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If you've picked up this book, chances are you've wanted to speak English for a while.

Maybe you've even taken classes.

You probably need English to improve your career.

Maybe you want to travel internationally or study abroad.

You know that English is the key to international business and international travel.

So let me ask you something.

Do you feel nervous or shy when you try to speak English?

Do you still struggle to understand what someone is saying to you despite years of study?

Are you embarrassed about your pronunciation or worried you speak too slowly?

Are you frustrated that despite all the time you've invested in learning English, you still can't speak it?

Despite your goals, is it difficult for you to actually use English in your job, travels, or studies?

Do you sometimes feel that you'll never master spoken English?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, you're not alone.

In fact, you're fairly typical.

Most English students feel this way.

Most adult English learners are stressed and frustrated about their speaking ability.

Some feel completely hopeless and feel they'll never be able to speak English powerfully.

Not because they're bad at languages, but because, like you, they've been taught using the wrong methods.

The good thing is that it doesn't have to be like this.

There's nothing wrong with you.

You can learn to speak English naturally and with ease.

You can use English effectively in your job, travels, and studies.

You can feel relaxed and confident every time you speak English.

In fact, as a long -time English teacher, I've helped thousands of students all over the world become fluent and powerful English speakers.

How did I do it?

I did it using a teaching method I developed called Effortless English.

Effortless English enables you to learn English naturally and automatically, the way children learn before they enter school.

Too often, English classes get so focused on tests,

textbooks, grades, and levels, students forget why they're there in the first place.

They forget about the real -world goals of a more successful career and exciting international travel.

With Effortless English, you never lose sight of the fact that the ultimate goal of learning a language is communication.

Instead, you learn to speak English both quickly and with more precision.

Effortless?

I understand if you're skeptical, particularly if you've been trying to learn English the traditional way.

You've put in the hours, memorizing vocabulary lists, doing grammar drills, reading boring textbooks.

How, you're thinking, can speaking English possibly be effortless?

Believe me, I feel your pain.

Back when I started teaching 15 years ago, my students were all excited to begin conversing in English, and I was excited to help them.

At that time, I taught in the usual way.

I used textbooks, and I focused on teaching grammar.

I thought this was the best way to teach, and none of my students complained.

I still remember one particularly intelligent student of mine from Venezuela named Gladys.

Gladys was determined to speak English well.

Talk about effort.

Gladys attended every one of my classes.

She always sat in the center of the front row.

I can still picture her eager and smiling face.

She took detailed notes.

She listened to every word I said.

She also studied at home.

Every day, Gladys studied her English textbooks for four hours or more.

She also tried to learn 50 new vocabulary words by memorizing word lists.

Gladys was my star student, and I, too, was sure she would succeed.

Six months later, however, she still could barely speak English.

Her speech was hesitant and unnatural.

She constantly made grammar mistakes with even the simplest sentences.

Her pronunciation was difficult to understand.

She still fought in Spanish and tried to translate to and from English when she spoke.

Worst of all, Gladys felt nervous every time she tried to speak English.

Speaking English was a painful experience for her.

Gladys was extremely frustrated.

After so much effort, she had barely improved.

As her teacher, I too was frustrated.

I was sure Gladys would improve quickly and couldn't understand why she had not.

I followed all of the traditional teaching methods.

I used the standard textbooks and the standard classroom activities.

Gladys was intelligent, disciplined, and consistent, and yet her English speaking barely improved.

Sadly, I realized that Gladys wasn't the only one who had not improved.

Her classmates also had barely improved.

It was frustrating, and I felt like a complete failure as a teacher.

But when I asked my colleagues for help, it turned out they had the same problem.

Very few of their students were improving either.

At that point, I realized something was wrong.

Something is wrong with standard methods for teaching English.

The worst part for me was that everyone accepted this situation as normal.

The other teachers didn't seem to be concerned about their students' lack of progress.

All the teachers were using the same methods and getting the same poor results.

In most parts of the world, students study English in school for years.

Yet, the vast majority of them never learn to speak English well.

After years of study, they still have trouble with real English conversations.

