How to THINK in English | No More Translating in Your Head!

如何用英语思考|不再需要翻译！

If you’re translating in your head, then you know that that’s a frustrating way to speak English.

说英语时需要在脑海中翻译是非常令人沮丧的。

But the good news is there are concrete things you can do and practice to stop

但好消息是，你可以通过一些具体的方法训练自己

translating in your head and start thinking in English.

以停止在脑海中翻译并开始用英语思考。

In this video we’re going to give you tips and strategies to start thinking in English,

在这个视频中我们会告诉你一些技巧和策略来停止翻译

stop translating in your head, and increase fluency speaking English.

并开始用英语思考，增进说英语的流畅程度。

And what a better way to start 2020 than with this goal.

开启2020年，还有比这个目标更好的方式吗？

First, I want you to name one reason why you want to start thinking in English.

首先，我希望你给出一个为什么要开始用英语思考的原因。

I want to learn to think in English so I can easily participate in conversation.

比如我希望能和他人更加流畅地交谈。

Whatever your reason is, I know it’s a good one.

不管你的原因是什么，它们都有好的出发点。

And I think in 2020, you can make that happen.

我相信你可以在2020年实现这个目标。

The first tip is to start simple and name objects around you in English.

首先从简单的做起，用英语描述你周围的物品。

I remember when I was learning German and I was doing this, I had to learn the article as well, der, die, das.

我记得自己学德语时还必须记住这些名词的性别：阳性，阴性，中性。

We don’t have that in English, but it doesn’t hurt to really focus on the pronunciation

英语虽然没有这样的规则，但认真关注发音很有必要。

as you're thinking of simple objects.

当你想到一些简单的物品时

In fact, that’s why I started my YouTube channel and even my Academy –

实际上，这也是我开通油管频道甚至成立教学机构的原因——

when I was learning German, French, and Italian as an opera student,

当我作为一名歌剧学生学习德语、法语和意大利语时，

I couldn’t find any resources that focused enough on pronunciation.

我无法找到任何对发音给予足够重视的学习资源。

And I knew that to be effective, I needed the right pronunciation right from the beginning.

而我知道想要高效学习语言必须从一开始就知道正确的发音。

So I created my YouTube channel and my Academy to put pronunciation forward.

所以我成立了自己的频道和教学机构来解决这个问题。

So take a moment as you’re naming objects to think about pronunciation.

在你描述物品的同时，请停下来仔细想一想它们的正确发音。

Closet.

衣柜

Box.

箱子

Million subscriber button.

一百万订阅成就

Cool.

棒棒哒

Globe.

地球仪

Window.

窗户

And if you’re not sure about the pronunciation, listen to some native speakers.

如果你不确定它们的发音，可以听一下英语母语者是怎么说的。

You can use an online dictionary. Also, Youglish is a great resource for this.

你也可以使用网络词典。Youglish就是一个很好的平台。

Computer, compute.

电脑

They’re all saying with a flap.

Compu-- rarararara. A flap instead of TT, a T sound.

Computer. Computer.

Middle syllable stress.

If you can add this step, of focusing on the pronunciation and listening to native speakers,

如果你能够仔细关注发音和认真聆听母语者固然不错，

awesome. If not, if you only have 15 seconds, and you’re naming as many as you can, that’s okay too.

但如果不行——如果你只有15秒钟来描述尽可能多的物品，那也是可以的。

So that’s step one and it’s simple.

这就是第一步，非常简单。

Take a moment, look around you, and name all of the objects that you can in English.

停下来看看四周，可以的话用英语描述所有物品。

If you can do that very easily, then you can move on. But if that’s a challenge for you,

如果这对你来说非常容易，那么你就可以开始下一步了。

spend some time on object naming.

但如果你觉得这很困难，就多花些时间用英语来描述物品。

Every time you’re in a new room, a new environment, take a few seconds to do it.

每当你来到一个新空间、新环境，请花点时间尝试用英语来描述身边的物品。

Note words you don’t know, look them up, learn them.

记下并查找那些你不知道该怎么说的词语，学习它们的英文表述。

The context will help you remember them.

你所处的场景会帮助你记住它们。

The next step is to think in simple sentences.

下一步是用简单的句子来表达自己。

Stop right now and think of the beginning of a sentence: I’m---.

停止你正在做的事，想一想一个句子的开头：我——

I’m hungry, I’m tired, I’m working.

我饿了，我累了，我正在工作

Do it in English. I’ll wait a few seconds. You're starting with 'I'm...'

记得要用英语。你有几秒钟的时间去想以”我“开头的句子。

Now look around you.

现在看看你的四周，

What can you say about anything in your environment?

对于现在所处的环境，你有任何想说的吗？

This chair is comfy.

