Speak English Fluently - 5 Steps to Improve Your English Fluency

英语口语 — 怎样更流利

Hi, I’m Oli. Welcome to Oxford Online English! In this lesson, you can learn how to speak

嗨，我是奥利奇。欢迎来到Oxford Online English！在本课中，您可以学习如何讲

more fluently in English.

更流畅的英语。

How long have you been studying English? Do you find that sometimes that even though you

您学习英文多长时间了？您是否发现，有时候，即使您

study hard, you can’t speak fluently? Do you learn lots of grammar and vocabulary,

努力学习，您也不能说流利的英语？您学到很多语法和词汇，

but you find it difficult to make sentences when you speak.

但当您说话时很难说一整句。

In this lesson, we’re going to talk about fluency and what you can do to change this

在这一课中，我们要说说流利，并告诉您可以怎么做来改变

situation and improve your English fluency.

这种状况和提高您的英语流利程度。

Part one: what is fluency?

第一部分：什么是流利程度？

Sometimes, when people talk about fluency, they just mean speaking a language well. For

有时，人们谈论的流利，只是意味着能说好一门语言。

some people, speaking English fluently just means having a good general level of English.

对有些人来说，讲一口流利的英语只是指具有良好的英语水平。

However, fluency is more specific than that. Fluency means you can speak smoothly, without

然而，流利程度比这更具体。流利意味着可以顺利地说话，不

stopping or hesitating.

停止或犹豫。

There are two sides to fluency. One side is physical: your mouth needs to produce and

有两个方面的流畅性。一面是生理上的：您的嘴需要迅速流畅、

connect English sounds and words in a fast, smooth way.

没有停顿地发出英语声音和单词。

The other side of fluency is mental: your brain needs to find the right words and build

流畅的另一面是心理上的：您的大脑需要找到合适的单词并

English sentences quickly and smoothly.

迅速而流利地造英语句子。

To improve your fluency, you need to work on both sides: physical and mental.

为了提高您的流利程度，您需要在生理上和心理上下功夫。

But first…

但首先…

Part two: rule number one: get out there!

第二部分：规则一：到可以说英语的地方去！

There are many things you can do to improve your English fluency.

为了提高您的英语流利程度，有很多事情可以做。

However, if you want to become more fluent, there’s really one thing you have to do.

但是，如果您想说得更流利，有一件事您真的必须做。

Get out there and speak English. Talk to people and have conversations regularly. Nothing

走出去，讲英语。和人聊天并定期进行对话。

else you can do is as important as this.

没有其他方法比这更重要了。

Reading English will improve your reading. Practicing listening will improve your listening.

阅读英语会提高您的阅读能力。练习听力会提高您的听力。

But what about speaking? Nothing will help your speaking except speaking.

但是，口语呢？除了说之外，没有什么能会帮助您。

Speaking English is a practical skill. It’s not an academic subject; it’s not something

英语口语是一个实用技巧。它的不是一个学术的科目；它不是

you can learn from a book.

您可以从书本上学到的。

It’s more like doing a sport or playing a musical instrument: you need to practice

它更像做运动或玩乐器：您需要

regularly to make any progress.

规律地练习才能提升。

How regularly? As often as you can!

如何规律？尽您所能的常说英语！

There’s no maximum, but I’d recommend you need to spend at least 2-3 hours a week

练习不嫌多，但如果您想提高英语口语能力，我会建议

speaking English if you want to improve.

您每周需要花至少2-3小时。

So, how can you do this?

那么，您能怎样做呢？

Go to classes, talk to expats in your city, join groups or activities with English-speakers,

去上课，跟在您的城市里的外籍人士聊天，参加说英语的团体或活动，

find a conversation partner online, do a language exchange; there are many possibilities!

找一个网络对话伙伴，做语言交换；有很多种可能性！

By the way, what you do doesn’t have to be language-focused. You can go to English

顺便说一句，您做什么，都不必以语言为重点。您可以去英语

classes to practice your speaking, but anything you do which is in English and which will

班练习您的口语，但任何您做的其他英语的，而且还会

make you speak English is just as good.

让您有机会说英语的事情，都很好。

I’m going to take a guess here about what many of you are thinking right now: “But

我要在这里猜猜在座各位现在都在想什么：“但是，

I don’t have people to talk to”; “But I’m shy”; “But it’s too difficult.”

