How to build & expand your vocabulary - 4 useful steps for improvement

如果扩大你的词汇量——4个有用的提高步骤

- Hello, everyone.

- 大家好。

And welcome back to English With Lucy.

欢迎回到English With Lucy。

Don't worry, guys.

别担心，伙计们。

It is me this time.

是我本人了这一次。

Not my weird Lucy replica in the form of Allie

不是怪异的Lucy副本艾莉

for a proper teach me.

一个正常的教英文的我。

That was a lot of fun.

艾莉很有趣。

I'm glad you liked it.

我很高兴你们喜欢它。

The response was honestly hilarious.

评论区反响真的很热闹

I had a blast.

爆炸

So who has been with me since the very beginning

那么，从一开始就关注English With Lucy 的

of English With Lucy?

有多少人呢？

Not that many people.

其实没有很多。

I had, well, I had very few.

有，嗯，非常少吧。

It took me a couple of months to get to 1000 subscribers.

几个月之后才有1000人个订阅。

But my second ever video was a video called

但是，我曾经在做第二个视频的时候介绍了

How to Learn and Remember Vocabulary.

如何学习和记忆词汇。

The video's a little bit disorganised.

不过那个视频有点混乱

It was my second video ever.

毕竟是我做的第二个视频

I was 21 years old,

我才21岁，

and I was eager to get onto You Tube

而且超级希望快点到YouTube上

and share this knowledge that I had.

分享我知道的这方面的知识。

But the video's done really, really well,

那个视频还是做得非常，非常好的

but looking back at the video,

只是现在回头看，

there are some updates that I would like to add on

我还是有一些新东西想补充

because that teaches you how

因为之前那个视频只是教你如何

to learn and remember vocabulary.

学习和记忆词汇。

It's a great method.

那是一个很棒的方法。

But it doesn't teach you how to expand

但它不会教你如何扩大

and widen your vocabulary,

拓宽你的词汇量，

which is something that could benefit

这是对几乎每个人都非常有帮助的

basically everyone.

这是对几乎每个人都非常有帮助的

I want to expand my vocabulary in my mother tongue,

我想扩大自己母语的词汇量

my native language, which is English.

我的母语，英语。

And I also want to expand my vocabulary in my

而且我也想扩大我第二和第三语言的词汇量

second and third languages, Spanish and Italian.

西班牙语和意大利语。

And maybe even Portuguese.

也许甚至是葡萄牙语。

If you haven't seen my video about Portuguese yet,

如果你还没有见过我的葡萄牙语视频，

check up there.

可以去看看

Yeah, so this is a video that will be useful

所以这是个对母语和非母语的人都有帮助的视频

for both native speakers and non-native speakers.

所以这是个对母语和非母语的人都有帮助的视频

I want to share with you some tips that I've picked up,

我想与大家做一些分享小窍门

some pieces of advice,

和一些建议

but it's not going to be your typical

但它不会和那些典型的

How to Improve Your Vocabulary video.

如何提高你的词汇视频一样

Oh, read books.

哦，看书。

Oh, watch films.

哦，看电影。

I want to give you some tips that are really, really

我想告诉你的小窍门是真的会对你有帮助

gonna help that you might not have thought of before.

因为你可能之前都没有想到过

So bear with me.

所以，请多多包涵。

Before we get started,

在我们开始之前，

I'd just like to thank the sponsor of today's video.

我只是想感谢今天的视频的赞助商。

It is lingoda.

lingoda。

Lingoda is an on-line language academy

Lingoda是一个在线语言学院

where you can learn English, Spanish, French, and German.

在这里你可以学习英语，西班牙语，法语和德语。

They only used real native teachers.

他们只用母语的教师。

You sign up on a monthly basis

您每月注册

through subscription packages,

通过包月套餐，

and you get a mixture of group and private video

你会得到小组和一对一的Skype视频课程

sort of Skype lessons.

你会得到的小组和一对一的Skype视频课程

They've given me a special discount for you.

他们给了我一个特别折扣，为您服务。

You can get 50 dollars or 50 euros off

你可以得到50美元或50欧元的折扣

your first month at lingoda.

