Learn English - 4 ways to understand what you hear

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Hi, James from EngVid. That's a mighty nice ear!

大家好，我是來自engvid的James。這是一個聽力強大的耳朵。

Today, I want to teach a lesson on listening skills. About a year ago I did a lesson on

今天我將教授關於聽力的課。大約一年以前，

listening skills, and I promised in that one to give you a system that you

我講了一堂關於聽力技巧的課。我保證那堂課為你提供了一系列可以在家提高聽力的技巧。

could use to improve at home, and then I decided I wanted to make it better than that.

這次我打算讓這個技巧升級一下。

I want you to get instant skills, so today's lesson, "Instant Advanced

我要提供更加快捷的技巧，所以今天課程的主題就是「迅速進階聽力技巧」

Listening Skills". Well, how do you do that? Because, "instant" means

好的，怎麼做？ instant 意思就是 immediately

immediately, and you're probably thinking I've been practicing for months,

你可能會想，我已經持續練習了幾個月，

or years and I still have trouble. We're going to fix that today,

甚至幾年，但我還是有問題。 你今天就可以解決這些問題。

if you follow the four steps.

你只要按照這4步來做。

The first thing we want to talk about is this: "Don't think, just listen."

第一部，我們來談談這點：「不要想，只是聽」

Now just imagine this, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, boo-boo, blah,

現在想像這個畫面：！@＃＄！@＃％！@＃＄！@＃＄！@＃＄！@＃＄！！@＃＄！％％⋯⋯＄％

blah, blah boo-boo blah, blah; crazy right? Well, people do this all the

@＃＄％@＃＄⋯⋯@＄@％＄＃@％＃。。。。。。 瘋了吧？

time, even when they speak their own language. What I'm talking about is

人們經常在說他們自己的語言時這樣。 我想說的是，

they are thinking while someone else is speaking.

在其他人說話時，他們想的就說這樣。

And that's the problem, because if you have one voice going and then

那麼問題來了，假設妳聽到一個聲音在說話，

another voice is going, what you're actually doing is carrying on two

同時另一個聲音也在說，你實際上就在同時搞定兩個對話。

conversations -- and you get confused. So I often tell students "Don't do

然後你會很迷茫。 所以我常告訴學生們，

that. Don't think." For some people not thinking is kind of easy.

「不要這麼做。不要思考。」 對於一些人來說，不去思索可能很簡單。

But this is special thinking. I'm saying, "Don't try to understand what

但這是一種特別的思維。我的意思是：「不要試圖理解他們說的話。」

they're saying." Now if you go to the first video you go "Well, that's the

現在，如果你回到第一條視頻去看，

opposite of what you said." This is different. In advanced skills you

我說的恰巧相反。 這是不同的，在高階技巧裡，

might notice if I go, "woof" you know that's a dog. You don't sit there

你可能會注意到，如果我學狗叫，你知道那是一條狗。你不會坐在那裡思考：

and think "Is that a dog, or a squirrel, or a chicken or a cow?" You know

「那是一條狗？還是松鼠？還是一隻雞或者奶牛？」

it's a dog.

你知道那就是一條狗。

When someone's speaking just listen. I'm going to help you with something

當一個人說話時，僅聽就夠了。 我會在其他的一些事情上繼續幫助你

else that will make it easier for you to get the information, even if you

這樣，你就可以更容易的從中獲取訊息，

don't think. So just let the information come to you, all right? Now

即使你什麼都不思考。 就讓那個訊息直接到你這裡來，好嘛？

remember, "Don't think. Just listen." Because you can't understand two

現在，記住「不要想，只是聽」 因為你不可能同時搞清楚兩個對話

conversations at once, that's the one in your head, and the one you're

那麼只讓其中一個在你的腦中， 你也只聽那一段。

listening to. That's why we usually only let one person speak at a time.

這就是為什麼同一時間通常只有一個人在說話。

Now what's the second thing? Well now you're sitting there listening.

第二步是什麼？ 好，現在你正坐在那聽，

Here's a problem. If you listen to somebody for about 10 minutes; a long

但有一個問題。 如果你聽了一個人講了10分鐘，

speech, tired is the first thing you're going to get. But that's not even

很長的一段演講。 你首先會感到疲憊。不僅如此，

it; you're going to lose information. It's very difficult to listen to

你還會丟失信息。

something for a long time, and keep getting that information and keeping it

長時間聽演講的同時要獲取其中的訊息很難。

fresh, especially if you're not thinking.

尤其是當你不去思索的時候。

So here's what we're going to do. We're going to break it into "chunks".

