in this video we are going to talk about how to improve your listening skills in

在這個視頻中，我們將談論 如何提高你的聽力技巧，在

English and the reason I'm making this video is because this is one of the most

英語和我做這個的原因 視頻是因為這是一個最

frequently asked questions that I get you guys say Stefanie I don't

經常被問到的問題 你們說史黛芬妮我不知道。

understand what's going on I understand you perfectly

我明白是怎麼回事了 你完全

but then when I watch TV shows and movies in English I have to turn on

但當我看電視劇和 英文電影，我必須打開

subtitles because I feel like I don't understand anything okay so we're going

字幕，因為我覺得我不 瞭解任何東西 好吧，所以我們要

to talk about this and how you can improve your listening skills and what

談談這個問題，以及你如何能 提高你的聽力技巧，以及

some of the reasons might be that you're not understanding other people in

其中一些原因可能是你是 不解風情

English but you understand me perfectly fine okay so to begin one of the reasons

英語，但你完全理解我的意思 好吧，所以開始的原因之一

why you understand me so well is because I speak well I have very good speaking

為什麼你這麼瞭解我是因為 我的口才很好 我的口才很好

habits because as I was growing up I competed in speech competitions poetry

因為在我成長的過程中，我 詩詞比賽

competitions I did public speaking I did acting classes I sang in choirs I

比賽我做了公開演講我 我上過表演課 我在合唱團裡唱過歌

sang in jazz groups okay there are so many things that I did growing up that

在爵士樂隊中唱歌 好吧，有這樣的 很多事情，我做的成長，

really focused on helping me improve my voice and have a strong voice and the

真正專注於幫助我提高我的 嗓子，並擁有強大的聲音和

voice that I have and also as I've become an adult I've really focused on

我有的聲音，也是我已經 成年後的我，真正注重

my voice because your voice is something that everyone has to listen to not just

我的聲音，因為你的聲音是什麼 每個人都必須聽從的不僅僅是

you okay have you ever made a video and you're like oh I hate my voice well

你還好嗎你曾經做了一個視頻和 你就像哦，我討厭我的聲音，以及

think about it if you hate your voice what do other people think about your

討厭自己的聲音就想想吧 別人怎麼看你

voice because everyone has to listen to your voice right so I didn't want to

聲音，因為每個人都要聽 你的聲音是正確的，所以我不想。

hate my voice I focused on improving my voice and I really just started

討厭我的聲音，我專注於改善我的 聲音，我真的剛剛開始

listening to my speech my patterns my speaking habits the tone of my voice

聽我說話我的模式我的 語氣

okay the sound the volume everything and I started paying attention to it anytime

好吧，聲音，音量，一切，還有 我開始關注它，隨時

you start paying attention to something and you're actively trying to improve it

你開始注意到的東西 而你卻在積極努力地改進它

and thinking why don't I like this what can I do to improve it you're gonna

心想為什麼我不喜歡這個什麼？ 我能做些什麼來改善它，你會的

start noticing things like if you listen to my voice and you ask yourself okay

開始注意到的東西，如如果你聽 我的聲音，你問自己好嗎

why do I like Stefanie's voice you're gonna be able to identify specific

為什麼我喜歡Stefanie的聲音，你是。 會能夠識別特定的

things about my voice that you like maybe it's the fact that I go up and I

你喜歡我的聲音 也許是我上樓的事實，我...