这把椅子很舒服。

The drawer is open.

抽屉是开着的。

My desk is messy.

我的桌子太乱了。

That one’s easy because it’s almost always true.

这个很容易因为桌子基本上都乱糟糟的。

If there’s something you can't describe, look up the words you need in a dictionary, memorize it.

如果有不知道该如何表达的地方，在字典里查一下你所需的词汇并记住它们，

Memorize that phrase.

记住这个表述。

Learning in context like this will help.

像这样在特定的情境中学习非常有用。

Speaking of dictionaries, see if you can do this.

对了，看看自己能否做到这一点。

Get an English-only dictionary rather than a translating dictionary

在母语与英语之间抉择时

between English and your native language.

用一本纯英文字典代替双语字典

If you come across a word in English that you don’t know, use the English-only dictionary,

如果你在英语中遇到了不知道的单词，请查询纯英文字典

a Learner's dictionary.

一本学者的字典

Can you see what we’re doing here?

你能理解我们所做的吗？

We’re building your mind to work in English mode rather than translation mode.

我们正在你的脑海中以英语模式代替翻译模式

There is a thing called a Learner’s dictionary, and it describes every word in English,

这就是所谓的学者的字典，它用简单的词汇与关系描述

in simple words and terms.

所有的英文单词

Try it. Merriam-Webster has one,

试着去做吧

Oxford, Cambridge.

If you have to learn and understand a word by reading in English,

如果你希望通过阅读来学习与理解词汇

by studying what it means in English, then you’ll know it as an English word.

通过学习它在英语中的意思，然后你会理解它在英语中的意义

Not as a translation of your language.

而不是将它翻译成你的语言

So you’ve named single words, and you’ve made simple sentences.

所以，你要以简单的词语描述

并且造出简单的句子

The next step is …

而下一步是

Have small conversations with yourself in English.

用英语与自己进行简单的对话

With yourself? Yes,

与你自己？是的

you don’t feel pressure to speak quickly, to come up with the next thing.

你不会为了说的快和想出下一句对话而感到压力

You can keep the pace slow, relaxed.

你可以保持轻松舒缓的步伐

I absolutely did this when learning Spanish.

我在学习西班牙语时完全做到了这一点

In fact, I remember a car trip I did by myself

事实上，我记起自己的一场汽车旅行

from Sarasota to Gainesville where the whole time I spoke to myself in Spanish.

从sarasota到gainesvile 的全部时间我都在同自己说西班牙语

If this is hard for you, stop and give up.

如果这对你来说太难了

请停止并放弃

No! It will get better and easier with practice.

不！这会练习简单的多

Do it every day.

每天都试着去做

Set aside 2 minutes every day to have a simple conversation with yourself.

每天挤出2分钟时间

来同自己进行简单的对话

Give yourself 30 days.

你需要三十天发时间

Do this every day for 30 days. Don't take a day off.

每天坚持，直到三十天，一天都不要落下

If you have five minutes one day, do it for five minutes.

如果你每天有五分钟的空闲

那就花五分钟去做

A whole conversation, as simple as it needs to be, in English.

一段完整的对话，在英语中要多简单就有多简单

In 30 days, you’ll see. Wow. I did improve.

三十天内，你将见证

哇哦，我进步了

This is worth my time.

我所花的这段时间是值得的

And rededicate 30 more days.

接着再次奉献

三十天的时间

Once you’re able to do this, I think you’re able to do step 4, which is really exciting.

一旦你能够做到这些，我认为你能够做到第四步，那是可非常刺激的

Change at least one of your everyday life things to English.

将你日常生活中的至少一件事物转化为英语

Everyday life things?

日常事物？

What's that?

那是什么？

Switch your calendar to English.

把日历换成英文的

Use the English months and days of the week and write what you’re going to be doing in English.

用英文的月份与星期，用英文写下你要去哪，要做哪些事

Or do you do to-do lists? Try it in English. A grocery list. Or change your Facebook settings

或者试着使用英文做一个列表？一个杂物列表。或者改变你的脸书设置

so that your language is in English.

使得你的语言变成英文

Everything you see, you've got a friend request, and so on, will be in English.

所有你看到的事物，你看到的好友邀请，等等，都会变成英文

Maybe try internet searches in English.

也许可以尝试用英语搜索有趣的东西

Or read an English newspaper, or listen to news in English.

或者阅读英语报纸，听英语新闻

Do you write a journal?

你写日记吗？

Try writing it in English. Yes! I love this.

试着有英文写，是的！我喜欢这样

Take one everyday thing and do it in English.

每天挑一件事来用英语做

Switch your brain.

切换你的大脑

Every morning when you wake up, before you get out of bed,

每个早晨你醒来的时候，在你离开床之前

take two minutes to think about your day in English.