所以，這就是我們接下來要做的事情，把它分解成 「塊」

"Chunks" means parts or pieces, so if you have a bigger piece, and you

「chunks」就是部分，就是說，如果你有很大一塊，

break off a part it's called a "chunk". How do we break it into chunks?

然後你把它分解了，那就是「chunk」。 我們如何把它分解成塊呢？

That's the second part of the formula -- ask questions.

這就是公式的第二部分－－提出問題。

"Engage to be engaged". "Engage" means to take part in or, for some people, get married,

「Engage to be engaged.」「engage」意為參加，或者和某人結婚。

right? Whatever, you know the wedding song.

對吧？ 不管了，反正你知道那首婚禮進行曲。

Anyway, if you "engage" by asking questions, it brings in your curiosity

如果你「參與」提問，那麼問題會是你好奇心的一部分，

and it brings in your mind, or your brain to be fresh, to concentrate and

隨後到你的腦中，或者你的頭腦很清醒，可以集中精神

that's what we need. We need you to focus on what you're hearing. Because

在需要的地方。 我們需要你專注於你正在聽的東西。

you are not actually thinking, by asking the question it helps you to take

因為你並不是真正的在思索，因為你沒有問可以提供信息

that information and break it into "chunks" so you're not listening to long speeches.

和把對話分解的問題。所以你並不是在聽一段很長的話。

But also by doing that what you're doing is you're allowing yourself well,

你所做的僅僅是讓你自己感覺良好

later on for your brain to take the information, from the questions to

隨後，你的大腦就會從問題中捕捉並理解訊息

understand, because the question has to be relevant. "Relevant" means,

因為問題是相關的。 「relevant」意為

has something to do with the situation at that time, all right?

在那時與情況有關，對吧？

"Is it relevant?" So it will help you with thinking. Why are we doing this?

「這有關嗎？（例句）」 這可以幫助你思考。為何我們要這麼做？

Well this is the "instant" part, believe it or not, because if you can do

在這個「迅速」的部分，無論你相信與否，你都可以做到：

this right away you will start noticing that you understand 60%-70%-80% of

你會意識到你可以立即理解對話的60%－70％－80%

conversations, right away. But I did lie a little bit. You need a little

但我撒了個小謊。你需要在家更多的練習

practice at home to make this work. Because once we do this part, this

來實現它。 因為當我們在做一部分時，

will happen instantly. So let's go over to the board, all right?

這些將馬上發生。好，讓我們一起進行下一部分，好嗎？

Home practice; yes the dreaded "H-word". I could think of other words like

家庭練習，是的你沒聽錯，讓人恐懼，帶有H的詞。 我還會想到其他相關的詞，

my ex-girlfriend Helen, but that's another story. Home practice is

比如我的前女友Helen，但那是另一個故事了～ 家庭練習

absolutely necessary. And what I mean by this is we're going to do

是非常必要的。 我的意思是，可能我們要做一些

something else I probably told you not to do. Or most teachers say they

之前我之前不許你做的事。 比如說，大多數老師都說

say "Don't watch movies. They're too difficult, and you have to watch with subtitles."

「不要看電影。那些太難了，你還帶字幕看。」

Personally I disagree with that. I've taught classes for years, and I

我個人不認同這一點。我教了幾年的課，

would freak students out -- and "freak them out" means shock them or

我快把學生逼瘋了，「freak them out」意為把他們驚到

surprise them -- where they would come in, I'd put on an English movie,

或讓他們驚喜，當他們進來時，我會放英文電影，

where the English people were speaking as fast as I am, believe it or not,

那裡面的英國人會和我說話一樣快，信不信由你，

and no subtitles, and they would freak out.

那沒有字幕，所以他們要瘋了。

Like, "Oh, you're crazy! How do you expect us to learn?" But within one to

一些人說：「喔ʕ̡̢̡ʘ̅͟͜͡ʘ̲̅ʔ̢̡̢ ，你瘋了嗎？你覺得我們如何學下去？」但經過了

two weeks a lot of these students could get 50%, if not 80%. Oh, I lie;

一到兩星期之後，大部分學生可以理解50 ％，甚至80%。 其實，我騙你的。

50% to 60% of the movie, and in two months, 80%. Some of them even would go

可以明白電影的50％－60%，兩月之後可以到80%。 有些學生甚至可以去電影院

to the theater, and watch the movie in the theater, no subtitles! And

看沒字幕的電影！

there's a reason why I don't like subtitles.

