I'm Vanessa from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com.

我是《和 Vanessa一起學英文》的 Vanessa

Can you learn English alone?

你可以靠自己學好英文嗎？

Let's talk about it.

我們現在就來談談這話題

A lot of my students ask me, "Vanessa, can I learn to speak English, without living in

許多學生問我：「 Vanessa，有可能只靠我自己學英文，但是不用住在

the U.S. or another English speaking country?"

美國或是其他英語系國家嗎？」

And the answer is, yes.

答案是可以的

Thanks so much for watching, I'll see you ... ah, just kidding.

感謝收聽，下次見 ﹍ 哈哈，我開玩笑的

Today I'm going to give you five ways that my students have creatively learned to speak

今天，我要提供五種學英文的方法，這些創意來自我的學生

English naturally, without moving to another country, while they're still living in their

他們可以說出道地英文，卻不用移居至另一個國家，只要在自己居住的

home country.

國家便可以學好英文

If you want to improve your English speaking skills, which is probably why you're here

如果你想要提升英語口說能力，這也是為何你在這邊

at Speak English with Vanessa, well, you need to speak, right?

收看這節目的原因。你必須要開口說英文，對吧？

The main thing that you need to do to improve your speaking, is to speak, but you don't

提升口說能力的首要事情是必須先開口說，但你不一定

need to go to a classroom to speak.

要去課堂上練習說英文

You don't need to pay a private tutor to speak.

你也不用付錢請家教陪你練英文

In fact, you can speak, mostly for free, in your home country.

事實上，你大多時候都可以免費說英文，而且不需要去國外

Today, let's talk about five mostly free ways to start speaking English now.

今天，讓我們來說明最能輕鬆開口說英文的五種方法

My first tip for learning to speak English alone, without moving to another country,

第一個靠自己學英文，而不需要移居到另一個國家的方法是

is summarizing.

文章總結

This is the only tip that doesn't involve leaving your house, so I hope that it will

這是唯一不需要出門學英文的方法，所以我希望這方法

be useful to you immediately.

能對你立即生效

This tip is to take an article, any article, and try to summarize it in your own words.

具體來說就是選一篇文章，任何一篇都可以，然後試著用自己的話做總結

Let's take a look at this in action.

我們實際來做做看

Here you can see I am on the popular news website, npr.com.

現在你看到我正在熱門新聞網站 npr.com 的首頁

Well, let's click on this article about the World Cup.

現在我點選一篇關於世足賽的文章

"The World Cup, 2018: What's Happened So Far?"

〈2018 年世足賽：最新賽況〉

When we see the main article, you can see that there are a lot of great expressions,

當我們看到這文章內容，你可以看到文章裡有許多很棒的措辭

a lot of great words that they've used, so we can go sentence by sentence.

使用了許多很棒的單字，所以我們一個句子一個句子慢慢看

"The first week of the World Cup is arguably the best."

「世足賽的首週照理來說應該是最棒的。」

Great.

非常棒的句子

We can summarize this and say, "The author thinks that the first week of the World Cup

我們可以試著總結，例如「作者認為世足賽的第一週是

is the best, in his opinion."

最棒的，就他的見解來說。」

Excellent.

好極了

This way, you have summarized, you've used your own words, but you're also speaking out

這樣一來，你不但用自己的話做總結，並可以大聲地

loud, spontaneously.

而且是自然而然地開口說英文

Excellent.

太棒了

This is a great way to summarize.

這是一個文章總結的好方式

You can also do this with spoken questions.

這同樣適用於問句

I made a video on my channel previously about learning English with stories, so we're going

我先前在我的頻道上拍了一部有關看故事學英文的影片，讓我們現在

to take a look at that clip right now.

點選那部影片

You're going to hear me reading a short part of a story, and then asking a question.

你會聽到我閱讀一小段故事內容，然後我會問一個問題

All of the words that you can use to respond, are in that paragraph, are in that section

妳可以利用所聽到的故事內容裡的詞彙來回答我的問題，提示就在

that you just heard.

