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First of January onwards for the first three months of 2018

从1月1日算起的2018年的前三个月

每一天都会有语言课程

language lessons every single day with real native qualified teachers

由真正有资格的教师们给大家免费授课

For free if you complete this the only thing you end up paying is a card fee. Which is 50 cents

如果你学完了这些课程

那么，最终你只需要支付50美分的卡费就可以了

(被勒到）

This annoying you because it's annoying

不知道这东西有没有烦扰到你们呐？

因为，它真是惹恼我了啦

Hello, everyone and welcome back to english with lucy. I have got a chatty video for you today

大家好呀！欢迎回到和Lucy一起学英语

今天我给大家带来的是一篇闲聊视频

It is going to give you some really good

这将会给你提供一些非常好的学习英语的建议

English learning tips and it's also going to be great for your listening practice as well

并且这还将有益于你练习听力

So if you're struggling to hear me make sure you turn on the subtitles which I've lovingly created for you

所以，如果你很难听懂我说的话呢，

那要确保打开了字幕噢

该字幕是我怀着满满的爱意给大家创设哒

So you can represent your language and help those who?

因此，你可以为你自己的母语代言，

并帮助那些 觉得听懂这一等级的英语有困难的人们

Struggle to understand this level of English by clicking on the link that I pinned to the top of the comment section

通过点击我在评论区置顶那条链接即可

So I've been on YouTube now for almost two years. I cannot believe it

如今我已经在YouTube上将近两年啦

这令人难以置信

I started on the 6th of January

从2016年1月6日开始

2016 that's when I uploaded my first ever video

那时候 我上传了我有史以来的第一个视频

Make or do which I'm sure you can find somewhere

“Make“还是“Do“

我相信你们现在还能找到它

But throughout those years there has been one question that has been constantly constantly coming up

Um…但是这些年来，一直有这样一个问题

一直不断得、不断地出现

And it's a question

Um…这是一个我过去从来都无法轻松地回答的问题

I've never felt comfortable to answer before and that is how long?

也就是：学英语到底要花多少时间

Does it take to learn English or broader than that how long does it take to learn a language and to speak it fluently?

或者说更广义一些

到底学习一门语言并能说得流畅到底需要多长时间

it has been a

这是…

Very interesting year a lot has happened a lot of good things a lot of negative things and but I'm really looking forward to

一个非常有趣的一年

发生了许多事情

许多积极的事情，也有许多消极的事情

Um…但我真的很期待2018年的到来

2018 one of the reasons I'm looking forward to it so much is because I am participating in a marathon

其中让我如此满怀期待的原因之一

是因为，我将参加一个马拉松跑

I've signed up to run the London Marathon

我已经报名参加了伦敦马拉松跑

and

Um…

I'm so so excited

我非常非常兴奋

But it's not my first marathon

但这并不是我第一次参加马拉松

It might be my first marathon running

不过这大概是我第一次以跑步运动员的身份参加马拉松跑

but I really feel like I've participated in a marathon before because I have

但我真心觉得我在过去已经参加过马拉松跑啦

因为我已经流利掌握了一门外语

a language to fluency I

Consider myself to be fluent in Spanish if you want to test that then you can check me out - speaking Spanish in this video

我认为我能说一口流利的西班牙语

如果你想检验这一点的话

那你可以查看这里给出的我讲西语的视频

Here, but I consider learning a language to be a marathon you can't sprint it

但我认为学习一门语言的过程就是一场马拉松

你不能一路全速冲刺

You can't do it in a day you have to do a little bit ideally every single day

你无法在一天内完成它

你不得不一点点地做起，理想的话，每一天都能做一些

But if not on a very very regular basis I get students coming to me all the time saying Oh

但是如果不行的话，那就在非常规律的基础上进行

我有些学生总是跑过来对我说：

“Ugh 我去年的英语水平非常棒”

Last year my English level was so good

I lived in Dublin and then I moved back to my home country

”那时我住在都柏林”

“然而当我回到我祖国的时候，我便失去了一切！”

And I've lost everything if I stopped training now for this marathon

如果现在我就中止我为马拉松跑的训练

I would lose all of the work that I had put in so when I get these questions from students like Lucy

我将前功尽弃

所以当学生问我这些问题的时候

比如“Lucy，现实中，到底需要多久才能流利地说一门语言？”

Realistically how long does it take to become fluent in the language?

