9 Ways to Think in English and Stop Translating in Your Head | Go Natural English

如何在你腦中停止翻譯，並且開始像母語人士般以英文思考

Hey, Naturals. What's up?

嘿，自然。這是怎麼回事？

It's your favorite American English teacher Gabby here with a Go Natural English lesson to help you

這是你最喜歡的美國英語老師Gabby，這裡有Go Natural English課程來幫助你

to stop

停止

Translating everything from English into your native language in

將所有內容從英語翻譯成您的母語

your head in your mind and your brain in your noggin and

你的頭腦在腦海中，你的大腦在你的頭腦中

to start

開始

thinking only in English it is

它只是用英語思考

Possible believe me no matter what level you're at right now

無論你現在處於什麼水平，都可能相信我

It's possible to think in English

可以用英語思考

And I'm gonna show you how I'm gonna give you 9

而且我會告訴你我將如何給你9

Tips that will help you on your journey to thinking just like a native English speaker

提示將幫助您像母語為英語的人一樣思考

So if this is interesting to you, then keep watching

所以，如果這對你有意思，那就繼續觀看吧

So first of all, what's the problem with translating everything

首先，翻譯所有內容的問題是什麼

Into your native language before you come up with a response in English. Well if you're in a

在用英語提出回復之前，請使用您的母語。好吧，如果你在

Conversation or some situation where you need to really process information quickly and be able to

會話或某些情況，您需要真正快速處理信息並能夠

respond rapidly in an

快速回應

appropriate timely manner

適時及時

Then you really don't have time to translate

那你真的沒有時間翻譯

Even if you're super smart which I know you are and you're really good at English. Which I know you are it still takes time

即使你是超級聰明的我知道你是誰，你真的擅長英語。我知道你還需要時間

to process all the information you're getting in English into your native language and then

用英語將您獲得的所有信息處理成您的母語

Think in your native language, okay, what am I gonna say how am I gonna respond and then translate that

用您的母語思考，好吧，我會說我將如何回應然後翻譯它

Back into English it's a lot of work for your brain to do and no matter how

回到英語，無論如何，你的大腦都要做很多工作

Awesomely intelligent you are it's gonna take too long in a native speed kind of fast back and forth conversation

非常聰明，你需要花費太長時間才能以原生的速度快速來回交談

so if you are in a social situation if you're in a meeting at work if you are at a

所以如果你在社交場合，如果你在工作會議，如果你在一個

Presentation and you want to ask questions

演示文稿，您想提問

You really need to be able to think in English

你真的需要能夠用英語思考

So the problem started with the way that we learn

所以問題始於我們學習的方式

Foreign languages this happened to me when I was learning Spanish in the classroom

當我在課堂上學習西班牙語時，這種情況發生在我身上

How did we learn we learn through translating with Spanish

我們是如何通過翻譯西班牙語來學習的

I learned that one is Uno and two is dos and

我了解到一個是Uno，兩個是dos和

Let's see

讓我們來看看

coffee is

咖啡是

Cafe and

咖啡廳和

So on so of course it's easy, and it makes sense to begin this way because we know

所以當然這很容易，因為我們知道這樣開始是有意義的

vocabulary in our native language

用我們的母語詞彙

but it actually is hurting us once we get into

但是一旦我們進入，它實際上正在傷害我們

Conversational English or in my case conversational Spanish, so when I left the classroom

會話英語或在我的情況下會話西班牙語，所以當我離開教室

When I left my English sorry my Spanish classroom

當我離開英語時對不起我的西班牙語課堂

And I tried to have a conversation with native Spanish speakers

我試著與西班牙語母語人士進行對話

I was like in total shock my jaw hit the ground because I

因為我，我的下巴完全震驚了

Couldn't understand anything and I definitely couldn't respond because I was trying to just

無法理解任何事情，我肯定無法回應，因為我試圖做到這一點

Identify a few words that I could recognize that I could hear that I could listen to that I could comprehend and then