go when I speak or something like that and

去 當我說話或類似的東西和

then you're gonna be able to incorporate that okay you you don't need a teacher

那麼你就可以將 那好吧你 你不需要老師了。

or somebody to show you how to do all of these things you can just identify what

或者有人告訴你如何做所有的。 這些東西你可以只識別什麼

it is and then start imitating the way that I speak or the way anybody speaks

然後開始效仿 語氣

whoever speaks in a way that you like maybe it's a famous actor or someone on

誰的口氣大，誰就會喜歡 也許是某位著名的演員或者是某位

TV you can analyze their voice what do you like about it what do you not like

電視上你可以分析他們的聲音是什麼 你喜歡什麼，你不喜歡什麼

about it and then you can start to imitate them so going back to the good

關於它，然後你就可以開始 因襲

speaking habits I was telling you guys about one of the things that I do is I

我告訴你們的說話習慣 我所做的事情之一是我

enunciate and I'm very expressive so I speak not just with my vocal cords and

發音，我很有表現力，所以我... 不僅僅是用聲帶說話，而且是用身體說話

my tongue and my mouth but I speak with my eyes I speak with my facial

我的舌頭和我的嘴，但我說 我的眼睛我說話的臉

expressions I speak in a way that communicates to you and helps make me

我說話的方式 與你溝通，幫助我

more understandable also the way that I pause when I speak or the words that I

也更能理解我的方式 我說話時的停頓，或者我說的話

emphasize when I speak all of that helps you focus on what I'm saying and be able

語重心長 你專注於我說的話，並能夠。

to listen to me for a long time and like I said I enunciate I don't

聽我說了很久 就像我說的，我的發音，我不知道。

mumble I have good pronunciation habits again

喃喃自語 我又養成了良好的發音習慣

these are just things that I learned how to do growing up because of the

這些都是我學到的東西 長大後，因為

experiences that I had I never had a teacher that really you know taught me

的經驗，我有我從來沒有一個 老師，真的你知道教我

how to do all of this it just was something that I sort of had to do

怎麼做這一切它只是 我不得不做的事情

because of the activities that I was involved in and I also taught in

因為我的活動 參與，我還在

classrooms for several years and I don't know if you have experienced you know

幾年的教室，我不。 知否你經歷過你就知道

presenting in front of huge groups of people but if you're not entertaining or

大庭廣眾之下 人，但如果你沒有娛樂或

if you don't speak in a certain way people will not pay attention to you and

言不由衷 人云亦云

so I have had to learn basically because of survival that if I want people to pay

