摘要：In today's video, I want to share with you an idea, and it's an idea about the best way to learn English.

How do you learn English?

你是如何学习英语的？

Is it the best way to learn?

这是学习的最佳方式吗？

Let's find out.

让我们来找出答案吧。

In today's video, I want to share with you an idea, and it's an idea about the best way to learn English.

在今天的视频中，我想和你分享一个想法，这是关于学习英语的最佳方式的一个想法。

Oh, by the way, my name is Keith from English Speaking Success and the Keith Speaking Academy where you become a confident speaker of English.

哦，顺便说一下，我是来自 English Speaking Success 和 Keith Speaking Academy 基斯，在这里你可以成为一个自信的英语演讲者。

Now, this idea today is a bit unpopular.

现在，今天的这个想法有点不受欢迎。

It goes against the grain.

它是逆潮流的。

"To go against the grain" means it's the opposite of what most people are doing.

“To go against the grain”意味着这与大多数人所做的相反。

And so actually, a lot of people disagree with me on this.

所以实际上，很多人不同意我的观点。

And so I know a lot of people won't watch this video and you know, I think they will miss a really important message.

因此，我知道很多人不会观看这个视频，而我认为他们会错过一个非常重要的信息。

Even you may disagree.

甚至你可能也不同意。

But I think when you hear this idea, deep down you'll think, "Actually, that makes sense." So if you keep watching today, you will find some treasure.

但我认为当你听到这个想法时，内心深处你会想，“实际上，这很有道理。”所以如果你今天继续观看，你会发现一些宝藏。

Now, let me tell you, in this video, I'll give you the idea, I'll explain how it works, and give you five practical tips to make it work for you so that in the end you'll understand a better way to learn English so you can become a confident speaker of English.

现在，让我告诉你，在这个视频中，我会给你这个想法，我会解释它是如何运作的，并给你五个实用的建议来让它为你服务，这样到最后你会理解一种更好的学习英语的方法，以便你可以成为一个自信的英语演讲者。

Okay, so here is my idea.

好的，所以这是我的想法。

Learn English slowly.

慢慢学习英语。

You know, in today's society we're obsessed with speed.

你知道，在当今社会，我们对速度很着迷。

Doing things quickly, learning quickly, fast, getting the latest trick, hack, tips to do something quickly.

快速做事，快速学习，快速获取最新的技巧、窍门、提示来快速完成某事。

We're on social media, scrolling for the next video, finding the quickest way to become fluent in three weeks or three months.

我们在社交媒体上，滚动寻找下一个视频，寻找在三周或三个月内流利的最快方法。

Now, social media, okay, I mean, going on YouTube to look for a quick answer sometimes is great.

现在，社交媒体，好吧，我的意思是，有时候上 YouTube 寻找快速答案是很好的。

But when it comes to learning a language, it's not something you can do effectively quickly.

但当涉及到学习一门语言时，这不是你能快速有效做到的事情。

And trying to learn quickly isn't helping you.

而试图快速学习并没有帮助你。

It's a bit like planting a tree and getting it to grow quickly.

这有点像种树并让它快速生长。

It can't, nature doesn't work like that.

它不能，自然不是那样运作的。

You just create the right environment and it grows at its own pace, as does your English.

你只需创造合适的环境，它就会以自己的速度生长，就像你的英语一样。

It's exactly the same.

完全一样。

慢慢学习英语。

A common question that students ask me is, "Keith, how long for me to become fluent in English?" And here is a very difficult truth.

学生们常问我的一个问题是，“基斯，我需要多长时间才能流利地说英语？”这是一个非常困难的事实。

So, I've often talked about Malcolm Gladwell.

所以，我经常谈论马尔科姆·格拉德威尔。

In his seminal book, he says you need 10,000 hours to master a skill.

在他的重要著作中，他说你需要 10000 小时来掌握一项技能。

To be a master of the violin, you need 10,000 hours.

要成为小提琴大师，你需要 10000 小时。

To be a master of English, you need 10,000 hours.

要成为英语大师，你需要 10000 小时。

To get fluent, band 9, like a native speaker, you need 10,000 hours.

要达到流利，（雅思）9 分，像母语者一样，你需要 10000 小时。

The problem is a lot of students are trying to become a band 9 speaker of English in, like, two months.

问题是很多学生试图在两个月内成为 9 级的英语演讲者。

You're studying three hours a day, do the maths, that's about 180 hours.

你每天学习三个小时，算一下，大约是 180 小时。

That's less than 10,000 hours, right?

这少于 10000 小时，对吧？

It takes years.

