How to Remember Vocabulary

Welcome to the video. My name is Ronnie.

欢迎来到视频。我的名字是罗尼。

Today, I am going to teach you how to remember vocabulary.

今天，我要教你如何记忆词汇。

One of the biggest, and most important things about learning a language, or just talking (laughs), is remembering vocabulary.

其中一件最大，也是最重要的事情关于学习语言，或只是说（笑），是记住词汇量。

You might have new vocabulary that you've never heard before or it might be vocabulary that you've heard a hundred times and you always forget.

你可能有新的词汇，你从来没有听说过，也可能是词汇你听说过一百遍，你总是忘记。

The very first rule when you're trying to learn a new language - the very basic - and a lot of people ask me: "Ronnie, how can I learn English?"

非常基本的 - - 当你想学习一门新语言的第一个规则，有很多人问我：“罗尼，我怎样才能学好英语？”

I'm a beginner in English, I want to learn English. The best way to begin learning English is to learn vocabulary; basic vocabulary and then go on to grammar... oh!

我是英语初学者，我想学英语。最好的方式是学习词汇，基本词汇，然后语法......哦！

Verbs would be a good way to start. I remember learning French when I was a child, I learned the colors first and then we went on to verbs and I was lost... (Chuckles) I can´t speak French.

动词将是一个良好的开端。我记得学习法语，当我还是个孩子，我初次学到的颜色，然后我们接着动词和我迷路了......（轻笑）我不能讲法语。

I can teach you English, though. Today's lesson is on how to remember vocabulary. The number one rule is: Repeat, repeat and repeat.

我可以教你的英语，虽然。今天的课程是如何记住的词汇。头号规则是：重复，重复再重复。

The only way that I can remember new vocabulary (because I am a visual learner, which means I must see things to remember them) I have to write new words down.

唯一的途径我能够记住新词汇（因为我是一个视觉学习者，这意味着我必须通过看到来记住）我就必须将新词汇写下来。

As soon as I write the new words down, for some reason, my brain remembers.

当我写新词，因为某些原因，我的大脑会记住它。

Everyone has a different way of learning; maybe you are an audio learner, that means you learn from hearing.

每个人都有不同的学习方式，也许你是一个音频学习者，这意味着你通过听来学习。

If you are an audio learner you´re lucky!... Because you will be very good at languages and...because I'm more of a visual learner if someone tells me a new word

如果你是一个音频学习者，你可真幸运！...因为你的语感非常好...而因为我更多的是一个视觉学习者，所以如果有人告诉我一个新词

I don't remember the new word, what I have to do, like I said, is write the word down and visualize the word.

我不会记得新词，那我能怎么做呢，就像我说的，我会写下来，把新词可视化。

Repeat, repeat, repeat...

重复，重复，重复......

Two: A really, really good technique that I used (some of you may know) I lived in Japan for four beautiful years. I actually tried to learn Japanese

第二点、一个非常，非常好的我所使用的小技巧，（有些人可能知道）我在日本度过了美丽的四年，而且我尝试学习日语

...yes, yes, it was exciting and fun!

......是的，是的，这是相当令人兴奋和有趣！

One way that I learned Kanji, (which is Chinese script) is I had a poster in my toilet of the different Chinese or Japanese characters

有一种我学习Kanji的方式，（Kanji是日语中的中文汉字），就是我在厕所粘一张海报，海报上有不同的汉字和日文

So everytime I went to the toilet, I would look at the poster; I am not physically consciously trying to learn it, we call it: "subconscious"; I´m subconsciously learning

所以，每次我上厕所，我就会看到海报，我就会不自觉地试图了解它，我把它称为“下意识” ，我在下意识学习

the symbols because I´m seeing it everyday. Sometimes three times a day I would see that new vocabulary. It would help me to remember because I could repeat.

符号，因为我每一天都看到它。有时一天我会看到某个新词汇三次。这将帮助我记住它，因为我一直在重复。

Eventually, I would understand it, I would get it. Another really good technique is to use a poster, as I said, (which is a big paper) and write down new vocabulary words

最后，我会理解，并记住它。另一个真正的好方法是使用一个海报，正如我所说的，（这是一个很大的纸），并写下新词汇

Or get small sticky notes. I think everyone understands sticky notes

或者使用即时贴。我想每个人都知道即时贴

They're about 'yay' big

它们只有一点点大

And you stick them on something.

你可以把它们黏在某些东西上

When I started to learn Spanish...

当我开始学习西班牙语...

I'm still doing that..

我仍然这样做..

I would take the sticky notes and I would stick them on the things that corresponded to the word.

我会在即时贴上写上新词汇，并把它黏在对应这个词意思的东西上。

For example, if I was going to learn about a chair.

例如，如果我要学习椅子这个单词。

I would take a sticker that said 'silla'

我会在一个即时贴上写上“silla”

And I would put it on the chair. I would take my sticky note and put it on the chair.

然后我把它撕下来，贴在椅子上

So every time I looked at the chair I would remember the Spanish word.

所以每次我看着椅子的时候，我会记得它的西班牙单词。

...But I forget now. I think it's 'silla'

......但我现在忘了。我想它应该是“silla”

I think it's my pronunciation that's bad, isn't it? Yeah.

