Speak English Fluently - 5 Steps to Improve Your English Fluency

流利地说英语 - 提高英语流利程度的5个步骤

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

嗨，我是奥利奇。欢迎来到牛津在线英语！ 在本课中，你可以学习如何讲

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

你学习英文多长时间了？做 你发现，有时候，即使你

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

努力学习，你不能说流利的？做 你学到很多语法和词汇，

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

但你很难造句 当你说话。

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 流畅，你可以做些什么来改变这算什么

situation and improve your English fluency.

形势和提高你的英语流利程度。

Part one: what is fluency?

第一部分：什么是流畅度？

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

有时，当人们谈论的流畅性， 他们只是说意味着一门语言。对于

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

有些人，讲一口流利的英语只 指具有良好的英语水平一般。

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

然而，流畅度比这更具体。 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 物理：你的嘴需要产生和

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

连接英语的声音和文字在一个快速， 一路畅通。

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

流畅的另一面是精神：你 大脑需要找到合适的语言和构建

English sentences quickly and smoothly.

英语句子迅速而顺利。

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

为了提高您的流畅性，你需要的工作 双方：身体和精神。

But first…

但首先…

Part two: rule number one: get out there!

第二部分：规则一：走出去！

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

有很多事情可以做，以改善 你的英语流利程度。

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

但是，如果你想变得更流畅， 有真你必须做的一件事。

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

走出去，讲英语。与人交谈 并定期进行对话。没有

else you can do is as important as this.

否则，你所能做的就是，因为这同样重要。

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

阅读英语会提高你的阅读。 练习听力会提高你的听力。

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

但是，我们讲？没有什么会帮助 除非你说说话。

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 不是一个学术课题;它不是

you can learn from a book.

你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：你需要练习

regularly to make any progress.

定期取得任何进展。

How regularly? As often as you can!

如何定期？由于经常，你可以！

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

有没有最大的，但我会建议 你需要花一个星期至少2-3小时

speaking English if you want to improve.

如果你想提高英语口语。

So, how can you do this?

那么，你怎么能这样做呢？

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

去上课，跟外籍人士在你的城市， 参加团体或活动，说英语的人，

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

找一个对话伙伴网络，做一个语言 交换;有很多可能性！

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

顺便说一句，你做什么，不必 是语言为重点。你可以去英语

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

班练习你的口语，但任何 你做的这是英文，而且还会

make you speak English is just as good.

让你的英语说得一样好。

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

我要在这里采取猜测什么 你们很多人现在都在思考：“但是，

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

我没有人聊天“; “但 我害羞“; “但是这太难了。”

Let’s talk about that quickly.

让我们快速谈论。

Part three: get used to pressure.

第三部分：习惯了压力。

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。情况 这将是很容易在你的语言可以感受到

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

难以在另一种语言。情况 这会觉得在你的语言困难

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

可以感觉到几乎是不可能的，当你有 做他们在一门外语。

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

这就是来龙去脉。这很容易想象 当你开始学习另一种语言，

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

你会到达一个地步，一切都 轻松舒适。

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

但是，除非你生活在国外，并 完全住这种文化里面，那

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

不会发生。相信我 - 我研究 几种语言在我的生活这一点上，

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

和他们说话很好，但它从来没有感觉 容易或舒适。

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 激励你走出去，讲多了，

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

多练习。要做到这一点，你必须接受 它会感到困难，难受

and intimidating a lot of the time.

并恐吓了大量的时间。

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

这就是它是如何 - 不要让它阻止你！ 你还可以练，你仍然可以沟通，

and you can still improve.

你仍然可以得到改善。

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

我给你一个这样的例子我 自己的经验。我讨厌打电话

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

在另一种语言。我不知道为什么，但 我觉得特别吓人。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

我住在俄罗斯，我学俄语。一世 讨厌使得俄罗斯的电话。然后

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

我住在中国，我学习了中国。一世 讨厌使得中国的电话。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？我恨 电话在希腊了。

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

它仍然感觉就像困难和公正 作为恐吓。我还没有学会任何技巧

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

使其更容易。所有我做的是， 我承认，这是怎样的感觉。那是

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

它。我仍然这样做，因为我有时。

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

我只接受我会感到紧张 或不舒服，我有说话，

communicate anyway.

反正沟通。

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

而我呢！它不会阻止你。眼儿 不阻止你沟通。

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

这将是同样的话，有时。它 可能是电话;它可能是

else.

其他。

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

关键点？你必须接受和学习 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

感觉吓人，所以我不会去做。它不会 觉得在未来的那么可怕。唯一的办法

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

为了更容易是走出去，做到这一点。

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。 它会更容易一点点时间。

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

好了，你知道最重要的一点 流畅度左右，但还有什么

you can do to practice? Yes, there is!

你可以做练习？就在这里！

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

查找英文文本。它可以是东西 从课本，从报纸，从

blog, or anywhere.

博客，或任何地方。

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

文本应该是相当容易的为您服务。别 选择了很多新词或某事

something which is way above your current English level.

东西是你目前远高于 英语水平。

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

坐下来，一个计时器。朗读课文。 时间自己。

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

现在，看了一遍。尝试击败你以前的 时间！

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

一直走，像这样。见有多快，你可以 阅读文本。

What’s this for?