找出一些我能認出的話，我能聽到我能聽到的，然後就能理解

Translate those into English and then think in English to translate back into Spanish

將這些翻譯成英文，然後用英語思考翻譯成西班牙語

And I was a wreck so I don't want that to happen to you

我是一個殘骸，所以我不希望這發生在你身上

Maybe you know how that feels already let me give you some suggestions to get you started

也許你知道這種感覺已經讓我給你一些建議讓你開始

thinking in

思考

English

英語

first let's start small

首先讓我們從小做起

Understanding everything in English and being able to respond in English is like a big meal. That's a lot of vocabulary or a lot of

用英語理解所有內容並能用英語回答就像是一頓大餐。這是很多詞彙或很多

food to digest right so let's start by taking small bites and

食物要消化，所以讓我們從吃點小吃開始吧

digest thoroughly so start by doing small daily activities in

徹底消化，所以從做日常小活動開始

English so for example

例如，英語

Every day, I take my dog for a walk or sometimes we go for a run so sometimes

每天，我帶著我的狗去散步，或者有時我們會去跑步

I talk to him usually in English, but sometimes just to really confuse him

我通常用英語與他交談，但有時只是為了讓他感到困惑

I talked to him in Spanish and instead of saying come let's go

我用西班牙語與他交談，而不是說讓我們走吧

I'll say ven, vamonos right so you could do this in English

我會說ven，vamonos對，所以你可以用英語做到這一點

Maybe if you have a pet or if you don't have a pet there's other ways, too

也許如果你有一隻寵物或者如果你沒有寵物，那麼也有其他方法

I bet you have a phone if you have a smart phone you could set that in

我打賭你有一部手機，如果你有一部智能手機可以設置

English so that every time you open up your phone there's English vocabulary

英語，這樣每次打開手機都會有英語詞彙

For you to work with this is an example of an everyday

對你來說，這是一個日常的例子

Activity probably multiple times a day you're looking at your phone that you could do in English

活動可能一天多次，你正在看你的手機，你可以用英語做

And maybe there's other things that you can think of too

也許還有其他你可以想到的事情

So what are some other suggestions of small daily activities that you could do in English?

那麼你可以用英語做一些小日常活動的其他建議呢？

Comment let me know what you think

評論讓我知道你的想法

Okay, next listen to more English this doesn't even have to take up more of your time

好的，接下來聽更多的英語，這甚至不需要佔用你更多的時間

You can give yourself an immersive experience in

你可以給自己一個身臨其境的體驗

English no matter where you are

英語，無論你身在何處

Open up your laptop or your smartphone and download

打開筆記本電腦或智能手機並下載

Some podcasts in English or listen to internet radio or put on a video on YouTube or on

一些播客用英語或收聽互聯網廣播或在YouTube上播放視頻

Netflix in English and play it in the background while you're doing other work that doesn't require intense

Netflix的英文版，在你做其他不需要激烈的工作的同時在後台播放

focus I love doing this when I'm just doing housework or like organizing stuff around my

專注我喜歡這樣做，當我只做家務或喜歡組織我的周圍的東西

room or my office or whatever I will listen to music and other languages because I love learning the lyrics to songs in

房間或我的辦公室或任何我會聽音樂和其他語言，因為我喜歡學習歌曲的歌詞

Spanish or in Portuguese or in other languages that I want to learn so most recently I was

西班牙語或葡萄牙語或其他語言，我想學習，所以最近我是

Listening in Spanish to the song called Lloraras

用西班牙語聽這首名叫Lloraras的歌

Which is a famous salsa song I highly recommend it if you'd like to get into Salsa

