When you write English, do you often make a lot of mistakes?

在寫英語的時候，你是不是經常會犯很多錯誤？

If you do, this video is for you.

如果你有，這個影片很適合你。

Now, making mistakes is fine as long as other people can understand your writing.

只要別人能理解你的寫作，犯錯誤是可以的。

But it can be a problem in some situations like when you're trying to write a resume, taking an English exam, or sending an email to your boss at work.

但在某些情況下可能會出現問題，比如當你想寫一份履歷、參加英語考試，或者給公司老闆發郵件。

In these situations, poor writing can make you look unprofessional.

在這些情況下，寫得不好會讓你看起來不專業。

It can affect the outcome of your job application, the score of your exam, or whether you'll get a promotion.

這會影響你的應聘結果、考試分數，或者是否會得到晉升的機會。

So if you want to be prepared for these situations, let me show you the writing exercise that I do to improve my own writing skills.

因此，如果你想為這些情況做好準備，請讓我向你展示我自己為了提升寫作技巧所做的寫作練習。

To do this exercise, you need to find something that was written by a native English speaker.

要做這個練習，你需要找到一些以英語為母語的人寫的東西。

This could be an article on the Internet, a chapter from a book, or even a resume.

這可以是網絡上的一篇文章，也可以是書中的一個章節，甚至是一份履歷。

So here I have an article titled "How to Find a Hobby."

所以在這裡，我有一篇文章的題目是《如何尋找愛好》。

And I'm going to practice my writing with this article.

而我要用這篇文章來練習寫作。

So first, what I'm going to do is, I'm going to read the first sentence and make sure that I understand everything.

所以首先，我要做的是，我要讀第一句話，並確保我明白所有意思。

If there's a word or phrase I don't know, I'll look it up.

如果有我不知道的字或詞，我會去查。

So let'say I don't know what the phrase means, I can go to Google and type in that phrase.

所以假設我不知道這句話是什麼意思，我可以去谷歌輸入這句話。

All right. So "line of work" means the activity in your life that you do to earn money.

好的。「職業」指的是你生活中為賺取金錢而從事的活動。

So it basically means a job or an occupation.

所以，它基本上意味著一份工作或一份職業。

Okay.

好的。

Now that I understand the whole sentence, I'm going to take a moment to memorize it.

現在我明白了整句話的意思，我要花點時間去背。

Then, I'll switch to this text editor and I will write down the sentence from memory.

然後我會切換到這個文字編輯器，我會憑記憶寫下這句話。

Now, if I can't remember some of the words in the sentence, I'll just make a guess or I might use other words with similar meanings.

如果我記不住這句話中的一些單詞，我就會猜測或我可能會用其他意思相近的詞。

Okay.

好的。

Next, I'm going to compare what I wrote with the original to see if I made any mistakes.

接下來，我要把我寫的東西和原稿對比一下，看看有沒有錯誤。

And if I did, I will correct them.

如果我錯了，我會修正。

Okay.

好的。

After I've fixed my mistakes, I'll write the sentence one more time without making the same mistakes.

等我把錯誤改好了，我再把這句話寫一次，並且不犯同樣的錯誤。

So I'm going to delete this and do it one more time.

所以我打算刪掉這個，再做一次。

And that's it.

就是這樣。

After I'm done with the first sentence, I'll repeat the same steps with the next sentence.

在我完成第一句話之後，我會重複同樣的步驟來處理下一句話。

So, step 1: I read and memorize the sentence.

所以，第一步：我閱讀，然後背句子。

Step 2: I write down the sentence from memory.

第二步：我憑記憶寫下這句話。

Step 3: I compare what I wrote with the original.

第三步：我把我寫的東西和原來的比較。

This time, I didn't make any mistakes, so I don't have to do anything.

這一次，我沒有犯錯，所以我什麼都不用做。

But if I did make mistakes, I will correct them and I will delete this sentence and write it down one more time for repetition.

但是，如果我真的犯了錯誤，我會改正，我會刪除這句話，並再寫重複一次。

Now, when you do this exercise, you'll often come across long sentences like this one.

現在，當你做這個練習的時候，你會經常遇到這樣的長句子。

This is very common in written English.

這在書面英語中非常常見。

And it can be difficult for beginners to memorize them.

而對於初學者來說，要想記住它們是很困難的。

So, whenever you have to practice with a long sentence like this, you can break it down into smaller parts and practice one part at a time.

所以，每當你要練習這樣的長句時，你可以把它分解，分成小部分，每次練習一個部分。

So, for this sentence, you can practice this part first.

所以，這句話，你可以先練習這部分。

So you do all the steps with just this part before moving on to the second part.

所以，在進入第二部分之前，你只用這部分做所有的步驟。

Okay. So that's how I practice my writing.

我就是這樣練習寫作的。

I usually do this exercise for about 15 - 30 minutes.

我通常做這個練習大約 15 到 30 分鐘。

It's simple. It's easy to do, and very effective.

這很簡單、很容易做到，而且非常有效。

So what are the benefits of this writing exercise?

那麼這個寫作練習有什麼好處呢？

Well, when you do this exercise, you're learning a lot of things.

當你做這個練習時，你會學到很多東西。

You're learning how to form sentences correctly.

你學習如何正確地組成句子。

You're learning how to use adverbs, adjectives, prepositions, and so on.

你學習如何使用副詞、形容詞、介系詞等。

And of course, you're learning a lot of new words and phrases, and not just their meanings, but also how to use them in writing.

當然，你也會學習很多新詞和短語，而不僅僅是它們的意思，還有如何在寫作中使用它們。

So if you often have trouble finding the right words to use in your writing, this exercise is for you.

所以，如果你經常在寫作中找不到合適的詞，這個練習很適合你。

Now, other than this exercise, there's one more thing you must do if you want to write English well, and that is to read in English regularly.

除了這個練習之外，如果你想把英語寫得好，就是要經常用英語閱讀。

Although the writing exercise we talked about is very effective, you can only do it if you have a computer or a pen and paper.

雖然我們談論的寫作練習非常有效，但只有你有電腦或筆和紙才能做到。

It's difficult to practice when you're riding the train or sitting in the dentist's office.

當你坐火車或坐在牙醫辦公室裡時，很難練習。

I mean...it's possible to do it if you really want to.

我是說......如果你真的想做的話，是可以做到的。

But it's going to be very inconvenient and awkward.

但會很不方便，很尷尬。

And this is where reading comes in.

這就是閱讀的意義所在。

Reading is easy to do.

閱讀很容易做到。

You can read almost anytime and anywhere.

你幾乎可以隨時隨地閱讀。

All you need is an English book, or you can use your phone to read websites that you find interesting.

你需要的是一本英文書，或者你可以用你的手機來閱讀你覺得有趣的網站。

But why is reading so important?

但為什麼閱讀如此重要？

Why should you read a lot if you want to improve your writing?

如果想提升寫作程度，為什麼要大量閱讀？

Well, you can't write English well unless you expose yourself to a lot of well-written English first.

除非你先接觸大量寫得好的英語，否則你不可能寫好英語。

If you constanty read the writing of people who write better than you, your writing will gradually get better.

如果你經常閱讀那些比你寫得好的人的文章，你的文筆會漸入佳境。

So there you go.

所以，以上就是這集的內容，

Those are the two things that I do to improve my English writing.

這些是我提升英語寫作程度的兩件事。

Number one: I practice my writing with the exercise I showed you, and number two: I read a lot in English.

第一。我用我給你看的練習來練習我的寫作。第二：我讀了很多英文的內容。