跟读练习: How to THINK in English (and why you must) - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
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You're never going to become fluent in English if you keep making this mistake.
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You're never going to become fluent in English if you keep making this mistake.
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You need to stop translating in your head from your own language into English.
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You need to start thinking directly in English.
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And that's why in today's video,
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I want to talk to you about why this happens,
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why it's a bad thing to translate from your own language into English,
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and how you can start thinking directly in English.
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Now, before we start, let's talk about why this is actually a problem.
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Why shouldn't you translate from your own language into English?
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Now, think about this.
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If you're like most students, you have translated.
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You have done this before.
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You want to say something.
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You have an idea.
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you translate that idea into English,
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you look for the correct grammar,
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you look for the correct vocabulary,
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maybe even pronunciation, and then finally you say it.
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You say it out loud in English.
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And what happens is it slows you down.
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It's unnecessary.
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You're creating this unnecessary step and we don't want that because you should be able to speak just like that
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right without having to actually think about the mechanical side of the language you want to get rid of
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that extra step because it's not natural it's not a natural way of speaking you don't do this in your native language.
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You don't even think about language when you're speaking your native language.
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So why should it be any different in English?
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And obviously there is the problem of,
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well, grammar in certain languages is completely different from grammar in English.
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Some words in other languages don't have a translation in English.
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So yes, it's obviously going to slow you down if you translate,
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but in some cases it might not even be possible to translate from your own language into English.
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It might be totally incorrect.
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So forget translation.
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Forget that.
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You need to think directly in English without worrying about the mechanics of the language.
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Now I want to talk to you about how you can actually do this.
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How do you think directly in English?
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How do you make speaking English something natural,
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something comfortable, something that you don't need to think about?
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Well, in English we have an expression.
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Fake it it till you make it.
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Fake it till you make it.
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It means you pretend to do something until eventually after you do it a lot,
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you got it.
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You've made it.
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You've succeeded.
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Okay?
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Fake it till you make it, we say.
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And what I want you to do is fake being a native speaker.
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Fake being a native English speaker.
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Now the reason why your native language is so natural to you is
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because your whole world when you grew up was in that language.
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Your whole environment was in your native language.
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And when you learn a second language or a third language,
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which might be English or another language,
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suddenly you have a different environment.
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It's not the same.
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Your parents might not speak it.
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Your friends might not speak it.
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You still do things in your native language.
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And when I say fake it till you make it,
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I mean pretend you're a native English speaker and live your life like a native English speaker would.
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Surround yourself with the English language.
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Think about what a native English speaker would do in the morning when he or she wakes up.
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They'd turn on their phone.
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Their phone would be in English.
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Put your phone in English.
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They would go get ready for the day.
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Maybe they would watch YouTube as they brush their teeth in English.
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Maybe they would turn on the radio as they prepared breakfast.
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The radio would be in English.
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Everything in their life would be in English.
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Because that's their native language.
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And since they're exposed to the language,
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since they're surrounded by the language, it's natural to them.
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They don't need to think about it.
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They just speak.
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And that's the key.
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That is the key to becoming fluent in a language.
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Surrounding yourself with the language.
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Making the language part of you.
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Part of your life.
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If you don't do this,
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it will always just be a school subject.
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It will always be something that you have to study,
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that you have to think about.
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It will never be part of you.
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So as I said, fake it till you make it.
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Do the things that a native English speaker would do in their life.
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It's not rocket science.
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If you do the same things a native English speaker does to learn the language,
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to live their life, then you can achieve the same results.
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It's very simple.
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And I think a lot of students forget this.
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They're too focused on the textbook.
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They're too focused on conjugation tables.
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they're too focused on all these academic things
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and I think a big problem
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or a big part of this problem is the school system
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because in school
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when you learned English you probably learned in a very unnatural
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way you probably divided your day into one hour of English and you sat down you read a textbook,
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you did some exercises for that one hour.
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And then after the class was over,
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you switched into your own language,
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which is fine, of course.
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It's obvious why, but that method of compartmentalizing English or just blocking it off in a way won't help you become fluent
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because it doesn't allow the language into your whole life.
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If you're serious about becoming fluent,
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you should allow the English language to consume you,
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to be part of everything in your life, as much as possible.
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Obviously, some things you can only do in your native language.
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But the point here is that you need to pretend you're a native speaker.
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Let's say you like to cook.
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A student came to me recently and she loved cooking.
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She loved reading recipes.
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And I asked her, okay,
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what language do you read those recipes in?
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And she read them in her native language.
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So that's a simple change.
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I told her, read them in English.
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You're cooking, you're doing something you love,
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and you're also improving your English at the same time.
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we say you're killing two birds with one stone maybe not a very nice idiom
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but we say
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that in English you're killing two birds with one stone you're doing two things at the same time
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and you're getting double the benefit for less the time so it's not about creating extra time.
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It's not about trying to find extra hours in the day.
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It's about using the time you have in the 24-hour day and replacing some things.
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Replacing things that you're already doing in your native language with things in English.
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Maybe you're on the bus.
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Maybe you're commuting to school or to work and you like to scroll through the news in your native language.
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Well, that's another great fix you can make.
