I'm Gabby Wallace, your American English teacher, founder of Go Natural English,

我叫 Gabby Wallace，是一名美籍英文老師，也是 Go Natural English 的創始人，

making the world a more fluent place with your help! Now you want to be fluent in English and

透過你的幫助，讓這世界更能流暢溝通！你想說一口流利的英語，

you've been studying a lot of things for a lot of years to improve your English fluency.

也已經花費數年時間吸收知識以加強你的口說能力。

Now, what if I told you that

現在，如果我告訴你，

learning and improving is not just about accumulating knowledge and facts

學習和進步不只是一味地吸收知識。

Improvement is actually about letting go of some things

進步實際上是丟棄一些東西，

Stopping doing some things if that sounds interesting then keep watching

以及停止做某些事。若你覺得這聽起來很有趣，請繼續看下去。

Let me explain in this lesson

讓我在這堂課中為你解釋。

I'm gonna share five things that you can stop doing and these five tips are inside the English Fluency Formula

我將會分享你不該做的五件事，而這五件事都收錄在「the English Fluency Formula」一書當中，

so this lesson is brought to you by the ebook that I wrote for you to help you improve your English fluency

所以本課程將會帶你認識我寫給你的這本電子書，幫助你提升英文口說能力。

So let's go to page eight

所以，讓我們翻開第八頁。

Five things that you can stop doing right now

你現在必須停止的五件事。

You can let go

你可以擺脫它們、

Release them into the world, and you never have to worry about them again and in the meantime your English will improve

拋棄它們，再也不需要擔心它們，你的英文能力同時也會進步。

How about that? Would you like me to share these things with you that you can stop doing?

聽起來如何？

Okay number one if you don't see immediate improvement in your English don't give up

好的，第一點，如果你沒有立刻看見英文上的進步，不要放棄。

It takes time to change the way you learn and to realize that you are improving. It's all about

改變學習方法需要時間，察覺自己的進步也是。你只需要

Patience it's all about enjoying the journey of learning English

付出耐心，你只需要享受學習英文的過程。

Don't fixate so much on if you've actually improved from day to day.

不要太過執著在你每天進步多少。

Yes, it's important to learn new things to challenge yourself

沒錯，為了挑戰自己，學習新知非常重要，

But don't fixate so much on have I improved my score or my grades since yesterday

但別太執著於我昨天和今天比起來進步了多少分，

focus more on

請多關注於

What you can do to experience English on a daily basis?

你該如何做，才能每天都浸泡在英文的環境中？

So don't give up if you don't see an improvement because also

所以，若你沒看見成效，千萬別放棄，因為

You're gonna see that some days

你未來一定會看見，

You might improve a lot, and it seems like English is coming naturally to you all of a sudden

你可能會進步很多，突然間英文對你來說就是一件很輕鬆簡單的事。

But then other days for whatever reason maybe you're feeling tired

但有時你可能會因為某些原因而感到倦怠，

Maybe you woke up on the wrong side of the bed, maybe you're experiencing a new English environment

也許你從另一側下床，也許你正經歷一個全然陌生的英語環境，

Well, you're gonna feel like your english actually

你可能會覺得你的英文能力

Went back a level and that's natural

退到了一個水平，這其實是正常的。

Because that's what it's like to learn and improve

因為學習與進步正是如此。

You're gonna feel like you took two steps forward and one step back and two steps forward and one step back

你會覺得你往前兩部，卻又退後一步，再往前兩步，又退後一步，

But you are improving next let's talk about reading books

但你依然正在進步。接下來，讓我們談談閱讀。

Don't stop reading a book just because it feels too difficult don't throw it away

別只是因為覺得太困難就放棄閱讀，別扔掉它。

Take a break

休息一下。

Try reading something else in the meantime, and then go back to that book that seems difficult

