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Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls!

女士們，先生們，男孩和女孩們！

Hello!

你好！

I'm Julian Northbrook from DoingEnglish.com,

我是朱利安-諾斯布魯克 來自做英語網。

here to help you master the English language

在這裡，幫助你掌握 英語

with less stress, less hustle,

以較少的壓力，較少的喧囂。

and fewer of those damn headaches.

也少了那些該死的頭疼。

Very common, if not slightly misguided question,

非常常見，如果不是 稍有誤導的問題。

how to practise English speaking alone?

如何單獨練習英語口語？

Now, the misconception here is that you are

現在，錯誤的觀念 這裡就是你是

somehow at a disadvantage if you don't have

吃虧 如果你沒有

people around you to practise speaking English with.

身邊人 英語口語：

But really that's not true at all

但其實根本不是這樣的

and indeed these four ideas

而事實上這四個想法

that I'm gonna share with you in today's video

我要分享的 在今天的視頻中，與您一起

can and should also be used by people

也可以而且應該被人們使用

who do use English in day to day life,

在日常生活中使用英語的人。

whether it's in business or because you live

無論在商言商 還是因為你住

in an English speaking country, whatever.

在一個英語國家，無論。

These things I'm gonna share with you today,

這些東西我要去 今天就和大家分享一下。

you should be doing them at regular intervals

你應該做的 定期

throughout the day by yourself anyway.

整天自己反正。

Okay, that out of the way, four ways

好了，說完了，四條路。

to practise speaking English alone.

練習單獨說英語。

The first is quite simply shadowing.

第一個是很簡單的影子。

Shadowing is a brilliant exercise for building

影子是一個輝煌的 鍛鍊

what I call the physical aspect of fluency.

所謂物理 流利性方面。

It's not a creative conversation practise,

這不是一種創造性的對話實踐。

technique, exercise, whatever it is

技巧，練習，無論它是

you want to call it.

你想叫它。

It's not gonna help you to speak English

這對你說英語沒有任何幫助。

quickly on the fly in conversation

信手拈來

with a group of people bent to going

與一群一心想走的人

back and forth and all that stuff.

來來回回，所有的東西。

Shadowing is gonna help you to get

影子會幫助你獲得

your mouth moving as it should.

你的嘴在動，因為它應該。

It's gonna help you to train those muscles

它可以幫助你訓練這些肌肉。

to move in the way that they should be moving

順勢 應運而生

when you speak English.

當你說英語的時候。

It's gonna get you noticing the rhythm,

這會讓你注意到節奏。

the intonation, the tone of English,

英語的語調、語氣。

where we put the pauses, the gaps

我們把停頓、空白放在哪裡？

between chunks and phrases and words,

塊和短語和單詞之間。

where we speed up for effect,

在這裡，我們加快了效果。

where we slow down to emphasise a point.

在這裡，我們放慢速度來強調一個觀點。

Shadowing is all about getting yourself attuned

影子就是要 契合

to those rhythms and the sounds of English.

對這些節奏和 英語的聲音。

Number two, quite simply talk to yourself.

第二，很簡單的和自己說話。

My grandmother always used to say

我奶奶經常說

that talking to yourself

自言自語

is the first sign of madness.

是瘋狂的第一個信號。

Well, my grandmother was as crazy as they come

嗯，我奶奶是 喪心病狂

so I guess it takes one to know one.

所以我想這需要一個人去了解一個人。

But don't worry, we're not talking about having

但別擔心，我們 不是說有

full-on conversations with yourself

盡情地與自己對話

looking like some kind of crazy person.

看起來就像某種瘋狂的人。

No, we're simply talking about practising

不，我們只是在說練功而已

saying the language that you've already

說著你已經

inputted into your head, assuming

輸入到你的大腦中，假設

that you've done the learning stage right.

你已經做好了學習階段的工作。

And remember, to get good at speaking English

記住，要得到 會說英語

two things have to happen,

有兩件事必鬚髮生。

constant repetitive learning

屢教不改

with constant repetitive practise.

通過不斷的反覆練習。

Input, output, repeat.

輸入，輸出，重複。

Assuming that you've done the input stage right,

假設你已經完成了 輸入階段的權利。

you should already have lots of bits of English

你應該已經 滿口英文

in your noggin ready to go.

在你的腦海裡準備好了。

You just need to get good at saying.

你只需要好好說。

Well, throughout the day practise

好吧，整天練習

saying those things.

說這些話。

Practise the pronunciation.

練習發音。

Get good at just making those sounds

熟練地發出這些聲音

and pronouncing those phrases, expressions,

和讀出這些 短語、表情。

chunks, whatever it is that they are.

塊，不管它們是什麼。

For example.

例如：

In next week's Extraordinary English Speakers lesson,

在下週的《非凡》中 英語口語課。

we see the phrase never heard of it

聞所未聞

that means quite simply you have no knowledge

意思很簡單 孤陋寡聞

of a certain thing that someone is talking about.

某種 有人在說。

Practise saying that at regular intervals

定期練習說

throughout the day.

