👶 How to Speak English with Kids - REAL Conversation with a 2-year-old

The English Like a Native Podcast is a free listening resource for intermediate and advanced

像母语一样的英语播客是为中级和高级

English learners. Bonus episodes and transcripts are available to Plus members and English

英语学习者提供的免费听力资源。 Plus 会员可以获取额外的剧集和成绩单，并且

courses can be found on my  website Englishlikeanative.co.uk

可以在我的网站 Englishlikeanative.co.uk 上找到英语课程。

This is not your typical English language learning resource. There are no textbooks,

这不是典型的英语学习资源。没有教科书，

no grammar rules, just the weird and wonderful version of English that you will hear spoken

没有语法规则，只有你 在英国 听到的奇怪而美妙的英语版本

in the UK. So tune in for your daily dose of very ordinary English chatter with a very

。 因此，请收看与一个非常普通的英国

ordinary English girl.

女孩进行的日常英语聊天。

I'm your host Anna and today I'm having a conversation with a two-year-old. Not just

我是主持人安娜，今天我正在与一个两岁的孩子交谈。 这 不是一般的

any two-year-old, this is my two-year-old. So I have two children. At the moment, September

两岁孩子，这是我两岁的孩子。所以我有两个孩子。目前，

2023, I have a four-year-old, Jacob, and a two-year-old, Caspian. Now, because I'm a

2023 年 9 月，我有一个四岁的雅各布和一个两岁的凯斯宾。现在，因为我是一名

mother and because I'm teaching English online, I do get asked quite often by other parents

母亲，并且因为我在网上教英语，所以其他家长经常问我

how should they speak to their children in a second language.

他们应该如何用第二语言与孩子交谈。

So many of you are keen for your children to grow up with the advantage of having multiple

很多人都希望自己的孩子能够在拥有多种语言的优势下成长

languages and it is easier for children to learn a language.

，并且让孩子更容易学习一门语言。

So introducing a second language at a young age is a great idea, but how do you go about

因此，在年轻时学习第二语言是一个好主意，但如何去做呢

it? Well, I'm going to share these little conversations that I've had with Caspian with

？好吧，我将与

you, and I will be releasing the video of this particular podcast episode. So I encourage

您分享我与凯斯宾的这些小对话，并且我将发布这一特定播客剧集的视频。所以我鼓励

you to watch that because I will provide the subtitles on screen for you. Because Caspian

您观看，因为我将为您提供屏幕上的字幕。因为凯斯宾

definitely does need a translator at this age. Um, there's lots of mispronunciations.

在这个年纪确实需要一个翻译。嗯，有很多发音错误。

He's not terribly clear. So I, I do encourage that you go over to the YouTube channel English

他不是很清楚。因此，我确实鼓励您访问 YouTube 频道 English

Like a Native and look out for that video.

Like a Native 并留意该视频。

But, the first of my tips on how to speak English with your child is just to encourage

但是，我关于如何与孩子说英语的第一个建议就是尽可能鼓励

conversation wherever you can. Now, I encourage 

对话。现在，我

conversation by asking,  lots and lots of questions.

通过提出很多很多问题来鼓励对话。

Any kinds of questions, any question you can think of, ask. Open-ended questions are great

任何类型的问题，任何你能想到的问题，都可以问。开放式问题很棒，

because they, you know, allow the child to really open up and start talking rather than

因为你知道，它们可以让孩子真正敞开心扉并开始说话，而不是仅仅

just saying 'Yes', 'No', or giving a simple one worded answer.

说“是”、“否”，或者给出简单的单字答案。

But just asking questions,  it gets the conversation 

但只要提出问题，对话就会继续

going. And once the conversation is in full

下去。一旦对话顺利进行

flow, then continuing the conversation by asking more and more questions is really helpful.

，通过提出越来越多的问题来继续对话确实很有帮助。

And you'll hear that in the conversation I'm going to share with you now.