在lingoda的第一个月套餐中

All you have to do is click on the link

所有你所要做的就是在说明框中点击链接

in the description box

所有你所要做的就是在说明框中点击链接

and use the code that's in the description box as well.

并使用说明框中的代码

Right.

好啦。

Let's get started with the video.

让我们开始这次的视频。

So my first tip is don't get overwhelmed.

我的第一个建议是不要不知所措。

When I think I want to expand my vocabulary,

当我觉得我要 扩大自己的词汇量，

I feel overwhelmed.

我感到不知所措。

I just think, oh my god.

我只是觉得，我的天

There are so many words.

怎么有这么多单词

And there are so many words that I'm lacking

在我的词汇库里有那么多缺少的单词

in my vocabulary.

在我的词汇库里有那么多缺少的单词

How on earth am I going to learn them all?

我怎么可能把他们全部学会呀？

You need to realise that it's not humanly possible

你需要认识到，吞咽和反刍（消化）整本牛津字典，这不是人力所能

to swallow and regurgitate the full Oxford Dictionary

你需要认识到，吞咽和反刍（消化）整本牛津字典，这不是人力所能

unless you have a fabulous gag reflex.

除非你有一个神话般的咽反射。

Joke.

开个玩笑。

I've seen a couple of comments on some of my videos

我看到一些我的视频下的评论，有人说

from people saying,

我看到一些我的视频下的评论，有人说

"I like to read the dictionary before I go to bed,"

“我喜欢在我睡觉之前读字典”

which if your mind is capable of doing that

如果你能愿意每天读一点字典，并且真的做得到

and you can read a little bit of the dictionary

如果你能愿意每天读一点字典，并且真的做得到

each day and take in, wow!

哇！

I take my hat off to you because that's

我要对你以脱帽礼致敬

really, really impressive amount of dedication

因为你付出的努力真的，真的令人印象深刻

you have there.

因为你付出的努力真的，真的令人印象深刻

I personally cannot do that.

我个人无法做到这一点。

So I recommend that you chunk your vocabulary learning

所以，我建议把你的词汇学习分为三个部分，

into three sections,

所以，我建议把你的词汇学习分为三个部分，

and you focus your time and energy and effort into

然后将你的时间和精力专注地投入到

learning the vocabulary from these three sections.

三个部分中学习词汇。

It's not as complicated as it sounds.

不会像听起来的这么复杂的。

Section one, topics you are interested in.

第一个部分，你感兴趣的话题。

I am interested in gardening,

我感兴趣的是园艺，

so I like to watch gardening videos,

所以我喜欢看园艺视频，

and I have picked up loads and loads and loads

我不断地学习新的词汇，

of vocabulary, especially Latin terms actually for plants,

特别是从植物的学名学会了一些拉丁文。

just through watching videos and doing research

只是通过看视频和做研究和读书。

and reading books.

只是通过看视频和做研究和读书。

So yes, reading books, watching films, watching videos

所以，是的，看书，看电影，看视频

is a great technique.

是很棒的技能。

Make sure you're focusing,

请确保你会很专注，

so you're choosing a video that will help you

那样您选择的视频将帮助您

expand your vocabulary and you're absorbing it,

扩大词汇量，并且吸收这些单词。

and then you're applying what you learned

然后你就可以将我之前的视频运用到新认识的单词上了，

in my previous video,

然后你就可以将我之前的视频运用到新认识的单词上了，

How to Learn and Remember Vocabulary.

如何学习和记忆词汇。

Basically, you're keeping a vocabulary diary,

基本上，你都会有一本单词日志

and you're being really, really aware and meticulous

你会非常认真细致地了解那些你不知道的单词

about words that you don't know already.

你会非常认真细致地了解那些你不知道的单词

Don't let anything slide.

不要放过任何一个不会的单词

If you don't know that word,

如果你不知道那个单词的意思，

you find out what it means,

就去查一下，

and you write it down in your phone or in a book.

然后把它在手机上或者本子上写下来。

It doesn't matter.

手机或是本子都没关系

Just make sure you are meticulous.

只要确保你都一丝不苟。

Section number two, vocabulary that you use

第二个部分，日常使用和出现在你周围的词汇

and come across on a daily basis.