這就是我不喜歡字幕的原因。

When I'm speaking to you words are not appearing under my mouth as I speak. (LOL)

當我跟你說話的時候，我說的詞不會出現在我的嘴下面。（哈哈哈）

This does not happen in reality. So when somebody says to you, you know,

這在現實中是不可能的。 所以別人跟你說話時，你知道

"You need subtitles to understand." Think about it: there are no subtitles!

「你需要字幕去理解。」但認清現實吧，根本沒字幕！

So I don't think we should use them, not for advanced skills. If you're

所以我認為我們根本不需要字幕，那對高階技能沒好處。

doing beginner skills, as I said, watch the first movie. That will help you

如果你在學一些基礎技能，像我說的，去看第一條片子，

or the first video.

那會對你有幫助。

We should look at movies. First thing: no subtitles. The other thing I

我們應該看電影。第一點：不要字幕！ 另外

want you to do is take a chunk. We used that word before. Like two

你應該拿出其中一段，我們之前用過這個詞（chunk）。

or three sentences, maybe five, between two people. No more than five and

比如，兩到三句話，五句也行，但別超過五句，

you play that same chunk over and over again.

然後你就把這一段一遍遍的放出來。

I recommend if you're just beginning, ten times down to a minimum of three

我的建議是：如果你只是開始，至少十遍，最少三遍。

times. When you get really good three times is all you need, and you'll

等你夠好了之後，3次足夠，

catch most of the information. Now, by doing this here's what I want you to

你就可以獲取絕大部分訊息。 好現在我要求你做這些，

do. I didn't write it on the board, but now I need you to... "You need to

我沒有把它寫在白板上，但現在我要你

listen to me, because I'm going to explain."

認真聽我說，因為我要解釋一下。

As you play the "chunks", what I want you to do -- or that scene -- is write out

當你在播放那段點時候，你需要寫下那時

every word you hear. Not some, not what you think, but exactly what you

你聽到的每一個單詞。 不是一些，不是你的想法，只是每一個

hear. When you finish playing it, either three, or up to ten times, only

你聽到的單詞。 當你結束播放時，可能三遍，或者十遍，

then can you put on the subtitles, yeah?

在那之後你就可以放上字幕了，對吧？

But this is different than what other teachers want you to do. What I'm

但這些與其他老師告訴教你做的不同。

asking you to do is put the subtitles on, and compare what you wrote with

我要求你做的是，打開字幕看看，對比一下你寫的東西

what it says. Good. The reason why is then you can see what you're missing

和他們說的。你就可以發現你為什麼會丟失訊息

and whatever you're missing, you must practice out loud.

無論你丟掉了什麼訊息，你必須大聲練習他們。

So if there's a word, "blasphemy" and you've never seen it, of course

假設這有一個詞「blasphemy（褻瀆）」，你可能沒見過，

you've never seen it, or heard it before. But if you said, "The act was

喔，你肯定沒見過或聽過。 但如果你說：「這個行為是褻瀆神靈的！」

blasphemous." You might know "the". You might know, "act". But,

你可能明白「the」，你可能明白「act」，但是

"blasphemous" you don't know. So practice it "blas-phe; blas-phe-ma;

「blasphemy（褻瀆）」你不認識。就這麼練習，bals－phe，blas－phe－ma

blasphemous" until you can recognize it.

blasphemous，直到你弄明白他為止。

After you do that with all the missing words, play it again without

當你如此學習你漏掉的單詞後，關掉字幕再放一次

subtitles. Magic, you will notice instantly you can hear the words. You

奇蹟發生了！你會馬上發現你可以聽到這些單詞，

may know what they mean but you'll hear them, and that's extremely

你可能理解他們的意思，但你會聽清楚每個詞，這點超重要，

important, because if you can't identify something, you can't ask anyone to

因為如果你不能確定一件事，你不能問別人

explain it to you, right? Cool.

如何解釋，對吧？cool！

So that's when we can play it with subtitles to help us fill in the gaps.

好，我可以用字幕來幫助我們填空（gap）。

"Gap" mean space. I've got a space here but gap means space between two

「gap」意為空間。 我牙上有個空，但gap的意思是兩個東西之間的空隙。

things. Now finally once you're finished, and we've done all that work

當你最終完成了這些功課，

here, because it's a lot of work, I want you to watch it one more time, but

這可是很繁重的功課，我要求你再看一遍，

close your eyes.