這是一首著名的薩爾薩歌曲，如果你想進入薩爾薩，我強烈推薦它

But anyway, let me continue with tips for thinking in English

但無論如何，讓我繼續提出用英語思考的技巧

3 try Guessing or

3嘗試猜猜或

Planning what native English speakers are going to say in that next

規劃母語為英語的人將在下一步說些什麼

Conversation or in that presentation or whatever situation that you're going to be in in

會話或在演示中或您將要進入的任何情況

English so when you predict based on your life experience what you think people are going to say

英語，所以當你根據自己的人生經歷預測你認為人們會說什麼

You will be more prepared and more confident

你會更有準備，更自信

You're preparing your brain to receive that information

你正在準備你的大腦來接收這些信息

And you'd be surprised probably like eight out of ten times

而且你可能會驚訝地發現十分之八

You're going to be correct now. Don't get too attached

你現在要正確了。不要太依戀

To your prediction because of course other people don't know that script that's going on in your head

對於你的預測，因為其他人當然不知道你頭腦中正在發生的劇本

So be prepared for something different to come out of people's mouths but just by exploring the different options or your

所以要準備好從人們口中出來的不同東西，只需要探索不同的選擇或你的

Prediction or guess of what you think will happen you're gonna feel way more

預測或猜測你認為會發生什麼，你會感覺更多

Confident, and you're gonna be able to process that information

自信，你將能夠處理這些信息

Faster and to think in English yourself because you're already thinking when you predict what's going to happen in a conversation

更快，自己用英語思考，因為你已經在思考何時預測會話中會發生什麼

four stop learning exclusively through translation

四個人通過翻譯完全學習

Especially once you're out of your beginner English class we have to learn through association through

特別是一旦你離開初級英語課，我們必須通過協會來學習

Experience through observing watching listening through touching through your life experience you have to

通過觸摸您必須的生活經驗來觀察觀看傾聽的體驗

Associate the word with the meaning and not the English word with your native language word

將單詞與含義相關聯，而不是將英語單詞與您的母語單詞相關聯

Okay, words are just where they're just letters, okay?

好的，單詞就在他們只是字母的地方，好嗎？

The real true meaning is what you understand and then you can attach that to the word okay?

真正的真正含義是你理解的，然後你可以把它附加到好的單詞？

So book is not necessarily

所以書不一定

livro in in Spanish or Portuguese

livro in西班牙語或葡萄牙語

It's a thing with pieces of paper and writing that I can read and learn from so I hope this is making sense

這是我可以閱讀和學習的紙和書寫的東西所以我希望這是有道理的

But you have to stop learning exclusively through

但你必須完全停止學習

Translation and

翻譯和

next very closely related number five is to stop using a bilingual dictionary the best use of your

接下來非常密切相關的第五個是停止使用雙語詞典最好地利用你的

bilingual dictionary where there's English and then your native language is actually as like a

雙語詞典，其中有英語，然後你的母語實際上就像一個

Coaster where you put your coffee cup on

你把咖啡杯放在上面的過山車

On top of your table, so it doesn't leave a circle on your table

在桌子的頂部，所以它不會在你的桌子上留下一個圓圈

That's the best use for it because if you continue to use this bilingual dictionary to learn vocabulary

這是最好用的，因為如果你繼續使用這個雙語詞典來學習詞彙

In English you're always going to be practicing

在英語中，你總是會練習

translation so just use that thing as a coaster or whatever and use a

翻譯所以只是把那個東西用作過山車或其他任何東西並使用

monolingual dictionary instead monolingual means one language so English to English and you're going to

單語詞典而不是單語是指一種語言，所以英語到英語，你會去

exponentially expand your English language

以指數方式擴展您的英語語言

vocabulary when you do this

你這樣做的詞彙

next number six label objects in your environment in

您環境中的下一個六號標籤對象

English you can just do this in your head

英語你可以在腦海中做到這一點

It's super simple super fast and easy doesn't cost anything or you could actually write the words on paper and tape