Or Lucy. I'm at a b1 level right now. Can I get the c1 within two years?

或是“Lucy，我现在是B1级，我能在两年内达到C1级吗？”

I don't know how to answer for every individual

我不知道怎么去回复每一个人的问题

But I do know how to answer for my students as a whole have you ever heard of the fable with the proverb?

但是我的确知道怎样一下子回答我所有的学生

你们有没有听说过这样一句谚语

slow and steady wins the race you know when there was that hare with the tortoise and

“慢而稳才得取胜”

你知道的，兔子和乌龟赛跑

The hare sprinted it and had a nap didn't win the race, but the tortoise

兔子一个冲刺后就开始睡大觉，最后输了比赛

但是那乌龟则是

Did little by little slowly steadily and won the race

一点点地、慢慢地、稳稳地取得了胜利

Well, I don't believe in that either. I think instead of slow and steady wins the race

好吧，我也不相信这个啦

我认为，与其说慢而稳才得取胜

I think we need to say constant and consistent

我认为，不如说是持之以恒、不断努力才得取胜

wins the race one hour

每天一个小时，坚持两个星期（的学习效果）

every day for two weeks is

So much better than one day into it you cram 14 hours

要比一天密集得花费14个小时来的好得多得多

Okay, you might wake up the very next day knowing a lot of English and may be able to pass your English test

好吧，你可能会在第二天醒来的时候

知道了非常多的英语知识

有可能可以通过你的英语考试

But two weeks on will you still have all of that information and knowledge retained in your brain?

但是两个星期以后

你脑袋里还会记得那些信息和知识吗？

I don't think so. I think the way we have to look at it is

我不这么认为

我认为真正的方法应该是

setting goals

设立目标

设立切合实际的目标

Realistic goals, but the right kind of goals and goals that you have control over

但也是最合适的目标

是在你可控制范围内的目标

Rather than goals you don't have control over now that might seem really really obvious

而不是那些无法企及的目标

现在这可能听起来非常显然

But actually it's somebody very very intelligent told me about this the other day, and it made me think oh

但事实上，有一天一个非常聪明的人告诉了我这些

然后这让我突然想说：“噢！我的上帝！这是多么棒的启示啊！”

My god, what a revelation my students need to be reminded of this

我一定提醒我的学生们注意这些

I'm sure some of you are already completely conscious of this, but for those who aren't or maybe were and have forgotten

我相信，你们中的一些人早已深知这个道理

但是对于那些不知道、或是早已忘记这道理的童鞋们

Let me relay this to you the two types of goals. I want you to focus on are goals that you

让我来为大家重述一下

两种我希望你们能够关注的目标分别是

你无法控制的目标

Don't have control over and goals that you do have control over

以及你可以控制得住的目标

So for example I would never do this

那么，我来举个例子

我绝对不会这么做的

But imagine if I set myself the goal of hitting 1 million subscribers by the end of 2018

但是想象一下，如果把我的目标设定为

在2018年年底前粉丝数达到100万

That's not a goal that I have control over its new people subscribing

这并不是我可以控制得住的目标

那是由新来的人们的新订阅，

It's my current subscribers staying subscribed. It's the algorithm. It's

以及我现有粉丝们的坚持订阅（决定的）

因为这样一种算法

YouTube continuing to be a very successful platform

因为YouTube这样一个一直以来持续成功的平台

I'm only a very small part of achieving that goal. However if I were to set myself a goal like

为达到这一目标，我只在其中起小部分作用

然而，如果我这样设定目标，比如说

Next year I want to upload a video that I'm really proud of

在明年，我想要每个礼拜都上传一个值得我骄傲的视频

Every single week, that's a goal that I have control over

这才是一个我可以控制得住的目标

It's a goal that I think is much more likely to bring me success and satisfaction

一个我认为更可能给我带来成功以及满足感的目标

It's in my hands. I want to do it. I've set it for myself

它是我可以掌控的，

是我想要做的，是我为自己定的目标

So what I've shared with you today. I would share with you guys

所以，今天我和大家分享这个（课程）

不管这是否是赞助，我都会推荐给大家的

Regardless of sponsorship, but actually one of my long-term sponsors in fact they were my first ever sponsor