試著同時讀點別的東西，再回到原先你覺得困難的書上。

And I bet that after a month or two it's gonna see him a lot easier

我打賭一到兩個月之後，你會覺得那本書變的很簡單。

It's a lot like these days with rock climbing

這與攀岩非常類似。

I started rock climbing about a month ago, and it was really really hard at first. I couldn't climb anything

在一個多月之前，我開始攀岩，一開始真的非常困難。我什麼都爬不上去。

It was really embarrassing by it I got a month pass and I've been going every single day

真的非常尷尬，但一個月過去了，我每天都做這件事，

Sometimes twice a day to the rock climbing gym

有時候兩天一次，到攀岩體育館練習。

And now I can climb a lot more and a lot better than I was on day one

比起第一天，現在我可以爬得更遠、更好。

some days are more difficult than others, but I can see an improvement and that's how it is with English so give yourself time and

有時候你會覺得很艱難，但我可以看見自己的進步，學習英文也是如此。所以給你自己一些時間，

Be patient with yourself

對你自己有耐心一點。

Number three don't compare yourself with others

第三點，別和別人比較。

there are they're people with other experiences and other goals and

人們有著不一樣的經驗與目標，

Just compare yourself with you your goals and your improvements over time

你只需要和你自己、你自己的目標與你進步了多少做比較就夠了。

Okay, number four is really important

好，第四點非常重要。

don't focus on what you cannot do

不要把注意力放在你做不到的事情上面。

look, we go where we focus have you ever noticed that maybe if you're driving or riding your bike

聽著，我們總是往我們關注的地方前進。你有注意到，當你在開車或騎車時，

and you're looking at something you start to steer towards it by

你看著某個東西，你繞過它，

accidents or

意外地或

Subliminally, not really even thinking about it

無意識地，完全沒有思考過這件事。

this is what happens when we focus on the negative

當我們關注於負面的事情時，這就會發生。

when we focus on what we can't do it seems to expand it seems to get worse

當我們關注於我們做不到的事時，它似乎會被擴大、會變得更糟。

it seems to get bigger so try not to focus on what you cannot do try to focus on what you can do and

會變得更嚴重，所以試著不要注意你做不到的事，在乎那些你做得到的事，

lean in to your positive feelings about English your

沉浸在那些關於學英文的正向情感中，

accomplishments and English is gonna feel a lot easier too

例如你的成就感，如此一來，英文對你來說就會簡單很多。

finally number five

最後的第五點，

Don't try to do everything alone

別嘗試一個人做所有的事。

Learning English is not a solo activity. Yes. You're smart you're dedicated

學英文不是一個人的活動。沒錯，你聰明且盡心盡力，

You can learn so much on your own, but English for me at least is about

你自己一個人也可以學到很多，但對我來說，英文需要

communication and that means two people or three people or four or

溝通，這代表我們需要兩個、三個或四個人，

Many many many many many people so don't do it alone

或者很多人，所以別一個人學習。

Remember if you want to go fast go alone if you want to go far go together

請記得，一個人走，走得比較快；一群人走，走得比較遠。

One of my favorite proverbs so remember don't try to do everything on your own join the go natural English community

這是其中一個我很喜歡的諺語。所以請記得不要孤軍奮戰，歡迎加入 go natural English 這個社群，

It's an awesome way to connect with like-minded English learners

這是個非常好的管道，能夠與一些和你相似的英文學習者聯絡。

So I'd like to invite you to join our email group by clicking right over there, and it'll bring you over to gonaturalenglish.com

所以我想要邀請你加入我們的群組，請點選這裡，這將會連結到 gonaturalenglish.com 這個網站，

And you can enter your name and your email address

你可以輸入你的姓名與電子信箱，

And I'll send you our best go natural English free lessons in your inbox all right. Thanks so much for watching

我會將我們的免費課程寄給你。非常感謝你收看這部影片，

I hope you enjoyed it. I'll talk to you again soon in another lesson bye for now

希望你喜歡。下一堂課再見面囉，再見！