您会在我现在要与您分享的对话中听到这一点。

What is it Casper?

卡斯帕是什么？

There's three.

Three what?

One, two, three.

有三个。

三什么？

一二三。

Three what?

三什么？

Three catfish.

Three catfish?

三条鲶鱼。

三条鲶鱼？

Yeah.

Oh yeah.

是的。

哦耶。

Do you want to see?

I do want to see. Show me. Where are they?

你想要看？

我确实想看看。给我看看。他们在哪里？

Um, there's one. There's one. And... And... Where's the other one? Where's the other one,

嗯，有一个。有一个。还有……还有……另外一个在哪里？ 妈妈 ，另一只在哪里

Mummy?

I don't know, darling. Maybe he's hiding. Maybe he's playing hide and seek. Do you like

？ 我不知道，亲爱的。也许他在躲起来。也许他在玩捉迷藏。你喜欢

looking at the fish?

看鱼吗？

Yeah.

是的。

Yeah. Which one's your favourite fish?

是的。你最喜欢哪一种鱼？

Um... The shrimp fish.

嗯……虾鱼。

The shrimp fish? Yeah.

虾鱼？是的。

Okay, so you like the shrimp best?

好吧，那你最喜欢吃虾？

That one...

那一个……

What else is in the fish tank?

鱼缸里还有什么？

Um. We've got catfish, and shrimp. What else?

嗯。我们有鲶鱼和虾。还有什么？

And, and, and.

还有，还有，还有。

What has a shell?

什么东西有壳？

Um. That snail!

嗯。那只蜗牛！

That snail, yeah!

那只蜗牛，是啊！

It's sucking!

太烂了！

Let me see your fin... see your fin... point your finger!

让我看看你的鳍...看看你的鳍...用手指指一下！

You want me to point to it with my finger?

你要我用手指指着它吗？

Oh yeah!

哦耶！

It's sucking your finger.

它正在吸你的手指。

It's sucking my finger! Ahhh!

它正在吸我的手指！啊啊！

No! It's in the fish tank!

不！它在鱼缸里！

It's in the fish tank, so it can't really suck my finger. We were just pretending.

它在鱼缸里，所以它不能真正吸我的手指。我们只是假装而已。

Yeah. Yeah.

Now the second tip I'm going to share with you is to repeat what your child says to you,

是的。是的。

现在我要与您分享的第二个技巧是重复您的孩子对您说的话，

especially when they're younger, when they're harder to understand, maybe they're not quite

尤其是当他们还小的时候，当他们更难以理解时，也许他们没有

phrasing things properly or their pronunciation is, is really hard to understand.

正确地表达事物或者他们的发音，确实很难理解。

I find that repeating what they tell me both gives them confidence that they've communicated

我发现重复他们告诉我的话都会让他们相信他们已经与

with you. So they're confident that they have said it and you've heard it. And that you

你沟通过。所以他们确信他们已经说过了，而你也已经听到了。并且你

are 100 percent attentive to them. But it also helps them to realise where their mistakes

百分百关注他们。但这也可以帮助他们

may be, you know, on a subconscious level.

在潜意识层面上认识到自己的错误可能出在哪里。

So if there's a slight mispronunciation and I repeat exactly back to them what they've

因此，如果有轻微的发音错误，而我准确地向他们重复他们刚才

just said, then they pick up on that correction automatically, especially over a period of

所说的话，那么他们会自动接受纠正，尤其是在一段时间内

time. And then slowly they start to make that correction themselves naturally. And this

。然后慢慢地他们开始自然地进行纠正。这

isn't about shaming or telling them they're wrong.

并不是要羞辱或告诉他们他们错了。

I never say to them,

我从来没有对他们说，

You're saying it wrong.

你说错了。

I never give them a hard time. I just repeat what they say. And they hear that there may

我从不为难他们。我只是重复他们说的话。他们听说可能

be a difference or a correction and they do that naturally. They pick it up naturally.

