a lot of you who are learning to speak English, you always have a problem with understanding

很多學英語的朋友們，在學習英語的過程中，總是會遇到理解上的問題。

English that is spoken to you, right? Well you're not alone because when we learn or

對你說的英語，對嗎？好吧，你並不孤單，因為當我們學習或。

study English, you know we learn to read English, we learn to write English but understanding

學習英語，你知道我們學習閱讀英語，我們學習寫作英語，但理解英語。

or listening to spoken English is something that is not really done in a very good way

或聽英語口語是沒有真正做到很好的方法的事情

which is why we always end up not speaking English very well, right? Well I know it can

這就是為什麼我們最後總是說不好英語，對嗎？好吧，我知道它可以

be quite frustrating, quite embarrassing, when someone tells you something and you don't

是相當令人沮喪的，相當尷尬的， 當有人告訴你的東西，你不

understand, right? So we are going to first understand as to why understanding English

理解，對嗎？所以我們先來了解一下，至於為什麼要理解英語？

is so difficult.

是如此的困難。

Okay the first reason why understanding English is difficult is because pronounced English

好吧，第一個原因，為什麼理解英語是困難的，因為發音的英語。

is not equal to written English. Well what does that mean? What I'm trying to say is

不等於書面英語。那是什麼意思呢？我想說的是......。

that the way you pronounce some words is not the same when writing the words. So this is

認為有些字的發音方式在寫字的時候是不一樣的。所以這就是

very often in letters which are silent letters in a word. So you have a word for example

常常出現在單詞中無聲的字母中。所以你有一個單詞，例如

say laugh. Well the pronunciation is laugh, almost like a laf, l-a-f. But when you write

說笑。好吧，發音是笑，幾乎像拉夫，l-a-f。但是當你寫

the word, obviously the GH is silent, right? So if you are not used to listening or you

的話，顯然GH是沉默的，對嗎？所以，如果你不習慣聽，或者你...

know listening to too much English, then you'll have a problem because pronounced English

知道聽了太多的英語，那麼你會有一個問題，因為發音的英語。

is not equal to written English, okay. Now the other reason why understanding is so,

是不等於書面英語的，好吧。現在另一個原因是，理解力如此。

so difficult is because the same letter can be pronounced differently in different words.

之所以這麼難，是因為同一個字母在不同的單詞中可以有不同的發音。

What do I mean by that? We have a letter, e, right? We all know the letter, e. In a

我說的是什麼意思？我們有一個字母 "e"，對不對？我們都知道字母 "e"。

word like, egg, the e is pronounced as an eh. The eh sound and in a word like eat, well

蛋這樣的詞，e的發音是eh。eh音和在一個詞中，如eat，well

it becomes a long ee sound. So well the same letter, e, but in one word it is an eh and

變成了一個長長的ee音。所以，同樣是字母e，但在一個單詞中，它是一個eh和

in the other word, it is an ee, that's quite confusing, right?

換句話說，它是一個ee，那是相當混亂的，對不對？

Okay the other reason why you are finding it so difficult to understand is because of

好吧，另一個原因，為什麼你會發現它如此難以理解，是因為

unclear pronunciation. Now a lot of students who I teach tell me that when they hear native

發音不清晰。現在，很多我教的學生告訴我，當他們聽到母語

people or native speakers talking to them, they find the pronunciation quite unclear.

在與人或母語人士交談時，他們覺得發音很不清楚。

They don't understand it. Why? Because native speakers have a way of joining words together.

他們不明白。為什麼呢？因為母語者有一種把單詞連接在一起的方法。

So the joining of words is done. So you have a sentence like, do you want to come? But

所以詞語的連接就完成了。所以你有這樣一句話，你要不要來？但是

a native English speaker would say, do you wanna come? Do you wanna come? Do you want

以英語為母語的人會說，你想來嗎？你想來嗎？你想來嗎？

to come? Is the actual way of saying it, if you are breaking every word and pronouncing

要來？實際的說法是，如果你每一個字都斷斷續續的，發音

it separately. But when you are a native speaker, you tend to speak very fast and therefore

它分別。但當你是一個母語者時，你往往會說得很快，所以

you have joined words together, you say do you wanna come? Are you gonna have lunch?

