Learn English: The 20-Minute Method

Hi, guys. Do you notice something different about today? Hmm. Where's the board gone?

嗨，大家伙，你们注意到今天 有啥不同么？嗯，，，黑板去哪了？

Today's lesson is a bit different. It's just me giving you some advice about learning English.

今天的课程有些不一样，就是我会 给你们一些关于学习英语的建议。

And this video is for you, in particular, if you are a learning English quitter.

这个视频是给你们的，尤其是， 如果你是个学英语的懒人。

Who is a learning English quitter? A learning English quitter is somebody who works really,

谁算学英语的懒人？ 就是那些学习非常，

really hard studying: "Learn English, learn English, learn English", for two days, four

非常努力的人：“我要学英语， 学英语，学英语”，过两天，四天，

days, one day, and then quits. Does nothing, does nothing for weeks. And then the same

一天，然后放弃。啥都没干， 好几周啥都没干。然后又来，

thing: Works really, really hard: "Learn English, learn English, learn English", for three days,

又是非常认真：“我要学英语， 学英语，学英语“，完了过三天，

and then quits. "I'll do it tomorrow. I'll do it tomorrow." And the other thing that

又放弃了。 “明天我再学，明天我再学吧。” 还有一个事儿就是，

a learning English quitter does is feel bad all the time about not learning enough English.

一个半途而废的英语学习者总是 抱怨没有足够的时间学习英语。

"I'm so stupid. I should be learning more English." But you're not, are you? You're

“我太傻了。我应该多学英语。“ 但你不是，对吧？

watching TV, you're having a beer. You're not learning English at all, are you? So,

你在看电视，或者喝啤酒。 反正你就是没在学英语，对吧？

this video is for you if you're a learning English quitter. And trust me on this one:

这段视频就是给你准备的，如果你是一个 三天打鱼两天晒网的英语学习者。相信我在一件事：

It is a life changer, total game changer.

这个会改变你的生活， 完全地改变游戏规则。

What you need to begin, starting today, is what I call the 20-minute English discipline.

你需要从今天开始， 我管它叫20分钟的英语时间。

20-minute English discipline, and you do this every single day of your life. And what it

20分钟的英语时间，你活着的每一天。

means is for 20 minutes a day, every single day, you study English in a serious way. Okay?

每天20分钟指的是，每一天， 你都要学得非常认真。明白？

A serious way. An active way. You do it on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,

认真地学，积极地学。你学习不管 周一，周二，周三，周四，周五，

Saturday, Sunday; every day. You do it on your birthday, you do it when your cousin's

星期六，星期天，每天都得学。 就算是你生日，你也要学。

getting married. You do it every day, it doesn't matter. No excuses, you do it. So, when your

哪怕你表兄弟要结婚。你每天都得这样做， 别得都不要紧，你没有任何借口，你必须得这样做。

cousin comes to you and says: "Hey, let's go and have a beer", you say: "That's a great

表哥来找你，说：“嘿，我们走吧 去喝啤酒“，你说：”这个想法挺好

idea. I'm going to come with you in nine minutes when I've finished my studies. I'll be with

我会跟你去的，再等9分钟 我得先完成我的功课。

you in a minute." So don't let other people put you off doing your daily... Daily discipline

我很快就完事儿了。“ 所以，不要让 其他人打扰你，打乱日常的学习规划

of study. 20 minutes every day.

每天就20分钟。

Plus, this is what happens: When you start doing the 20-minute discipline, you realize:

另外，会发生什么，当你开始 做20分钟的规划，你会发现：

"Oh, 20 minutes isn't that long. I haven't... I haven't finished everything I wanted to

“哦，20分钟并不长，我还没有... 我还没有做完我所有想做的事情。

finish. I'm going to study some more." Nun-uh, nun-uh, nun-uh. It's just 20 minutes every

我想再多学习一会儿。 “ 嗯……，每天只要20分钟

day. When you get to 20 minutes, you stop. It's not: "I'll do 25 minutes today." It's

当你到了20分钟，你就得停下来， 而不是说：“今天我要学25分钟。”

not: "I'll do 40 minutes today, and not do anything tomorrow." It's not that. It's 20

也不是：“我今天学40分钟，明天 就可以不用学了。“ 其实不是这样的。

minutes every day, and then you stop. That's all you need to do.

每天20分钟，然后就停下来。 这就是你需要做的。

The problem when you do 40 minutes one day, one hour another day, nothing the next day

问题就是，当你第一天学40分钟， 第二天学1小时，第三天啥都没学，

is that you lose... You don't build up the strength and the habit of making studying

那你就失去了...你并没有 建立起强度和习惯对于学习

and studying English, in particular, part of your everyday life, so that's why for most

特别是学英语，你每天生活的 一部分，所以这就是为什么大多数人

people it doesn't work to do a lot on one day and nothing on the other. Your 20 minutes

三天打鱼两天晒网 而不奏效。你的20分钟

is something that you can fit into any... Any person watching this video, any person

其实，可以适合任何... 任何观看本视频的人，任何地球人

in the world, if you're serious about learning English, or serious about learning anything,

如果你认真学英语， 或者认真地学习任何东西，

anything in the whole world, you can find 20 minutes from your day to get serious about

在这个世界上的任何事情，你都可以 从你的一天中抽出20分钟来认真对待它，

it and put that time aside. If you're... We know if you're not serious. If you're... You're

然后放在一边。如果你不是...... 我们都懂，如果你不是认真的，

not serious if you say: "Oh, I haven't got time. I haven't got time. I'm too busy for

如果你说：“哦，我没时间， 真没时间，我太忙了，……

20 minutes every day." Well, you're not serious if you don't make 20 minutes a day for your

”每天20分钟（臣妾做不到）。“ 好吧，只能说你不是认真的，

learning English studies.