所以我不得不學習基本上是因為 如果我想讓人們支付

attention to my message I have to deliver it in a way that's gonna hold

注意我的資訊，我必須 傳達的方式，是要去保持

their attention right so just life experience has taught me how to present

他們的注意權，所以只是生命 經驗告訴我如何介紹

in certain ways and this is why I present the way that I do and not

在某些方面，這就是為什麼我 以我的方式呈現，而不是

everybody's gonna like it and that's totally okay but a lot of you have

每個人都會喜歡它，這是 完全沒有問題，但你們很多人都

commented on my videos saying wow wow wow we understand you what's going on

評論我的視頻說哇哇 哇，我們明白你的意思

okay so that's one of the reasons now the other reason you might understand me

好吧，所以這是一個原因，現在 另一個原因，你可能會理解我

more than you know TV shows and series and stuff

超乎你的想象 諸如此類

that is because maybe you're more familiar with my accent I grew up in

那是因為也許你更 熟悉我的口音，我從小在

California so I speak like the way people speak in California and this

加利福尼亞，所以我說話的方式 加利福尼亞人的語言，這

means that if you watch TV shows that are based in the US a lot of times these

意思是說，如果你看的電視節目 許多時候，這些都是在美國。

shows have my same accent the people in there speak the way that I speak so

節目中的人有我一樣的口音 語出驚人

you're just very familiar with my dialect of English okay with my way of

你只是對我很熟悉 俺的英語

speaking now if you watch I don't know the news in Ireland or in the UK or in

現在說話，如果你看了我不知道 在愛爾蘭、英國或

Australia maybe you're not as familiar with those accents because you have not

澳洲也許你沒有那麼熟悉 因為你沒有

consumed as much material from those regions okay with their specific English

消耗了同樣多的材料，從那些 地區的英語

dialect and way of speaking another reason that you might understand me a

語氣 為了讓你能理解我

lot more than other people is because when I make youtube videos or videos in

比別人多很多是因為 當我製作youtube視頻或視頻在

general I am presenting so it's not that I'm trying to slow down I'm not slowing

一般來說，我介紹的是，所以這並不是什麼好事 我想慢下來，我沒有慢下來。

down as you guys can see I'm speaking rather quickly right now actually right

你們也看到了，我說的是。 蠻快的，現在實際上是正確的

now I'm speaking more quickly than I would in a natural conversation in a

現在我說話比我更快 會在一個自然的對話中

natural conversation you guys I take my time I'm pretty slow I relax but when

自然的談話，你們我把我的 時間我很慢，我很放鬆，但當。

I'm presenting all of a sudden I don't know what happens something inside of me

我突然發現，我不知道該怎麼做 知道發生了什麼事，我的內心

just wants to go faster and that might be you know me just wanting to keep

只是想走得更快，這可能 是你知道我只是想保持

everyone's attention but as I go faster I'm also taking special care to make

萬眾矚目 但我越走越快 我還特別注意讓

sure I'm pronouncing words well so you guys can understand me

確定我的發音很好，所以你... ... 大家能理解我

even though I'm speaking faster and I notice it because when I present in

即使我說得更快，我 注意到它，因為當我在

front of a large group for an hour or an hour and a half oh my gosh my voice is

當眾 一個半小時，哦，我的天哪，我的聲音是。

so sore and that's when I realize wow that I'm really putting a huge effort

好痛，這時我才意識到哇 我真的付出了巨大的努力

into the way that I'm speaking so that I can be understood in natural

到我說話的方式，所以我 順理成章

conversation I go slower I don't support my voice as well so when we say support

談話我走慢了我不支持。 我的聲音，所以當我們說支持

we're talking about the volume of the voice okay I'm really using my diaphragm

我們談論的是 聲音還好，我真的是在用橫膈膜啊

and my muscles in my diaphragm to project my voice and even though I'm the

和我的肌肉在我的橫膈膜到 投影我的聲音，即使我是

only person in this room right now I'm speaking in such a way where if someone

唯一的人在這個房間裡，現在，我是 語氣中，如果有人

was you know 50 feet away they would probably still be able to hear me that's

是你知道50英尺遠，他們會 可能還能聽到我的聲音，那就是

supporting your voice and projecting that's what I do it when I make these

支撐你的聲音和投影 我做這些的時候就是這樣做的

videos because I am presenting and it's just this state

視頻，因為 我在介紹，只是這種狀態。

of being and it's just the way that I present it's how I do it so that's

的存在，它只是我的方式， 現實就是這樣

another reason why you probably understand me so well now when you're

另一個原因是，你可能 你現在明白我的意思了

watching TV shows you're not watching people present you're watching people

只看不看 在場的人你在看人

act so people are acting but they're pretending to be in their natural normal

演戲 裝模作樣

environment they're not projecting they're not pronouncing words in a way

他們沒有投射到環境中 詞不達意

so that anybody could understand them they're just talking okay this is also

俾人明白 他們只是說好這也是

why I've been making a series on my youtube channel about fast speech to

為什麼我一直在做一個系列，關於我的。 youtube頻道關於快速演講到

help you guys get more familiar with these ways of speaking with how native

幫你們熟悉 這些說話方式與母語

speakers combine words in English so that you can start understanding us more

語音組合 你可以開始更瞭解我們

so yeah in these TV shows people are using slang they're using idioms maybe

所以是的，在這些電視節目中，人們是 俚語連篇

they are mumbling they're speaking in ways that you don't necessarily

他們在喃喃自語 他們在說話 的方式，但你不一定

understand and you will learn to understand people in these shows I

理解，你將學會 瞭解這些節目的人，我

promise you will but it really takes time you have to consume hours and hours

說到做到 你必須消耗數小時的時間

and hours and hours of TV shows over a long period of time okay this does not

和幾個小時的電視節目 長時間還好這不

happen in six months it could take a year it could take two years of

半年內可能需要 一年可能需要兩年的

consuming material like that on a daily basis for you to really start

日耗 為你真正開始

understanding everything that you hear and then there are always gonna be

耳聰目明 然後總是會有

things that go over your head okay when we say go over your head

腦袋裡的東西還好，當 我們說過，在你的頭上

that means there's always gonna be things that you don't understand and I'm

這意味著總是會有 你不明白的事情，而我...

