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  • In this American English pronunciation video, were going to go over how to increase your

    在這部美國英語發音影片中,我們將會復習如何增加你的詞彙

  • vocabulary.

  • One of the challenges in learning a foreign language is remembering all of the new vocabulary.

    學習外語的其中一個挑戰便是記住所有的新詞彙

  • In this video, were going to go over a few tips for learning new words, and for remembering

    在這部影片中,我們將會復習幾個學習和記住新單字的小撇步

  • them.

  • First, expose yourself to the language. For example, read. I still learn English words

    首先,讓你自己沉浸在語言中。例如:閱讀。我依然藉由閱讀的方式,來學習英語單字

  • from reading. I find that every couple of months the New York Times uses a word that

    我發現每隔幾個月,紐約時報會使用一個單字,

  • either I’ve never heard before, or that I’ve heard but I’m not totally solid on

    那單字不是我從來沒有聽過,就是我有聽過,但不是百分百確定它的意思

  • the meaning. So I look it up, learn the meaning, and then go back to the sentence and solidify

    所以,我查了一下,了解它的意思,然後再回到句子中,加強單字的記憶

  • it. One good idea is to think of another word that you know that you could replace it with

    一個好方法是想出另一個可以替代那句子中的單字

  • in that sentence. A word that wouldn’t change the meaning. Then say the sentence with that

    一個不會改變整句意思的單字。然後,連同單字一起唸出整個句子

  • word. Tying the new word to a word you already know, and studying it in the context of the

    把新單字和你已知的單字搭在一起,從句子中的上下文學習,

  • sentence will help you remember it.

    將會幫助你記住單字

  • If you know my channel, you know it’s a pronunciation channel. Always learn the pronunciation

    假如你知道我的頻道,便知道它是一個發音頻道。當你學習新單字時,

  • when you learn a new word. When you look up a word in the dictionary, the pronunciation

    永遠不斷地學習發音。當你在字典裡查找一個單字時,其發音的部份

  • is always right there. Many online dictionaries also play an audio file so you can hear a

    也會顯示在旁。許多線上字典也有音頻文件,你可以聽到

  • native speaker say the word. Practice it out loud several times.

    母語者的真人發音。多次練習大聲說出單字

  • You want to read at the right level to learn. If it’s too easy, you won’t learn many

    閱讀合適的程度才能有效學習。假如程度太低,你無法學到許多新的詞彙單字

  • new vocabulary words. If it’s too hard, you don’t really get the context because

    假如程度太難,你無法理解內容,

  • there’s too much that you don’t know. Try reading at a level where you look up,

    因為有太多你不知道的詞彙。試著閱讀只需要一句最多查一個單字的

  • at most, one word per sentence.

    那種程度的閱讀資料

  • As you discover new words in your reading, write them down, along with the meaning and

    閱讀過程中發現新單字的話,就把它們寫下來,包含它的意思和上下文容

  • the context. You can either use a notebook, or flashcards if you prefer that. Make a system

    你可以使用筆記本,或是你比較喜歡教學卡片的話,也可以使用那個

  • that works for you so you know youre going to actually go back and study the words again.

    為自己建立一個之後會確實再回過頭去復習和學習的系統

  • Most words you won’t remember from just looking it up once.

    大部分的單字若只有查過一次的話,是記不太起來的

  • When you look the word up, look for related words or other forms of the word. For example,

    當你查單字時,順便查看相關單字或單字的其他型式。例如:

  • let’s say youre learning the wordadjust’, which is a verb. You may find in the dictionary

    假設你正在學"adjust"(「適應;調整」)這個單字,是個動詞。你也許會在字典裡找到

  • thatadjustableis an adjective andadjustmentis a noun. Write these down

    "adjustable"(「可調整的」) 這個形容詞和"adjustment"(「調整」) 這個名詞。把這些字也寫下來

  • too.

  • It’s also a good idea to look for one antonym or one synonym. An antonym is a word with

    同時查看一個反義詞或同義詞也是個不錯的方式。反義詞是指有著

  • an opposite meaning, and a synonym is a word with the same or similar meaning. So, let’s

    相反意思的單字,而同義詞是指有著相同或類似意思的單字。

  • say youre learning the wordblurry’. A synonym would befuzzy’. An antonym

    假設你正在學習"blurry"(「模糊」) 這個單字。同義詞有"fuzzy"(「模糊」)。反義詞

  • would beclear’. If any of these words are unknown to you, write them down too. You

    則有"clear"(清楚)。假如這幾個單字你也沒有學過,把它們也寫下來

  • can find synonyms and antonyms by looking in a thesaurus, like thesaurus.com.

