Do you wanna speak English more fluently?

你想說更流利的英語嗎？

You see the English language changed my life.

你看，英語改變了我的生活。

I was born in Hong Kong so English is not my first language.

我在香港出生，所以英語不是我的母語。

My first language is actually Cantonese.

我的第一語言其實是廣東話。

My second language is Mandarin

我的第二語言是國語

because my mother is from Taiwan,

因為我媽媽是臺灣人。

and my third language is English.

而我的第三語言是英語。

So when I first immigrated to North America

所以當我第一次移民到北美的時候

I couldn't speak a word of English.

我一句英語都不會說。

And I know some of my fans, rumor says

而且我認識一些我的粉絲，傳言說：

that you're tuning into my videos because

你能收看我的視頻是因為

you wanna learn how to speak the English language.

你想學習如何說英語。

I find that that's kind of interesting.

我覺得這挺有意思的。

If that's the case, actually comment below

如果是這樣，其實可以在下面評論一下

and let me know.

並告訴我。

So today I wanna share with you five steps

所以今天我想和大家分享五個步驟

to improve your English fluency.

以提高你的英語流利程度。

The five things that I did to learn the English language.

我學英語的五件事。

Step number one to improve your English fluency,

提高英語流利程度的第一步。

it's actually very simple and that is don't give a damn.

其實很簡單，那就是不要給一個該死的。

That's right don't give a damn.

是的，不要給一個該死的。

Speak whenever, wherever, however.

無論何時，無論何地，都要講。

It doesn't matter if you speak with an accent,

說話有口音也沒關係。

I still speak with an accent,

我說話還是有口音的。

and I talk to tens of millions of people every single month.

而我每個月都要和數千萬人交談。

It doesn't matter.

這不重要

Forget how people would judge,

忘了人們會如何評價。

forget how people would think of you,

忘了別人會怎麼看你。

all this stuff it doesn't matter,

所有這些東西都不重要。

just speak as much as you could.

就儘量多說幾句。

If they don't understand, you say it again.

如果他們不明白，你就再說一遍。

if they don't understand you say it again,

如果他們不明白你再說一遍。

you just keep saying it.

你只是不停地說它。

I remember because I spoke with such a thick accent,

我記得是因為我說話的口音很濃。

I spoke like it sounded like Jackie Chan.

我說話的口氣就像成龍一樣。

I can still speak with some Chinese accent

我還會說一些中國口音

like hey, yeah, this then that,

像嘿，是啊，這然後，。

like that kind of stuff,

喜歡那種東西。

like I could speak with that kind of accent,

就像我可以用那種口音說話。

but you just speak, you just speak as much as you could

但你只是說，你只是說盡可能多的你可以

'cause that's how you get comfortable.

因為這樣你才會舒服。

You would not guess,

你不會猜到的。

if you're always thinking about oh, I'm not sounding smart,

如果你總是在想 哦，我不是聽起來很聰明，

or they would misunderstand what I'm saying,

否則他們會誤解我的意思。

or they wouldn't understand or I'll look stupid,

否則他們不會明白，否則我就會顯得很愚蠢。

all this stuff, all these things holds you back

所有這些東西，所有這些東西阻礙了你的發展

learning the language.

學習語言。

So don't give a damn speak as much as you could

所以，不要給一個該死的說話，因為你可以

to as many people as you could.

儘可能多的人，你可以。

I will walk into the mall I will talk to people, right?

我走進商場我會和別人哈拉，對吧？

Say hello, how are you?

打個招呼，你好嗎？

Just to practice it's okay, right?

只是為了練習一下也可以吧？

They don't bite it's okay practice.

他們不咬人是可以練習的。

Step number two and that is this is what I did,

第二步，也就是我做的這個。

I would take a book, any book, but simple book,

我願意拿一本書，什麼書都可以，但要簡單的書。

and I would read it out, loud word for word,

我會一字一句地大聲念出來。

paragraph by paragraph.

逐段。

I found that that's a very good way learning the language

我發現這是一個非常好的學習語言的方法。

because there's certain parts where maybe

因為有一些地方，也許

you have difficulty pronouncing certain chunks

咬文嚼字

you say it again and again,

你說了一遍又一遍。

or maybe there's certain words you don't understand

或者是有些字你不懂。

you can go to a dictionary.

你可以去查字典。

Reading a book out loud that's also another thing

大聲讀一本書，那也是另一件事

that I did to learn the English language.

我為了學習英語所做的一切。

You finish one book and you might as well pick something

你看完一本書，還不如挑點東西看呢

that you are interested in,

你感興趣的。

if you're interested in investing,

如果你對投資感興趣。

or success, or motivation, or sales. Pick a book on those topics,

或成功，或激勵，或銷售。選一本關於這些主題的書。

and then read it out loud every single day.

然後每天大聲念出來。

I'm talking about could be 20 minutes,

我說的可能是20分鐘。

30 minutes, 25 minutes it doesn't matter,

30分鐘，25分鐘都無所謂。

but do it every single day.