第二个部分，您日常使用和出现在周围的词汇

Now why do I say use and come across?

为什么这样说呢？

There's two different parts of vocabulary expansion.

词汇量的扩张有两个不同的部分的。

There's seeing a word that you don't know,

一个是你看到了这个不懂的单词，

and learning what it means.

一个是明白它的意思。

But there's also taking words you already know,

但从你认识的单词中也能学到新词

and finding alternative ways of saying them.

就是寻找替代他们的词。

Synonyms, for example.

同义词，例如...

So it's really, really useful to look into synonyms.

找同义词来代替常用的词是真的很有用

There may be words that you're using every single day.

有些词你可能每天都在频繁使用

For me, a bit of a problem is the word like.

对于我来说，like这个单词就是。

So you're your using some words every day all day.

所以你会每天都在不停地用一些词，

Like the word like, for example.

比如like

Like the word like.

比如比如这个词

And you will sound much more eloquent

你的口才会变得更好

if you find alternatives,

如果你找到了代替这些常用词的词，并不断切换

and you switch between the alternatives.

如果你找到了代替这些常用词的词，并不断切换

Words that you come across on a daily basis,

那么，在你日常生活中出现的单词，比如新闻里的

things in the news,

那么，在你日常生活中出现的单词，比如新闻里的

political terms.

政治术语。

If it's, you know, for example when the Brexit

例如，在英国脱欧的期间

was going on, I learnt loads of political vocabulary

我学到了很多政治词汇

because I was coming across the terms on a daily basis.

因为我每天日常生活会接触到很多这方面词汇

I was reading the newspaper.

当我在看报纸的时候

I was watching the news.

看新闻的时候

I was very conscious of the fact that

我非常清楚

I didn't totally understand what was going on,

我并不完全理解发生了什么事情，

so I made myself understand,

所以那时我让自己学会了

both on a political level and a vocabulary level.

政治和词汇两个方面的新知识

And section number three, my favourite section,

那么第三部分，我最喜欢的部分，

random spontaneous randomness is, you know,

随机自发，随机性，你知道

where you sit down and you think,

就像你坐下然后就开始想

"I wonder what that extra toe on the back

“我不知道狗狗后腿上那个用不到的多出来的脚趾叫什么

"of a dog's leg that doesn't work is called."

“我不知道狗狗后腿上那个用不到的多出来的脚趾叫什么

Your brain wanders.

你的大脑很好奇

Use it to your advantage.

这是你的优势

Use it to improve your vocabulary

用它来提高你的词汇量

and find out what it means.

并且解答大脑的疑问

Now, the next one,

现在，下一个，

the next point that I want to talk about.

我想谈下一个点。

I know I've already said that I don't want to say

我知道我已经说过我并不想说

read books, watch films.

看书，看电影。

But what I'm going to say is read books and watch films,

但是我还是要说一下看书和看电影，

but not in the normal way.

但不是普通的方法。

Everyone knows that if you read a book,

大家都知道，如果你读一本书，

your vocabulary will improve.

你的词汇量将会有所改善。

If you watch a film,

如果你看电影，

your vocabulary will improve.

你的词汇量将会有所改善。

I want you to think first,

我希望你先回想一下，

about in your language,

自己的母语，

what is a good vocabulary.

什么是好的词汇。

What makes one person sound eloquent

是什么让一个人能侃侃而谈

and another person sound uneducated.

而另一个人听起来像没有受过教育。

So I want you to really pick and choose carefully

所以，我希望你能真正仔细选择

which authors you read

你读的书的作者

and which people you listen to.

和你学习的的人

Now I don't mean cut out people that you find uneducated.

我并不是说要排除那些你发现没有受过教育的人

I mean dedicate a couple of minutes every day,

我的意思是你可以将每天付出的时间

every other day to listen to talks and read books

用来听那些雄辩的人如何说话，看他们写的书

written by people that speak eloquently.

用来听那些雄辩的人如何说话，看他们写的书

For example, I really admire the way Stephen Fry speaks.