你剛才聽到的片段裡

You need to listen accurately, but you just need to summarize and restate, answer the

你必須仔細聆聽，但你只需要統整內容並且換個方式說

question in your own words.

用自己的話來回答這問題

This is a great way to practice speaking at home, but let's practice it right now.

這是一個適合在家練習英文的好方法，但我們現在先來練習一次

Let's listen.

我們現在就來聽這影片

Sam felt relieved that someone else was aware of the hectic situation outside the airport.

山姆發現還有其他人意識到機場外的堵塞情況時，不禁覺得慶幸

Sam told the driver the name of his hostel, which was supposed to be just 15 minutes away

山姆告訴司機投宿的民宿名稱，這民宿離機場

from the airport.

僅約 15 分鐘的距離

Question number five.

問題 5：

Where did Sam want to go and how far away was it?

山姆想去的目的地是哪裡，以及多遠才能抵達？

How far away was it?

多遠才能抵達？

Where did he want to go, and how far away was it?

他想去的目的地是哪裡，以及多遠才能抵達？

So, we need two pieces of information here.

這裡我們需要知道 2 個資訊

You can make a sentence with this in it, anyway you'd like.

你可以造句，用任何句型都可以

Sam wanted to go to his hostel that was only 15 minutes away.

山姆想要投宿的民宿，那旅館僅距離 15 分鐘

So, we could say this in a couple of different ways.

從剛才句子可得知，我們可以有幾個不同的方式來敘述

You could say, Sam wanted to go to his hostel, and then we could make a new sentence here.

你可以說：「山姆想要去的民宿」，然後我們可以換個方式造句

It was only 15 minutes away.

旅館只有 15 分鐘的距離

Great.

太棒了

We've got a lot of choices, but here I chose to combine these with the word "that."

我們有很多方式敘述同一個句子，但這裡我選擇用「that」連結兩個句子

That's just going to give you another kind of sentence structure that you can integrate

那只是給你另一個句型當作參考，這樣你學英文的時候

into your English learning.

就可以融會貫通

You can take a look at this full lesson up here or in the description or check it out

你可以點閱這裡或是下方說明連結來看整集影片，也可以等到影片尾聲

at the end of this lesson.

再去點閱那影片

Make sure that you are speaking today.

重點是今天你有開口說英文

Start this right now.

就從現在開始付諸行動

My next tip for learning to speak English, without moving to another country, is to use

第二個開口說英文而且不用搬遷到國外也行的方法是

websites like meetup.com.

多多利用「meetup.com」的社交網站

I can almost guarantee that no matter where you live across the world, there will be a

我幾乎可以向你保證，不論你住在世界的哪一個角落，總會有一個

meet up in your city or near your city, and there's a high chance that there might be

可以交談的機會，就發生在你居住的城市或是鄰近的城市，那裏也有極高的機率

an English speaking meet up as well.

是你可以和外國人用英文交談

Let's take a look at the website really quick to see what options are available.

讓我們用很短的時間看一下這個網站首頁，看有哪些不錯的選擇

Let's go to meetup.com.

我們現在就到 「meetup.com」網站

We can imagine that you don't already have an account, so we'll go down to language and

我想你應該還沒有成立帳戶，所以我們先往下搜尋 language and

culture.

culture

Type in a big city.

打上都市名

How about in Brazil, Sao Paulo.

譬如說，巴西聖保羅

Great.

很好

Well, here we have, whoa, 9,000 people, English speakers.

讓我們來看看，現在有 9 千位英美人士

This is excellent.

這真是太棒了

Click join this group.

點選加入該群組

There's no excuse, go and do it.

不要再找藉口囉，直接按加入

Of course, the more you speak, the better, but I know that a lot of you are busy, I'm

雖然說你能多講英文是最好的，但我知道很多人都很忙

busy, everyone's busy, right?

我是，大家都是，對吧？

So, try to do this at least once a month.