    你可以在像是thesaurus.com這種辭典網站裡查尋同義詞和反義詞

  • Another great way to learn vocabulary is to watch TV, movies, and online videos. But you

    另一個學習詞彙的好方法是看電視、電影和線上影片

  • can’t just sit back, relax, and be entertained. You can do that sometimes, youre going

    但你不能只是坐下來放鬆地享受影片。你有時可以那麼做,

  • to learn more if you actively participate in learning. When I was in Germany, I watched

    但假如你主動地參與學習的話,便能學到更多。當我在德國時,

  • a lot of TV with my notebook in hand. When I heard a word or phrase that I knew I could

    我會一邊看電視,一邊做筆記。當我聽到一個我大概能辬識,

  • identify but didn’t know the meaning of, I immediately stopped paying attention to

    但不知道意思的單字或片語時,我會馬上停止注意電視內容,

  • the television, or paused what I was watching, and wrote down the word. Then I looked up

    或者暫停我正在看的頻道,把單字寫下來。然後,我會查找單字的意思,

  • the meaning and wrote down the context. It was so easy to remember new words I picked

    並寫下內容。這種學習方式,讓我很容易就記住新單字,

  • up this way because I had the visual of what I had been seeing, I had the visual of the

    因為我有實際看到的影像,我有實際寫下來的單字,

  • word written down, and I practiced out loud several times. The context of the situation

    而且我練習大聲說出口好幾次。情境中的上下文,

  • helped solidify that word or phrase. If you can rewind and watch again, do this, and pay

    幫助了加強對單字或片語的記憶。假如你能夠倒帶再看一次,便這麼做,

  • attention to the pronunciation. Imitate the pronunciation out loud 5 or 6 times. Make

    並注意發音部分,大聲模仿它的發音5到6次。

  • sure you write the pronunciation down, either using IPA or another system that works for

    確實把發音寫下來,不論是使用國際音標,或是另一種對你來說有效的系統

  • you.

  • This is also great for learning phrases or sequences of words that are frequently used.

    學習片語或常使用到的單字序列也是很好的方式

  • When I was in Germany watching a drama, I heard the phrase: Es tut mir furchtbar leid.

    我在德國看戲劇時,我聽到這個片語:"Es tut mir furchtbar leid"(德文)

  • I had never heard this phrase before. I knewes tut mir leid’, which means “I’m

    我之前從來沒有聽到過這個片語。我知道"es tut mir leid"的意思是「我很抱歉。」,

  • sorry”, so I recognized the phrase, and I learned a new way to intensify it withfurchtbar’.

    因此,我認出這個片語,而且學到用"furchtbar"這個字來加強語氣:

  • I’m terribly sorry.

    「我真的非常抱歉。」

  • When you learn a new phrase, write it down. Ok, so what do you do with all of these words

    當你學到一個新片語時,把它寫下來。好,那接下來,你該拿寫下來的這些單字和片語怎麼辦呢?

  • and phrases youre writing down? By learning them in the context of reading or video, youre

    藉由閱讀或影片內容的學習,

  • already helping yourself memorize them. But youre still going to have to put in some

    你已經幫你自己背誦了它們。但你還是要再多下一點功夫

  • work.

  • Try to memorize, really solidly memorize, 3-5 words a day. If you have a great memory,

    試著去背誦,真的去熟背,一天3到5個單字。假如你有很好的記憶力,

  • then maybe go for 10. But limit yourself to that.

    那就背10個,但不要超過這數字

  • Tip 1 for memorization: The Laura tip. I’m naming this after my friend who was studying

    第一個背誦小撇步:「蘿拉小撇步」。這是用我在國外學習西班牙文的朋友下去命名的

  • Spanish abroad. Laura would write down and learn four or five new words that she heard

    蘿拉會寫下並學習她每天透過對話所聽到的4到5個新單字

  • in conversation throughout the day. At the end of the day, she would turn them into a

    一天結束後,她會把這些新單字編成一首歌

  • song. This might involve gestures or movements to help her understand. It might contain just

    其中也許會涉及到手勢或動作來幫助她理解。也可能只包含單字,

  • the word, if the gesture was clear, or the word and definition, or the word in a sentence.

    如果手勢夠清楚的話,或者單字和定義,或者句子中的單字

  • Adding music, adding a melody, really helps your brain hold onto information. She taught

    加上音樂、加上旋律,真的能幫助你的大腦牢記訊息

  • me one of her songs and I still remember it, 8 years later. And I wasn’t even trying

    她教了我其中一首她編的歌,至今8年後,我仍然還記得。而我當時根本也沒有在學西文

  • to study Spanish at the time. Let’s come up with an example song. Let’s say youre

    我們也來試試做一首歌看看

  • learning the words sprint, deceive, increase, and concern. Your song could go something

    假設你正在學習"sprint"(衝刺), "deceive"(欺騙), "increase"(上升;增加), and "concern"(關心)這幾個單字

  • like this:

    你的歌有可能是像這樣:

  • Sprint! Don’t deceive me. Increase. I care because I’m concerned.

    「衝啊!別欺騙我。上升。我在乎因為我關心。」

  • Don’t spend much time on it. It should be short and fun. Sing it 10 or 12 times. Then

    別花太多時間在上面。歌曲應該是要潔短有力和有趣。唱個10 或 12次

  • sing the one from yesterday a few times. Adding motion and melody will help you memorize.

