Improve English Listening Skills: How to Understand Fast English Speakers [Advanced English Lesson]

Hi naturals, I'm Gabby and I'm Vanessa from gonaturalenglish.com

嗨naturals,我是盖比，我是Vanessa,来自gonaturalenglish.com

And today we're talking about how you can understand fast talking English speakers

今天，我们将讨论如何才能理解快速说英语的人

we're gonna show you a skit in our restaurants explain what you can do to understand fast speaking natives and

我们会向你展示一个餐厅里的短剧，解释你为了听懂快速说话的本地人可以做什么

Stick around to the end because we're going to give you a quiz to test your listening skills

并且坚持到最后，因为我们会测验你的听力技巧

Either girls. My name is Vicki and I'll be looking after your table today. Have you guys dined with us before?

女孩们，我的名字叫Vicki,我今天会为你们服务，你们以前在这里吃过饭吗？

No, it's our first time here. Well, alrighty then. Let me start by going over the lunch specials with you guys

没有，我们是第一次来这里。 好吧，让我和你们一起从午餐推荐开始吧。

We have some great deals going on till 4 p.m. Today and they're all delicious

我们今天有一些到下午四点的午餐，并且都非常美味

We have a soup and salad combo for $7.99 and you can choose between chicken noodle or lentil soup

我们有卖7.99美元的汤和沙拉组合，你们也可以从鸡肉面条和扁豆汤里面选择

Wow, that all sounds great. Would you mind giving us a few minutes? Alrighty?

哇哦，那些听起来不错，你介意给我们几分钟时间考虑下吗？ 没问题

Gabi are you ok does the food not look appetizing to you?

盖比，你可以吗？那些食物看起来合你胃口吗？

Oh, it's just that I can't understand anything

喔，我听不懂她说什么

the waitress said I am embarrassed because in my English class I am the top student but

我很尴尬，因为在我的英语班级里我是前几名

Here in the restaurant. I can't understand native English speakers. Don't worry Gabby

但是在这餐厅里我听不懂本地人说的话

不要担心，盖比，你没有什么问题，你只是需要知道不是每个人都听起来像你的英语老师

Nothing is wrong with you. You just need to understand that not everybody is going to sound like your English teacher

We also be good a different pace here. Let me slow down what she just said and explained it to you

在另一个环境我们依然很好，让我把她说的说慢一点，再解释给你

Ok

好

Hi girls, my name is Vicki and I'll be looking after your table today. Have you been here before? No?

女孩们，我的名字叫Vicki,我今天会为你们服务，你们以前在这里吃过饭吗？

It's our first time here. Well, alrighty, then let me start by going over the lunch specials with you today

没有，我们是第一次来这里。 好吧，让我和你们一起从午餐推荐开始吧。

We have some great deals going on until 4 p.m. And they're all delish

我们今天有一些到下午四点的午餐，并且都非常美味

We have a soup and salad combo for

我们有卖7.99美元的汤和沙拉组合

$7.99 and you can choose between chicken noodle or lentil soup

你们也可以从鸡肉面条和扁豆汤里面选择

We also have an all-you-can-eat pasta special. That'll be sure to fill you up

我们也有你们都可以吃的意大利面，那个肯定能让你们吃饱

What are we drinking today? Are you feeling?

咱今天喝些啥

Overwhelmed have you noticed that?

你有没有感觉说得太多了，你有没有注意到...

Understanding your English teacher is easy, but understanding native speakers

...理解你的英语老师很容易，但是理解母语者就没那么容易了

Isn't I will try to explain why this happens and how you can learn to

我会解释为什么你会这样，并且如何你能够学会...

Understand fast native speakers in any language the way we speak and the speed at which we speak changes

...听懂快速说话的母语者。 在任何语言里，我们说话的方式和速度都会改变...

Depending on the situation that we are in in your English class your teacher speaks more clearly

...这取决于我们所在的说话环境。在你的英语课堂上，你的英语老师说得更清晰

And more slowly than native speakers do in the real world

并且更慢，相比于现实生活中的母语者

so if you want to understand fast speaking native speakers, you have to put yourself in situations or

所以如果你想听懂快速说话的母语者，你必须把你放在或者聆听一些环境

Listen to situations like this restaurant scene or social situations like parties

比如餐厅或者像派对之类的

Okay. So, how do we fix this problem?