存在差异或修正，他们自然会这样做。他们很自然地接受它。

They're very good at noticing those subtle differences. So lots of repetition.

他们非常善于注意到这些细微的差异。所以有很多重复。

Do you like nursery?

你喜欢幼儿园吗？

No.

不，

Come and tell me. Come and sit on my lap. Come and tell me. Come here.

来告诉我。过来坐在我腿上。来告诉我吧。过来。

I don't like going to nursery.

我不喜欢去幼儿园。

Why not?

为什么不？

Because I don't want to.

因为我不想。

What do you do at nursery?

你在托儿所做什么？

Um, I go to nursery last time but I didn't like it.

嗯，我上次去托儿所，但我不喜欢。

You didn't like it?

你不喜欢它吗？

No.

But you always seem to have fun when I come and get you. You play with jigsaw puzzles

没有。 但是当我来接你的时候，你似乎总是很开心。你玩拼图游戏

and you have a kitchen there, don't you? Where you make food, and you do crafts and painting.

，那里有厨房，不是吗？你在那里制作食物、做工艺品和绘画。

What else do you do?

你还做些什么？

Um. Do you have a garden?

嗯。你有花园吗？

Yeah.

是的。

Yeah? Is it a big garden?

是的？这是一个大花园吗？

Yeah.

是的。

Does it have a slide?

它有幻灯片吗？

No.

不，

No. What does it have in the garden? Sand?

不，花园里有什么？沙？

Yeah.

是的。

Yeah? What else?

是的？还有什么？

Um, down garden.

嗯，下花园。

A downstairs garden and an upstairs garden?

楼下花园和楼上花园？

Yeah.

是的。

Yeah.

是的。

Three gardens.

三个花园。

Three gardens. There's one and there's one.

Oh now you're looking at the fish again.

三个花园。有一个，还有一个。 哦，现在你又在看鱼了。

The third tip is to give them space to find their words but at the same time also being

第三个技巧是给他们空间来找到他们想要说的话，但同时也要做好

ready when you can see that they really can't find the words or they don't know how to say

准备，当你看到他们真的找不到单词或者他们不知道如何说出

what they want to say, then you're also there to catch them and to help them, maybe by providing

他们想说的话时，那么你也在那里抓住他们并帮助他们，也许通过提供

a couple of options of possible answers, or, you know, just asking them another question,

几个可能的答案选项，或者，你知道，只是问他们另一个问题，

rewording what you've just said, but initially giving them space, you'll hear that Caspian

重写你刚才所说的话，但首先给他们空间，你’你会听到凯斯宾

is umming a lot because he's trying to think about the word that he wants.

经常嗯嗯，因为他正在努力思考他想要的词。

So I don't jump in too quickly, I try and give him the space to find that word unless

所以我不会太快介入，我会尝试给他空间来找到这个词，除非

I can see that he's really struggling to get there or maybe he's getting distracted and

我看到他真的很难找到那个词，或者也许他正在分心，

then I'll try and guide him a little bit.

然后我会尝试引导他一点。

Look at my magnetiles.

You want me to look at your magnetiles?

看看我的磁铁。

你想让我看看你的磁铁吗？

Yeah, look at this house. Did you build this house?

是的，看看这个房子。这房子是你建的吗？

Yeah.

是的。

Wow, it's brilliant, isn't it?

哇，太棒了，不是吗？

Yeah, let's knock it down.

是的，我们把它打倒吧。

You want to knock it down?

你想把它打倒吗？

Yeah.

Oh no, but it's so good.

是的。

哦不，但它太好了。

Oh.

哦。

Where's the door?

门在哪里？

Um, there.

嗯，在那里。

There's the door. What else? Tell me about this house.

门在那儿。还有什么？跟我说说这个房子吧。

Um. Who lives in this house?

嗯。谁住在这所房子里？

Uh, Caspian?

呃，凯斯宾？

Caspian lives in this house.

凯斯宾住在这所房子里。

Yeah.