你把話連在一起，你說你要來嗎？你要去吃午飯嗎？

Are you going to have lunch? What are you doing? What are you doing? Whatcha you doing?

你要去吃午飯嗎？你在做什麼？你在做什麼？你在做什麼？

Okay so when you are a native speaker, you join words together making it very difficult

好吧，所以當你是一個母語的人，你會把單詞連接在一起，使其很難

for beginners to understand what you are saying, right? And the last but very important reason

讓初學者明白你在說什麼，對嗎？最後一個非常重要的原因是

why you can't understand English is because you're not listening enough. There is not

為什麼你不能聽不懂英語，是因為你聽不夠。有不

enough listening of English going on in your studies, right when you are studying English.

足夠的英語聽力在你的學習中進行，就在你學習英語的時候。

Now when you were a baby for example, okay you first learned. You first heard words,

比如說現在你還是個嬰兒的時候，好吧，你第一次學會了。你第一次聽到文字。

right? Your mother told you things, you listened to what your mother said and then you kind

對嗎？你的母親告訴你的東西， 你聽你的母親說什麼，然後你種。

of made out as to what the words were and then you started speaking, writing and reading,

然後你就開始說、寫、讀。

right? So you first listened, you got the words, then you started speaking, then you

對不對？所以你先是聽，你有了話語權，然後你就開始說，然後你就

read and you wrote, right, so that's the order of learning things. You first listen, you

讀，你寫，對，所以這的順序學習的東西。你先聽，你

then speak, you then read and write. But the problem is when we are studying English, we

然後說，你再讀和寫。但問題是，當我們在學習英語的時候，我們...

try to read and write first and that's just not the way you can do it, right? So when

試圖先讀後寫，這不是你能做到的，對嗎？所以當

your mother, as a child she tells you pick up the ball sweetheart, she's saying, pick

你的母親，作為一個孩子，她告訴你 拿起球親愛的，她說，拿起。

up the ball. Now as a baby you don't know the words pick as far as the spelling goes.

了球。現在作為一個嬰兒，你不知道單詞挑，至於拼寫。

You don't know how ball is spelt either. But you hear your mother and then you kind of

你也不知道球是怎麼拼的。但你聽你媽媽說，然後你種

say the same words over and over again because of what you've listened to, right? So therefore

說同樣的話一遍又一遍，因為你聽過的，對嗎？所以，是以

it is very important just like babies that even we, when we are learning a new language,

它是非常重要的，就像嬰兒一樣，即使是我們，當我們學習一種新的語言。

we first listen to a lot of English before we even attempt to speak, read or write.

我們在嘗試說、讀、寫之前，首先要聽大量的英語。

Okay now I’m going to tell you what you need to do, to start understanding English

好了，現在我要告訴你，你需要做什麼，開始理解英語。

in a much better way. This is gonna really help you.

在一個更好的方式。這是要去真的幫助你。

Okay now the first very important rule or what you really need to do to improve your

好了，現在第一個非常重要的規則，或者說你真正需要做的是提高你的。

understanding of spoken English is to practise listening daily. Now I know all of you are

英語口語的理解就是每天練習聽力。現在我知道你們都是

very, very busy people and you really can't take out too much of time to do this probably.