sure this happens in your native language too maybe there's a joke that

確保這在你的母語中發生 語言也有可能是一個笑話

goes over your head and so if it happens in your native language it's also going

過頭了，所以如果發生 在你的母語中，它也將

to happen in English and the better you get the more you're going to be able to

在英語中發生，你的英語水平越高 得到的越多，你就越能

understand and the more you expose yourself to English the more you're

越揭越黑 自己的英語水平越高

gonna be able to understand so now I'm going to share some stories with you to

會能夠理解，所以現在我。 將與你分享一些故事，以

put all of this into perspective I studied Spanish in Argentina for six

綜上所述 在阿根廷學習西班牙語6年

months then I ended up living in Argentina for several years right but in

幾個月後，我住在 阿根廷幾年來的權利，但在

high school and college I studied Spanish and it was my dream to study

我在高中和大學學習 我的夢想是學習西班牙語

Spanish abroad so I went to Argentina for six months and then I went back to

西班牙語在國外，所以我去了阿根廷 6個月，然後我就回到了

the USA and when I went back I was like oh my gosh this is so exciting

美國，當我回去的時候，我就像。 哦，我的天哪，這是如此令人興奮

studied Spanish in Argentina my Spanish is probably so good you know because I

在阿根廷學習西班牙語 可能是這麼好，你知道，因為我

had that experience of being immersed in the culture and and in the language for

有過那種沉浸 的文化和語言中，以利於

six months so I go back to the USA and I went to this outdoor market with a

6個月，所以我回到美國，我。 去這個戶外市場與一個

friend and my friend was Mexican and there were lots of different booths with

朋友和我的朋友是墨西哥人和 有很多不同的展位，有

people selling different items okay and I come to this booth and I noticed there

人云亦云 我來到這個展位，我注意到有

was a Hispanic man selling items and I was like oh perfect this is the perfect

是一個西班牙裔男子出售的項目，我。 是像哦完美 這是完美的

opportunity for me to show off you know my great Spanish and how good I've

讓我有機會炫耀你知道嗎 我的西班牙語很好，我已經

gotten etc so I asked about a product in Spanish - this Hispanic man and I said

得到了等，所以我問了一個產品在。 西班牙語--這個西班牙人和我說：

hi wow look at this product it's beautiful whatever you know how much

嗨，哇，看看這個產品，它是 美麗的無論你知道多少

does it cost and you know what he said he was like and I was like okay thanks

它的成本，你知道他說什麼 他很喜歡，我很喜歡 好的，謝謝

bye I did not understand anything that he said and I was just like oh my gosh

再見我不明白什麼 他說，我只是喜歡 哦，我的天哪！

like this is ridiculous I studied Spanish in Argentina for six months why

像這樣的事情太荒唐了，我學過 西班牙人在阿根廷呆了六個月，為什麼？

don't I understand and then that's when I really learned hey just because you

難道我不明白，然後這時。 我真的學會了，嘿，只是因為你

studied in a country does not mean you're gonna now understand every single

留學不代表 你現在會明白每一個

native speaker okay it does not work like that because there are different

母語者還好，不能用 因為有不同

types of English you guys there are different types of Spanish and then each

你們的英語類型有 不同類型的西班牙語，然後每個

individual person has a specific way of speaking you know younger people use

人有我有 說話你知道年輕的人用

more slang older people use words that you know younger people never use so

更多的俚語老年人使用的詞是 你知道年輕的人從來沒有用這麼

there's so many different types of ways of speaking and this is why it can get

花樣百出 講話，這就是為什麼它可以得到

so frustrating for you guys as learners so my tip here is for you to be patient

讓你們這些學習者很沮喪 所以我的建議是你要有耐心。

with yourself and for you to be patient with your learning experience because

對自己和對你的耐心 與你的學習經驗，因為

again just because you study a language for years or just because you're super

又因為你是學語言的 年，還是因為你是超級

familiar with the American accent or just because you studied English in the

熟悉美式口音 就因為你在大學裡學過英語

USA does not mean that now you're gonna understand every single native speaker

美國並不意味著，現在你要去。 聽得懂每個人的母語

all the time right there are some specific comedians in Spanish that I