不过，事实上他们作为我的长期赞助商之一，

他们也是我有史以来最早的赞助商

And they've showed incredible

Um…而且他们在这么长的时间里，在我整个的职业生涯里，给了我莫大的支持

Support throughout such a long time and sort of my entire career

They've come up with a really cool campaign, and I'm really genuinely excited to bring it to you because it ties in perfectly

他们想出了这样一个非常酷的活动

而我真心非常兴奋能把这个活动推荐给大家

因为这项活动完美地贴合了今天想要和大家聊的话题

With what I wanted to say to you guys today. It's like it's too perfect

想说：“这真是太棒了喂！”

呵嘿嘿

it's the language marathon and

这就是一场语言马拉松

（啪）

The company is then goda if you are one of my subscribers

Um…这家公司叫Lingoda

如果你是我的订阅用户之一，你一定知道Lingoda公司

Then you will you will know about the lungo de they sponsor my videos they make these lessons happen

他们赞助我的视频制作

是他们让这所有课程成为可能

They've set up a campaign which is too perfect it ties in so perfectly with what I wanted to say today

他们举办了这样一项非常完美的活动

完美地贴合了我今天想说的主题

They have started a language marathon

他们举办了一场语言马拉松

Um…能向大家推荐这个活动我很激动

and I'm so excited to bring it to you because I have the chance it's amazing because they've given me the chance to offer my

因为，我有机会…额

这很棒，因为他们给了这样一个机会将它推荐给我的订阅者们。

Subscribers, and it's not a competition. It is for all of you

而且这不需要大家竞争取得

它是面向所有人的

The chance to to get from the first of January onwards for the first three months of 2018

Um…你有机会获得

以1月1日起的2018年的前三个月为期的

language lessons every single day with real native qualified teachers

每天都由真正的有资质的老师们免费授课的语言课程

For free if you complete this the only thing you end up paying is a card fee. Which is 50 cents

如果你听完了这些课程

你最终只需要花费50美分的卡费就可以了

The language marathon ties in perfectly with the message that I want to give to you guys the fact that constantly and steadily and consistently

Um…

语言马拉松活动完美贴合了我今天给大家分享的语言学习方法

事实就是，不断求索、稳步前进、持之以恒地学习英语，

Studying English will bring you to your goal

会让你实现你的目标

Firstly, what is lingo de if you don't already know. I'm sure you do know if you don't already know. Let me quickly

首先，如果你还不知道Lingoda是什么的话呢，

我相信你们早就知道了

如果你还不知道的话呢，就让我简单地给你介绍一下吧

It's an online Language Academy they teach English French Spanish and German

它是一个线上语言学校

他们教授的语言有英语、法语、西班牙语和德语。

They have real native qualified teachers that deliver group and private video chat lessons

他们有真正的有资质的语言教师

他们的视频聊天课有小组课程也有私人课程，

So you are always in contact with a real native teacher

所以你将会一直与一位真正的以该语言为母语的老师保持联系

So you can go up one entire language level by taking one?

因此，你可以提升一个等级的语言水平，

只需要上完一期即2018年前三个月每天一小时的课程，

one-hour class every single day for the first three months of

2018 that is the lingo de language marathon now this offer is only for people who are completely committed

这便是Lingoda的语言马拉松活动

现在，这一项活动的开价是只为那些全身心投入学习人提供的

Because you pay for the full course, but if you complete every single day

因为你会先支付整个课程费用，

但是如果以后的每一天你都完成了相应的课程

You can go to or a fund it all back to you

Lingoda将会为你报销全款

This is why it's so important to be committed, but for those who need this and want this it's such an incredible opportunity

这就是为什么你需要全身心投入的原因

但是对于那些真正需要它、想要它的人们来说，

这是一个非常不可思议的机会

the price you pay is

你需要支付的价款是每个月189欧元

189 euros a month and that is actually an incredible rate for language lessons I

事实上对于语言课程来说这是一个很棒的价格了

Can tell you when I was working in classrooms?