但每天都在做。

I did that every day for years

多年來，我每天都這樣做

to learn the English language.

來學習英語。

Step number three to improve your English fluency

第三步，提高英語流利程度

and that is take one word that you don't understand

那就是把一個你不懂的詞拿出來

that you don't know what it means,

你不知道這意味著什麼。

every single day you just learn one new word.

每天你只需學習一個新單詞。

Go to Google Translate dictionary

去谷歌翻譯詞典

find out exactly what it means.

找出它的確切含義。

So every single day pick a new word

所以每天都要選一個新詞

that you've never heard of before,

你從來沒有聽說過的。

you never use before and learn it every single.

你從來沒有用過的，每一個都要學。

If you've done this every single day that's 365 words,

如果你每天都這樣做，那就是365字。

new words that you could add to your vocabulary

新詞，你可以增加你的詞彙量。

that you could use.

你可以使用的。

See English is such a powerful language

你看英語就是這麼強大的語言

first of all, not just because a lot of people use it,

首先，不只是因為很多人使用。

but to understand a culture, to understand philosophies,

但要了解一種文化，瞭解哲學。

you need to understand the language.

你需要理解語言。

So when I learn the English language then I also learn about

所以當我學習英語的時候，那麼我也學習了關於

a lot of other things about the culture,

關於文化的很多其他事情。

about business of course that's what I do.

關於生意，當然這是我的工作。

So language is not just something that you to communicate,

所以語言不僅僅是你溝通的東西。

language is also something that you could train

語言也是你可以訓練的東西

your mind with so understand that.

你的思想與所以明白。

Step four immersion.

第四步浸泡。

You have to immerse yourself.

你必須沉浸在自己的世界裡。

So when I was learning the English language,

所以當我在學習英語的時候。

what I did is I would listen to music every single day.

我做的是我每天都會聽音樂。

I would listen to English music, English song,

我會聽英文音樂，英文歌曲。

and try to sing along and just to learn it, right?

並嘗試著跟著唱，只是為了學習它，對嗎？

It was very very difficult and I was listening to rap music

我聽著說唱的音樂，非常非常困難

which is way too difficult I gave that up,

這是太困難了，我放棄了。

but I was watching English movies without subtitles

但我看的是沒有字幕的英文電影

and I would listen and at first I wouldn't understand.

我聽著聽著，一開始我還不明白。

I would understand maybe 5% of it, right?

我大概能理解其中的5%吧？

And then I would understand,

然後我就會明白。

I think it's like that's what she means and 10%, 20%,

我想這好像是她的意思，還有10%、20%。

as my English improves I noticed

隨著我英語水平的提高，我發現

I would understand the movie more and more and more, right?

我會越來越理解這部電影吧？

So you have to immerse yourself, talk in English,

所以你要沉浸其中，用英語交談。

listening to English music, watch English movies,

聽英文音樂，看英文電影。

do as much as that as you could naturally

盡力而為

you'll pick up the slang,

你會學會這個俚語的。

you'll pick up kinda certain stories or phrases

你會學到一些故事或短語。

like that kind of phrases

喜歡這樣的句子

that's how you learn English language,

這就是你學習英語的方式。

then you make it fun.

然後你讓它變得有趣。

So it doesn't have to be you have to sit down

所以不一定非要你坐下來才行

and study oh, I'm studying the language,

和學習哦，我在學習語文。

no make it fun talk to people who speak English, right?

沒有讓它有趣的人誰說英語，對不對？

Like interact, connect, read, watch, listen,

比如互動、連接、閱讀、觀看、聆聽。

that's how you get good, that's how I got good.

這就是你如何得到好， 這就是我如何得到好。

Step number five to improve your English fluency

第五步，提高英語流利程度

and that is to hang out with people who speak English.

那就是和會說英語的人混在一起。

Like I know it sounds so obvious,

就像我知道這聽起來很明顯。

but that's how you do it.

但這是你如何做到這一點。

I remember in college you will see these groups of people,

我記得在大學裡，你會看到這些人的群體。

and I would see the Chinese students

我會看到中國學生

only hang out with Chinese students,

只和中國學生混在一起。

I would see the Korean students

我想看看韓國學生

hang out with Korean students,

和韓國學生一起玩。

and Japanese students hang out

和日本學生混在一起

with Japanese students, right?

和日本學生一起，對嗎？

And I would do the opposite,

而我卻會反其道而行之。

I would go and hang out with people who speak English.

我會去和會說英語的人一起玩。

I would hang out with Caucasians,

我會和高加索人混在一起。

I would hang out with people who grew up locally

我會跟在在地長大的人一起出去玩的

who speak perfect English,

誰的英語說得很好。

and I would just talk and hang out we go to library

我只是說說話，掛出 我們去圖書館。

and I would try to talk as much as possible,

而我也會盡量多說話。

listen, ask questions, right?