整天。

Never heard of it.

從來沒有聽說過。

Never heard of it.

從來沒有聽說過。

Never heard of it.

從來沒有聽說過。

You want to get to the point

你想進入正題

where when you say never,

在哪裡，當你說從來沒有。

heard of it just flows out from that.

聽說就是從那裡流出來的。

So, where you're not thinking

所以，在你沒有想到的地方

about each individual word

個別字

and putting it together like that.

並把它放在一起這樣。

Also, practise saying in different ways

同時，練習用不同的方式說

to give it different emotions, different meanings.

賦予其不同 情感，不同的意義。

Say it as if you were really irritated.

說得好像你真的很生氣一樣。

Huh?

咦？

Never heard of it.

從來沒有聽說過。

Say it as if you were intrigued.

說得好像你很感興趣似的。

Oh, never heard of it.

哦，從來沒有聽說過它。

Say it as though you were surprised.

說得好像你很驚訝似的。

Wow!

哇！

Never heard of it.

從來沒有聽說過。

Say it as though you are in the middle

說得好像你在中間一樣

of an argument with your wife

和你妻子吵架的時候

and you're really angry about something.

你真的很生氣的東西。

Never heard of it!

沒聽說過！

You get the idea.

你懂的

Just practise saying these things

練習說這些話吧

throughout the day.

整天。

Number three.

第三個。

This one is gonna make you laugh

這個是會讓你笑的

and yes, it does sound a little bit silly.

是的，這聽起來確實有點傻。

Fantasise in English.

幻想用英語。

This is gonna sound odd

這聽起來會很奇怪

but when I'm walking around

但當我走來走去

or I'm running, or I'm on my bike,

或者我在跑步，或者我在騎自行車。

usually when I'm doing some kind

通常當我在做某種

of physical activity, some kind of exercise,

體力活動。 某種運動。

in my head I'm fantasising about things.

在我的腦海裡，我幻想著一些事情。

You know, when you're walking down the road

你知道，當你 走在路上

listening to your favourite rock song,

聽著自己喜歡的搖滾歌曲。

or whatever music it is that you like,

或任何你喜歡的音樂。

and in your mind you're there on stage

在你的腦海中，你在舞臺上。

singing that song in front of 10,000 people

唱著這首歌 萬人矚目

and they're all cheering you on

他們都在為你加油

and you're like a rock super star god.

你就像一個搖滾超級明星的神。

It's exciting.

這很令人興奮。

You get goosebumps and you're like, "Yeah!

你會起雞皮疙瘩，你會說："耶！

"I'm amazing!"

"我很厲害！"

Well, do the same thing in English.

那麼，用英語做同樣的事情。

Walk down the road and have conversations

走在路上，進行對話

using the language that you know.

使用你所知道的語言。

Again, it's gonna sound weird

同樣，這聽起來很奇怪

but when I first started to learn Japanese

但我剛開始學習日語的時候

from a very very early stage, the conversations

很早 舞臺上

in my head started to switch to Japanese.

在我的腦海裡開始切換到日語。

It wasn't even really a conscious thing.

這甚至不是一個真正的意識。

But even when all I could say in the language

但是，即使當我的所有 堪稱

was hello and count to 10,

是你好，數到10。

I did mention myself walking down the road

我確實提到過自己走在路上

and then bumping into this cute Japanese girl

碰上 這個可愛的日本女孩

and launching into conversation.

並展開對話。

(speaks Japanese)

(講日語)

It sounds ridiculous and it is

這聽起來很荒謬，它是

but it just gets you used to organising

但它只是讓你習慣於組織

and thinking about the English

並考慮到英語

you're gonna use in conversation in your head.

你要用在 腦子裡的對話。

This fantasising about chatting in English,

這種幻想 用英語哈拉。

by the way, when done right is also

順便說一句，做得好的話也是

a fantastic way to train yourself

訓練自己的好方法

to stop translating from your native language

停止翻譯 本族語

to English in your head and think

腦子裡想的是英語

directly in English to speak English

直接用英語說英語

in a much more natural fluent kind of way.

以一種更自然流暢的方式。

This is the topic of my book

這是我的書的主題

Think English Speak English.

思考英語說英語。

How to stop performing mental gymnastics

如何停止做心理體操

when you speak English.

當你說英語的時候。

This book goes into detail about why

本書詳細介紹了為什麼

you are stuck thinking in your native language

執迷不悟 用你的母語

and how that makes it difficult

以及這如何使它變得困難

to speak English fluently and naturally

流利自然地講英語

and importantly, it also shows you

重要的是，它還向你展示了

step by simple step how to train yourself

循序漸進如何訓練自己

to think directly in English,

直接用英語思考。

as native English speakers do,

如同母語為英語的人一樣。

to speak English, as native English speakers do.

會說英語，因為 以英語為母語的人都這樣做。

There's a link in the description

在描述中有一個鏈接

or head over to it, ThinkEnglishSpeakEnglish.com.

或前往它。 ThinkEnglishSpeakEnglish.com。

It's available on Kindle.

這本書在Kindle上有售。