They still feel nervous and shy about speaking.

A few years after my experience with Gladys, I got a job as an English teaching assistant in Japan.

I was excited and eager to help these young students learn my language.

I still remember my first day.

I was sitting at the front of the class next to the main teacher, who was Japanese.

As the students came into the room, they saw me and giggled nervously.

They sat down and continued to shyly glance up at me.

They were sweet and curious.

Then the class started.

The main teacher wrote an English sentence on the board.

I don't remember the exact sentence, but it was something like, The little girl goes to school.

The teacher pointed to the sentence and began to talk in Japanese.

The students all grabbed their notebooks and began writing.

Everyone was very serious.

Next, the teacher circled the word GOES.

She pointed at the word and continued speaking in Japanese.

She talked and talked and talked in Japanese.

The students wrote quickly, filling their notebooks with information.

Finally, the teacher drew a line from the word GOES to the word GIRL.

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And then she talked more, on and on and on, in Japanese.

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This continued for the entire class.

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The teacher drew lines, circles, and squares.

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She used different colored chalk.

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And she continued speaking Japanese.

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I was totally confused.

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I'm a native speaker of English, and I was sitting in a beginning English class yet I could not understand anything in the class except for

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that one sentence.

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I was thinking to myself, what could this teacher possibly be talking about so much?

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It's just one sentence.

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Yet the teacher spent an entire hour analyzing, explaining, and dissecting that one simple sentence.

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Finally, at the end of the class, the teacher asked me to read the sentence aloud for pronunciation.

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I read the sentence a couple of times, and that was the only real English input the students got that day.

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Sadly, this same pattern repeated every day.

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Day by day, I watched the students' enthusiasm

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and curiosity disappear here they became bored they became stressed

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and confused every day they wrote pages of notes mostly in Japanese every day the teacher talked and talked

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and talked mostly in Japanese I couldn't understand why an English

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class was being taught mostly in Japanese during the average class

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the students were listening to Japanese 90 % of the time

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or more they heard very little English no No wonder they never learned to speak.

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No wonder they were frustrated and confused.

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Honestly, it broke my heart to watch as the school crushed these students' natural love of learning.

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It was terrible to watch them grow bored, frustrated, and stressed.

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And six months later, none of the students could speak to me at all, not even the simplest conversation.

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This kind of situation is repeated in English classes all over the world.

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My experiences with Gladys and in Japan convinced me that traditional English language education is broken.

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I knew there had to be a better way to help my students speak English than what we were doing.

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So I began to search for a better way.

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I devoured books about English teaching.

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I constantly tried out new methods in my classes.

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I read research studies.

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I traveled and taught English in other parts of the world.

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What surprised me was how little the actual research supported traditional teaching methods.

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As eminent University of Southern California linguist Stephen Krashen noted, We acquire language when we understand what people tell us and what we read.

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There is no need for deliberate memorization.

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If most of us knew, intuitively, that the best way to learn English was naturally,

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I wondered why were so many teachers and students still choosing to use unnatural, ineffective, and old methods of teaching?

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Eventually, I went back to school and got a master's degree in TESOL, teaching English to speakers of other languages.

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Along the way, I did more research and discovered the incredible new methods

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that would become the basis for the Effortless English program.

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I also did my own informal research.

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I searched for excellent English speakers who had learned the language as an adult.

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Whenever I found such a person, I interviewed them.

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Over time, I noticed patterns.

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Most of these successful speakers were independent students who mastered spoken English outside of school.

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Most of them used similar methods, the very same methods supported by my master's research.

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Most avoided the traditional methods used in most schools.

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I changed my teaching, and when I used these new strategies in classes, my students improved quickly.

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I couldn't believe it.

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They finally learned to speak easily and powerfully, and even better, they were enjoying themselves.

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After years of searching and experimentation, I had finally found methods that worked.

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Effortless English Today Over the years, I've continued to test and adapt these methods and develop the Effortless English system.

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I've organized the program to include seven essential rules for learning English, which have led countless students to fluency.