但是要閉上你的眼睛。

Human beings are really interesting. They have found in science that when

人類是神奇的生物。科學發現，當一個人

a human loses one sense; hearing, taste, vision, or touch, the other ones

喪失一項感覺後，聽覺，味覺，視覺，觸覺，其他的感覺會變的

get better. When you close your eyes, it allows you to listen better or to

更加敏感。當你閉上眼睛，你就會聽的更好，

focus more, so you can pick up more information. So, to recap, and when we

至少可以更集中精神，你就可以獲取更多訊息。 總結（recap）一下，

say "recap" it means to go over; to give you the important parts; by doing

「recap」意為復習，告訴你要點，

your home practice I can promise you, when you do this it will be easy.

做好家庭練習，我保證你做這些會很簡單。

Now one small little thing, before we forget. Things that most teachers

差點忘了，一件小事。 大多數老師

don't tell you. There is actually an order of movies you should watch, or

沒告訴你的事。 其實有一些電影或節目可以

programs or let's say media, you should watch to get the most out of your

按順序一步步來聽，可以最大限度的提升你的聽力。

listening.

Number one: start with kids programs! Why? "I love you, you love me, we're

第一：從兒童節目開始。為什麼？ （啦啦啦啦啦啦~\(≧▽≦)/~ ）

one big happy family" and then they show you pictures. A big heart, "I

同時還有圖片展示。一個大大的心❤️

love you, you love me", and they put it up there. I mean come on; they

我愛你，你愛我，然後一個心出現。 好了，他們把這些

make it easy for you to get it and then they explain it! First.

都變得讓你更容易理解，然後他們還會解釋。 接下來

Next -- TV programs, once you're there and you're bored of it, and you're

電視節目。可能你覺得無聊，你不喜歡

like, "I got it. I got all the basics" because it will be basic language,

「我都懂了。那些基礎我都懂了。」因為那都是基礎的語言，

you must learn it anyway. Watch something like "Friends." "No one knows

但你必須要學。 看一些節目，比如「Friends」

you." Watch "Friends."

（啦啦啦啦啦啦啦啦~\(≧▽≦)/~ ）

It's what we call stupid humor. People will and fall over, "Oh, he fell,

這部劇充斥了粗淺的幽默。人們會摔倒，「噢！他倒下啦！

Chandler fell." And then you go, "Oh, fall that's what he did. Ahahaha." Stupid

Chandler倒下啦。」你發現，倒下（fall）就是他現在的樣子，哈哈哈哈

comedies -- it makes it easy. They don't speak quickly, right? They want the

粗淺的喜劇很簡單。他們說話不會很快，對吧？他們希望

audience to understand. It's very short, 20 minutes maximum.

觀眾都理解。通常很短，最長20分鐘。

What do we do after that? So, first kids movies, then TV programs, easy

之後我們做什麼？ 先從兒童電影開始，然後電視節目，簡單的。

ones. You want to know what you watch next. Action movies. That's right,

你得知道接下來要看什麼。動作電影。對了，

action movies. Action movies are made for stupid people. I said it. I

動作電影。 動作電影是為笨蛋拍的。這是我說的。

love action movies, I won't say I'm stupid, but I love action movies.

但我愛動作電影，但我才不承認我是笨蛋，但我還是愛動作電影。

Why? Because they always explain any hard words. If there's something

為何？因為一旦出現複雜的詞，他們都會解釋。

hard, "It will be a catastrophe if this occurs." Someone will run in and

「如果這發生了，會引發大災變（catasrtophe）。」有些人會跑路，

the hero will go, "catastrophe" and the little nerd scientist -- "nerd"

然後英雄就出現，說：「災難（catastrophe）？」隨後呆子（nerd）科學家就會跑路。

means uncool -- will run and go, "Catastrophe! Bad things will happen and

「nerd」意為不酷。災難！不好的事情要發生，

people will die."

人們都會死。

And the hero will go, "Oh my gosh, that is bad." So then, suddenly you

然後英雄說：「噢，我的天，這太差勁了。」

understand all the big words, they speak slow enough, so you get

你可以理解所有複雜的詞，他們說的夠慢，

everything, all right? So now you're intermediate, if you can do action

所以你可以獲得所有的訊息，對吧？ 現在你可以看懂動作片，你有中級水平了。

movies. From there I recommend drama, and then dark comedies. Drama -- they

在此之後，我推薦戲劇，和一些黑色喜劇。在戲劇中，

use big words and because they're intellectual and very smart,

經常使用一些難詞，（因為他們聰明又睿智）

they won't explain the words to you, because they're saying we're

他們不會給你解釋任何單詞，因為他們認為我們都是老練的人。

sophisticated, you should understand. And finally, dark comedies are good,

你應該理解。最後，黑色喜劇很好，

because they play with the language. They won't be falling all over the

因為他們和語言一起呈現。他們不會在過程中短路，

place. They'll use language in a sophisticated way, which means a high

他們會靈活地使用語言，一種更高級的用法，

level, so you really have to understand what you're listening to, and the

所以，你必須理解你所聽到的東西，

language you're working with.