它超級簡單，超級快速，簡單，不需要任何費用，或者你可以在紙上和磁帶上寫字

Those labels right to the objects or use sticky notes or something and for example if I see a book and I'm learning Spanish

那些標籤對像或使用粘滯便箋或其他東西，例如，如果我看到一本書，我正在學習西班牙語

Then I would write on my sticky note libro

然後我會寫在我的便籤上

And I think I said Livro before, but that's actually portuguese I get confused between Spanish and portuguese

而且我想我之前曾說過Livro，但這實際上是葡萄牙語，我對西班牙語和葡萄牙語感到困惑

I will tell you honestly it is not always easy to learn both at the same time so anyway

老實說，無論如何，要同時學習兩者並不總是那麼容易

Libro is booked if I'm learning Spanish

如果我正在學習西班牙語，Libro會被預訂

Maybe livro if I'm learning Portuguese hey if I'm learning Arabic

也許livro如果我正在學習葡萄牙語，如果我正在學習阿拉伯語的話

It's kitab you can help me with my pronunciation in the comments, but put a label on everyday objects

你可以在評論中幫助我發音，但在日常物品上貼上標籤

This is really especially helpful for beginners intermediate

這對於初學者來說真的特別有用

Level English learners, but it can be fun to do just to remind yourself to think in English at any

英語水平的學習者，但提醒自己用英語思考可能很有趣

level

水平

Number 7. Talk to yourself in

7號。自言自語

English when you talk to yourself out loud

當你大聲跟自己說話的時候英語

It does so many good things for you

它為你做了很多好事

Not only are you going to practice your pronunciation your speaking your vocabulary your fluency

你不僅要練習發音，而且要說流利的詞彙

But you are developing that thinking and English skill

但是你正在發展這種思維和英語技能

so what kind of things should you say when you're talking to yourself out loud in English and

所以，當你用英語和大聲說話時，你應該說什麼樣的話

When should you do this well first of all I would suggest doing this perhaps in the privacy of your own home

你應該什麼時候做好這件事我首先建議你可以在自己家裡的私密空間裡做這件事

Maybe not around your co-workers or people that might think you've gone crazy

也許不是你的同事或可能認為你瘋了的人

So what do you tell yourself?

那麼你告訴自己什麼？

Well, you could ask yourself questions for example right now

好吧，你現在可以問自己一些問題

I'm thinking what am I going to eat for lunch today?

我在想今天午餐吃什麼？

So if I am trying to improve my Portuguese I might think to myself and say out loud

因此，如果我想提高我的葡萄牙語，我可能會想到並大聲說出來

"O que vou comer hoje no almorco?"

“O que vou comer hoje no almorco？”

Yeah, think that's right. If it's not you can tell me in the comments

是的，認為這是對的。如果不是，你可以在評論中告訴我

but it's okay if you make a mistake talking out loud to yourself if your grammars not perfect if your

但是，如果你的語法不完美，如果你的語法沒有完美，你可能會犯錯誤

pronunciation is not perfect

發音不完美

it's okay because the point is not to be perfect the point is for you to develop that habit of

沒關係，因為重點不是完美，關鍵在於你養成這種習慣

Thinking and speaking the language so it's totally okay

思考和說出語言，這樣就完全可以了

Just make a mental note of what you're not sure about if you are not sure if you're supposed to use

如果您不確定是否應該使用，請記下您不確定的內容

like the article the or whatever it is you're not sure about and then you could ask someone just like I asked you in the

喜歡這篇文章或者你不確定的任何東西，然後你可以像我在問你那樣問別人

Comments, you could ask your native speaker friend your teacher or do some research online