聽，問問題，對嗎？

To get comfortable and another thing that I did was actually

為了讓自己舒服點，我做的另一件事其實是

I got a Korean girlfriend who speaks English, right?

我有個會說英語的韓國女朋友，對吧？

So that's another way to do it,

所以這也是另一種方式。

so I'm not saying that's the only way to learn,

所以我不是說這是唯一的學習方法。

but if you wanna learn a new language

但如果你想學習一門新的語言

take someone who speak the language

帶會說話的人

you'll be shocked how quickly you pick that up, right?

你會震驚於你如何迅速地學會了，對不對？

How quickly you can pick up the language.

你能多快地學會語言。

Let me give you a bonus tip,

讓我給你一個額外的提示。

a bonus step if you want it, okay?

如果你想要的話，就給你一個額外的步驟，好嗎？

Step number six,

第六步：

and that is going to a state of over learning.

而這是要進入一個過度學習的狀態。

Lemme explain.

讓我解釋一下。

If you are thinking about let's say learning a language,

如果你想讓我們學習一門語言。

let's say you're here and you wanna get to this good,

讓我們說你在這裡，你想得到這個好。

the fastest way to get to this good

最快的方式來獲得這個好

is you actually go into a state of over learning.

是你真正進入了一種過度學習的狀態。

So let's take an exercise example, okay?

那我們就拿一個練習的例子來說，好嗎？

If you wanna have stronger bicep,

如果你想擁有更強壯的二頭肌，

let's say you're only doing your curl,

讓我們說你只是做你的捲曲。

you can only hypothetically lift 20 pounds,

你只能假設地舉起20磅。

20 pounds, right?

20磅，對吧？

That's much of strength you have.

你的力氣可真大啊。

If you wanna make that 20 pounds easy

如果你想讓那20磅的體重變得簡單

to better lift that up guess what?

為了更好地提升，你猜怎麼著？

Train with 25 pounds, train with 30 pounds

用25磅訓練，用30磅訓練。

that's an over preparation, over learning

矯枉過正

that's what I mean, right?

這就是我的意思，對不對？

You want to stay over learning.

你想留過學習。

So what I did because I'm in business, right?

所以我所做的，是因為我是做生意的吧？

Not only learning English language,

不僅是學習英語語言。

I was learning how to sell,

我在學習如何銷售。

how to close, how to do marketing,

如何成交，如何做營銷。

so not only just the English language

所以不僅是英文

day-to-day basis to communicate,

日常的溝通。

but actually at a way higher level

但實際上是更高層次

where there's something to lose.

哪裡有什麼損失。

Where it's not just learning the basic day-to-day

在這裡，不僅僅是學習基本的日常知識。

communication but also there's money involved, right?

溝通，但也涉及到錢，對吧？

The stakes are high.

賭注很大。

When I lose a sale when I'm selling someone,

當我在賣人的時候，我失去了一個銷售。

when I'm communicating if they don't understand

如果他們不明白我的意思，我就會和他們交流。

what I'm saying I'm not gonna close that sale, right?

我的意思是我不會完成這筆交易，對嗎？

That's a state of over learning.

這就是一種過度學習的狀態。

So imagine I could do that not just to say things

所以，想象一下，我可以做到這一點，不只是說的東西

that you understand to be able to communicate

溝通的能力

in a way clearly enough that you can understand me,

清楚地讓你能明白我的意思。

but to communicate in a way that you would do business,

但要用做生意的方式來溝通。

you would buy from me, you would spend money with me,

你會在我這裡買東西，你會在我這裡花錢。

that's over learning.

那是在學習。

You could do that when you go back to day-to-day

你可以做，當你回去的日常

just like talking of course is so easy.

就像說話當然是那麼容易。

Would you be nervous?

你會緊張嗎？

No.

不知道

Would you care what people think?

你會在乎別人怎麼想嗎？

No.

不知道

I just got 20 rejections in the last week

我上個星期剛收到20份拒絕信

like you don't understand what I'm talking about who cares?

就像你不明白我在說什麼，誰在乎呢？

Who cares?

誰在乎呢？

It wouldn't bother you,

它不會打擾你。

and that's what I mean over learning.

這就是我說的超前學習。

So I suggest to my students,

所以我建議我的學生。

if you wanna learn the English language,

如果你想學習英語，

learn how to close, learn how to sell.

學習如何成交，學習如何銷售。

Go sell something because then all the nervousness,

去賣東西，因為那時所有的緊張。

all of that fear, all the anxiety,

所有的恐懼，所有的焦慮。

all that is gone when you're talking to day-to-day

日理萬機

with people because you train yourself well.

與人相處，因為你把自己訓練得很好。

You go into a state of over learning, you over prepare.

你會進入過度學習的狀態，你會過度準備。

That's what I say, that's what you need to do.

這就是我說的，這就是你需要做的。

So those are the six steps or five steps

所以這就是六步或五步

to improve your English fluency.

以提高你的英語流利程度。