所以，我們先試著一個月做一次就好

Use my other speaking tips during the week, all of the other times that you're not going

平日先採用其他說英文的方法，以及你不打算面對面說話的

to physically speak with someone, but if you speak with someone once a month, it really

其他多數時間，但如果你可以一個月和某人說上話一次

increases your motivation and it shows you that real world application of speaking English,

這方法可以強化你開口說英文的動機，也會讓你了解現實生活中實際說英文的方式

being understood, understanding other people, it's so helpful.

人們相互了解對方的想法是一個非常有效的方式

My third tip for improving your English is actually one where you don't need to leave

第三個增進英文的方式是，你不需要離開家裡

your house that much, and it is host an exchange student for a week, a couple of days, a month,

也可以說英文，那就是招待外國學生，可以是一週一次，幾天一次，一個月一次

as long as you want, or maybe even host them for dinner.

只要你想的話，或許每天都招待他們共用晚餐

I've had a couple of students recently send me e-mails and say, "I'm so excited because

最近我有幾個學生寄 e-mail 跟我說：「我好興奮！因為

next week a British exchange student is coming over to my house for dinner and we're going

下周有一位英國交換學生要來我家共用晚餐，然後我們

to be able to talk together."

就可以進行英文交談。」

In fact, I have three examples of this, that are pretty relevant.

事實上，我有三個實例可以證明，這其中的相關性

One of them was one of my Japanese students who invited a 16 year old American student

寫 e-mail 給我的學生中，有位是日本籍，他邀請一位 16 歲美籍學生

over to his house for a couple of days, so that his 16 year old Japanese daughter could

來他家住幾天，他有位 16 歲的女兒

spend some time with her, but he also was in the house.

可以擁有一些和美籍學生的相處時間，而他也在場

He was taking them places.

他帶著他們到處晃晃

He was surrounded by their English conversations in his home in daily life.

他每天在家裡就可以沉浸在英文會話環境中

One of my other students from the Philippines, hosted a British exchange student for a couple

我還有一個菲律賓學生，招待一位英國籍交換學生到他家

of weeks during her summer vacation, so that she could have some free time and connect

暑期間幾週的時間，所以他可以有空閒時間

with the student, but also show her places and just enjoy this real conversation.

和這位學生相處，也可以帶他到處晃晃，就這樣享受英文日常對話

My final example is from my personal experience.

最後一個方法來自我的親身經驗

A few years ago, I went over to dinner at my friends house, and when I went there, there

幾年前，我去一位朋友家吃晚餐，當我抵達朋友家時

were 15 people from 15 different countries.

那裏有 15 位客人，每一位皆來自不同國家

She had invited tons of people from the local community who didn't have somewhere to eat

她邀請了社區內絕大多數不知道要去哪裡解決晚餐的外國人士

dinner.

共享晚餐

No family to eat dinner with because they were just visiting or they were studying at

沒有一同吃晚餐的家人表示他們只是觀光客或是

the local university or they just wanted other people to connect with.

大學外國學生，又或是他們只是想要和其他人交流

So, she invited these people over to her house for dinner, and do you know what?

因為上述理由，她邀請這些人來她家吃晚餐，而且你知道嗎？

The common language was English.

晚餐的共通語言就是英文

Everyone was sharing these conversations and this dinner in English.

每一個人談到餐點或是閒聊都是用英文表達

Of course, you don't need to have someone actual stay in your home.

當然你無須讓陌生人住在你家

Call the local university and usually, they're more than willing to help their students connect

你可以打電話去大學，校方通常會很樂意幫助學生聯繫

with a local family, so that the student feels more integrated and more comfortable.

住在當地的外國家庭，這樣學生不但加強對學校的連結而且也能很放心

You can host them for dinner once a week, for dinner once a month.

你可以招待他們來你家吃晚餐，一週一次或一個月

You can even just be a contact, if they need a local family to talk with.

你也可以單純只是擔任聯繫窗口，如果他們有想要和當地家庭交談的需求

So, go and talk to your local university.

所以，趕快去聯繫你的學校

Type into Google, the local student exchange program.

