Improve your English with COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS

通過漫畫及圖象小說來提高英語能力

Hello.

大家好

My name is Emma, and in today's video I am going to answer a question I hear a lot.

我的名字是Emma，今天的視頻我會回答一些我之前聽過的問題

Many people who are learning English love to read, but the problem they have is when

許多人在學英文的時候喜歡閱讀，但這個問題是當他們

they read English books, a lot of the times the books are too hard for them, so many students

讀英文書籍的時候，大部份的時間那些書對他們而言太難了，所以許多學生

ask me: "Emma, what's a good book to read to help me learn English?"

問我，「Emma, 那一本書是可以幫助我學英文的?」

So, today I'm going to tell you my piece of advice; what I think students should do if

所以今天我會告訴你們一些我的小建議，我認為學生應該做什麼

they like to read and they want to read English books.

如果他們喜歡閱讀，而他們想讀閱讀英文書籍

I recommend reading comic books or graphic novels.

我建議讀漫畫書或是圖象小說

Now, before I go any further, I wanted to say: "What is a comic book?

And what is a graphic novel?" and then I'm going to tell you why you should read these books.

什麼是圖象小說?然後我會告訴你們為什麼要讀這些書。

So, let me show you two examples.

我來舉二個例子

This is an X-Men comic.

這是一本X-Men漫畫

Okay?

了解?

It's about superheroes; and then we have this book, Watchmen, is a graphic novel.

它是在談論超級英文，然後我們還有這本書「守護者」他是一本圖象小說

The difference is pretty much in the length.

這二者最大的差別就是長度

Notice that this is very short, whereas this is a collection of comics-okay?-and it's in

注意看他非常的短，然後這是一個漫畫的集合，

a book form.

然後他是一個書的形式

So this is a graphic novel; this is a comic.

這是一本圖象小說，這是一本漫畫

If you open these, there's all these colourful pictures with different conversation and a

如果你打開這些，裡面有很多色彩豐富的圖象還有不同的對話及

storyline.

故事情節

So, many people think that comics and graphic novels are for children.

所以很多人會認為漫畫及圖象小說是給兒童看的

This is not true.

這並不正確

Many adults read comics and graphic novels.

許多成年人閱讀漫畫及圖象小說

And the reason why they are so good for people learning English is because they have so much

而且為什麼這是一個很好去學習英文的理由，因為在裡面有很多的

conversation in them.

對話

So, if you read a novel, there are a lot of description, a lot of words, sometimes the

如果你閱讀一本小說，會有非常多的描述，非常多的單字，有時候

author wants to write very poetically, and the language might not be the type of language

作者會寫的非常具有詩意，但那種語言可能就不是人們常用的那種

people usually use.

的語言

When you read comic books or graphic novels, the language is more about conversation, so

當你在讀漫畫或圖象小說時，對話內容比較接近會話

you will see a lot of conversation language.

你會看到大量的會話語言

You will see language about common expressions people use, slang, common vocabulary we use

你可以看到人們常用來表達的語言、俚語以及常用的單字

when we talk.

當我們在聊天時

When you read a novel, you don't really get as much of that.

當你在讀一本小說的時候，你並不會真的得到那麼多

Okay?

了解?

You will also see a lot of grammar in comics, as well as graphic novels.

你會看到大量的文法在漫畫裡，而圖象小說也是

And it's easier to read the grammar or to notice grammar points because sentences in

而且會使你更容易去閱讀那些文法或是注意到文法的重點，因為句子

graphic novels and comics are usually shorter, so you can see examples of the present perfect,

在漫畫或是圖象小說裡通常會比較短，所以你可以看到現在完成式的例子

you can see examples of the future tense, you can see examples of the past perfect continuous.

你可以看到將來式的例子，你可以看到過去完成進行式的例子

So there are a lot of great grammar points you can notice if you can read graphic novels

所以這裡有非常多好的文法重點，你在看圖象小說

or comics.

或漫畫時可以注意

Okay.

Okay

Another thing I wanted to talk about is people don't want to read comics sometimes because

另外一件事我想跟你說的是有時候人們並不想看漫畫有時候是因為

they think they're always about superheroes, and some people don't like reading about superheroes.

他們認為漫畫總是在討論超級英文，而有些人不喜歡讀超級英雄。

Comics and graphic novels cover a lot of different genres.

漫畫及圖象小說包含了非常多不同的類型

A "genre" is a way of saying a type.

[genre] 指的是一種型式

So, for example, a movie genre is a romantic comedy, or an adventure movie, or a thriller.

舉個例子，電影類型有羅曼蒂克、喜劇或是冒險電影或是驚悚

These are all examples of genre.

這是所有類型的例子

So, comics also have many different genres or types.

所以漫畫有非常多不同的類型或是形式

Yes, there are superhero comics, like Watchmen or X-Men, but let me show you some of the

是的，是有超級英文的漫畫，像是守護者、X-Men，但我來舉一些

other types of comics you might come across.

其他型式的漫畫你可能會碰到的

Okay.

Okay

I have here a comic... or, sorry, a graphic novel called Maus.

我這裡有一本漫畫，抱歉，他是一本叫鼠族的圖象小說

This book is about a family that lived during World War II and about the Holocaust, so this

這是一本有關於一個家庭生活在二次世界大戰當中及有關大屠殺的書，這

is a very serious book.

是一本非常嚴肅的書

It's not for children.

他並不適合給兒童

It's not a superhero genre; it's more of a drama.

他不是超級英雄類型，他更像一部戲劇

I have here this book, American Born Chinese.

我這裡有這本書「美生中國人」

This book is about somebody's experience immigrating to the United States.

這是一本有關某人移民到美國的經驗

So, again, it's about a person's real life experiences.

