How to learn and remember vocabulary

OK Lucy

好的，露西

quick question

一个小问题

Why did you use pigeons

为什么你用鸽子

as your main example

作为一个例子

throughout this whole video?

在整个视频中

Look, don't worry about it

不用担心

it..it will be fine.

没关系的

If you ask a language teacher

如果你问一位语言老师

how can I improve my vocabulary?

我怎样才能提高我的词汇量？

They'll probably say something similar to:

他们可能会说类似于：

read books

看书

watch films

看电影

speak with natives

和当地人对话

do vocabulary exercises

做词汇练习

and repeat, repeat, repeat!

然后重复，重复，再重复！

These are all valid points!

这些都是有效的点！

When I was learning Spanish

当我在学习西班牙语时

I managed to expand my vocabulary incredibly quickly

我设法很快扩展了我的词汇量

and this is thanks to a method that I created for myself.

这要感谢我为自己创建的一种方法。

This method probably already exists

这种方法可能已经存在

but I identified my need and I created a solution.

但我确定了我的需要，并创建了一个解决方案。

I needed something that I could do

我需要一些我可以做的事情

bit by bit

一点点地

day by day

日复一日

And I'm gonna explain to you how you can do this method too

我会向你解释这个方法你该如何做

My method is going to help you train your brain

我的方法将帮助你训练你的大脑

to start thinking in that second language

开始用第二种语言思考

so, what's the first step?

那么，第一步是什么？

Well, when you wake up in the morning

当你在早上起床时

you somehow need to remind yourself

你需要用一些方法来提醒自己

that today I'm going to be searching for words that I don't already know.

今天我要去搜索我还不知道的单词。

Constantly!

长此以往

So whether you put a poster on your door

你是否在你的门上贴了一张海报

a post-it note on your fridge

在你的冰箱上贴一张便条

a reminder on your phone

在你的手机上设置提醒

anything to remind you that today

今天有什么需要提醒你

new words!

新的词汇！

So, from the minute you leave the house

所以，从你离开房子的那一刻起

you need to be on the look out

你需要注意

for words that you don't know

那些你不会的单词

Try to start thinking in the language that you're trying to learn

尝试用你正在学习的语言开始思考

for me it's Spanish

对我来说是西班牙语

So, I'm thinking in Spanish

所以，我会用西班牙文思考

I see a pigeon

我看到一只鸽子

'paloma'

“帕洛马”

OK, I know that one

好的，我知道这个单词

I see a bus stop

我看到一个公共汽车站

I'm not sure how to say that in Spanish

我不知道如何用西班牙语说

so, I whip out my phone quickly

所以，我快速拿出手机

write it down in English

用英文写下来

and then I forget about it

之后我忘了它

and I keep on doing that throughout the day

我一整天都在坚持这样做

So you're constantly on the look out

所以一直在关注

Do I know that in Spanish?

我知道这个怎么用西班牙语表达吗？

Yes I do. Left it.

知道，丢掉它

Do I know that in Spanish?

我知道这个怎么用西班牙语表达吗？

No, I don't. Write it down.

不，我不知道，然后把它写下来

You might end up with five words at the end of the day

在一天结束时，你可能记住五个单词

You might end up with twenty words

你可能记住二十个单词

at the end of the day

在一天结束时

it depends on your level, and also where you are

这取决于你的语言水平，以及你当时的情况

By doing this you are train your brain

通过这样做，你将训练你的大脑

to become accustomed to

习惯于

thinking about things in that second language

用第二语言考虑事情

and it will help you towards fluency

它将会使你流利的表达

Then, you're also creating a list

接着，你也需要创建一个列表

on your phone

在你的手机上

of all the things that you've seen throughout the day

一整天看到的所有的

that you don't know how to say

你不知道该怎么说的东西

Now the important part of this

现在到了最重要部分

comes when you arrive home in the evening.

当你晚上回到家时

So when you get home from work

所以当你结束工作回到家里

or university that day

或学校

you need to dedicate a couple of minutes

你需要献出几分钟的时间

to creating a word diary

来整理单词日记

I use a notepad for this because

我选择使用记事本，因为

I like to use use two pages per day

我喜欢每天使用两页

so, I write the date

所以，我写了日期

I write a short sentence about what I did that day

写一句简短的话来描述我这一整天

And then I go ahead and I look

然后继续看

at the words that I didn't know today

一些我今天不知道的单词

on my phone and I add them into my diary

我将它们从手机里添加到我的日记中

so...

所以…

So the words I saw today were;

所以我今天整理的单词是

pigeon, litter, bus stop, jeweller's and skyscraper

pigeon、 litter、 bus stop、 jeweller's 和 skyscraper

and I don't know how to say those in Spanish

我不知道如何用西班牙语表达这些单词

So I move on to the next page

于是我转到下一页

And I go and search them on the internet

我去互联网上搜索它们

So the first word was pigeon

第一个词 鸽子

So I get my computer

我用我的电脑

I use a website like 'WordReference'

浏览了'WordReference'这个网站

I search 'pigeon'

搜索'pigeon'

and I listen to the pronunciation

听词典的发音

'paloma'

’paloma‘

great, 'paloma'

'paloma'

and then I add that to my word diary

接着我将它添加到我的日记中

one of my words was 'skyscraper'

其中一个单词'skyscraper'

that I didn't know

我不知道它的意思

so I use 'WordReference' to search for 'skyscraper'

所以我接着使用'WordReference'来搜索'skyscraper'

and then I listen to the pronunciation

然后听发音

'rascacielos'

'rascacielos'

'Rascacielos' ok, and I add that to my word diary

'Rascacielos'，然后在日记中加入

'rascacielos'

'rascacielos'

great! And then I just keep on doing that

然后我继续这样做

Untill my list is full!

直到我的列表已满！

and then I have a definitive list

我有一个最终的名单

of all the new vocabulary

包含所有的新词汇

that i saw today

我今天看到的

So ideally you need to do this diary every day

所以你最好每天都要写这本日记

Make it a part of your life

让它成为你生活的一部分

and a part of your routine

也是你日常工作的一部分

So what you're actually doing by following this process

那么你实际上在做的，通过这个过程

and this method is

这种方法

you're training your brain

你正在训练你的大脑

to be constantly looking and confirming

不断地寻找和确认

that it knows words in that second language

它知道的单词，用第二语言

and immediately

并立即

when it doesn't know

当它不知道的时候

alert! you write that word down

警报！你写下这个词

and then you know that you're going to search for it later.

然后你知道你会在之后去搜索它。

It's really interesting to look back through

真的很有趣去回顾它

your word diary after months of doing this process

你的单词日记经过几个月的过程

because you see words and you just think

你看到单词，然后想

'Oh my god, I can't believe I didn't know how to say that!'

“噢，我的天啊，我不敢相信我不知道该怎么说！”

When you wake up the next morning

当你第二天早上起床时

after having completed your diary the night before

在前一天晚上完成你的日记之后

You'll immediately see

你会立即看到

skyscraper = rascacielos

skyscraper = rascacielos

pigeon = paloma

pigeon = paloma

You just are constantly, it's there, it's in your mind.

你只是不断的使它在你的脑海里

Once you've trained your brain to think and process in this way

一旦你采用了这种方式训练了你的大脑来思考和处理

it's going to be so much easier to pick up vocabulary

学习词汇会变得容易得多

and also to identify where your vocabulary is lacking!

也可以找出你的词汇不足的地方！

For many of you, this might not work!

对于你们许多人来说，没有这样尝试过！

Give it a try

试一试

if it does work I'd love to hear about your success stories

如果它确实有用，我很乐意听取你的成功案例

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