在 Google 網頁打上當地交換學生計畫

Try to connect with other people, because being proactive, that means, doing things,

試著和其他人交談，只要展現積極的態度，也就是付諸行動

not just sitting and passively watching, but going and being proactive, is what's going

絕不是消極地坐著看著，而是要起而行，這樣才是

to help you learn to improve your English, without spending thousands of dollars to move

幫助你學好英文，而且不用花很多冤枉錢

to the U.S.

去美國定居

My fourth tip is to get involved in your community, specifically places where there might be tourists.

第四個方法是積極參與社區活動，尤其是有觀光客聚集的地方

For example, maybe there is a festival or event coming up and they need someone to volunteer

舉例來說，假設即將有慶典或是要舉辦一場活動，所以需要有志願性工讀生

to work in the information desk.

來擔任服務台的工作人員

I know for me, when I visited other countries and I needed help finding my way places or

就我而言，每當我拜訪其他國家，我時常需要問路或是

getting a restaurant recommendation, and I went to the information desk, it was so helpful

想知道當地推薦的餐廳，我就會去服務台，如果服務台

if someone could explain a little bit in English.

有人會說一點英文，對我真的是很大的幫助

I felt so comforted and I felt like I could really understand what they were saying.

我鬆了一口氣，因為我真的可以知道對方在說甚麼

If you would like to volunteer at a festival, volunteer at an event, or maybe there's even

如果你要擔任慶典或是活動的志工，亦或是

a English pub, or an Irish bar, or an American restaurant, there are probably some English

去一間美式酒吧或是愛爾蘭酒吧，又或是美式餐廳，那裏總會有一些美籍人士

speakers who work there or who go there.

在那裏工作或是在那裏消費

Feel free to enjoy your community, but you can try to be proactive and find those little

放鬆去享受你的社區活動，但你可以更積極地在社區裡

bits of English in your community and take advantage of it.

尋找一些可以講英文的機會來讓自己受惠

My fifth tip is to speak with someone else online, but this one is tricky and I want

第五個開口說英文的方法是網路交友，但這方法必須小心運用

to make sure that you do it correctly.

我想確保你們運用得當

Do not, never, never write your Skype ID, your WhatsApp phone number, your e-mail address

絕對不要提供你的 Skype 帳號、WhatsApp 手機號碼，或是你的 e-mail 地址

in the YouTube comments.

在 YouTube 下方留言欄位

There are plenty of just bots and different things that are going around, trying to take

網路上流竄許多網路機器人和各式各類的狀況，它們

your information and you're going to get spam calls and spam e-mails.

會無所不用取得你的個資，然後你就會接到未知來電和垃圾信件

It's not a good way to share your information, but also, it's not a good way to connect with

這不是分享你個資的好方法，但這卻是可以和其他人

someone.

交流的好方法

This is what I recommend doing, use the YouTube comments correctly.

這也是我非常推薦的方法，必須正確地運用 YouTube 留言

Let's imagine that you just watched a video about how to use "should have."

現在想像你剛看完一部教你如何使用「should have」句型的影片

You can watch that here.

你可以點閱這裡來學習該句型

Let's say that someone else wrote a comment and said, "I should have started learning

好比說有網友留言：「早知道我就應該早點向

English with Vanessa earlier."

Vanessa 學英文。」

It's a beautiful sentence, but you also feel like you connect with that sentence.

這是一句很好的造句，而你也感同身受

You have had the same experience.

你也歷經同樣的事情

You think, you know what?

你知道嗎？

I should have started studying English with Vanessa earlier, too.

我也覺得，早知道我就應該早點向 Vanessa 學英文

So, you can comment on their comment and say, "Oh, when did you start learning English with

你可以回應其他網友的留言：「你甚麼時候開始向 Vanessa

Vanessa?"

學英文的啊？」

"I agree, I should have started earlier."

「我超同意你的話，我早就該開始學了。」

Start a relationship.

先建立關係

Start to connect with them.

開始和其他人交談

Don't immediately say, "Hi, let's speak on Skype," because you know what?