是的。

Yeah?

是的？

And I can do this one.

我可以做到这一点。

And you're building it, making it bigger?

你正在建造它，让它变得更大？

Yeah.

是的。

Right. Wow. What shape is that?

正确的。哇。那是什么形状？

Um, green.

嗯，绿色。

What shape is it? Is it a square or a circle or a triangle?

它是什么形状？它是正方形、圆形还是三角形？

Triangle.

Very good.

三角形。

非常好。

So my other tips are to not shy away from using big words. Obviously when they're tiny

所以我的其他建议是不要回避使用大词。显然，当他们还是小

babies, you're just going to be using the basic words, but as they start to grow, you

婴儿时，你只会使用基本的单词，但当他们开始长大时，你

know, they really are a sponge. So the wider the vocabulary that you surround them with,

知道，他们真的是一块海绵。因此，你为他们提供的词汇量越广，

the more words they're going to onboard.

他们能够掌握的单词就越多。

Obviously, you know, complicated concepts might be a bit tricky. So I always try and

显然，你知道，复杂的概念可能有点棘手。 因此 ，在概念方面，

keep things relatively basic when it comes to concepts, but I don't shy away from using

我总是尝试 保持相对基本的内容，但我也不回避使用

big words. And I find that Jacob is particularly interested in learning what things mean. So

大词。我发现雅各布对了解事物的含义特别感兴趣。所以

if I say a word that he doesn't understand, he asked me, what does this mean? Or he'll

如果我说一个他听不懂的词，他就会问我，这是什么意思？或者他会

remember it and ask me later. And then he'll try and use those big words and phrases. Caspian's

记起来并稍后问我。然后他会尝试使用那些大词和短语。凯斯宾

just arrived in my office. Can you come here Casper? Yeah. What are you doing?

刚刚来到我的办公室。卡斯帕你能过来吗？是的。你在干什么？

Um, I'm coming.

嗯，我来了。

You've come in my office?

你来过我的办公室吗？

Yeah.

是的。

Why did you come in my office?

你为什么来我办公室？

Because I do want to come in your office.

因为我确实想来你的办公室。

Do you like it here?

你喜欢这里吗？

Yeah.

是的。

Why?

为什么？

Because I do.

因为我想。

What can you do here?

你在这里能做什么？

Um, I can sit.

嗯，我可以坐。

You can sit?

你可以坐吗？

Yeah.

是的。

Yeah?

是的？

Kiss. Mwah! Thanks, buddy.

吻。哇！谢谢哥们。

Mummy I love you to Legoland and back.

妈妈，我爱你去乐高乐园和回来。

Oh, darling, I love you to Legoland and back too.

哦，亲爱的，我也爱你去乐高乐园和回来。

We both love us to Legoland and back.

我们都喜欢去乐高乐园来回。

We both love each other to Legoland and back. Are you going to go now? You say, say bye

我们在乐高乐园和回来时都彼此相爱。你现在要去吗？你说，说再见

bye. I wanted to sit on here.

。我想坐在这里。

Tip number five is give lots of praise. I, I try to give as much praise to my children

第五条建议是多多表扬。我，我会在合理范围内尽可能多地表扬我的孩子

as I can within reason, as long as it's deserved. 

，只要这是应得的。

I don't just praise them  for sitting and breathing.

我不只是赞扬他们坐着呼吸。

I praise them for trying hard and making an effort.

我赞扬他们的努力和努力。

You know, children love attention. They crave attention. In the first instance, they want

你知道，孩子们喜欢受到关注。他们渴望受到关注。首先，他们想要

positive attention, but if they don't get enough of that, then they'll do whatever it

积极的关注，但如果他们没有得到足够的关注，那么他们就会不择手段地

is to get any kind of attention, which can lead to negative behaviours because that brings

获得任何形式的关注，这可能会导致消极行为，因为这会带来

in a form of attention, even if it's being told off.