還有你為之努力的語言

By the way, this isn't just for English you can use this for any language

順便一提，這不只可以用來學英語，你可以用來學任何一種語言

you're trying to learn, okay? But this especially works with English. So

如果你想學，(•̤̀ᵕ•̤́๑)ᵒᵏ？ 但這段只是為了英語。

if you remember those five types of movies I was telling you about, that

所以，如果你記住了我告訴你的這5種電影，

you should study in that order, and you follow these rules, you will have

你就應該按照那些步驟來，如果你遵循這個規律，

absolutely no problem at all learning from movies.

你聽任何的電影都沒有問題。

I know this is a long video, but I've got one other thing to help you with.

我知道這視頻很長，但我還提供一件可幫你的事

That one other thing is how do you get this information? Do you remember,

那就是，你如何獲取訊息？ 記得嗎？

when I said this is going to be instant you still have to go, "Well, James,

當我說你必須馬上聽出來，「那好，James，

how am I going to get this information?" Well, I'm going to tell you.

我如何能獲取信息？」 好的，我來告訴你。

There are about five things you should remember when you're trying to get

當你獲取訊息時，你要記得以下五點：

the information. Times -- people often say time; they often say dates,

時間，人們常說時間，日期，

numbers, names, and addresses in any conversation. "Tom went home at three

數字，名字還有地址。 「Tom 三點鐘回家，

o'clock, and I don't think he's coming back again." So you've got Tom and

但我不認為他還會回來。」 你可以記下 Tom

you've got a time.

和時間

The other thing that people give is important information, and I'm sure

另外，就是重點信息，我肯定你在問

you're saying, "How do I know that it's important information?" Well,

「我怎麼知道哪些訊息重要？」

you've been taking grammar and I've been speaking pretty quickly, so I know

你只能從語法上分析，我說的很快，因為我知道

you're advanced.

你的水平很高。

So you already know I'm sure about superlatives and modals of necessity.

你已經知道「最高級」和「情態動詞」的重要性。

When you hear something like "never", "always", "must", or "should",

當你聽到一些詞比如「never」，「always」，「must」或「should」

someone's telling you, "What I'm about to tell you is very important."

當人告訴你這些詞的時候，我要告訴你的就是重要訊息。

Yeah? So keep those in mind.

懂了？ 所以要把這些記住唷。

Also, when you hear a superlative -- "most or "best" -- it's usually important. If you

另外，當你聽到最高級詞「most」或者「best」，通常也很重要。

can remember those pieces of information, practice trying to find them when

如果你能記住這些訊息，嘗試著

you're listening to the video, your brain will grab the rest of that

在你聽收音機時候找到它們，你的大腦會捕捉其他訊息

information and give you complete sentences or ideas of sentences.

然後告訴你整個句子，或句子的含義。

And because you're practicing and I like movies, because they are closest

我喜歡讓你用電影來練習，因為它們

to real life when you are in real life, and you're not trying to think at

最貼近生活，在現實生活中，你不會同時去思索

the same time, and you're actually asking questions, or "engaging", you're

你只是在提問，或者參與，

going to find that almost instantly, you're understanding conversations.

你要瞬間找到訊息，你要理解對話。

Don't believe what I say. Try it. And I can almost guarantee you, you're

如果你不信我的話，去試試。我幾乎可以肯定，

going to be surprised at how quickly you learn. Now before I take off

你會對你學的多快感到驚異。在我離開前，

because I know you're listening to me carefully now and this is very

我知道你有在很仔細的聽我講，這一點很重要

important -- see, it's that "very" -- tells you important information.

看到吧，「very」，告訴你重要訊息了噢

You need to go someplace to do the first lesson, keep that one first. And

你要去一個地方來學第一課。

where would that be? Those of you who've been with me for a while know it's

在哪？這麼長時間你們應該知道，那就是

www -- that's a funny w -- www.eng as in English; vid as in video, .com ,where I'm

這個網站，eng代表英語（English），vid代表視頻（video）

going to be happy to teach you this and other lessons. Mr. E.? I'm out.

我很樂意在那繼續教你其他課程。 我走啦。

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