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You can make that change.
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You can now start to read the news in English.
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Or maybe you like to listen to podcasts.
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You can listen to the podcasts in English.
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Maybe you like to create a to-do list before bed every night.
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You can create this list in English.
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Maybe you have a calendar.
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You write things in your calendar.
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You can do this in English.
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Once you've allowed English into your life,
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and of course you need to speak too,
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it's great to surround yourself with the language,
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but you also need to speak.
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If you don't have anybody to speak to,
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you can speak with yourself,
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but there are so many resources online you can find people to speak to on various platforms.
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One of those, by the way,
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is the English at the Ready Club.
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If you are interested in learning more about the club,
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click the link in the description below.
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It's an amazing opportunity to meet people to practice speaking to have live classes
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and to study English every week but as I was saying the key is speaking
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and surrounding yourself with the language now eventually
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when you make this a habit don't do it for a week don't do it for two weeks
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you need to do it for a month,
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two, three or four months to actually see a difference.
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But if you do this,
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if you allow English into your life,
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speaking is going to feel so much more natural.
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Eventually you're not actually going to have to think about language.
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You'll just be able to speak.
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You'll be able to express your ideas without allowing language to slow you down or to burden you.
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And when we talk about fluency,
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that's the key to fluency.
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Fluency doesn't mean being perfect.
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It doesn't mean being able to conjugate verbs in all 12 tenses on the back of your hand 50 times
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because honestly most native speakers probably couldn't do that either.
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Fluency in a language whether that's English or your native language
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just means
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that you can express your ideas you can communicate your thoughts without allowing language to slow you down
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or to burden you or to be a problem for you.
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I'll give you an analogy.
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Think about when you're sick.
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Think about when you have a bad cold and your nose is really really stuffed.
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You can't breathe through your nose.
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All you can think of in that moment is, ah, I can't breathe.
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My nose is so stuffed.
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But then think of the remaining time in your life,
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99% of the time when you can breathe just fine,
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you're not actually thinking about your nose.
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It just happens.
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So, when you're allowing yourself to translate from your own language into English,
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it's like you have a stuffed nose,
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because that's all you can think of now.
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But if you clear your nose and you think directly in English,
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you won't even think about the language.
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Everything will just flow.
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It will be in the background operating while your ideas,
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while your thoughts that you're communicating are in the front.
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And that's what fluency is.
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That's all it is, allowing yourself to express your ideas without feeling restricted by language.
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So what I want you to do now,
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if you've made it this far into the video,
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I want you to create a plan.
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Sit down, take 10 minutes,
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15 minutes, come up with a list of things in your life.
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Maybe that's reading recipes, maybe that's creating a to-do list,
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a calendar, your phone, your computer, anything.
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But create a list of things in your life that you can change into English.
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Because remember, fake it till you make it.
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Pretend you're a native speaker.
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Do that for a while
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and I'm very confident you will be surprised at how much progress you can make
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and how confident you can feel with the English language.
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I hope you found this video useful.
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If you want to support the channel,
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make sure to leave a like.
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Let me know in the comments what you are going to do to make English a part of your life.
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Let me know.
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I'm curious to read your list of things that you created.
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Don't forget to subscribe to English at the Ready here on YouTube
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so you don't miss any future lessons and videos on English.
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If you want to learn more about how I can help you improve your English this year,
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then click the link in the description below to learn more.
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I hope you have a great day and I'll see you in the next class.
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Bye for now.
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在学习英语的过程中，许多学生会犯一个常见错误：在脑海中将自己的母语翻译成英语。这种做法不仅让你的表达变得缓慢，还使你无法自如地与他人交流。通过这一视频，你可以了解到直接用英语思考的重要性，以便更自然地进行对话，让英语口语练习变得更加顺畅和高效。
在日常对话中，我们并不需要在语言间进行翻译。因此，通过模仿视频中的表达和语调，你将能更快地在脑海中形成英语思维。这就是所谓的shadow speak，一种通过跟随母语者的说话语音来提高口语流利度的有效方法。
语法与上下文中的表达
在视频中，演讲者使用了几个关键的表达方式，以下是其中的一些：
- Stop translating: 这个短语强调了学英语时避免翻译的必要性。
- Think in English: 这条建议鼓励学习者直接用英语思考，而不通过母语转换。
- Fake it till you make it: 这个流行的短语意味着通过不断练习来达到流利的状态，表现出一种自信的态度。
通过将这些表达融入到你的口语练习中，将有助于你在实际交流中更加自如地应用，从而提高你的英语流利度和自信心。
常见的发音陷阱
在视频中，演讲者提到了一些对英语学习者来说具有挑战性的词汇和口音。以下是几个你需要特别注意的：
- Translate: 确保清晰发音，该词的重音在第二个音节上（tra-nslate）。
- Grammar: 学习发音时注意此词的两个音节（gram-mar），并确保听起来流畅。
- Expression: 将此单词与上下文结合，帮助自己理解其重要性以及如何使用。
了解这些常见的发音陷阱并在练习中加以注意，将帮助你在与他人交流时更自信、流利。利用看YouTube学英语的平台，和演讲者一起练习，提高你的英语口语能力和发音。
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