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To build on the success of my classes, I created audio courses and began offering them online to English students around the world.

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My audio lessons are currently bestsellers in 25 countries.

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In addition, I founded the Effortless English Club to create an international English learning community where students can communicate with other members.

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I wanted to create an environment that encouraged confidence and success with English because so many learners struggle with nervousness,

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shyness, frustration, and fear when speaking.

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In fact, for many people, these negative emotions are the worst part of speaking English.

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In our Effortless English Club, students are able to interact on our forums and speak with each other online.

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It is an extremely positive and encouraging community where everyone is free to play with English, make mistakes, and communicate without fear.

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In my opinion, we have the best members in the world.

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Every one of our members is focused not only on their own success, but also on helping other members achieve success too.

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The result is a supportive family of learners and international leaders.

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This book is another resource for students looking to speak English powerfully and fluently.

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It is designed to guide you on the road to fluency, to speed your journey to confident, powerful, effortless speaking.

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In this book, you will learn how to reprogram your negative emotions about English, develop confidence when speaking, and follow a powerful and effective road to fluency.

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You'll also learn how to use English to improve your career and achieve the success you want.

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Over the next several chapters, I will describe the effortless English system in detail, explain the philosophy behind it,

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and tell you why both psychology and method are important for learning language.

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I'll also tell you exactly how to use the system to reach your goals.

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Join me and enjoy the journey.

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You really have nothing to fear by leaving the old education system behind.

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So let go of the pressure, the stress, the fear, and the boredom.

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I promise you this natural learning system is fun, friendly, and energetic, the opposite of most school classrooms.

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There's no pressure, just friendly encouragement and support.

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Trust me, I have helped students everywhere in the world and now I am eager to help you.

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I promise I will always do my best to help you speak excellent English.

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Not lazy English.

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So what is effortless English?

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By effortless, I certainly don't mean lazy English.

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On the contrary, effortless English is going to be the result of the work you put in every day.

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By following my system, you will make progress and achieve the result of speaking naturally and effortlessly,

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unforced, without stress, hesitation, or nervousness.

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In other words, effortless is the result, not the beginning.

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Your goal is to speak English effortlessly.

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You want the words to flow out without thinking, without translating, without worry or hesitation.

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You want to speak English just as you speak your own native language.

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Effortless speaking is the final result, and sometimes it takes a lot of effort to become effortless.

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It is possible, however, to thoroughly enjoy that effort.

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The example I like to use is that of an athlete or artist in the zone.

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In the zone means performing excellently and effortlessly.

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When an athlete is in the zone at one level, they're working very hard, expending a lot of energy, pushing, totally focused.

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However, when they are enjoying themselves and completely focused, the activity feels effortless to them.

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There's no feeling of forcing,

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straining, etc. In fact, the name Effortless English was inspired by the Taoist idea of Wu Wei, or Effortless Effort.

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It's a description of that flow state where you can be expending a lot of effort

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and yet it feels totally effortless and natural not forced

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so the point is that effortless English is not about laziness quick fixes

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or impossible scams but rather about finding that state of effortless effort

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or wu -wei effortless English means you speak English fluently you don't struggle as you speak you don't feel nervous

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or stressed you don't think about grammar rules or translations

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when you speak english effortlessly you communicate your ideas clearly you

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express your feelings powerfully you focus on connecting with other people not on conjugating verbs

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you thoroughly enjoy the process of speaking english as you work travel and learn

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本課的詞彙與口語要點

這段影片共有 205 個句子、2457 個單詞可供跟讀。講話部分時長為 17:09。說話人語速平穩，每分鐘約 143 個詞，很適合跟讀。 85% 的單詞屬於英語最常用的 3,000 詞，其餘的詞建議在練習前先學一下。