花两分钟时间思考你使用英语的日子

Here’s another idea of an everyday thing you can do in English:

这里还有一些你能用英语做的日常事务的其他的点子

take one thing like getting dressed, making breakfast,

比如在穿着打扮时，做早餐时

getting from your car to your desk, cleaning up.

从你的车到你的办公桌，理清这些

As you’re doing it, in your head, narrate in English.

当你在你的大脑中做这些事时，用英语叙述

Laundry day.

洗衣日

That's light, that should go there.

那是干净的，它应该去这里

Let's see. Does this need to be sprayed for stains? Yeah.

让我看看，它需要被冲洗掉污点吗？好的

Better spray it. Al l right, let's load up the washing machine.

冲掉比较好。好的，让我们把衣服装入洗衣机

That's too light, that should go there.

这件太干净了，它应该去这里

Okay, shove it all in.

好的，全部挤进去

Let's get some soap. Where is that?

弄点肥皂吧，它在哪？

Here it is.

在这里

Put it in there, close the door, press 'start', there we go!

放进这里，关上门，按下“开始”，走你

And here's another one I love: learn how to do one thing in English.

还有一件我喜欢的事：用英语学会做某件事

It can be really small, like, how to poach an egg.

它可以是一件小事，比如，如何煮鸡蛋

Research it and learn about it in English only,

只用英语学习并研究它

watch only English videos and read only English instructions.

观看纯英语视频，读纯英语说明书

Or maybe it’s something bigger, a bigger project like how to knit or how to draw.

这也许这是更大的计划，一个更大计划像是如何编制如何实施

Take an online course in English only on that topic.

上同一个主题的英语网课

Pick something you’re dying to know how to do anyway.

重拾你几乎不知道如何去做的事

This will make it a super-enjoyable lesson.

这会使其成为一个令人享受的课程

The next step is something

下一步是

you’re actually going to want to be doing all along, with all the steps, and that’s...

你实际上要花很长时间，来完成这些步骤，并且那是...

keep track so you’re doing it every day.

保持跟踪，确保你每天走在做

Once you choose that you want to think English and stop translating in your head,

一旦你决定你想用英语思维思考而不是在大脑里翻译

write down every day what you do.

写下每天你所做的

And of course, do this in English.

当然，用英语做这件事

It could look like this:

它可以像这样

Today I named everything around me that I could think of in English two different times.

今天我描述了所有我周围的事物以至于我能够在第二次时用英语想起来

I watched a 3-minute news story in English.

我看了一个三分钟的英文报导

Just having a place to write it down can motivate you to do it.

只要有能让你写下来的地方就能激励你去做

And the last thing is something you can do every night after you lay down for bed,

最后一件事是你每晚准备睡觉时可以做的

but before you fall asleep.

但在你入睡之前

Recap your day in English.

用英语回顾你的一天

You’re taking advantage of this opportunity that you’ll have every day,

你很幸运能够每天都利用这一点

no matter where you are or what your day was like:

无论你身在何处，无论你的一天过得如何

no one I know falls asleep the moment their head hits the pillow.

我认识的人里没有一个是一沾到枕头就会睡着的

What a lovely day that was.

多么美好的一天

I got to meet my mom for lunch, go for a walk in the afternoon,

我和我妈妈一起吃了午饭，下午出去散步，

and I even had time to watch a movie after I put the kids down to bed.

我甚至有时间在让孩子们上床睡觉后看电影

And who knows, by putting your mind in English mode just before bed,

谁知道呢，在睡前把你的大脑调成英语模式

maybe you’re even setting yourself up to dream in English, continuing your practice.

或许你甚至在用英语做梦，继续练习

The brain does amazing things with what it’s learned that day while you sleep.

当你睡觉的时候，大脑会用当天学到的知识做出惊人的事情

What have you done to build a consistent English practice to help you start to think in English?

你做了什么连贯的英语练习来帮助你用英语模式思考吗?

Put it in the comments so others can learn from your best tips.

把它写在评论区里，这样其他人就能从你最好的建议中学到东西

Which of these ideas is new to you?

这些想法中哪一个对你来说是新的?

Or which are you most excited about?

或者最令你兴奋的是什么？

Let me know.

请让我知道

The next video I want you to watch is one with tips on increasing your vocabulary.

我想让你们看的下一个视频是关于增加词汇量的技巧

This can help with naming objects, and, of course,

这可以帮助你描述对象，当然

starting to have those conversations with yourself in your head.

开始在脑海中与自己对话

Please don’t forget to subscribe with notifications,

请不要忘记打开订阅通知

I make new videos on speaking English every Tuesday.

每周二我都会制作新的英语口语视频

That’s it, and thanks so much for using Rachel’s English.

以上，非常感谢你的观看。