非常，非常忙的人，你真的不能拿出太多的時間來做這個可能。

But all you need is just fifteen minutes in a day. Just fifteen minutes, yeah and in fifteen

但你需要的只是一天中的十五分鐘。只需十五分鐘，是的，在十五分鐘內

minutes, you can practise listening but you've gotta do that regularly, which mean you've

分鐘，你可以練習聽力，但你必需規律的這樣做，這意味著你

gotta do that daily. Now what would you listen to? Or where would you listen to? If you are

每天都要這樣做。現在，你會聽什麼？或者你會在哪裡聽？如果你是

a busy person, you can you know buy one of our CDs, okay we've got, you know a daily

一個忙碌的人，你可以 你知道買我們的CD之一， 好吧，我們已經得到了，你知道一個日常的

video vocabulary, which is there in the link, okay at the end of this video. You can listen

視頻詞彙，在鏈接裡有，好在這個視頻的最後。你可以聽

to that. You can also buy one of our CDs related to spoken English, which will also have dialogues.

到的。您也可以購買我們的英語口語相關的CD，裡面也會有對話。

So it is very important, very imperative that you practise listening to English daily. May

所以每天練習英語聽力是非常重要的，非常必要的。願

be while you are doing your household chores, while you are travelling by bus, train, metro.

是在你做家務的時候，在你乘坐公交、火車、地鐵的時候。

When you are in the gym, you know just walking or jogging. Try listening to English as much

當你在健身房的時候，你知道只是散步或慢跑。儘量多聽英語

as possible for you to you know kind of get the base in understanding the spoken English,

儘可能的讓你你知道那種在理解英語口語的基礎。

yeah and now the second and most important part is, practising the right way. So yes

是的，現在第二個也是最重要的部分是，用正確的方法練習。所以是的

you do have to practise listening daily but what does it mean to practise the right way.

你確實要每天練習聽力，但什麼叫練習正確的方法。

So if there is a right way to practise, then obviously there's a wrong way to practise.

所以，如果有正確的修煉方式，那麼顯然有錯誤的修煉方式。

Have you been practising the wrong way? Well what is the wrong way? The wrong way is basically

你是不是修煉的方法不對？那麼什麼是錯誤的方法呢？錯誤的方法基本上就是

you know, I play a CD, I just listen to something, I try my hardest to listen to something and

你知道，我播放CD，我只是聽的東西， 我努力聽的東西，並。

understand it and I don't understand it, so I just give up. Well that's the wrong way

理解它，而我不理解它，所以我就放棄了。好吧，那是錯誤的方式

of doing it because you have given up and you have not set realistic expectations for

因為你已經放棄了，而且你沒有設定現實的期望。

yourself, right? so there is a right way to understand English, okay, the right way is

你自己，對吧，所以有一個正確的方式來理解英語，好吧，正確的方式是。

before you even start listening or before you even practise listening, you know have

在你開始聽之前，或者在你練習聽之前，你就知道有

the right mindset, okay. So it's basically important to have the right mindset or have

正確的心態，好嗎。是以，它的基本重要的是有正確的心態或有

a positive mindset. Now don't be too hard on yourself. Understand that it might take

積極的心態。現在不要對自己太苛刻。瞭解它可能需要

you a while to understand or learn some words and it might take you a while to apply them

你需要一段時間來理解或學習一些單詞，可能需要一段時間來應用它們

when you are forming a sentence, right? So set realistic expectations for yourself even

當你在組成一個句子的時候，對嗎？所以要給自己設定一個現實的期望，甚至

before you launch into the practise of listening the right way or you know learning to listen

在你開始練習用正確的方式傾聽之前，或者你知道學會傾聽。

the right way. Now when you have a topic, okay suppose you have a paragraph of a small

正確的方式。現在當你有了一個話題，好吧假設你有一段小的

story about say, you know any topic for that matter, the first thing you will do is, listen

關於說的故事，你知道任何主題的問題，你會做的第一件事是，聽。

to the general topic. So when there is a story, okay the story contains a topic, it contains

到一般的話題。所以當有一個故事，好的故事包含一個主題，它包含了

details about a particular topic and it talks about everything in detail. The story in detail.