那么，我们如何才能解决这个问题呢

well

the first thing you need to do is just accept the fact that you're always going to speak to somebody that's going to

你需要做的第一件事就是接受一个事实，就是你总是会和一个说话快到你听不懂的人说话

Speak too fast that you won't be able to understand. It's normal and even US

这很正常，甚至我们

Native English speakers have trouble understanding

母语者也会偶尔有听不懂的问题

people sometimes you should never feel embarrassed or

你不应该感觉尴尬

Say I'm going to give up because you can't understand somebody for speaking too fast

觉得准备要放弃了，因为别人说话太快你听不懂

you just need to learn to laugh at your mistakes and

你只需要学着嘲笑你的错误

Also try to tell these native speakers

并且告诉那些母语者

That you are an English Learner and that you would like for them to please speak more slowly

你是一个英语学习者，你需要他们说得慢一点

You also need to accept the fact that a lot of Americans like to shorten or eat their words

你也需要接受一个事实，很多美国人喜欢缩短或省略一些词

While they are speaking, but if we think back to the restaurant scene

但是如果我们回想一下那个餐厅的情景

The waitress was cutting up a lot of her words

那个服务员就省略了很多词

for example

比如

When the waitress said that there were deals going on till 4:00 and they're delish

当那个服务员说有餐持续到4点并且很美味

what she actually meant to say was that they were going on until four o'clock and that they were

delicious

Saying it the longer way sounds better to you the English Learner

用更长的方式说对你英语学习者来说听起来更好

But saying it the shorter way actually sounds better to us the natives

但是用更短的方式说对母语者来说听起来更好

Absolutely. So besides trying to put yourself in

说得很对。那么除了尝试把你自己放在

English-speaking situations and trying to understand and speak. What else can you do to improve your listening skills?

说英语的环境里，并且尝试去听和说。还有其他方法来提高你的听力吗？

well

there's actually a lot you can do you can watch TV shows in English listen to

其实有很多，你可以看英语电视，听广播

Podcasts even music will help improve your listening skills, and it's all at your fingertips

甚至音乐也能提高你的听力，这些都只需要动动手指就行

The thing to keep in mind is that simply listening to these things won't help you improve your listening

需要记住的一件事是，单纯地听这些东西不会帮你提高听力

You don't want to listen to an entire

你不会想听一整部电影

Complete movie that's two or three hours long. Maybe that's just too much start with short

持续2到3个小时那种。可能那个太过了。

conversations maybe a two-minute clip of a movie that you enjoy or a

从短的对话开始，比如你喜欢2分钟的电影片段

song that's on the radio or the Billboard top 40

或者一首歌，电台排行榜之类的

So choose a scene that you enjoy from a movie or a song that you like and listen to it over and over

所以选择一个电影片段或一首歌，听他个一遍又一遍

That review and repetition will really help you develop your listening skills pay close attention to intonation

那种回顾和重复会帮助你提高听力。注意语调

stress and tone and the clip will become clearer each time you listen with movies or TV shows or if you have the

重音和音调，电影片段或歌词在你每次听的时候都会变得更清晰

lyrics to a song

read along read the subtitles when you first start watching the clip and then take them off to test your listening skills without

跟着读，一开始看片段的时候跟着读字幕，然后把字幕拿开测试你的听力

Subtitles, these are all really fun ways to practice and improve your listening skills

这些都是很有趣的方法来训练和提高你的听力

And if you're out and about in real life speaking English

如果你在外面，在现实生活讲英语

just let people know that you're learning and ask them to be a little patient with you and I'm sure they'll understand and they'll really

让他们知道你在学英语，要求他们耐心一点，我确定他们会理解的，并且会愿意帮助你

Want to help you? Okay. So now it's time to test your listening. Are you ready?

好的，现在是时候测试你的听力了，准备好了吗

Vanessa is gonna help us with some phrases to see if you understand

Vanessa将会用一些短语来看我们能不能听得懂

I'm going to say five phrases and I'm going to say them the natural way, so

我会说5个短语，并且会用自然的方式去说

Listen carefully. Are you ready?

仔细听，准备好了吗

number one

第一个

Let me get your order

让我帮你点餐

Let me get your order number two, have you been

让我帮你点餐，第二个，你好了吗

Have you been number three, what are you doing?

你好了吗，第三个，你在干嘛

What are you doing

你在干嘛

Number four, would you like something else?

第四个，你需要点其他的吗

Would you like something else?

你需要点其他的吗

Number five I could have ordered a combo meal. I

第五个，我需要点一个组合餐

Could order - a combo meal and now let's check your answers number one

我需要点一个组合餐。现在让我们检查你的答案，第一个

let me get your order let

让我来给你点餐

Me get your order number two, how have you been?

让我来帮你点餐，第二个，你好了吗

How have you been?

你好了吗

Three. What are you doing today?

第三个，你今天在干嘛

What are you doing today?

你今天在干嘛

four

第四个

Would you like something else?

你需要点其他的吗

Would you like something else?

你需要点其他的吗

Five I could have ordered a combo meal. I

五，我要点个组合餐

Could have ordered a combo meal combo is short for combination. Keep in mind that native speakers

我要点个组合餐。combo是组合的缩写

Don't speak this clearly. So let's keep training your listening and speaking practice

记住母语者不会把这个说得很清楚，让我们继续练习你的听和说。

Click right over here to learn more about how native speakers

点击这里，学习更多母语者是怎么真实聊天的。

Really talk and if you haven't subscribed yet to go natural English

如果你还没有订阅

Make sure that you click that big red subscribe button and click on the bells for notification

请点击那个大的红色订阅按钮，并且点一下铃铛来获取通知

Thank you so much for watching and we'll see you here next week. Bye for now

多谢观看，下周再见，拜拜