再次說明，他是有關個人真實生活經驗

I have here the book Jerusalem.

這裡還有一本書耶路撤冷

This graphic novel-and so, it looks like a novel, but if you look, there's actually a

這是一本圖像小說，他看起來像是一本小說，但如果你仔細看，這裡其實有

lot of pictures-is actually about the Middle East and the history of the Middle East.

非常多實際上關於中東及中東歷史的圖片

And then I have this book, The Art of War, which is actually about... a philosophy book.

然後我還有這一本書，「The Art of War」，這是一本...哲學書

The Art of War, you might have heard of it.

The Art of War，你也許聽過他

This is the comic book version.

這是漫畫版的書

So, there are so many different types of graphic novels or comics, and they cover all different

所以這裡有非常多不同類型的圖象小說或是漫畫，他們涵蓋了所有不同

types of genres.

類型

So, whatever you like, you can probably find in comic book or graphic novel form, whether

不論你喜歡什麼，你都有可能在漫畫或是圖象小說找到

it's romance, biography, comedy - there's many different types of graphic novels and comics.

不論他是羅曼史、傳記、喜劇，有非常多不同種類的圖象小說及漫畫

Let me put these back.

讓我把書放回去

So, one reason why reading graphic novels and comics can be so helpful for students

所以這是一個為什麼閱讀圖象小說跟漫畫是對學生如此有幫助

is that there's a picture with the conversation, and so it's easier to guess what a word means

這裡有包含對話的圖片，所以會比較容易去猜測這字的意思

or to improve your understanding of a new word because you can look at a picture, and

或者是幫助你去理解一個新的單字，因為你可以看圖

that really helps you understand.

這真的非常能幫助你去理解

In regular novels there are no pictures, so you have to spend a lot of time looking through

在一般的小說裡面沒有圖片，所以你會花很多時間去查

a dictionary to understand the book.

字典來理解這本書

In a graphic novel, you can often guess what something means just by looking at the picture.

在圖象小說，你可以經常透過看圖來猜測某件事的意義

Okay.

OKay

And another reason why comics or graphic novels are great to read is you have a lot of different

另一個為什麼漫畫或圖象小說會比較適合去閱讀的原因在於，你會遇到很多的

characters; sometimes teenagers, sometimes adults, sometimes seniors.

角色;有時候是青少年，有時候是成年人，有時候是恤年人

Different characters use different types of English.

不同的角色使用不同型式的英語

Some people might use formal language, like a professor; some people might use informal

有的人會使用正式的語言，例如教授;有的人會使用不正式的

language, like a teenager, they might use slang.

語言，像是年輕人，他們可能會用俚語

So, when you read a graphic novel or a comic, you can actually see and have an understanding

所以，當你閱讀圖象小說或是漫畫時，你可以真正的看到及理解

of the type of English different people use.

不同的人使用不同型式的英語

You can notice: "Okay, here's a picture of a senior or an elderly person.

你可以注意;「Okay，這是一個老年人或一個較老的人

What words are they using?"

他們使用什麼單字」

And then you might see a picture of a teenager, and you can think: "Okay, this person's a

然後你也可能看到一個青少年的圖象，然後你會知道「Okay，這個人是

teenager.

青少年」

How are they speaking?

他們怎麼說?

What words are they using?"

他們使用什麼字?

So there's a lot of information you can get from English from comics and graphic novels

所以你可以從漫畫或圖象小說中的英語得到很多的訊息

that you don't see in regular novels as easily.

你在普通小說當中不那麼容易看到的

So, just to recap: I think comics and graphic novels are great to... if you want to improve

所以，概括一下，我認為漫畫或圖象小說比較好，如果你想增進

your English and if you like reading.

你的英語以及你喜歡閱讀的話

Comics and graphic novels are not just for children; there are many adult comics and

漫畫及圖象小說並不只是給小孩看的，有非常多成人漫畫及

graphic novels.

圖象小說

You can learn a lot by the conversation you will see in a comic or a graphic novel, and

透過漫畫或圖象小說你可以從對話當中學到很多以及

you can use the picture to help you with your understanding.

你可以使用圖象來幫助你的理解

So, for these reasons I highly, highly recommend comics and graphic novels.

所以，基於這些理由我強烈建議漫畫及圖象小說

Last thing I'm going to say: I have a lot of different comics and graphic novels I read.

最後我要說的是;我讀了大量不同的漫畫及圖象小說

The ones you saw today are good ones, but there's so many that I love.

你今天看到的是一個好的例子，但其實我愛的非常多

If you want to learn about Toronto, where I'm from, I recommend Scott Pilgrim, because

如果你想理解多倫多，我出自那裡，我建議歪小子史考特，因為

that whole comic is about Toronto, so you can actually learn about another place.

整本漫畫都在講多倫多，所以你可以真正理解另一個地方

So, thank you for watching, and I look forward to reading your comments about this video.

謝謝你們的收看，以及我非常期待閱讀到你們對於這個視頻的評論

If you want to practice some of what you learned from this video, you can visit our website

如果你想練習從本視頻中所學的，你可以參觀我們的網站

at www.engvid.com, and there you can actually take a quiz on the material we talked about.

www.engvid.com，你可以從我們談論的素材做一個測驗

You can also subscribe to my channel-don't forget to ring the bell-where you will actually

你也可以訂閱我的頻道，不要忘了。那裡你會實際上

find more videos on many different subjects, including pronunciation, listening, writing,

發現更多的視頻還有主題，包含了發音，聽力，寫作，

reading, and so much more.

閱讀，以及更多的東西

So, thank you so much for watching; and until next time, take care.

非常感謝你們的觀看，下次見，保重!