如果你不把每天20分钟的 时间放在学英语上的话。

So what I want to talk about now is how exactly you should be using your 20 minutes, and we're

所以我想现在谈的是你应该 如何准确地使用你的20分钟，

going to talk about using the engVid website for 20 minutes every day. You already know

我们要讨论的是如何利用engVid网站 来处理每天20分钟。你也许知道的，

there's so many lessons on the engVid site, lessons on everything. Everything you could

在engVid网站上有很多课程， 什么课程都有。一切你可能想要的

possibly want or need to know about learning English is on the engVid site. If you could

或需要了解的关于学习英语的 都在engVid网站上。如果你可以

just take all those videos and put them in your head, that would... That would be awesome,

把所有这些视频都塞进你的 脑袋里，那是...那是挺牛逼的

wouldn't it? That would save you a lot of time. But we can't do that. It's not a way

不是吗？那是挺节省时间。 但是，我们做不到。这不是一个

of learning.

学习的方法。

Most people, I think watching the site, watch the videos, listen, do the quiz at the end.

对于大多数人，我认为应该看这个 网站，看这些视频，听完回答问题。

Okay? Lesson done. Now, that's good, but I can tell you how you can make it a lot more

好的？课程结束。现在，这很好，但我 可以告诉你如何更加

effective with your 20-minute daily discipline, and that means that you have to be active

有效使用这20分钟的日常规划， 这意味着，你必须要主动。

when you're watching the lesson. So I want you to have a pen in hand, paper, and I want

当你在看的视频课程，那么，我要 你拿出只笔在手里，还有纸，我要

you to be taking notes from the lesson. Now, for me, personally, taking notes, I just find

你从视频课程中记笔记。现在， 对于我个人而言，做笔记，我只是觉得

it effective to write things down. Like, even if I know something, I'll write it down; a

写下来才有效。甚至， 我知道的东西，我会写下来。

new phrase that I heard that I learnt, I'll write it down; new vocabulary, of course,

新的短语，我听到学来的， 我会写下来；新的词汇，当然，

write it down; if it's a grammar rule, write it down. So just get your hand active during

把它写下来；如果是语法规则， 也写下来。就要让你的手保持活跃

the lesson. Now, the more active you are, obviously, the more you may need to pause

在上课期间。你越主动， 显然，你可能越需要暂停

the video, so stop the video, write something down, and of course, carry on.

暂停视频，写点东西， 完了继续。

Another thing that is so, so, so effective when you're learning a language is to repeat

另一件非常，非常，非常有效的事 当你学习一种语言的时候，就是重复教材

materials; watch more than once. Now, your brain is very lazy, and it's going to be like:

观看一次以上。现在你的 大脑是很懒惰，就像是这样：

"But I already saw that, I know that. I know that lesson." If you're learning a language,

“但我已经看过了，我懂了，我懂了 这节课。“如果你正在学习语言，

you don't know everything the first time you watch the video. Watching a video two times,

你第一次看视频你并 不是全能明白。看两遍

four times is where you get to see a big, big, big difference. Now, you don't have to

四遍，你就能看到很大很大 很大的不同。现在，你不必

watch again the same day; you could watch again a few days later or a week later. But

在同一天再次观看； 你可以几天后或者一周后再看。

that's where you really start to pick up the things that you missed before, so I think

那你就能捡起那些你 之前漏掉的，所以我认为

it's a really, really good part of your daily discipline to be watching things again. So

这是非常非常好的日常学习部分， 再去把它们看一遍，所以

what it... This is what I advise you to do with the videos: First time just watch

就是说，我建议去看视频：第一次就是看

and watch without subtitles. Okay? Take notes. Good.

看不带字幕的，可以吗？ 做笔记，好的

Second time, watch with the subtitle, and you can read along

第二次看带字幕的， 你也可以跟读

and listen at the same time. Another good way. A third time, I want you to just watch

在听的同时。另一个好方法， 第三次，我要你只是看视频

the video, and pause. Every now and then there's a good phrase for you to write down. Write

然后暂停。时不时地你会发现有 一个好的短语，你可以写下来。

it down, and then after, as an option, you can check: "Did you get the spelling of the

写下来，然后作为一个选项， 你也可以检查：“你掌握短语的正确拼写了吗？”

phrase right?" as well. The point of this is not to rush through the video, and learn

重点不是要匆忙地看完视频，并且学习

everything really, really quickly. The point is to take your time and be active in lesson.

所有东西都非常非常快。 重点是要花时间并且听课要主动

And of course, at the end of the lesson, there's always a quiz for you to do.

当然，在课程结束时， 总有一个测验给你做。

So, I want you to begin that now. If you're an English quitter, a learning English quitter,

所以，我想你从现在开始。如果你是 三分钟热血，一个半途而废的英语学习者

today is the first day of the rest of your learning English life, and you're going to

今天是你学习英语的 生活的第一天，你要保持

do 20 minutes studying every day. Trust me, it's going to make a big, big difference.

每天学习20分钟。相信我， 一定会有很大，很大的不同的。

You're going to learn so much English. It starts today. You can do this. You've got

你会学到很多英语。 从今天开始，你就这么做。

the power. What I'd like to do now is invite you to take the quiz on today's video. And

你已经有了动力。我现在想要做的 就是邀请你拿今天视频来测验。

also, because we haven't done this kind of video before-there's no board here, is there?

还有，因为我们之前还没有做过这种 视频，没有黑板在这里，不是吗？

-I want you to give us a comment and say: How did you like this video?

我希望你给我们一个评价， 说说你喜不喜欢这个视频？

So, until next time,

那，直到下一次，

I'll see you later. Bye.

再见吧，拜。