我可以告诉你，当我在语言学校任教时

I was charging way more than that if you don't think that you can commit to those three months every single day

我收的学费可比这贵多了

如果你觉得你不能在那前三个月里每一天都全身心地投入学习

Then you can do the half marathon as well you pay 99 euros per month

那么，你也可以选择完成马拉松课程的一半

你将预先支付每月99欧元

And you will get a 50% refund at the end of it if you complete it

随后，如果你完成了指定课程，那么最终你将会获得50%的退款

It's very obvious you have to be completely completely committed to participate in this

显而易见的，

你必须彻底地、完全地全身心投入到其中去

There are very limited spaces as well

Um…报名空位不多了哟

I think French and German are now almost completely full and the English spaces are really filling up, too

我认为法语和德语课现在已经几乎满员了

而英语课也快满员了

If you complete the full marathon you will save

如果你完成了整个语言马拉松

你将会省下587（567*）欧元！

587 euros can you imagine?

你能想象得到吗？

价值587（567*）欧元的语言课程完全免费了

587 euros worth of language lessons for free

It's it's crazy

吼吼

这真是疯了

I love the idea

and I just love the way it's giving an opportunity for almost everyone to get involved and to

我喜欢这个点子

而且我喜欢这样的方式，它给了几乎所有人一个机会

去投入并体验一些像这样的事物

Experience something like this now

现在，我知道这听起来有些令人精神崩溃

I know it sounds quite nerve-wracking. What happens if something comes up, and you can't complete one day

如果有些事儿发生了，然后你无法完成那一天的课程要求，那会怎么样？

this was the first thing that I asked lingotto when they told me about this offer and

这也是当Lingoda告诉我这个提议时，我询问的第一件事

And they said that they are allowing

Um…然后他们说

他们可以允许你有一天额外缓冲的时间

one day of

extra give if you're ill if you have a family event or something you can catch up with them that extra day, so

如果你生病了，或是你有个家庭活动什么的

你可以在额外的那天中跟上进度

Theoretically you could take two lessons on a Monday not on a Tuesday - on a Wednesday

所以，理论上，你可以

周一上两节课，周二不上课，然后周三再上两节课

Another thing to say is that it's completely customized to your schedule

还有一件事就是

课程针对你的日程规划完全个性化

So you can pick any hour of the day any day of the week?

所以你可以选择一天中的任意一个小时

一周中的任意一天

They will completely customize to your schedule lingo to have very kindly taken away

完全个性化地遵循你的个人日程规划

Lingoda还非常友好地为我的学生们去除了注册费用

The sign-up fee for my students the entry fee was 5 euros

注册费本是5欧元，但你们大家不需要支付这个

But you guys don't have to pay that if you use my code marathan 3

只要你们使用我的代码“MARATHON3“

They will only charge a $0.50 signup fee when you sign up using the link below

他们就只会想你收取50美分的注册费

点击底下的链接，当你注册好以后

You will not be charged until the 30th of December and before that date

12月30日以前是不向你收费的

在这天前，如果发生了变故，你可以取消你的参与预定

You can cancel your participation if something comes up after then

在那以后你将需要支付三次月费

You will have committed to making those 3 payments

And then if you complete the marathon that will be refunded to you so to those who are interested

然后，如果你完成了马拉松

那这些款项都将退还给你

所以呀！对于那些对此

有兴趣的、将专注地、全身心地投入的人们

committed and dedicated

This is an awesome offer if you participate correctly and as intended you will get your money back

这真真是一个极好的提议呀

如果你正确地参与了，那么根据约定，你便会收回你觉得钱

I think it's such a generous offer to those who are getting involved keep me updated on how it's going

我认为这是一个非常慷慨的开价

参与了这项活动的人们

要告诉我进展噢

I think it's an incredible thing that you're doing

我认为这将是你做的一件不可思议事

It's no mean feat and no mean feat means. It's not something easy to achieve

Um…这就是“No mean feet”

而“No mean feet“的意思就是绝非易事

It's gonna be challenging

Um…这将会是充满挑战的

But it's gonna be so rewarding. I mean the biggest reward of all will be improving a whole language level

但也将是非常有益的

我的意思是，最大的奖励将是提升整整一个档次的语言水平

But it's also pretty nice to have that free and get that big lump sum back at the end

但同样免费享有这些真的很棒，并且在最后收回那一大笔钱

So if you're interested click on the link in the description box use the code

所以，如果你对此感兴趣的话呢

那就点击描述框里的链接

然后使用代码“MARATHON3”

Marathon 3 get that signup discount and get started have a wonderful day

获取注册优惠并开始吧！

助你拥有美好的一天哦！

（啵！）

（啪）