to teach you vocabulary or grammar I’m going to explain something very interesting. Many

教你詞彙或文法，我將解釋一些非常有趣的事情。很多

students online send mе messages saying ‘Paul, is it possible to learn English in 3 months?’

學生在網上發mе消息說'保羅，3個月內學好英語有可能嗎？

I replied … what do you think? ‘No!’ Now why did I reply ‘no’? Because … emm…

我回答......你覺得呢？"不！我為什麼要回答'不'？因為... 嗯...

well I’m an experienced teacher I’m a linguist, I have my opinions. They said to

好吧，我是一個有經驗的老師，我是一個語言學家，我有我的看法。他們說

me that they saw an advertisement in a local language school or an online school that

他們在當地的語言學校或網上學校看到了一個廣告，說

promised that they will learn English in 3 months. And I say to them that the words used

答應他們在3個月內學會英語。我對他們說，所使用的單詞

in the advertisement are not true because you can’t learn English all of it in 3 months

廣告中的廣告不是真的，因為你不可能在3個月內學會所有的英語。

… it’s impossible. It’s absolutely… you can’t learn anything perfectly in 3

...這是不可能的。 這是絕對...這絕對是... ... 你不可能在3個月內完美地學會任何東西。

months.. you will get better you will get better but perfectly …. Forget it. But the

你會好起來的 你會好起來的，但完全... ...算了吧。但是... ...

problem is so many people fall for these lies, for these scams. Can you see this question

問題是很多人上當受騙，上當受騙。你能看到這個問題嗎？

here, #1 : ‘Why do people fall for these scams?’ That’s what I want to answer.

這裡，第一條："為什麼人們會被這些騙局所騙？這就是我想回答的問題

Again, scam is like a lie, a lie, you know, that makes you spend your money on something

同樣，騙局就像一個謊言，一個謊言，你知道，讓你花錢的東西

which isn’t true. ‘Fall for’ here it ,means believe. So why do people believe these

這不是真的.'Fall for'在這裡的意思是，相信。那麼為什麼人們會相信這些

lies, why do people fall for these scams? I believe the first problem is that in today’s

謊言，為什麼人們會被這些騙局所欺騙？我認為第一個問題是，在當今的

world we need everything today or we need it we need it yesterday. As a result lot of

世界上，我們今天需要一切，或者我們昨天就需要它。是以，很多

language school understand this and they make these false promises because most people are

語言學校明白這一點，他們做出這些虛假的承諾，因為大多數人都是。

not linguists they learn English but they’re not linguists and so they believe this false

他們不是語言學家，他們學習英語，但他們不是語言學家，所以他們相信這個錯誤的

advertising and therefore they go to these schools, they spend their money and they think

廣告，是以他們去這些學校，他們花他們的錢，他們認為。

they’ve learnt an entire level where in fact they have not, especially when they come

他們已經學會了一個完整的層次，而事實上他們沒有，特別是當他們來了之後

to me. Some people also really believe in easy way of learning English. Now, I’ve

對我來說。有些人還真的相信簡單的英語學習方法。現在，我已經

said this in one of my previous videos I think it was ‘learning vocabulary’ emmm… many

在我之前的一個視頻中說過，我想這是 "學習詞彙"，嗯......很多。

people are not looking for the best way of learning English … they are looking for

人們並不是在尋找最好的英語學習方法......他們是在尋找......最好的英語學習方法。

the easiest way there is a big difference. The easiest way isn’t always the best. Sometimes

最簡單的方法有很大的區別。最簡單的方法不一定是最好的。有時候

you just need to do a lot of hard work every day. I’ll explain this a bit later. So,

你只需要每天做大量的努力工作。這個我後面會解釋一下。所以說

again language schools and online schools they know this and they say ’oh, we have

再次語言學校和網絡學校 他們知道這一點，他們說'哦，我們有。

some special method which can help you learn 600 words in a week’… Good luck! OK, an

某種特殊的方法可以幫助你在一週內學會600個單詞'......祝你好運!好了，一個

again I often get many students who come to me expecting the ‘magic pill’. They come

再次，我經常得到許多學生誰來找我期待的 "神奇的藥丸"。他們來

to my class, not all students but some, they expect to take a special magic pill without

對我的班級，不是所有的學生，但一些，他們期望採取特殊的神奇藥丸沒有

doing homework without working hard they will speak English fantastically in 6 months and

做功課而不努力，他們會在6個月內把英語說得天花亂墜，而且還能說得很好。

I tell them ‘that will not happen, because I will do my best but you need to do your