举例来说，我真的很欣赏Stephen Fry说话的方式。

I know I mentioned Stephen Fry in so many videos,

我知道我在很多视频里都提到Stephen Fry，

but I love the way he speaks,

但我喜欢他说话的方式，

so I'll put on, you know, a speech or a monologue from him,

所以我会找他的演讲或他的独白，

and I'll really try to listen to

然后努力倾听

you know, elements of his accent,

听他的口音，

but also elements of speech.

和演讲的内容。

His vocabulary, the vocabulary that he uses.

注意他的词汇，他使用的词汇。

Which words does Stephen use that make him

哪些词使Stephen Fry 让人感觉受到良好教育，且雄辩。

sound really, really educated and eloquent.

哪些词使Stephen Fry 让人感觉受到良好教育，且雄辩。

And then I'll note those down,

然后，我会把它们记下来

and I'll try and implement them into my own vocabulary.

然后尝试把它们运用到我自己的词汇使用中

And you can do the same.

你也可以这样做。

It will work in any language.

任何一种语言都可以这样做。

So I guess the way you could summarise that point is

所以，我想总结这一点就是

pick and choose reading and listening exercises

挑选你阅读和听力练习的对象

from which you want to improve your vocabulary.

来提高你的词汇。

Okay, number three.

好了，第三点。

If you want to improve and widen and expand

如果你想扩大你的词汇量，口若悬河，

your vocabulary and sound more eloquent,

如果你想扩大你的词汇量，口若悬河，

I want you to avoid the most boring word

我希望你能避免使用最无聊的单词

in the English dictionary.

在英文字典里。

Do you know which word it is?

你知道它是哪个单词吗？

The word is very.

就是”very“

Oh, my god.

哦，我的天。

Very is such a boring word.

very真的是个无聊的单词

Every time I hear it,

每当我听到它，

I yawn.

Why say very good if you can say

我打哈欠。

为什么说很好(very good)，如果你能说

excellent, fantastic, amazing, incredible?

优秀的，美妙的，神奇的，不可思议？

Why say very bad if you can say

为什么说很不好(very bad)，如果你能说

dreadful, appalling, hideous, revolting?

可怕的，令人震惊的，丑恶的，令人反感的？

Stop using the word very

停止使用这个词“very”

and start incorporating more advanced adjectives

并开始整合更高级的形容词

into your everyday speech and writing.

到你的日常对话和写作中。

When you're speaking,

当你说话的时候，

try and be conscious of every time that you use

尽量去发现自己每次要使用“very”的时候，

the word very and which adjective you used it with.

还有你想和"very "一起使用的形容词。

Then you can go and search the adjective in a thesaurus

然后你可以去词库搜索这个形容词，找出它的同义词

and find synonyms.

然后你可以去词库搜索这个形容词，找出它的同义词

Very dirty can be filthy or squalid.

比如非常脏可以说成污秽（filthy）或者肮脏(squalid)。

Very cross can be seething, livid.

非常生气可以是大发雷霆(seething)，暴怒(livid)。

I actually have a video about that.

其实我有一个关于这个的视频。

You can check it up there.

您可以看这里。

But yeah.

但是，是的。

Being conscious of when you use the word very

意识到自己什么时候使用了"very"，

is very, very useful.

是very，very有用的。

How ironic.

好讽刺啊

So I just made that mistake there.

所以，我刚刚就疏忽了

Being conscious of the word very

意识到自己什么时候使用了"very"，

is an invaluable tool.

是一个非常宝贵的工具。

Doesn't that sound better?

是不是听起来感觉更好？

Doesn't it sound better?

是不是听起来感觉更好？

I think it does.

我认为是吧

My last tip might not be for everybody,

我最后一个技巧可能不适合每个人，

but it really helps me,

但它确实帮到我了，

especially when I'm bored and waiting for something.

尤其是当我很无聊或者等待的时候。

I'm an incredibly impatient person.

我是一个非常没有耐心的人。

I hate waiting.

我讨厌等待。

And if there's one room that an impatient person

如果什么room是一个没有耐心的人无法stand的

cannot stand, it's a waiting room.

那就是候车室。(standing room 立足之地）

So I recommend that you use this time to your advantage.