關於某個主題的細節，它詳細地談論了一切。故事的細節。

But you don't need to know the detail at the beginning, so the first time you listen, so

但你不需要一開始就知道細節，所以第一次聽，所以

it's important to read three times may be. Okay when you are listening, listen three

它重要的是讀三遍可能是。好吧，當你在聽，聽三

times. The first time you listen, okay you are going to focus on the general topic. What

次。第一次聽，好的你要關注一般的話題。哪些

is the story all about? Just the general, the gist of the topic really. Okay, then you

是故事的全部內容？只是大致的，主題的要點，真的。好吧，那麼你

will listen to specific details. Alright so you have a story about a crow who is really

會聽具體的細節。好吧，你有一個關於烏鴉的故事，誰是真的。

thirsty and he is in search of water, he finds a jar, okay which has pebbles in it but that

口渴了，他在尋找水，他發現了一個罐子，好吧，裡面有鵝卵石，但那...

jar is only half filled with water. Now the poor crow, well he does not have a beak long

罐子裡只有一半的水。可憐的烏鴉，它的嘴並不長。

enough to reach the water because it is half filled, right? So what he does is, he goes

足夠達到水 因為它是半滿的，對不對？所以他做的是，他去

and collects more pebbles and puts them in the jar. Have you heard that story? Until

然後收集更多的鵝卵石，把它們放進罐子裡。你聽過這個故事嗎？直到

the water comes up and he can drink. Now if you are reading that kind of story, initially

水上來了，他就可以喝了。現在，如果你讀到這樣的故事，最初

you are going to get the normal gist of the topic which is, a crow being thirsty and looking

你會得到正常的主題的要點，這是，烏鴉渴了，尋找

for water, okay. What is the specific detail? Now the specific details relate to, what is

為水，好。具體的細節是什麼？現在具體的細節涉及到，什麼是？

mentioned in the paragraph? Okay you can talk about you know what part of the country or

段中提到的？好吧，你可以談談你知道什麼地方的國家或。

you know what is the weather like? Is it a sunny day? Is it a rainy day? Is it a cold

你知道現在的天氣怎麼樣嗎？是晴天嗎？是雨天嗎？是冷天嗎？

day? Details could also imply things like, you know is the crow, you know like just all

天？細節也可能暗示著這樣的事情，你知道是烏鴉，你知道就像所有的。

alone there? Are there people around? Little specific details about the story that's where

一個人在那裡？周圍有人嗎？小具體的故事細節，這的地方。

you'll give your focus to when you read or listen for the second time. And the last one

你會給你的重點，當你讀或聽第二次。最後一個

is, the third one is, now when you are reading for the third time, the same paragraph or

是，第三個是，現在當你讀到第三遍的時候，同樣的段落或

you are listening to it for the third time, you are going to pay attention to individual

你在聽第三遍的時候，你會注意到個別的

words. Now this is the time wherein you are going to mark or you know keep a mental note

詞。現在是時候，你要在這裡做個記號，或者你要知道，記在腦海裡的是

of individual words and see how they are formed in a sentence. Okay when you keep doing that,

的單個單詞，看看它們在句子中是如何形成的。好，當你一直這樣做的時候。

every day, every single day for fifteen minutes at least, you will see that you will eventually,

每一天，每一天至少十五分鐘，你會發現，你最終會。

you are going to be in a position to apply your words in a sentence and form grammatically

你將在一個位置上應用你的單詞在句子中，形成文法上的

correct sentences because now you have heard enough and because you have heard enough you

正確的句子，因為現在你已經聽夠了，因為你已經聽夠了，所以你

can respond in spoken English because now you can understand spoken English.

可以用英語口語回答，因為現在你可以聽懂英語口語了。

Well that's it from me on this lesson on understanding spoken English. Well you take very good care

好了，這就是我這節課上的英語口語理解課。好吧，你很好的照顧

of yourself. I’ll be back with some more lessons, until then, this is me saying goodbye.

的自己。我會帶著更多的教訓回來的，在那之前，這是我在說再見。