我认为我的发音很糟糕，不是吗？

So if you see the words or a group of words everyday, it will help you remember.

所以，如果你每天看到单词、或一组单词，它会帮助你记住。

One very important thing to also remember is that you cannot learn 100 words a day.

也记得其中一个很重要的事情是，你不可能一天学习100个单词。

I would limit myself to no more than 10 new words a day.

我会限制自己每天学习不超过10个新单词。

That's a lot.

这已经很多了。

I would go for 3, 4, or 5.

有时候我只会学习3、4或5个

If you're a more advanced English learner and you're trying to learn a lot of new vocabulary. I would do 10.

如果你是一个更高级的英语学习者，你想学到很多新词汇，我会建议你每天学习10个新单词。

But it's important to repeat, repeat, repeat.

但是，最重要的是“重复，重复再重复”

So in 1 week (10 times 7) you're going to have 70 new words in your brain.

因此，1周下来（每天10个新单词），你将在你的大脑里记下70个新单词。

But if you don't repeat them you will lose those words.

但是，如果你不重复记忆，你将失去那些单词。

Because I'm a visual learner I also like to draw pictures.

因为我是一个视觉学习者，我也很喜欢画画。

I'm a very good artist.

我是一个很好的艺术家。

So one way I learn things is by drawing pictures, and putting the words inside the pictures.

所以，我学东西的另一个方法就是画画，并把单词写在的画里。

If you like arts or you're good at computer graphics you can make little pictures or posters with English words exactly into the picture.

如果你喜欢艺术，或者你擅长计算机画图，你可以制作包含英文单词的小图片或海报。

So if I was going to draw a picture of a donkey, I would write the word donkey and make the shape of a donkey.

所以，如果我要画驴，我会写下驴的单词，并画出驴的形状。

So I remember from doing art.

所以，我通过画画来记住。

The next one which is more of an academic way of learning vocabulary is to take a word that you've learned

下一个是更加学术的学习词汇的方法，是使用你已经学到的单词

make a sentence with the new word.

用它来造句。

If I have the word donkey I can say "I want a donkey."

如果我想记住驴的单词，我可以说：“我想要一只驴。”

So what I'm doing is I am making a sentence, so I'm improving my grammar

所以，当我在造句的同时，我也提高了我的语法技能

And I'm also repeating, repeating, repeating the new vocabulary.

而且我也重复，重复，重复新词汇。

I can also say 'Hey, maybe I don't want a donkey'.

我也可以说'嘿，也许我不想要一只驴“。

As long as you make a sentence and repeat the sentence, it's going to help you.

只要你造一个句子，并重复这句话，它会帮助你记住新单词。

The last trick, which is fun, this is my favourite.

最后一招，也是最有趣的，我最喜欢的方法。

Your own native language can help you remember English vocabulary.

你自己的母语能帮助你记忆英语词汇。

A very good example of this is, in Japan, there is a word called 'Bimbo'.

一个很好的例子，在日本，有一个单词叫做'Bimbo'。

In Japanese it means 'broke'. It means you have no money.

它的意思是破产，这意味着你没有钱了。

When I went to Japan I heard the word 'Bimbo, Bimbo, Bimbo!' (laughs)

当我去日本，我听到这个词'Bimbo，Bimbo，Bimbo！ （笑）

Why are people talking about stupid girls?

我觉得很奇怪，为什么人们在谈论愚蠢的女孩？

In English, 'Bimbo' means a girl who is stupid.

在英语中，“Bimbo”是指一个女孩很愚蠢。

Or not very intelligent.

或者不是很聪明。

I couldn't understand why so many Japanese people were saying 'Stupid girl, stupid girl, stupid girl'

我不明白为什么这么多的日本人民说：“傻丫头，傻丫头，傻丫头”

And then I asked someone 'What does Bimbo mean?"

然后我问别人，‘Bimbo'是什么意思？“

And they said... this means no money so if you can use your own language.

他们说......这意味着没有钱，所以，如果你可以用你自己的语言。

and maybe there's even a word that sounds similar in your language like Bimbo.

也许甚至还有这听起来您的语言像'Bimbo'相似的词。

I'm trying to learn Spanish...

我想学习西班牙语...

(sigh) I'm not doing a very good job at it but if I hear a word that sounds like an English word, it helps me remember the word more.

（叹气）但我做的并不好，不过如果我听到一个像英文发音的西班牙单词，我会更容易记住它。

I want you to try and think of your language and English. Even if the word sounds a little bit the same, your language can help you learn another language.

我希望你能尝试和思考你的语言和英语之间的发音。即使某个词听起来只有一点点相同，你的语言也可以帮助你学习另一种语言。

The word might even be the same in your language, if you're lucky!

某个单词甚至可能是和你的语言是一样的，那是相当幸运！

If you need help in remembering vocabulary, number one rule..

如果你需要记住词汇，头号规则..

Repeat, repeat, repeat.

重复，重复再重复。

Look at it every day. Visualise it. Write it down. Talk about it.

每天看着它，写下它，把它说出来。

It'll help you. It'll stick in your brain.

这会帮助你，把它记在你的大脑里。

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