某种形式的关注，即使它被告知。

So giving lots of praise, especially when they're doing something that you want to encourage

因此，要多多表扬，尤其是当他们正在做你想鼓励

them to do.

他们做的事情时。

For example, I want my children to be very independent and to be involved in the housework.

例如，我希望我的孩子非常独立并参与家务劳动。

I want them to have a respect for their own environment. And so rather than me saying,

我希望他们尊重自己的环境。所以我不会说，

Go and sit down or go and play, get out of my way and I'll do everything,

去坐下来，或者去玩，别挡我的路，我会做一切，

or

或者

Come here and I'll get you dressed, I'll put your shoes on, I'll do your coat.

过来，我给你穿衣服，我会给你穿上鞋子，我会做你的外套。

I try to encourage them to do their own. And now initially they, they push back and they

我尝试鼓励他们自己做。现在，最初他们会反击，他们

complain and they say,

抱怨，他们说，

Oh, I can't do it. I need help.

哦，我做不到。我需要帮助。

And I am there to help them if they need it, but I encourage them to do it themselves.

如果他们需要，我会在那里帮助他们，但我鼓励他们自己做。

And when they do it, when they try to do it, I praise them. And so if I was teaching my

当他们这样做时，当他们尝试这样做时，我会赞扬他们。因此，如果我在

children English as a second language when we're doing anything in English, then I'd

用英语做任何事情时教我的孩子英语作为第二语言，那么我会

be praising them for making an effort, for giving it a go.

表扬他们的努力、尝试。

And also being very wary not to make a big deal out of mistakes that they may make. So

并且还要非常小心，不要因为他们可能犯的错误而小题大做。因此，

it's okay to correct mistakes, to guide them 

纠正错误，引导他们

towards the right words or  the right pronunciation.

使用正确的单词或正确的发音是可以的。

You know, giving them a little helping hand, but saying to them,

你知道，给他们一点帮助，但对他们说，

Oh, that's wrong. Don't say that.

哦，这是错误的。别这么说。

Or telling them they just made a mistake could lead them to shut down and not want to try

或者告诉他们他们刚刚犯了一个错误可能会导致他们关闭并且不想

again in future. So just being very mindful, not to highlight their mistakes, but just

在将来再次尝试。所以要非常留心，不要强调他们的错误，而只是

giving them lots of praise for trying and making an effort.

对他们的尝试和努力给予很多赞扬。

 A B C D E F G H

I J K L M N O P

ABCDEFGH

IJKLMNOP

Q R S T U V W X Y and Z. Now I A B C D poo.

QRSTUVWXY 和 Z。现在 IABCD 便便。

 Casper.

I sing again A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y and Z.

卡斯帕。 我再次唱ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO PQRSTUVWXY 和Z。

Now I know my ABCs. Won't you sing along with me?

现在我知道了我的ABC。你不和我一起唱歌吗？

 Casper, do you know any other songs?

Casper，你还知道其他歌曲吗？

Yeah.

是的。

What songs do you know?

你知道哪些歌曲？

Um, all the songs.

嗯，所有的歌曲。

All the songs?

所有的歌曲？

Yeah.

是的。

And my final and probably biggest tip is just to have fun with them. So anything that involves

我最后的也是最重要的建议就是和他们一起玩。所以任何涉及

enjoyment. is always going to be more effective. So with my kids, we play lots of games, we

享受的事情。总是会更有效。所以和我的孩子们一起，我们玩很多游戏，

sing lots of songs, we do lots of role play.

唱很多歌曲，做很多角色扮演。

They will just suddenly tell me that I'm a tickle monster, or I am a magic statue, or

他们会突然告诉我，我是一个挠痒痒的怪物，或者我是一个魔法雕像，或者

I'm a doctor, or I'm the dentist, or whatever it is, I'm a tiger. I'm a ghost. They just

我是一名医生，或者我是牙医，或者不管是什么，我是一只老虎。我是一个幽灵。他们只是

decide what the character is, what the game is, and I play along with it. And we have

决定角色是什么，游戏是什么，然后我就跟着玩。我们

so much fun doing this kind of role play and singing songs and all this kind of stuff.