没有人和我聊天啊“；“但是我害羞啊“；“但是这太难了啊。”

Let’s talk about that quickly.

让我们加快谈这个。

Part three: get used to pressure.

第三部分：习惯压力。

Speaking a foreign language is hard. Situations which would be easy in your language can feel

讲一门外语是很难的。您轻松用母语讲的事情

difficult in another language. Situations which would feel difficult in your language

用外语讲则是困难的。如果用您的母语讲都困难的事情

can feel almost impossible when you have to do them in a foreign language.

用外语来讲那几乎是不可能。

That’s how it is. It’s easy to imagine when you start learning another language that

本来就当如此。当您开始学习另一种语言时，您想像会轻松地

you will reach a point where everything is easy and comfortable.

达到说流利外语的程度。

But unless you live in a foreign country and live completely inside that culture, that

但是，除非您生活在国外，并完全融入国外的文化里，

won’t happen. Trust me—I’ve studied several languages at this point in my life,

否则您想像的是不可能的。相信我，在我的生活中，我曾学过很多种语言，

and speak them quite well, but it never feels easy or comfortable.

我也能说的很好，但从来没有感觉到容易或舒服。

Why are we talking about this? I’m trying to motivate you to go out and speak more,

我们为什么要谈这个？我尝试着激励您走出去，多讲，

practice more. To do that, you have to accept that it will feel difficult, uncomfortable

多练习。要做到这一点，您必须接受这个过程中会感到困难、难受

and intimidating a lot of the time.

并要花大量的时间。

That’s how it is—don’t let it stop you! You can still practice, you can still communicate,

这是一定的 - 不要让它阻止您！您还可以练，您仍然可以用英语沟通，

and you can still improve.

您仍然可以进步。

I’ll give you an example of this from my own experience. I hate making phone calls

我给您一个这样的例子，是我自己的经验。我讨厌用另一种语言打电话

in another language. I don’t know why, but I find it particularly intimidating. I guess

我不知道为什么，但我觉得特别害怕。我猜

because I can’t use context or facial expressions or anything like that to help me understand

因为我不能用上下文、或面部表情、或类似的东西来帮助我理解

or communicate.

或沟通。

I lived in Russia and I studied Russian. I hated making phone calls in Russian. Then

我曾住在俄罗斯，我学俄语。我讨厌用俄语讲电话。后来

I lived in China and I studied Chinese. I hated making phone calls in Chinese. Now I’m

我到中国住，我学习了中文。我讨厌用中文讲电话。现在我

studying Greek. Guess what? I hate making phone calls in Greek, too.

学习希腊语。你猜怎么了？我也恨用希腊语讲电话。

It still feels just as difficult and just as intimidating. I haven’t learned any tricks

我一样觉得很困难和害怕。我还没有学任何技巧

to make it easier. All I’ve done is that I accept that this is how it feels. That’s

让这件事变得更容易。所有我做的只是我承认这种感觉。

it. I still do it, because I have to sometimes.

就是这样。我还是会去做，因为我总得做。

I just accept that I’m going to feel nervous or uncomfortable, and I have to speak and

我承认我会感到紧张或不舒服，然后不管怎样我还是要去说，

communicate anyway.

还是要去沟通。

And I do! It doesn't stop you. Feeling nervous does not stop you communicating.

我做到了！它不会阻止您。感觉紧张不会阻止您去沟通。

This will be the same for you sometimes. It might be phone calls; it might be something

有时会是这样。可能是电话，可能是

else.

其他事情。

The key point? You have to accept and learn to deal with that pressure. Don’t think:

关键是什么？您必须接受和学会应对这种压力。不要以为：

it feels scary, so I won’t do it. It won’t feel less scary in the future. The only way

感觉可怕，所以我不会去做。因为您以后就不会觉得那么可怕了。

to make it easier is to go out and do it.

让这件事更容易的方法就是走出去，去英语环境讲英语。

If you do that, you'll feel more confident. It will get a little bit easier with time.

如果你这样做，你会感觉更自信。 时间越久，您会觉得越简单。

Okay, so you know the most important point about fluency, but is there anything else

好了，您知道让英语更流利的关键了，但还有其他的

you can do to practice? Yes, there is!

您可以练习的吗？有的！

Part four: speed reading.

第四部分：快速阅读。

Find a text in English. It can be something from a textbook, from a newspaper, from a

找一篇英语文章。它可以是课本里的东西、报纸里的、

blog, or anywhere.

