『re』【干货】TED英文演讲:如何在六个月内学会任何一门外语( 二 )


中国人在为学习英文或其他语言苦苦挣扎 , 因此我的问题便细化到:怎样帮助一位正常的成年人更快、更容易和有效地学会第二门语言 。
and if we can't communicate we're really going to have difficulty solving these problems.So we need to be able to speak each other's languages. This is really, really important.
如果我们不能沟通那我们将难以解决这些问题 。 因此 , 我们需要能够说对方的语言 。 这真的非常重要 。
How: there are five principles and seven actions.There may be a few more but these are absolutely core.And before I get into those I just want to talk about two myths, dispel two myths.
怎么做呢?有 5个原则和 7个行动可以参考 。 可能有更多 , 但这些绝对是核心部分 。 进入这些点之前我想先说说两个误区并消除它们 。
The first is that you need talent.Let me tell you about Zoe. Zoe came from Australia, went to Holland, was trying to learn Dutch, struggling a great deal and finally people were saying:
误区一, 你需要有天赋 。 让我跟你们说说关于佐伊的事情 。 佐伊是澳大利亚人 , 她去到荷兰并尝试学习荷兰语 。 她非常挣扎 , 最后人们跟她说 ,
‘you're completely useless,' ‘you're not talented,' ‘give up,' ‘you're a waste of time' and she was very, very depressed.And then she came across these five principles, she moved to Brazil and she applied them and within six months she was fluent in Portuguese, so talent doesn't matter.
“没用的 , ”“你没有天赋 , ”“还是放弃吧 , ”“你根本就是在浪费时间 。 ”她对此感到非常沮丧 。 后来 , 她无意中发现了这 5 个原则 , 去了巴西 , 并把这些原则应用到她学习葡萄牙语中 , 6 个月内 , 她可以说流利的葡萄牙语了 。 因此 , 天赋不重要 。
People also think that immersion in a new country is the way to learn a language. But look around Hong Kong, look at all the westerners who've been here for ten years, who don't speak a word of Chinese.
人们还认为学会一门外语最好的方式就是 , 到说该门语言的国家去 。 但是看看在香港已经呆了 10 年的西方人 , 还是一句中文也不会说 。
Look at all the Chinese living in America, Britain, Australia, Canada who have been there ten, twenty years and they don't speak any English.
Immersion per se doesn't not work, why? Because a drowning man cannot learn to swim.
看看那些居住在美国、英国、澳大利亚、加拿大 10 年、20 年的中国人 , 还是不会一句英文 。 只呆在一个新的国家本身是没有用的 。 为什么?因为溺水的人是学不会游泳的 。
When you don't speak a language you're like a baby and if you drop yourself into a context which is all adults talking about stuff over your head, you won't learn. So, what are the five principles that you need to pay attention to;
当你不能说那种语言 , 你就像一个婴儿 , 如果你进入一个环境 , 那里全部都是成年人在叽叽呱呱的说一些你完全听不明白的话 , 你还是学不会 。 那么你需要注意的那 5 个原则是什么呢?
First: there are four words, attention, meaning, relevance and memory, and these interconnect in very important ways. Especially when you're talking about learning.Come with me on a journey through a forest.
首先 , 有四个词 , 注意力、含义、关联和记忆 。 这些在很多非常重要的方面是相互连接的 , 特别在你谈论学习时 。 请跟随我来一趟森林之旅 。


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