The Key To Excellent Speaking

    實現(xiàn)卓越口語的關鍵

    What is the most important English skill？ What skill must you have
to communicate well ？

    最重要的英語技能是什么？達到有效溝通所必須的技能是什么？

    Obviously ， number 1 is Fluency. What is fluency ？ Fluency is the
ability to speak（and understand） English quickly and easily …… WITHOUT
translation. Fluency means you can talk easily with native speakers —
— they easily understand you ， and you easily understand them. In fact，
you speak and understand instantly.

    顯而易見，關鍵是要流暢表達。那么什么是流暢表達呢？流暢表達是不需要
考慮就能快速和輕松說（理解）英語的能力，表示你能夠容易地與當?shù)厝诉M行交
談，交談雙方能輕松地相互理解。也就是說，你能夠立即表達和理解。

    Fluency is your most important English goal.

    流暢表達是學習英語最重要的目標。

    The research is clear —— there is only ONE way to get fluency. You
do not get fluency by reading textbooks. You do not get fluency by going
to English schools. You do not get fluency by studying grammar rules.

    研究表明，只有唯一一個途徑能實現(xiàn)流暢表達。你既不能通過閱讀課本、也
不可能通過上英語學�；蛘咄ㄟ^學習語法來達到。

    Listening Is The Key

    聽是關鍵

    To get English fluency， you must have a lot of understandable repetitive
listening. That is the ONLY way. To be a FANTASTIC English speaker， you
must learn English with your ears ， not with your eyes. In other words，
you must listen. Your ears are the key to excellent speaking.

    想要說一口流利的英語，你必須要進行大量能理解的重復性聽力訓練，這是
達成目標的唯一方法。要成為了不起的英語表達者，你必須通過耳朵來學英語而
不是眼睛。也就是說，你一定得聽，你的耳朵才是實現(xiàn)卓越口語的關鍵。

    What kind of listening is best？ Well ， it must be understandable
and must be repetitive. Both of those words are important —— Understandable
and Repetitive.

    怎樣的聽力訓練才是最好的呢？那就是：聽力材料必須是你能理解的，而且
要反復聽。這兩點都很重要——理解和反復。

    If you don't understand ， you learn nothing. You will not improve.
That's why listening to English TV does not help you. You don't understand
most of it. It is too difficult. It is too fast.

    假如你對所聽內(nèi)容不理解，你將學不到任何東西，也就得不到提高。那就是
為什么聽英文電視對你沒有幫助，它對你來說太難、太快了，你幾乎不明白它在
講什么。

    It's obvious right？ If you do not understand ， you will not improve.
So， the best listening material is EASY. That's right， you should listen
mostly to easy English. Most students listen to English that is much too
difficult. They don't understand enough ， and so they learn slowly. Listen
to easier English ， and your speaking will improve faster！

    這個觀點顯然是正確的吧？如果不理解，就無法提高。所以，最好的聽力材
料是容易懂的材料。沒錯，你應該將主要精力用于聽簡單的東西。大多數(shù)學生選
擇的聽力材料太難了，他們不能充分理解，學起來就很慢。試著去聽容易些的材
料，那樣你的口語會提高得更快。

    Understanding is Only Half The Formula.

    理解只是方法的一半。

    Understanding is not enough. You must also have a lot of repetition.
If you hear a new word only once， you will soon forget it. If you hear
it 5 times， you will still probably forget it！

    光理解還不夠，你必須要進行大量的重復。如果一個新單詞你只聽過一次，
那么很快你就會把它忘記；如果你重復聽五次，可能還是會忘記。

    You must hear new words and new grammar many times before you will
understand them instantly.

    在你能夠自如的理解新單詞和語法規(guī)則之前，你必須要反復聽上很多次。

    How many times is necessary ？ Most people must hear a new word 30
times to remember it forever. To know a word and instantly understand
it， you probably need to hear it 50-100 times！

    必須聽多少次呢？對于大多人來講，要想徹底記住一個新詞，必須重復30次
；要想認識一個新詞并立刻明白它的意思，你可能需要聽上50至100 次。

    So， the two most important points are： listen to easier English
and listen to each thing many times.

    所以，最重要的兩點是：聽較為容易的材料，并將每一個材料反復聽。