博客的、或其他任何地方的。

The text should be fairly easy for you. Don’t choose something with a lot of new words or

文章对您来说要相对容易。不要选择有很多生词或

something which is way above your current English level.

已经远高于您目前的英语水平的文章。

Sit down with a timer. Read the text aloud. Time yourself.

坐下来，拿一个计时器。朗读文章，同时计时。

Now, read it again. Try to beat your previous time!

现在，再读一次。尝试击败您你以前的记录！

Keep going like this. See how fast you can read the text.

继续像这样做。看看您有多快可以念完文章。

What’s this for?

这是做什么呢？

Remember that part of fluency is physical. Your mouth needs to produce English sounds

记住讲英语流利有一个关键是生理上的。 你的嘴要可以快速和流畅的

and English words fast and smoothly.

发出英语的声音。

Speed reading like this is a good way to practice that side of fluency.

像这样快速阅读是练习英语流利的好办法。

This way of practicing is really useful because you can do it almost anywhere and you can

这种练习方式是真正有用的，因为您几乎可以在任何地方做到这一点，您也

also do as much or as little as you have time for. You can do five minutes practice or fifteen

能依您有的时间去做更多或少一点。您可以做5分钟练习或15

minutes, or half an hour. It’s all helpful!

分钟、或一个半小时。这都是有帮助的！

Let’s see another good technique like this:

让我们来看看另一个很好的技巧：

Part five: using songs.

第五部分：唱歌。

Find a song in English. Choose something which you like.

找一首英语歌曲。选择一些您喜欢的。

Find the lyrics online. If you don’t know where to look, just put the song title and

在网上找到的歌词。如果您不知道在哪里找，只要把歌名

the word ‘lyrics’ into Google. You’ll find them.

和歌词输入到google。您就会找到他们。

Play the song. Read the lyrics. Sing!

播放音乐，看歌词，然后唱！

Like with speed reading, this is a good technique to practice the physical side of fluency.

就像速读，这是一个帮助练习流利的生理方面的好方法。

When you sing a song, you have to go at the speed of the song.

当您唱歌时，您必须按这首歌一样的速度唱。

Start with slower songs, then choose faster ones. Try to choose something that’s possible

从慢歌开始，再换成快歌。尽量选择一些可能能唱

but challenging, so you can sing the song, but it’s difficult to go fast enough.

但有挑战性的，所以您可以唱这首歌，但是很难去唱得快。

Again, this will really help with your physical fluency. It’s also easy to do; you can do

再次，这将真的对您的生理方面的流利程度有帮助。也很容易做到；您可以

one song a day, and I promise you that you will feel a difference quite quickly. I used

每天一首歌。我保证，您会很快就觉得进步很快。我用

this technique a lot when I was learning Chinese, and it really helped.

这种方法学习中文，它真的有帮助。

Speed reading and singing songs are good for physical fluency, but what about the mental

快速阅读和唱歌真的可以对生理方面的流畅性有帮助，但对于心理

side of fluency?

方面的流利呢？

Let’s see what you can do to improve that.

让我们来看看您能做些什么来提高这一点。

Part six: learn language in chunks.

第六部分：用分区方式学习语言。

Here’s a question: how do you learn vocabulary?

这里有一个问题：您是怎么学词汇的？

When I see students learning vocabulary, often it looks like this.

当我常看到我的学生这样学习词汇。

People write down the English word, the translation in their own language, and then they try to

他们写下英语单词，用母语翻译，然后他们

memorise it.

想记住它们。

Okay, but what does that have to do with fluency?

好吧，但到底和流利有什么关系呢？

Think about it: if you learn language like this, you’re making your brain do things

想想看：如果您像这样学习语言，您让您的大脑用非常不自然和

in a very unnatural and complicated way.

复杂的方式去记忆。

First of all, you’re learning each word individually. But, when you speak a language,

首先，您分别学习每个单词。但是，当您说话时，

you don’t need individual words, you need phrases and sentences.

您不需要单词，您需要短语和句子。

Secondly, if you do this, you’re learning English through your own language. You’re

其次，如果您这样做，您是用母语来学习英语。您不是

not learning to speak English, you’re trying to learn to translate your language into English

在学英语，您学的是怎样把您的母语在脑海里

in your head.

