Improve your English with COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS

Hello.

你好。

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

我叫爱玛（Emma），在今天的视频中，我是 要回答一个我听到很多的问题。

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

很多正在学习英语的人 阅读，但他们遇到的问题是当

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

他们很多时候看英文书 对他们来说太难了，所以很多学生

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

问我：“埃玛，有什么好读的书 帮助我学习英语？”

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

所以，今天我要告诉你我的 忠告我认为学生应该怎么做

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

他们喜欢阅读，也想阅读英语 图书。

I recommend reading comic books or graphic novels.

我建议阅读漫画或图画 小说。

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

现在，在我进一步之前，我想 说：“什么是漫画书？

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

什么是图画小说？”然后我 告诉你为什么你应该读这些书。

So, let me show you two examples.

因此，让我向您展示两个示例。

This is an X-Men comic.

这是X战警漫画。

Okay?

好的？

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

这是关于超级英雄的。然后我们有这个 这本书《守望者》是一本图画小说。

The difference is pretty much in the length.

差别在于长度。

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

请注意，这很短，而这 是漫画的集合吗？-它在

a book form.

书本形式。

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

这是一本图画小说。这是漫画。

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

如果打开这些，所有这些都丰富多彩 带有不同对话的图片和

storyline.

故事情节。

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

因此，许多人认为漫画和图形 小说是给孩子们的。

This is not true.

这不是真的。

Many adults read comics and graphic novels.

许多成年人读漫画和图画小说。

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

他们之所以对人如此好的原因 学习英语是因为他们有很多

conversation in them.

他们之间的对话。

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

因此，如果您读小说，有很多 描述，很多单词，有时

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

作者想写得很诗意， 语言可能不是语言类型

people usually use.

人们通常使用。

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

当您阅读漫画书或图画小说时， 语言更多是关于谈话，所以

you will see a lot of conversation language.

您会看到很多对话语言。

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

您将看到有关常用表达的语言 人们使用，语，我们使用的常用词汇

when we talk.

当我们聊天时。

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

当你读一本小说时，你并没有真正得到 尽可能多的。

Okay?

好的？

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

您还将在漫画中看到很多语法， 以及图画小说。

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

而且阅读语法或 注意语法点，因为句子中

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

图画小说和漫画通常较短， 所以您可以看到目前完美的例子，

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

您可以看到将来时的示例， 您可以看到过去完美连续的例子。

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

所以有很多很棒的语法要点 你会注意到你是否可以读小说

or comics.

或漫画。

Okay.

好的。

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

我想谈的另一件事是人 有时不想看漫画，因为

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

他们认为自己一直都是关于超级英雄的， 有些人不喜欢阅读超级英雄。

Comics and graphic novels cover a lot of different genres.

漫画和图画小说涵盖了许多不同的方面 流派。

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

“类型”是表达类型的一种方式。

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

例如，电影类型是浪漫的 喜剧，冒险电影或惊悚片。

These are all examples of genre.

这些都是流派的例子。

So, comics also have many different genres or types.

因此，漫画也有许多不同的流派 或类型。

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

是的，有超级英雄漫画，例如守望者 或X战警，但让我向您展示一些

other types of comics you might come across.

您可能会遇到的其他类型的漫画。

Okay.

好的。

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

我在这里有漫画...或抱歉，有图形 小说叫莫斯。

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

这本书是关于一个住在 第二次世界大战和大屠杀，所以这

is a very serious book.

是一本非常严肃的书。

It's not for children.

不是给孩子的。

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

这不是超级英雄类型；更像是 戏剧。

I have here this book, American Born Chinese.

我这本书是《美国出生的中国人》。

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

这本书是关于某人移民的经验 到美国。

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

再次，这是关于一个人的真实生活 经验。

I have here the book Jerusalem.

我这里有耶路撒冷书。

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

这本图画小说-因此，它看起来像 小说，但是如果你看，实际上是

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

很多图片-实际上是关于中间的 东方和中东的历史。

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

然后我有这本书《孙子兵法》 实际上是关于一本哲学书。

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

您可能已经听说过《孙子兵法》。

This is the comic book version.

这是漫画版。

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

因此，有许多不同类型的图形 小说或漫画，它们涵盖了所有不同的方面

types of genres.

流派类型。

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

因此，无论您喜欢什么，都可以找到 无论是漫画书还是漫画小说

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

这是浪漫史，传记，喜剧-有 许多不同类型的图形小说和漫画。

Let me put these back.

让我放回去。

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

因此，阅读图画小说的原因之一 漫画对学生有很大帮助

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

谈话中有一幅图画， 所以更容易猜出单词的意思

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

或提高您对新产品的了解 因为您可以看一张图片，

that really helps you understand.

确实可以帮助您了解。

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

在普通小说中没有图片，所以 你必须花很多时间浏览

a dictionary to understand the book.

字典以了解这本书。

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

在图画小说中，您经常会猜出什么 意思就是只看图片。

Okay.

好的。

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

漫画或图画小说的另一个原因 很棒，因为你有很多不同之处

characters; sometimes teenagers, sometimes adults, sometimes seniors.

字符有时候是青少年 成人，有时是老年人。

Different characters use different types of English.

不同角色使用不同类型的 英语。

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

有些人可能会使用正式语言，例如 一位教授;有些人可能会使用非正式

language, like a teenager, they might use slang.

语言，就像青少年一样，他们可能会使用 俚语。

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

因此，当您阅读图画小说或漫画时， 您实际上可以看到并了解

of the type of English different people use.

不同的人使用的英语类型。

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

您会注意到：“好吧，这是一张 老年人或老年人。

What words are they using?"

他们在用什么词？”

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

然后您可能会看到一张少年的照片， 你会想：“好吧，这个人是一个

teenager.

青少年。

How are they speaking?

他们怎么说？

What words are they using?"

他们在用什么词？”

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

因此，您可以获得很多信息 来自漫画和平面小说的英语

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

您在普通小说中看不到那么容易。

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

总结一下：我认为漫画和图形 小说很适合...如果你想改善

your English and if you like reading.

您的英语，如果您喜欢阅读。

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

漫画和图画小说不仅是为了 孩子们有很多成人漫画，

graphic novels.

图文小说。

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

通过对话，您可以学到很多东西 会在漫画或图画小说中看到，并且

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

您可以使用图片来帮助您 理解。

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

因此，出于这些原因，我强烈建议 漫画和图画小说。

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

我要说的最后一件事：我有很多 我读过的各种漫画和图画小说。

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

你今天看到的是好的，但是 我爱的太多了。

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

如果您想了解多伦多， 我来自，我推荐Scott Pilgrim，因为

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

那整个漫画都是关于多伦多的，所以你 可以真正了解另一个地方。

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

因此，感谢您的收看，我很期待 阅读您对此视频的评论。

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

如果你想练习一些学到的东西 通过此视频，您可以访问我们的网站

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

在www.engvid.com上，您实际上可以 对我们讨论的材料进行测验。

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

您也可以订阅我的频道 忘了按铃，你实际上会在哪里

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

查找更多有关许多不同主题的视频， 包括发音，听力，写作，

reading, and so much more.

阅读等等。

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

因此，非常感谢您的观看；直到 下次，保重。