千萬不要馬上說：「嗨！讓我們直接在 Skype 聊吧！」你知道為何我不推薦這樣的方式嗎？

It takes a lot of courage to speak with anyone in a second language in English, but to speak

和其他人開口說第二語言這件事需要很多勇氣，更不要說

with a total stranger who just threw their contact information at you on the internet,

一個完全不認識的陌生人直接在網路平台丟聯絡方式給你

it's a pretty low possibility that that's actually going to work out.

這種會成功的機率真的蠻低的

Even if they're a nice person, it's going to be not as comfortable to connect.

即使他們可能是好意，這也是一個不太舒服的交流方式

I recommend just commenting together, start to get to know each other, and maybe after

我強烈建議只要相互回應留言就好，先開始知道對方，或許

four or five or six comments back and forth, then you can start to say, "Hey, do you have

雙方來回留言 4 到 6 次後，你會開始說：「嘿，你有

Facebook?"

FB 嗎？」

"Let's connect."

「我們來互相加入好友好嗎？」

"Here's my name on Facebook, let's connect."

「這是我 FB 的帳號，加我好友吧！」

Great.

這樣就對了

You can send them a private message and try to connect.

你可以私訊他們，試著交談看看

Also, of course, if they are a beautiful girl or a handsome man, don't be creepy.

還有，如果他們是俊男美女的話，不要像個怪咖

You know what that is, just be polite.

你知道的，有禮貌就好

A lot of my students in the course, The Fearless Fluency Club, speak together on a daily basis

許多學生在上我的英文課《無所畏懼英文流利俱樂部》時候，每天都聚在社群軟體聊天

in Facebook Messenger, on Skype and Google Hangout, and it's a really great way to connect

譬如 Messenger、Skype 或是 Google Hangout，這是一個可以每天

with each other and learn every day, learn about different cultures and also use English.

和其他人一起學習交流的好機會，相互學習不同文化差異以及學習用英文表達

You can join up here if you'd like for $5 for the first month, with the coupon code

你可以現在加入，只要在首月付費 5 美元，並使用優惠券

NEW.

序號是 NEW

You can connect with tons of really passionate English learners.

你就可以和很多熱衷學英文的人交流

These are just a few of my top tips for speaking English, learning to speak English, without

這些是我推薦開口講英文的首選方法，開口學英文不需要

going to a classroom, without paying tutor, without moving to the U.S. I hope that you

去上課、付費找私人家教，更不用搬去美國。我希望

can at least take one of these and be proactive.

你們至少可以採用其中一個方法，重點是要積極主動

Take action today, because do you know what?

今天就馬上行動，因為你知道嗎？

Even if you moved to the U.S., even if you lived in the middle of New York City, you

就算你搬到美國居住，即便你住在紐約市中心，

would still need to be proactive.

你還是必須要主動積極

I have students who have lived in the U.S. for a long time and they're still struggling

我有學生長期住在美國，但他們依然學英文

to learn English, because they don't get out and meet other people.

學得很辛苦，原因在於他們不外出交新朋友

Even if you were living in the U.S., it's not a guarantee that you would become fluent.

就算你之前住在美國，也不保證你就能流利說英文

You need to be proactive, no matter where you live.

你必須要主動積極，不管在任何地方都是

You clicked on this video because you want to improve your English speaking skills, so

你點閱這部影片就是因為你想知道如何提升口說英文能力

be kind to yourself and do it.

所以對自己好一點，馬上去做

Now, I have a question for you.

我現在要問你一個問題

In the comments below this video, let me know, do you have any other creative ways to learn

請在影片下方留言，讓我知道你是否還有其他創新的方式

English, specifically to speak English naturally, without leaving your home country?

學習英文，尤其是能自然而然地開口說英文，而且不用離開自己國家

Let me know in the comments and let's share some ideas together.

歡迎在頻道下方留言，我們可以一起分享想法

Thanks so much for learning English with me and I'll see you again next Friday for a new

感謝你們和我一起學英文，我將在下周五開放新課程

lesson, here on my YouTube channel.

就在我的 YouTube 頻道上