我告訴他們'這不會發生，因為我會盡我所能，但你需要做你的。

best as well’ ‘How long does it take to learn a language?’ Well , let’s think

"學習一門語言需要多長時間？那麼，讓我們想想

of an example. Imagine, I can’t cook which is true, I can’t cook, but I want to cook

的一個例子。試想，我不會做飯這是真的，我不會做飯，但我想做飯。

like Jamie Oliver or Gordon Ramzie these world-famous chefs, the best chefs in the world. From now

像傑米-奧利弗或戈登-拉姆齊這些世界名廚，世界上最好的廚師。從現在開始

until the best chef in the world do you think I can do that in 3 months? Do you think I

直到世界上最好的廚師 你覺得我能在三個月內做到嗎？你認為我

can learn to be a professional footballer in months? Of course not. So why do you think

能在幾個月內學會成為一名職業足球運動員？當然不能。那你為什麼認為

you can learn amazing English in 3 months? It’s the same principal it’s not going

你可以在3個月內學到驚人的英語？這是同樣的本金，它不會。

to happen. You will make progress; you will get better to learn English to learn how to

以發生。你會有進步；你會更好地學習英語，以學會如何去學習

cook perfectly… NO! We have a wonderful expression in English – ‘how long is a

烹飪完美......不！在英語中，我們有一個奇妙的表達方式--"How long is a?

piece of string?’ Quite often if somebody asks you a question ‘how to learn English?’

一條線？"。相當多的時候，如果有人問你一個問題'如何學習英語？'。

we say ... ‘Well, how long is a piece of string?’ it means ‘there’s no answer

我們說...... "那麼，一根繩子有多長呢？"這意味著 "沒有答案"。

to this’ like there’s no limit… there’s no parameter. How long is a piece of string?

"到這個 "就像沒有限制... 沒有參數。一段字符串有多長？

So…how long does it take to learn English? How long is a piece of string? What are your

那麼......學英語需要多長時間？一根繩子有多長？你有什麼

obligations? Do you have free time? Do you love English enough to practice it 10 hours

義務？你有空閒時間嗎？您是否熱愛英語，願意練習10個小時？

a day? Can you practice it 10 hours a day? Do you have a linguistic mind? There are so

一天？你能每天練習10個小時嗎？你有語言思維嗎？有這麼

many factors involved that determine how quickly you will learn a language but let’s look

很多因素決定了你學習一門語言的速度，但讓我們來看看。

at this what about levels? Can you learn a level in 3 months? My answer to this is YES

在這一點上，水準如何？3個月就能學會一個級別嗎？我的答案是可以

and NO. Now, again as I just said it depends on you … do you have free time? Do you have

和不。現在，又如我剛才所說，這取決於你......你有空閒時間嗎？你有

obligations which limit your free time to learn English? I believe that you can do some

義務，限制了您學習英語的自由時間？我相信你可以做一些

intensive courses where if you work really hard really hard every day for like many hours

強化課程，如果你工作真的很努力 真的很努力，每天像許多小時

then yes I believe you can learn a level in 3 months like pre-intermediate or intermediate

那麼是的，我相信你可以在3個月內學會一個級別，比如中級或初級。

or upper-intermediate but again because most of us have school or jobs or family obligations

或中上等，但又因為我們大多數人都有學業、工作或家庭責任。

it’s very difficult to find that time to give your life to English as much as you should.

很難找到那個時間來給你的生活的英語，因為你應該。

So therefore most students spend like really maximum an hour every day outside the class

是以，大多數學生每天最多花一個小時的時間在課外

practicing English if you practice more than that … well done! So yes, I do believe you

練習英語，如果你練習得更多......做得很好!所以，是的，我相信你

could learn a level in 3 months like let’s say intermediate but preferably most language

可以在3個月內學會一個級別，比如說中級，但最好是大多數語言。

schools have 5-6 months because again you need that time to practice all those elements

學校有5-6個月的時間，因為你又需要這個時間來練習所有這些元素。

all those bits of vocabulary, all those bits of grammar, all those ways of learning you

所有的詞彙，所有的文法，所有的學習方法，你的所有這些位

need that time. Key ingredients to real learning English again this is very basic but of course

需要這個時間。真正學習英語的關鍵因素這又是非常基礎的，但當然是

you need hard work you need to work extremely hard every day learn vocab, practice your

你需要努力工作 你需要每天非常努力地學習詞彙，練習你的。

grammar, speak, read listen, watch films. There aren’t enough hours in a day to do

文法，口語，閱讀聽力，看電影。一天中沒有足夠的時間去做。

it but nevertheless you should work extremely hard. Do your homework. You need guidance,

但儘管如此，你還是應該非常努力地工作。做好你的功課。你需要指導。

You need a professional and experienced teacher that’s why many students come to me because

