Name: 用玩電玩的態度來說英文！(Why you should speak English like you're playing a video game | Marianna Pascal | TED PenangRoad)
Uploaded: 2018-07-05T04:07:33.000Z
Duration: 15 min 31 s

Translator: Phuong Cao Reviewer: Peter van de Ven

譯者：Phuong Cao。審核：Peter van de Ven。

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I've been helping Malaysians and other Southeast Asians to speak better English.

我都致力於教導馬來西亞以及其他東南亞洲人把英文說得更好。

And through training thousands of Southeast Asians,

我發現了一項非常令人意外的事實。

I've discovered that how well somebody communicates in English,

我發現一個人英語溝通能力的優劣，

actually has very little to do with their English level.

其實與他本身的英文程度並沒有太大的關係。

It has a lot to do with their attitude towards English.

而是與他們對英文的態度息息相關。

There are people out there who have a very very low level of English,

有些人的英文程度雖然差得可以，

但他們卻能夠以英文與他人有效地溝通。

One of them that I remember was a student, a participant of mine, named Faizal.

我記得我有一位名叫費索的學生，

but this guy could just sit and listen to anybody,

但他懂得靜下來仔細聽別人說話，

very calmly, clearly, and then he could respond, absolutely express his thoughts beautifully.

並能夠毫不猶豫地用非常簡易的英文，

What is so different about people like Faizal?

像費索這樣的人為何與眾不同？

也對你的下一代、你所處的社會，

還有馬來西亞未來的發展很重要？

What's one thing you can do, starting today,

有什麼事情是你可以從今天開始做的？

if you want to speak with that calm, clear confidence that people like Faizal has.

好讓你能像費索一樣自信又從容地說英文？

像費索這樣的人是怎麼做到的？

I'm going to take you back about 10 years, okay?

我得從約十年前開始說起，好嗎？

當時我的工作是負責公司的員工訓練，

and my daughter, at that time, was taking piano lessons.

而同一時期，我女兒正好在學鋼琴。

And I started to notice two really strong similarities

我開始注意到有兩項非常相似的特質，

between my daughter's attitude or thinking towards playing the piano

出現在我女兒對學習鋼琴的態度，

and a lot of Malaysians' thinking or attitude towards English.

以及馬來西亞人對說英文的態度之間。

This is my daughter practicing piano, okay?

Because to my daughter, going to piano lessons,

對我女兒來說，只要去上鋼琴課，

害怕犯錯的恐懼感就會將她淹沒。

Because it was all about not screwing up, right?

因為演奏鋼琴就是講求準確，對吧？

以及我女兒還有她的鋼琴老師而言，

her success in piano was measured by how few mistakes she made.

她在鋼琴上的成就是根據彈對了多少音符而決定的。

I noticed that a lot of Malaysians went into English conversations,

很多馬來西亞人在使用英語交談時，

This sort of feeling that they were going to be judged,

這是一種害怕受到批評的恐懼，

by how many mistakes they were going to make,

他們害怕說英文時可能會犯錯，

and whether or not they were going to screw up.

害怕自己可能會無法順利地與對方溝通。

Now, the second similarity that I noticed was to do with self- image.

另一個相似之處，是跟人的自我意象有關係。

You see, my daughter, she knew what good piano sounded like, right?

以我女兒為例。她聽得出什麼是「好的鋼琴演奏」，對吧？

因為我們都聽過好的鋼琴演奏應該是什麼樣子。

and she knew how long she'd have to play for to play like that.

她知道自己還要花多少時間練習，才可能達到那種境界。

接著我注意到有很多馬來西亞人，

had this idea of what good proper English is supposed to sound like,

他們對於「好的英文」也有這類的既定印象。

and what their...I see a lot of you nodding.

而他們...我看見很多人點頭了。

and how far they have to go to get there.

知道自己還得付出多少努力才能把英文說得那麼好。

And they also felt like they were, like my daughter, just bad.

他們和我女兒一樣，都覺得自己不夠好。

Bad piano player, bad English speaker, right?

覺得自己彈不好鋼琴，說不好英文，對嗎？

My English not so good, lah. Cannot. Sorry, yah. Cannot. Ah -

我的英文不好啦...不行...抱歉...不會...呃...

但我當時還不明白其中的意義。

Okay, what is it about these people like Faizal, that are so different,

好，那究竟是什麼讓費索這樣的人如此與眾不同呢？

that can just do it smoothly, calmly, with confidence?

為什麼他們可以如此從容不迫又自信地用英文表達自己的意思？

One day, I discovered that answer, and I discovered it quite by chance.

有一天，我偶然發現了其中的奧秘。

It was a day when my computer broke down, and I had to go to a cybercafe.

那天我的電腦壞了，所以我只好去網咖。

Now, okay, it was my first time, and I discovered cybercafes are disgusting places, okay?

那是我第一次進網咖，然後我發現網咖真的是很噁心的地方。

They're smelly, and they're filled with boys.

裡面有奇怪的味道，滿滿的都是小男生。

And they're all playing noisy, violent games.

網咖真的是很令人反胃的地方。

So I sat down, and I started noticing this guy beside me.

我找了個位置坐下，接著我注意到坐在我旁邊的男生。

And I became very interested in this guy next to me.

然後這個人燃起了我的好奇心。

Now, this guy is playing this game that is basically, it's like shooting people until they die.

基本上他是在玩那種要一直開槍把人射死的遊戲。

射擊遊戲就是這樣玩，沒錯吧？

And I'm noticing that this guy is not very good.

Because I'm looking, and I'm seeing, like, a lot of shooting, and ... not much dying, right?

因為我看他開了超多槍...但是沒什麼人死掉，你懂嗎？

But what really interested me was, behind this lousy player were three of his friends, sort of standing there watching him play.

不過真正讓我感興趣的是那三個站在他後面，看他打遊戲的朋友。

What I really noticed was, even though this guy was terrible, even though his friends were watching him, there was no embarrassment.

我發現即使他的朋友看著他，他又打得這麼爛，空氣中也沒有尷尬的氛圍。

There was no feeling of being judged. There was no shyness. In fact, quite the opposite.

既沒有會被批評的顧慮，也沒有任何羞赧的情緒。一切正好相反。

This guy's totally focused on the bad guys, smile on his face.

他掛著笑容，全神貫注在殺敵。

All he can think about is killing these guys, right?

他腦中想的就只有如何幹掉對方。

And I'm watching him. And I suddenly realize: this is it.

看著這樣的他，我突然明白了。

This is the same attitude that people like Faizal have when they speak English, just like this guy.

他的態度和費索說英文時的反應一模一樣。

When Faizal goes into an English conversation, he doesn't feel judged.

費索在用英文與人溝通時，並不在意別人怎麼看他。

He's entirely focused on the person that he's speaking to and the result he wants to get.

他只專注在如何讓對方理解自己的意思。

He's got no self-awareness, no thoughts about his own mistakes.

費索沒有那種自我意識，他壓根就沒煩惱過自己講的英文是否正確。

Now I want to share with you a real, true example.

現在我想要跟大家分享一個真實案例。

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