这是什么呢？

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

记住流畅的那部分身体。 你的嘴需要产生声音的英语

and English words fast and smoothly.

和英语单词快速和流畅。

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

像这样快速阅读是练习的好办法 流畅的那一侧。

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

执业的这种方式是因为真正有用的 你可以做到这一点几乎任何地方，你可以

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

也做尽可能多或尽可能少你有时间 对于。你可以做5分钟实践或十五

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

分，或一个半小时。这是所有有帮助！

Let’s see another good technique like this:

让我们来看看这样的另一个很好的技巧：

Part five: using songs.

第五部分：使用歌曲。

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

查找英文歌曲。选择一些东西， 你喜欢。

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。如果你不知道 在哪里看，只是把歌名和

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

单词“歌词”到谷歌。你会 找到他们。

Play the song. Read the lyrics. Sing!

播放的歌曲。阅读歌词。唱！

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

像速读，这是一个很好的技术 练习流畅的物理方面。

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

当你唱一首歌，你必须去的 这首歌的速度。

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

启动较慢的歌曲，然后选择速度更快 那些。尽量选择一些有可能

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

但具有挑战性的，所以你可以唱这首歌， 但是很难去够快。

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

再次，这将真正与你的身体帮助 流畅性。这也很容易做到;你可以做

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

每天一首歌，我答应你，你 会觉得差得相当快。我用了

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

这种技术时，我学习了很多中国人， 它真的有帮助。

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

快速阅读和唱歌都好 物理流畅性，但对于精神

side of fluency?

流畅的一面呢？

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

让我们来看看你能做些什么来改善这一点。

Part six: learn language in chunks.

第六部分：学习语言块。

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

这里有一个问题：你是怎么学到的词汇？

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

当我看到学生的学习词汇，往往 它看起来像这样。

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

人们写下英文单词，翻译 用自己的语言，然后他们试图

memorise it.

记住它。

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

好吧，但到底是什么有流畅呢？

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

想想看：如果你喜欢学习语言 这一点，你让你的大脑做的事情

in a very unnatural and complicated way.

在一个非常不自然和复杂的方式。

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

首先，你学习的每个单词 个别。但是，当你说话的语言，

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

你不需要个人的话，你需要 短语和句子。

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

其次，如果你这样做，你正在学习 英语通过自己的语言。你是

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

不是学会说英语，你想 学你的语言翻译成英文

in your head.

在你的脑袋。

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？你有一个句子 在你的头在你自己的语言。你挪开

through the sentence, translating each word into English.

通过句子，翻译每个单词 成英文。

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

如果你不知道一个单词的翻译， 您遇到问题，你心疼你的英语，

and you stop speaking.

你停止发言。

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

你需要，如果你想打破这种习惯 讲一口流利的。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。它会 始终是缓慢的，因为你想

do too many things at once.

同时做太多的事情。

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

你试图思考和记忆的东西 在两种语言，它是太困难

anybody.

任何人。

So what can you do?

所以，你可以做什么？

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

我们以前说过，你需要的短语和句子 当你说话。所以，在学习语言的短语

and sentences.

和句子。

For example, imagine that someone asks you:

例如，假设有人问你：

"What are you doing this weekend?"

“你这个周末做？”

Look at three answers:

看看三个答案：

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

“我要去看看一些老朋友。” “我考虑去了骑自行车。”

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

“我可能会做一些零工周围的房子。”

Now, make your own sentences:

现在，让你自己的句子：

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

“我要去 ________。” “我想________的。”

"I might ________."

“我可能 ________。”

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

尽量让两个或三句话对每个 之一，所以你使用不同的结局。

Now think: if someone asks you this question:

现在想想：如果有人问你这个问题：

"What are you doing this weekend?"

“你这个周末做？”

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

如果你还记得语言大块，你 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)."

“（我要）+（见一些老朋友）。” “（我要）+（与我的家人共进晚餐）”。

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

“（我要）+（看一些老电影）。”

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

这使得它容易回答问题 这样流利。

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

在另一方面，如果你犯了一个句子 在你的脑海中嗯...你在你的语言

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

头，然后每个字翻译成英语， 它的复杂得多。你不

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

只是要记住两件事;你有 要记住很多东西。

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

所以，尽量学习词汇用这种方式。采取 一句话：

"I went for a walk yesterday."

“我昨天去散步。”

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

请妥善保管基本句子的形式，但变化的一部分 它：

"I ________ yesterday."

“我昨天________。”

Now, make 2-3 different sentences:

现在，进行2-3个不同的句子：

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

“我昨天花了考试。” “我当时都懒昨天一天。”

"I cooked a spicy curry yesterday."

“昨天我煮了咖喱。”

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

现在，实践和记忆句子和 短语。这是一个更自然的方式来

learn vocabulary.

学习词汇。

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

如果你学习词汇这个样子，它会 容易得多流利地回应，因为

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

你会不会需要考虑在你自己的语言 和翻译。你会记得整个

phrases and sentences that you need.

短语和你需要的句子。

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

好吧，这是我们的课程结束。我希望 你学会了一些口语流利性

and how you can improve your fluency in English!

以及如何提高你的英语流利程度！

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

你可以找到更多的免费英语课 我们的网站：www.oxfordonlineenglish.com

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