want you to think about one thing: Crazy people⏤there's one right here; I'm crazy, a little bit.

現在我要你想像瘋子。你面前正好有一位。我本人是瘋子，我是說有點啦。

But when I say "crazy people", I really mean people who are mentally disturbed or have something really wrong with their brain.

當我說「瘋子」時，我指的是那些真的有心理疾病或是腦袋有毛病的人。

And we like to categorize people as being crazy, but they really are not insane; they just make crazy noises.

雖然我們平時也用「瘋子」來形容瘋狂製造噪音的人。

So, if someone is considered crazy, what do they do?

瘋子通常會幹什麼？

Crazy people usually talk to themselves, they hear voices, especially if they're psychotic, and they will talk to anyone or everyone that will listen to them.

瘋子通常會自言自語，彷彿聽到某種聲音，特別是真的患有精神病的人，他們會跟任何願意聽他們說話的人說話。

So, my advice to you, secret number 42 of how to speak English, is act like you're crazy, or just go crazy learning English.

所以，我的「怎麼說英文」第 42 個秘訣就是，假裝你瘋了，或是瘋狂迷上學英文。

The first one: Crazy people talk to themselves. You are going to talk to yourself.

第一，瘋子很常跟自己說話。你要試著跟自己說話。

If you want to really put... Bring this off and do it well, you could go on the bus, or on any kind of trains... Public transportation, go on the street in your city and just talk to yourself on the street.

如果你真的想要做得更好的話，你可以在公車上（笑）或是在任何一種列車上... 只要是公共交通工具都可以，甚至你就走到街上，跟自己說話。

I don't really recommend that. If you want to do that, you can.

雖然我不建議那樣做，不過如果你真的想這麼做的話，你可以這樣做。

But... talk to yourself, but record it. So when you do this, you're actually listening to your English so you can catch your mistakes and you can listen to your pronunciation.

但... 當你跟自己說話時要記得錄音，因為錄下你說的英文，你就可以在重聽錄音的過程中，揪出自己犯下的錯誤，並聽出自己的發音哪裡有問題，

And, really, what do you sound like in English?

以及你是怎麼說英文的。所以，規則一：你要自己跟自己說話，然後錄下來自我檢查是否有錯誤，

So, rule number one: You're gonna talk to yourself, but you're going to record it so you can check your mistakes, and you can see just how well you do speak. Because I bet you, you speak better than you think.

你會發現你的英文口說其實很出色。我敢打賭，你的英文口說能力比你自己想像的好很多。

Next one: Crazy people talk about hearing voices. Now, I know you inside have a voice.

規則二，身為瘋子的你得跟聲音對話。來！我知道大家的內心都有一股聲音的。

You, like I, have an inner being, a voice inside your head. Crazy people are known to have more than one voice.

你，跟我一樣，我們內裡都有一股聲音，這股聲音存在你的腦中。瘋子比較不同，瘋子有好幾股聲音。

Um... If you have this, you might wanna seek some help.

所以如果你同時有好幾股聲音，你可能需要尋求一些幫助。

But when you hear voices, I want you to talk to yourself inside your head in English.

但當你能聽見自己的聲音時，我希望你可以用英文在腦海裡跟你自己說話，

Um... When I lived in Japan, I learned to speak Japanese. I didn't take a course. I don't like studying.

我以前住在日本時，我的日語是自學的，我沒有去上課，因為我不喜歡讀書。

But my inner voice spoke to me in Japanese.

我學日語的方式是跟內在的聲音用日語對話。當我回加拿大或是出外旅遊時，

So I would come back to Canada or I would go travelling, and I would actually speak to people who spoke English, they would ask me a question, I would answer them in Japanese because my inner voice was still talking to me in Japanese.

只要是英文人士問我問題，我都會用日語回答他們， 因為我內在的聲音跟我是用日語對話的。

So, one really, really important and great thing that you can do is make your inside voice speak to you in English.

所以你可以做的，並且很重要的一件事是用英文和你內在的聲音對話。

This sounds crazy, but I guarantee you that it's one of the ways that you know if you are coming actually bilingual (means you can speak two languages) or trilingual.

這聽起來很瘋狂，但我向你保證，這是其中一個練習掌握雙語（意思是你可以說兩種語言）或是三語的的方法。

So, if your inside voice can talk to you in two different languages, this is really amazing, and it means that your English is improving.

所以，當你內在的聲音可以用兩種不同的語言跟你對話時，是很厲害的一件事情，因為這說明你的英文正在進步。

Everyone has a different timeline.

不過，每一個人的學習曲線都不同，

Some people can do this within a year, some people within months, some people it takes three or four years to do this, but once you have achieved this, woohoo, you're almost there.

有些人用一年學成，有些人更快，幾個月內就可以學成，有些人得花上三到四年的時間，但只要你辦得到，喔乎！你離學好英文的目標又更近了。

And the last one: You'll notice that if you see crazy people on the subway or you see crazy people in your city, they're gonna talk to any or... this means "or", by the way, everyone.

最後一條規則，你有沒有注意到那些在地鐵上和或是街上的瘋子，他們會跟任何人或者... 順帶一提，這個意思是「或者」，每個人。

They don't care who it is. They're not gonna be picky and go, "I don't want to talk to that person."

他們不在乎對方是誰。他們不會挑對象，他們不會說：「我不想要跟那個人說話之類的。」

"I wanna talk to everyone."

他們會說：「我想要跟每一個人說話。」

So, the more people that you can speak to in English, the better. You don't have to be picky.

你能跟越多人說英文，你練習的效果就越好。不用糾結於跟誰練習說英文。

That means you don't have to choose. Is it a beautiful girl? A handsome boy? Young people? Old people? Babies? Children?

這個意思是叫你不要挑對象來說英文。不管是正妹、帥哥、年輕人、老人、寶寶還是小孩。

Anyone that you know that speaks English, try and talk to them. Even in your country.

只要你知道誰會說英文，去嘗試跟他們用英文對話就對了。就算在你自己的國家也一樣。

You think, "Ronnie, there's no one in my country that speaks English", you might be surprised.

你可能會說：「可是 Ronnie，在我的國家中沒有人會說英文」，但會說英文的人其實多到讓你驚訝。

You can find people on websites, and you can find other English speakers to talk to.

你可以去網路找人練習，去網路找會說英文的人，然後跟對方說英文。

So, go crazy, speak as much as you can, and learn English with me.

所以，把自己當成瘋子！把握各種可以說英文的機會，跟我一起學英文。

I'm Ronnie, and I'm crazy. Goodbye.

我是 Ronnie，我是瘋子。再見！