这需要几年。

Think about it, how long does it take to learn your own mother tongue?

想想看，学习你的母语需要多长时间？

But here's the really important part of the idea, right?

但这是这个想法中非常重要的部分，对吧？

Speed is the wrong focus.

速度是错误的重点。

慢慢学习英语。

If we change the focus from trying to learn as fast as possible, trying to arrive at some destination, your band 8 or band 9ine or C2 level, and then when I arrive, I will be fluent and confident.

如果我们把重点从尽可能快地学习，试图到达某个目的地，你的 8 分或 9 分或 C2 级，然后当我到达时，我会流利和自信。

But you never arrive, and the journey is just frustration all the time.

但你永远不会到达，旅程总是充满挫折。

Change that focus to learning slowly, to being present when you're learning.

把重点转移到慢慢学习，专注于你正在学习的当下。

Focused on the words in front of you, on the video or the people in front of you right now, and focus on what you're studying now in the present.

专注于你面前的单词，视频或你面前的人，现在专注于你现在正在学习的内容。

And then, you'll actually learn more deeply.

然后，你实际上会学得更深入。

What's more, you're not waiting, frustrated.

更重要的是，你不会等待，感到沮丧。

So, your confidence arrives now in this moment, not in some fictional future, right?

所以，你的自信现在就在这一刻到来，而不是在某个虚构的未来，对吧？

It is a bit of a cliche that, you know, enjoying the journey, but it's true.

这有点像陈词滥调，你知道，享受旅程，但这是真的。

As well when you're present, you're gonna enjoy your learning more.

当你在当下时，你会更享受你的学习。

And you don't have to wait the 10,000 hours for the confidence and the enjoyment and the deep learning 'cause it's happening in every moment.

而且你不必等待 10000 小时来获得自信和享受以及深入学习，因为它正在每一刻发生。

The most important thing is to focus on the present and be present.

最重要的是专注于当下并保持专注。

Focus on what you're studying right now or what you're listening to right now.

专注于你现在正在学习的内容或你现在正在听的内容。

Right, here are five practical tips for learning English slowly.

好的，这里有五个慢慢学习英语的实用建议。

I suggest you start these when you're practicing on your own or like when you're listening to the radio, podcasts, whatever, especially when you're listening.

我建议你在自己练习时开始这些，或者当你在听广播、播客、任何东西时，尤其是当你在听的时候。

Later, you may want to try in a conversation, but it's very difficult at first, so just try it when you're listening on your own.

稍后，你可能想在对话中尝试，但一开始很难，所以只是在你自己听的时候尝试。

Okay, number one is to listen to the melody of English.

好的，第一条是听英语的旋律。

So, rather than listening to the words and focusing on the meaning, just listen to the melody, the music.

所以，与其听那些词语并专注于其含义，不如去听旋律，听音乐。

I guess it's the intonation, but I like the word melody 'cause I think language is a kind of music.

我想这可能是语调的原因，但我喜欢用“旋律”这个词，因为我认为语言是一种音乐。

Focus on the melody.

专注于旋律。

Not all the time.

不是一直如此。

Of course, you must focus on meaning sometime, but sometimes focus on the melody.

当然，有时候你必须专注于含义，但有时候要专注于旋律。

Number two is to really listen to the sound of the words or the chunks.

第二点是要真正听清单词或词组的声音。

So as you're listening, focus on the sound rather than trying to see the written word in your head.

所以当你在听的时候，专注于声音，而不是试图在脑海中看到书写的单词。

Focus on that sound.

专注于那个声音。

Number three, listen to the silence between the words.

第三点，听单词之间的静默。

Even as I'm speaking now, listen to the silence in between the words.

即使我现在在说话，也要听单词之间的静默。

Because when you're listening, there's sound and there's silence and both of them make the whole.

因为当你在听的时候，有声音也有静默，两者共同构成了整体。

So if you listen to both, you're getting everything.

所以如果你同时听这两者，你就能获得一切。

I don't know why this works, but it does and it really helps you focus on the whole of the English.

我不知道为什么这会有效，但确实有效，它真的帮助你专注于英语的整体。

And it helps you learn more slowly and more deeply.

而且它帮助你更慢更深入地学习。

Number four, and this one, I know, I'm getting a little bit esoteric, a little bit out there, but number four is, as you listen or speak, feel your feet.

第四点，我知道，这有点玄妙，有点超出常规，但第四点是，当你听或说的时候，感受你的双脚。

What? Yeah, feel your feet.

什么？是的，感受你的双脚。

And then what happens is when you feel your feet, just try and feel your feet.