影片中的重點詞彙

影片中 15 個不太常見的單詞，附發音和釋義：

textbook /ˈtɛkst.bʊk/ (名詞) — 課本 /課本, 教科書 /教科書. A coursebook, a formal manual of instruction in a specific subject, especially one for use in schools or colleges.
grammar /ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/ (名詞) — 語法 /語法, 文法. A system of rules and principles for the structure of a language, or of languages in general.
confused /kənˈfjuːzd/ (形容詞) — 困惑. unable to think clearly or understand
eager /ˈiɡɚ/ (形容詞) — 急於 /急於. Desirous; keen to do or obtain something.
bore /boɹ/ (動詞) — 煩擾 /煩擾. To inspire boredom in somebody.
pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ (名詞) — 發音 /發音. The formal or informal way in which a word is made to sound when spoken.
audio /ˈɔ.di.oʊ/ (形容詞) — 音訊 /音訊, 伴音. Focused on audible sound, as opposed to sight.
encourage /ɪnˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/ (動詞) — 鼓勵 /鼓勵, 激勵 /激勵. To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
intelligent /ɪnˈtɛlɪd͡ʒənt/ (形容詞) — 聰明 /聰明, 聰慧 /聰慧. Of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright.
lazy /ˈleɪ̯zi(ː)/ (形容詞) — 懶 /懶, 懶惰 /懶惰. Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.
emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/ (名詞) — 感情, 情感. A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data.
classroom /ˈklɑːsɹʊm/ (名詞) — 教室, 課堂 /課堂. A room, often in a school, where classes take place.
athlete /ˈæθ.liːt/ (名詞) — 田徑運動員 /田徑運動員. A participant in any of a group of sporting activities including track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking.
translate /tɹænzˈleɪt/ (動詞) — 翻譯 /翻譯, 譯 /譯. To change spoken words or written text (of a book, document, movie, etc.) from one language to another.
vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ (名詞) — 詞匯 /詞彙, 語匯 /語彙. A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning.

影片中出現的短語動詞

put in (動詞) — 投入, 插入. To place inside.
pick up (動詞) — 拾取, 撿 /撿. To lift; to grasp and raise.
play with (動詞) — 玩. To fiddle with; make small adjustments to, for example to something mechanical in order to improve its performance.
sit down (動詞) — 坐下, 坐. To assume a sitting position from a standing position.
try out (動詞) — 試用 /試用. To test (something) to see how it works or whether it is suitable.
turn out (動詞) — 原來 /原來. To end up; to result.

需要注意的發音

說話人用了 34 次縮略和弱讀形式，例如 you've, don't, you're。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。

“th” 音: athlete /ˈæθ.liːt/, thoroughly /ˈθʌɹ.ə.li/, enthusiasm /ɪnˈθuziæzəm/
“sh” 和 “zh” 音: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/, hesitation /ˌhɛzɪˈteɪʃən/, translation /tɹænzˈleɪʃən/, crush /kɹʌʃ/
長單詞——注意重音位置: naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, communicate /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, intelligent /ɪnˈtɛlɪd͡ʒənt/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/

如何用這段影片練習

先完整聽一遍影片，不要開口，記下不認識的單詞。
用正常速度逐句跟讀，每句重複到你的節奏與說話人一致為止。
錄下自己的聲音並與原聲對比，特別注意 textbook, grammar, confused 這類單詞。

影片中的語法

說話人最常用的結構，並附上影片中的原話：

結構	影片中的用法
現在完成時 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去發生但與現在仍有關聯的事	you've picked · you've even taken · you've invested
被動語態 be + 過去分詞 — 強調發生了什麼，而不是誰做的	they've been taught · was extremely frustrated · was frustrated
定語從句 who / which + 從句 — 補充說明人或事物	one who had · students who mastered · English, which have

什麼是跟讀法？

跟讀法 (Shadowing) 是一種有科學依據的語言學習技巧，最初開發用於專業口譯員的培訓，並由多語言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。這個方法簡單而強大：您在聽英語母語原聲的同時立即大聲重複——就像是一個延遲1-2秒緊跟說話者的影子。與被動聽力或語法練習不同，跟讀法強迫您的大腦和口腔肌肉同時處理並模模擬實的講話模式。研究表明它能顯著提高發音準確性，語調，節奏，連讀，聽力理解和口語流利度——使其成為雅思口語備考和真實英語交流最有效的方法之一。

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