評論，您可以向您的母語人士詢問您的老師或在線進行一些研究

Another way, I really love to talk to myself out loud in languages

另一種方式，我真的很想用語言大聲說話

I'm learning is to sing a song so I mentioned earlier that I was

我正在學習的是唱一首歌，所以我之前提到我是

Listening to a song called Lloraras, which means you will cry

聽一首叫Lloraras的歌，這意味著你會哭

it's kind of a sad song actually, but I love to actually sing that song when I'm

它實際上是一首悲傷的歌，但我喜歡在我唱歌的時候真的唱這首歌

Just you know doing house chores or walking my dog

只是你知道做家務或遛狗

I'll just be like yeah se que tu no quieres que yo a ti te quiera

我只是喜歡，因為我不知道如何在一個地方

So I'm not a great singer so I'm gonna stop but just to give you an example

所以我不是一個偉大的歌手，所以我會停下來，但只是給你一個例子

That is what I love doing and I might even mix in some Salsa dance moves. Well, I'm singing

這就是我喜歡做的事情，我甚至可能會混合一些Salsa舞蹈動作。好吧，我在唱歌

eight just start thinking in English with a

八，剛開始用英語思考

Mantra or a motto or some phrase that just gets you started like on

Mantra或一個座右銘或一些短語，讓你開始喜歡

autopilot

自動駕駛儀

Automatically so my phrase might be I am improving my English

自動，所以我的短語可能是我提高我的英語

every day

每天

And I would say that in English out loud to myself or just think it okay if I'm learning Portuguese

我會用英語大聲說自己，或者只是覺得我學習葡萄牙語就好了

I might say to myself

我可能會對自己說

Bom dia, a cada dia estou melhorando meu portugues.

Bom dia，a cada dia estou melhorando meu portugues。

Yes, okay like with

是的，好的

Emotion is really important really really important even if I look crazy

即使我看起來很瘋狂，情感真的非常重要

It doesn't matter it does help you and it lifts your spirits, and it gives you energy

無論它對你有什麼幫助，它能提升你的精神，它能為你提供能量

to improve your language skills

提高你的語言技能

finally number nine

終於排名第九

Our last tip to help you think in English is to just do a little bit each day

我們幫助您用英語思考的最後一個提示是每天做一點點

So don't force yourself to think in English all day every day from the get-go or from the beginning just start with

因此，不要強迫自己每天從一開始或從一開始就用英語思考

30 seconds, I'm sure that you can think in English for 30 seconds. You could set an alarm

30秒，我相信你可以用英語思考30秒。你可以設置鬧鐘

Maybe every day at 9 a.m.. You're going to think in English for 30 seconds

也許每天早上9點。你會用英語思考30秒

So you know on your phone put an alarm for 9 a.m.

所以你知道手機在早上9點發出警報

And you can title it think in English

你可以用英語思考它

And then set your timer for 30 seconds and just think in English no matter

然後將你的計時器設置為30秒，無論如何都要用英語思考

How simple or how silly it is

它有多簡單或多麼愚蠢

You can just say hello to yourself over and over and over for 30 seconds. If that's the best you can do

你可以一遍又一遍地向自己打招呼30秒。如果那是你能做的最好的事情

I know you can do better. I know

我知道你可以做得更好。我知道

But it's just an example that it doesn't matter how complicated your English is when you train to think in English

但這只是一個例子，當你訓練用英語思考時，你的英語有多複雜並不重要

What does matter is that you

重要的是你

Start and that you are consistent. So do a little bit every day

開始，你是一致的。所以每天都做一點

And you're going to be thinking in English all day long in no time if you loved these

如果你喜歡這些，你很快就會整天用英語思考

suggestions

建議

Let me know in the comments share this video with

請在評論中與我分享此視頻

Your friends who are learning English or maybe your friends who are learning other languages because these tips totally apply to any language you are learning

您正在學習英語的朋友或者正在學習其他語言的朋友，因為這些技巧完全適用於您正在學習的任何語言

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非常感謝您的觀看，請務必在YouTube上訂閱Go Natural English，訪問網站

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Thank you mwah. Love you guys. I'll see you again soon. Bye for now

謝謝你。愛你們。我很快就會見到你。暫時再見