然后当你感受你的双脚时，试着去感受它们。

Your focus goes away from your thinking, your head, into your body.

你的注意力会从思考、从头脑转移到身体。

And again, I don't know why, but it works.

再一次，我不知道为什么，但它是有效的。

Well, let me tell you what happened to me 'cause I've done it in my own experience.

好吧，让我告诉你我自己的经历，因为我自己也试过。

I was walking down the street the other day. I walk down this street every day.

前几天我在街上走。我每天都走这条街。

There's cows and there's horses.

有牛，也有马。

And every morning, I past a horse who's a bit crazy and runs around, and very, very shy, doesn't like people.

每天早上，我经过一匹有点疯狂的马，它到处跑，非常非常害羞，不喜欢人。

And every morning I walk past, I say hello.

每天早上我经过时，我都会打招呼。

And he just walks away.

而它只是走开。

Very nervous, doesn't like people.

非常紧张，不喜欢人。

The other day, I walked up to the edge of the road, the field.

前几天，我走到路边，田地的边缘。

I just kind of closed my eyes and felt my feet.

我只是闭上眼睛，感受我的双脚。

And when I opened my eyes, the horse had come right towards me.

当我睁开眼睛时，那匹马已经走到我面前。

I mean, its face was up here, really close.

我的意思是，它的脸就在这里，非常近。

And apparently, horses can sense your heartbeat five meters away.

显然，马可以在五米外感知到你的心跳。

So when you're feeling your feet, the energy goes from rushing in your head into your body, your heartbeat slows down, everything slows down.

所以当你感受你的双脚时，能量从你头脑中的奔腾转移到身体，你的心跳减慢，一切都慢下来。

They notice, and they're more comfortable.

它们注意到了，并且更舒适。

That slowing down can help you learn English more slowly because you become focused on the now.

这种慢下来可以帮助你更慢地学习英语，因为你专注于当下。

Okay, I know it's a bit of a strange one.

好吧，我知道这有点奇怪。

The last one, probably more familiar, is close your eyes when you're listening or speaking — if you're speaking on your own. If you're practicing alone.

最后一个，可能更熟悉，就是在你听或说的时候闭上眼睛——如果你是自己在说话。如果你是自己练习。

Don't close your eyes if you're in a conversation.

如果你在对话中，不要闭上眼睛。

They'll think you're mad.

他们会觉得你疯了。

But close your eyes.

但闭上眼睛。

Again, it helps you get out of your head, into your body, focus on the sound, the melody, the silence, everything.

再一次，它帮助你从头脑中走出来，进入身体，专注于声音、旋律、静默，一切。

It's easier when you close your eyes.

闭上眼睛时更容易做到。

And it helps you really be present with your English.

它帮助你真正与英语同在。

And all of these five tips can help you learn English slowly.

这五个技巧都可以帮助你慢慢学习英语。

Being present, taking your time, enjoying every moment, and so your learning is deeper and more effective.

活在当下，慢慢来，享受每一刻，这样你的学习会更深入、更有效。

I know, you're thinking these are a bit strange.

我知道，你可能觉得这些有点奇怪。

They are, but listen, have a go, experiment with some of them, and tell me how it works for you.

确实如此，但听着，试试看，尝试其中的一些，然后告诉我它对你有什么效果。

So there you have it.

所以这就是今天的内容。

Today's idea — learn English slowly.

今天的想法——慢慢学英语。

Change your focus from rushing and frustration to being and enjoying and being present with your English.

把你的注意力从匆忙和挫折转移到存在、享受和与英语同在。

Take your time.

慢慢来。

And try some of these tips.

试试这些技巧。

I mean, you may think, "Well, it's not for me." Of course, but have a go, right?

我的意思是，你可能会想，“嗯，这不适合我。”当然，但试试看，对吧？

I know it's a bit going against the grain, but we always need to try new things.

我知道这有点逆流而行，但我们总是需要尝试新事物。

And if they work, stick with them.

如果它们有效，就坚持下去。

If they don't, try something else, okay?

如果无效，尝试其他的，好吗？

But don't throw the baby out with the bath water.

但不要因噎废食。

Have a go, see what works for you, and let me know in the comments down below.

试试看，看看什么对你有效，然后在下面的评论中告诉我。

If you've enjoyed this video, do like it, subscribe, and well, thank you so much for being here today with me and I will see you in the next video.

如果你喜欢这个视频，请点赞，订阅，非常感谢你今天和我在一起，我们下一个视频再见。

Take care, my friend. Bye-bye.

保重，我的朋友。再见。

来源：英语东