翻译成英语。

So, does this sound familiar? You have a sentence in your head in your own language. You move

那么，这是否听起来很熟悉？您在脑海中用母语想一个句子

through the sentence, translating each word into English.

然后逐字翻译成英文。

If you don’t know the translation of a word, you get stuck, you feel bad about your English,

如果您不知道一个单词的翻译，您就卡住了，您会觉得您的英语很烂，

and you stop speaking.

然后，您就不再说了。

You need to break this habit if you want to speak fluently. First of all, this way of

如果您想流利地讲英语，您需要去打破这种习惯。首先，这样的

thinking and speaking is always slow. It will always be slow, because you’re trying to

思考和说话总是慢的。因为您想一次性地做很多事情，

do too many things at once.

这总是慢的。

You’re trying to think and remember things in two languages—it’s too difficult for

您要试图用两种语言思考和记忆的东西，

anybody.

这对任何人都是都太难了。

So what can you do?

所以，那您可以做什么？

We said before that you need phrases and sentences when you speak. So, learn language in phrases

我们刚说过，当您说话时，您需要短语和句子。所以，用短语

and sentences.

和句子来学习语言。

For example, imagine that someone asks you:

例如，假设有人问您：

"What are you doing this weekend?"

“您这个周末做什么？”

Look at three answers:

看看下面三个答案：

"I’m going to see some old friends." "I’m thinking of going for a bike ride."

"I’m going to see some old friends." "I’m thinking of going for a bike ride."

"I might do some odd jobs around the house."

"I might do some odd jobs around the house."

Now, make your own sentences:

现在，您自己造句：

"I’m going to ________." "I’m thinking of ________."

"I’m going to ________." "I’m thinking of ________."

"I might ________."

"I might ________."

Try to make two or three sentences for each one, so that you use different endings.

尽量让每个回答都造两个或三句话，所以您会有不同的答案。

Now think: if someone asks you this question:

现在想想：如果有人问您这个问题

"What are you doing this weekend?"

"What are you doing this weekend?"

If you remember language in big pieces, you only have to remember two things:

如果您用造句的方式学语言，您只需要记住两件事情：

"(I’m going to) + (see some old friends)." "(I’m going to) + (have dinner with my family)."

"(I’m going to) + (see some old friends)." "(I’m going to) + (have dinner with my family)."

"(I’m going to) + (watch some old movies)."

"(I’m going to) + (watch some old movies)."

That makes it easy to respond to questions like this fluently.

这样您很快就知道怎样流利的回答。

On the other hand, if you make a sentence in your head in err... your language in your

在另一方面，如果您在脑海中用母语造句

head, and then translate each word into English, it’s much more complicated. You don’t

然后每个字翻译成英语，这样复杂得多。

just have to remember two things; you have to remember many things.

您不只是要记住两件事，您要记住很多东西。

So, try to learn vocabulary in this way. Take a sentence like:

所以，尽量用这种方式学习词汇。用这些例子造句：

"I went for a walk yesterday."

"I went for a walk yesterday."

Keep the basic sentence form, but change part of it:

保留基本句式，但换掉部分单词：

"I ________ yesterday."

"I ________ yesterday."

Now, make 2-3 different sentences:

现在，造2-3个不同的句子：

"I took an exam yesterday." "I was lazy all day yesterday."

"I took an exam yesterday." "I was lazy all day yesterday."

"I cooked a spicy curry yesterday."

"I cooked a spicy curry yesterday."

Now, practice and remember the sentences and phrases. This is a much more natural way to

现在，记住这些句子和短语。

learn vocabulary.

这是更自然的学习词汇的方式。

If you learn vocabulary like this, it will be much easier to respond fluently, because

如果您照这样学习词汇，您可以更容易地回应，因为

you won’t need to think in your own language and translate. You’ll remember the whole

您不再需要用母语去考虑，并翻译。您会记得

phrases and sentences that you need.

您回答时需要的短语和整个句子。

Okay, that’s the end of our lesson. I hope you learned something about spoken fluency

好了，我们的课程结束。我希望您学到一些有关口语流利性的东西

and how you can improve your fluency in English!

以及学到怎样提高您的英语流利程度！

You can find more free English lessons on our website: Oxford Online English dot com.

您可以在我们的网站：www.oxfordonlineenglish.com 找到更多免费的英语课程。

Thanks for watching, see you next time!

感谢您的收看，下次见！