做这种角色扮演、唱歌以及诸如此类的事情非常有趣。

So just enjoy it. Don't worry too much about whether you're using the right words or teaching

所以就享受吧。不要太担心你是否使用了正确的词语或

them in the right way. Just have fun. You know, I have to admit, I often say things

以正确的方式教授它们。玩得开心就好。你知道，我必须承认，我经常说一些

that don't really make sense in terms of my grammatical structure or whatever. When I'm

从我的语法结构或其他角度来看并没有真正意义的话。当我

talking to the kids, I occasionally will say things wrong.

和孩子们说话时，我偶尔会说错话。

I'll give them the wrong sentence structure, but it doesn't matter. We're just having a

我会给他们错误的句子结构，但这并不重要。我们只是玩得很

good time. And at the end of the day. Life is short. So just enjoy yourselves, enjoy

​​开心。并在一天结束时。生命短暂。所以，尽情享受吧，享受吧

your children, and enjoy speaking English.

您的孩子，并享受说英语。

Until next time, from Caspian and I take very good care and goodbye.

直到下次，我和凯斯宾好好照顾并告别。

Help you. What's happened?

帮你。发生了什么事？

I want to go on your lap...

我想坐在你腿上...

You want to go on that?

Because that one is some lava.

你想坐在那儿吗？

因为那是一些熔岩。

Oh, the floor is lava?

哦，地板是熔岩吗？

Yeah.

So you need to go on my lap?

是的。

所以你需要坐在我腿上吗？

Yeah.

是的。

Oh no. My feet are burning. Ow. It's okay. I'll keep you safe. Are you okay now?

不好了。我的脚在燃烧。噢。没关系。我会保证你的安全。你现在还好吗？

Yeah.

Yeah. You are not scared, are you?

是的。

是的。你不害怕，是吗？

No.

No.

不，

不，

Do you need a doctor? I've hurt my arm. Ouch. Are you a doctor?

你需要医生吗？我的手臂受伤了。哎哟。你是医生吗？

Yeah.

是的。

Yeah. Hello, doctor Caspian. What are you gonna do to me? My arm hurts.

是的。你好，凯斯宾医生。你要对我做什么？我的手臂很痛。

I'm going to put a blue plaster on you.

我要给你贴蓝色膏药。

You're gonna put a blue plaster on me?

你要给我贴蓝色膏药吗？

Yeah.

Oh, thank you. Oh, I think I need some magic cream. Oh, it hurts so much there.

是的。

哦谢谢。哦，我想我需要一些神奇的霜。哦，那里好痛。

There's some cream. Okay. Do I need a, a needle?

有一些奶油。好的。我需要一根针吗？

Yeah.

是的。

Yeah. Is it gonna hurt?

是的。会痛吗？

No.

Promise?

不，

答应吗？

It's, it's a little needle.

这是，这是一根小针。

A little needle.

一根小针。

No sharps.

没有锐器。

No sharps on it. Okay.

上面没有锋利的东西。好的。

No.

不，

Oh. No.

No.

哦。不， 不，

You have to close your eyes.

你必须闭上眼睛。

Close my eyes and be brave?

闭上眼睛就勇敢吗？

Yeah.

是的。

Okay. Oh, I didn't feel that.

好的。哦，我没感觉到。

No

不

Okay, now you can put the blue plaster on. Oh, that feels so much better. How long is

好吧，现在你可以贴上蓝色膏药了。哦，那感觉好多了。 需要 多长时间

it going to take until I can take the plaster off?

才能把石膏取下来？

Um, it's going to feel better.

嗯，感觉会好一些。

It's going to feel better very soon?

很快就会感觉好起来吗？

Yeah.

是的。

Okay, thank you doctor.

好的，谢谢医生。