你需要一個專業的、有經驗的老師，這就是為什麼很多學生來找我的原因。

I can give that guidance, I can tell you how to learn what not to learn as well and you

我可以給你指導，我也可以告訴你怎麼學什麼不學什麼，而你

need structure. You need structure because again one of the problems that I have and

需要結構。你需要結構，因為再次的問題之一，我有，而且。

I’ve mentioned this before there’s so much material online, there’re so many schools

我之前就說過，網上有那麼多資料，有那麼多學校。

around, so many videos, there’s just so much. Now again, if everything was perfect

身邊，那麼多的視頻，實在是太多了。現在又是這樣，如果一切都很完美

and worked well everybody would speak perfect English but they do not. I’ve met only a

每個人都會說完美的英語，但他們不會。我只見過一個

few people in my life that speak absolutely amazing English. I’ve met many people who

少數人在我的生活，說絕對驚人的英語。我見過很多人

speak great English but truly perfect English where I thought they were English I’ve only

說著好聽的英語，但真正完美的英語，在那裡我認為他們是英語，我只。

met 2 or 3 but amazing English I’ve met many and I’ve helped many to speak amazing

見過兩三個，但驚人的英語 我見過很多人，我幫助很多人說驚人的英語

English. But again you need a structure and a good teacher will help you through the structure

英語。但是你又需要一個結構，一個好的老師會幫助你完成這個結構。

to learn properly and lastly avoid scams so if you see an advertisement that says ‘learn

適當的學習，最後是避免騙局，所以如果你看到廣告說 "學習"，你就會發現，你是一個很好的人。

English in one month’ or ‘learn English in 3 months’ it’s not going to happen

一個月內學好英語 "或 "三個月內學好英語 "是不可能的

but it means you can learn some English in 3 months. Maybe just enough to go on holiday,

但這意味著你可以在三個月內學會一些英語。也許只夠去度假。

maybe an intensive for one particular level, you are not going to learn 5000 words, all

也許是某一特定層次的強化，你不可能學會5000字，所有的

grammar in 3 months it will not happen because if it did work then I would not be a teacher

文法3個月內是不會發生的，因為如果真的成功了，我就不會成為老師了。

because you would not need me. And again last one which I want to mention: stupid methods.

因為你不需要我。再說最後一個我想提的：愚蠢的方法。

Very often I read online that some psychologist, teacher somewhere found a special method for

很多時候我在網上看到，某地的心理學家、老師發現了一種特殊的方法，用於

learning English where if you put your trousers on your head and stick this pen up your nose

學習英語，如果你把你的褲子穿在頭上，把這支筆插在你的鼻子上。

and then you can learn 5000 words in one day. What a load of rubbish. Or you can sit down

然後你可以在一天內學會5000個單詞。真是一派胡言。或者你可以坐下來

and associate all these words with some experience in your life that way you can learn 600 words

把這些詞和你生活中的一些經歷聯繫起來，這樣你就可以學到600個詞了。

in one day. Yeah? Really? Maybe learn 100 words in a day. Even if you can learn 100

在一天內。真的嗎？是嗎？也許一天就能學會100個字。就算你能學會100個

words in a day can you use them correctly in context and correct style? I don’t believe

一天中的單詞你能在語境和風格上正確使用它們嗎？我不相信

it because if these methods worked people would speak perfect English very quickly but

因為如果這些方法奏效的話，人們就會很快地說出完美的英語，但是。

they don’t. So, again, just to summarize my friends: can I learn a language in 3 months?

他們沒有。所以，再次給朋友們總結一下：我可以在3個月內學會一門語言嗎？

No, simple as that… it’s a scam, it’s a lie. So be careful when you join a language

不是，就這麼簡單，是騙人的，是騙人的。所以，當你加入一個語言，要小心

school be careful when you look for some school online again you will make progress in 3 months,

學校要小心，當你再網上找一些學校，你會在3個月內取得進步。

look for a good teacher go to forums in your country that discuss good teachers /bad teacher,

找一個好老師，去你們國家討論好老師/壞老師的論壇。

good schools/bad schools etc . Choose a good teacher, get a correct guidance and you will

好學校/壞學校等。選擇一個好的老師，得到一個正確的指導，你會

make a lot of progress. If you work hard yourself, you give your heart to English you will learn

做出很大的進步。只要你自己努力，你用心去學英語，你就會學到

quite quickly and after years and years of practice your English will be amazing. And

相當快，經過多年的練習，你的英語會很神奇。而且

I will do my best to help you get there because we’re going to be together for a very long

我會盡我最大的努力幫你達到目的 因為我們要在一起很久了

time my friends. I’m going to help as many of you as possible.

時間我的朋友。我要儘可能地幫助你們。