因此，我建议你们使用这个时间来扩大单词量。

When you're doing nothing,

当你什么都不做，

say you're sitting on a train,

比如说你坐在火车上，

you're sitting in a waiting room,

你坐在等候室，

any time you're waiting,

任何你在等待的时候，

do vocabulary checks.

做词汇检查。

So just sit or stand and observe

因此，只要坐或站着，然后观察你的四周

the room around you or the area around you

因此，只要坐或站着，然后观察你的四周

and try and find something that you don't know how to say.

并尝试找到你不知道怎么说的东西。

It's most likely going to be a noun,

它最有可能将是一个名词，

but it could be a verb.

但它也可能是一个动词。

It could be somebody doing something.

也有可能是别人做的事情。

Somebody could be skipping

可能有一个人在跳

and you think,

"Oh, god.

然后你就会想

“天啊。

"I don't know how to say that in Japanese."

“我不知道日语里跳应该怎么说。“

It could be an emotion that somebody has.

这种不知道的东西也有可能是一种情感。

Just use that time to look around.

反正就利用这段时间去看看四周。

Meticulously note down what it is that you don't know,

认真记下你不知道的东西，

and then search it.

然后去搜索它。

If you're trying to acquire vocabulary in another language,

如果你想知道在另一种语言这个怎么说，

then you can just write it down in your own language.

那么你可以先用自己的母语先记下来。

It gets a bit more complicated if you don't really know

如果你连自己的母语也不知道怎么称呼这个东西

how to say the word in your own language.

可能就会比较困难了。

Use what you can.

做你能做的

Take a picture of it.

比如拍个照片

Video it if appropriate.

拍个视频，如果情况合适的话。

Try and describe it.

试着描述它。

Use other words to describe it.

使用其他词语来形容它。

Note it down and then you can talk to somebody about it.

把它记下来，然后你可以和别人讨论一下。

Something that I'm going through at the moment

我现在要学习的是有关农场的词汇

is farm vocabulary.

我现在要学习的是有关农场的词汇

My boyfriend is a farmer,

我的男朋友是个农民，

and I have suddenly been launched into this new world

我突然就进入了这个新世界

of machinery and he said to me the other day,

有一天他和我说，

"Oh, we use farm save or something."

“哦，我们使用farm save什么的。”

And I was like farm save.

然后我一脸懵逼

So I just noted it down,

所以，我就把它记了下来

got back home,

回到家，

searched it and I'm holding it was farm save is now.

就去查了，然后我现在知道了

I think it's when you keep your own seed

就是你把你自己的种子保存起来

and then you use it the next day.

然后在之后来使用

Sometimes if he's gone off in the tractor

有时候他开拖拉机工作的时候

and I have to wait for him,

我要等他，

I'll just look around the farm and I'll think,

我就环顾农场四周，我会想

bale, challenger, John Deere tractor,

包，挑战者，约翰迪尔拖拉机，

and if there's anything I don't know how to say,

如果有什么东西我不知道怎么说，

I will then ask him later.

我就会等下问他

And it might be a bit annoying for him,

可能有点烦到他吧

but I'm trying my best.

但我尽力吧。

Right guys.

没错了

That's it for today's lesson.

以上就是今天的课程。

I hope you learned something.

我希望你学到了新东西

I hope you enjoyed it.

希望你喜欢它。

Don't forget to check out lingoda.

不要忘记去看一下lingoda。

All of the relevant information is in the description box.

所有的相关信息都在说明框中。

It's a very, very good tool.

这是一个非常，非常好的工具。

Or should I say it's an excellent tool.

或者我应该说这是一个极佳的工具。

And don't forget to connect with me

而且不要忘了关注我所有的社交媒体。

on all of my social media.

而且不要忘了关注我所有的社交媒体。

I've got my Facebook, my Instagram, and my Twitter.

我的Facebook，Instagram，和我的Twitter。

I will see you soon for another lesson.

我很快就会在下一个教程视频和大家见面

Mwwa!

Mwwa！

I'm always half tempted to put Allie

我总是想在视频结尾的时候变成副本Lucy艾莉

at the end of my video.

在视频结尾的时候

Shall I?

可以吗？

Yeah.

可以吧

Enjoy Allie dancing.

享受艾莉的舞蹈吧。

Bye.

再见。

(upbeat pop music)