時時刻刻都有 在西班牙的特定喜劇演員，我

really like and I watch their shows and every single time I watch their shows

真的很喜歡，我看他們的節目和 每次我看他們的節目

I'm like oh my gosh I've seen this show five times but this is the first time I

我想，哦，我的天哪，我已經看到了這個節目。 五次，但這是我第一次

understand that joke or the first time I get that joke or the first time I hear

明白這個笑話還是第一次 鬧著玩兒，或者第一次聽到

that word you can listen to the same thing multiple

那個詞你可以聽一樣的 多重

times and pick up something new every single time because you're getting more

次，每次都有新的收穫 一次，因為你得到更多的

and more and more familiar with the language as you go now the next thing I

和越來越熟悉的 語如其人

want to tell you guys about is how my sister-in-law Ren's younger sister okay

想告訴你們的是，我的 嫂子

my husband's younger sister how she really improved her English when we

我丈夫的妹妹她怎麼 在我們的幫助下，她的英語水平有了很大的提高

first met she understood some English but she really didn't speak it and then

初次見面，她懂一些英語 但她真的沒有說出來，然後。

she just watched so much TV in English and she listened to so much music in

她只是看了那麼多英文電視 她聽了那麼多音樂，在

English that now we can talk in English and have an entire conversation and she

英語，現在我們可以用英語交談 並有一個完整的談話，她

understands everything it's phenomenal and I'm just like wow you've had such an

心領神會 我只是想哇你已經有這樣一個

incredible transformation and I know exactly how she did it because I would

驚人的轉變，我知道 她到底是怎麼做的，因為我會

see her almost every single day and every single day she'd be watching TV in

幾乎每天都能見到她 她每天都會在電視上看電視

English listening to music in English and then she would look up the lyrics

英語聽英語音樂 然後她就會去查歌詞

read the lyrics learn the lyrics and sing the songs she was extremely

閱讀歌詞 學習歌詞和 她唱的歌非常

involved over a four-year plus period with English to the point where now she

四年多來 她的英語水平已經到了

speaks it and she doesn't feel nervous when she speaks is she doesn't lack

說出來，她也不會緊張 她說話的時候，她並不缺乏。

confidence or anything her pronunciation is not perfect sometimes she messes up

信心什麼的，她的發音 人非聖賢，孰能無過

her grammar is not perfect sometimes she messes up but still that is how she was

她的文法並不完美，有時她 亂七八糟的，但她還是那樣

able to really learn English and improve her listening skills again constant

能夠真正學習英語，提高 她的聽力技巧再次不斷

exposure day after day year after year now with that I want to end by sharing

日復一日，年復一年 最後，我想分享

another story okay this is the story about a guy I did a private coaching

另一個故事 好吧，這就是故事 關於一個人，我做了一個私人教練

call with back when I did private calls I do not offer private sessions

與回電話時，我做了私人電話，我不提供私人會話。

anymore but basically during this call he was like Stefanie I'm so frustrated

但基本上在這次通話中 他就像Stefanie我很沮喪。

with my listening skills what you know what do I have to do to improve and I

以我的聽力能力，你知道什麼 我要怎麼做才能提高我的能力？

was giving him all this advice like the best possible advice I could give

是給他所有這些建議，像 忠言逆耳

and then he would repeat himself and he'd say Stefanie I'm really struggling

然後他就會重複自己的觀點 他會說Stefanie 我真的很掙扎。

with my listening skills you know what do I have to do to improve and so I'd

以我的聽力能力，你知道什麼 我必須要做的改進，所以我會

give him more advice and I'd tell him more stories and I'd explain in detail

給他更多的建議，我會告訴他。 更多的故事，我會詳細解釋

exactly what he had to do and then he'd say Stefanie I'm really struggling with

確切地說是他必須要做的，然後他就會。 說Stefanie 我真的很掙扎與

my listening skills I really just want to know what I have to do and at that

我的聽力能力 我真的只是想 要知道我必須做什麼，在這一點上

point I was like oh my gosh yeah you really do struggle with your listening

點，我很喜歡哦，我的天哪，是的，你 真為你的聽力而煩惱

skills because I've explained this to you a million different ways and I give

技巧，因為我已經解釋過了 你千萬種方式，我給

you the answer I have the answer and I've given it to you and you're still