    然後唱幾次昨天編的歌。加上手勢和旋律能幫助你背誦

  • It doesn’t matter at all what the melody is, or even if youre musical. It will still

    不管是何種旋律,或者聽起來美不美妙

  • help you remember.

    它仍然能幫助你記憶

  • Tip 2 for memorization: Repetition and grouping.

    第二個背誦小撇步:不斷重覆和分組

  • Go over your vocabulary words many times. Practice them out loud. Repetition is extremely

    復習你的詞彙單字好幾次。練習大聲說出來。不斷重覆是極為重要的

  • important. If it’s a tough word to pronounce, slow it down, don’t rush: immediately [4x].

    假如一個單字很難發音,那就慢慢地說,別太著急:「立即」(說四次)

  • Put the words in groups and drill the groups together. Then group them differently and

    把單字分組,並一起練習組別裡的單字。然後把單字又分到不同的組別,

  • drill again. For example, if you wrote down 10 words or phrases while watching one episode

    再練習一次。例如:假如你寫下正在看的Sopranos (美國影集)其中一集裡的10個單字或片語,

  • of the Sopranos, practice those words together and think about the episode and the context

    把這些字一起練習,聯想到影集,以及每個單字的上下文

  • for each word. Or, group them by vowel sound in the stressed syllable, for example, furniture,

    或者,把它們依重音落在母音上來分組,例如:"furniture"(傢俱)、

  • unearth, burley, return, jury, blurt, curse. These words all had the UR vowel in the stressed

    "unearth"(挖掘)、 "burley"(伯萊芋葉)、 "return"(返回)、" jury"(陪審團)、 "blurt"(模糊)和 "curse"(詛咒)。這些字的重音都在UR這個母音上

  • syllable. Or, organize your words by stress: typical, period, numerous, everything, difficult,

    或者,依照重音來組織單字:"typical"(典型的)、"period"(一段時間)、"numerous"(許多的)、"everything"(每件事)、 " difficult"(困難的)、

  • curious, DA-da-da. These were all three-syllable words with stress on the first syllable. Or,

    "curious"(好奇的)等等。這些都是有三個音節的單字,而且重音都落在第一個音節

  • organize the words by meaning, grouping together words of similar meaning. Or group them by

    或者,用單字意思去分組,把相似意思的單字分在一起。或者,按照你了解單字的程度去分組,

  • how well you know them, putting words you know really well in one group, words you kind

    把你已經很了解的單字放在第一組,

  • of know in a second group, and words you need a lot of help with in a third group. Creating

    把你大概知道的單字放在第二組,然後把你還需要查詢後才知道的單字放在第三組

  • various groups will help you memorize, and will make drilling vocabulary more engaging.

    建立不同的組別將會幫助你背誦,而且能讓練習的詞彙更有參與感

  • Tip 3: Visualization. When you learn a word, come up with a picture for it, a mini-story

    第三個小撇步:視覺化。當你學一個單字時,試著想一個圖片,

  • in one picture in your mind that makes sense to you. This is a common mnemonic device,

    一個你腦袋可以理解的一個圖片裡的迷你故事。這是一個很普遍的幫助記憶裝置,

  • and you probably used it when learning vocabulary in your own language.

    也許當你在學習自己的母語詞彙時,曾用到過這個裝置

  • So, absorb as much of the language as you can through reading and watching video, or

    透過閱讀和觀看影片,盡力吸收語言,

  • even writing down words from conversation around you. Organize these words in a system

    或者甚至把你週遭對話的單字寫下來。用一套你能理解的系統來組織這些單字:

  • that works for you: maybe a notebook, maybe flashcards. And get creative when memorizing.

    也許使用筆記本,或教學卡片。背誦時可以有創意一點

  • The more often you come back and study your vocabulary words, the more youll be able

    常回去復習和學習詞彙單字,你便能記得更多,

  • to remember them and to use them yourself in writing and conversation.

    而且能將它們運用在寫作和對話上

  • Do you have other methods for learning vocabulary? Let me know in the comments below.

    你有其他學習詞彙的方法嗎?在下方評論欄留言

  • Also, I’m happy to tell you that my book, American English Pronunciation, is available

    還有,我很高興跟你們分享我的書:"American English Pronunciation",現正販賣中

  • for purchase. If you want an organized, step-by-step resource to build your American accent, click

    假如你想要一個有組織性的、一步一步的資源來建立你的美式發音,按這裡買書

  • here to get the book. Or, see the description below. I think youre going to love it.

    或者,看下列的描述。我想你會喜歡的

  • That’s it, and thanks so much for using Rachel’s English.

    就這樣,感謝收看「芮秋英語」頻道

In this American English pronunciation video, were going to go over how to increase your

在這部美國英語發音影片中,我們將會復習如何增加你的詞彙

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