Everyday habits to improve your English

Hello I'm Emma from mmmEnglish!

您好，我是mmmEnglish的Emma！

In this video, we're going to talk about four things

在本视频中，我们将讨论四件事

that you can do every day to improve your English.

您每天都可以提高英语水平。

I think we can all agree that learning English

我想我们都可以同意学习英语

or learning any language takes time

或学习任何语言都需要时间

and effort and dedication.

和努力和奉献精神。

But the most successful language learners, they find

但是他们发现最成功的语言学习者

a way for their language to become

他们的语言成为一种方式

a part of their daily life. It just becomes a habit

是他们日常生活的一部分。这只是一种习惯

like brushing your teeth.

就像刷牙一样。

If you want to improve, your English practice should

如果你想提高，你的英语练习应该

become a daily habit.

成为日常习惯。

To help you with this I'm going to share four things

为了帮助您，我将分享四件事

that you can and you should be doing every day

可以的，你应该每天做

to improve your English and yes, I am suggesting

为了提高您的英语水平，是的，我建议

that you do all four things every day but they're not

你每天都做四件事，但他们却没有

huge tasks

艰巨的任务

and we're going to talk about how you can make them

我们将讨论如何制作它们

a bit of fun too

也有点乐趣

so come check it out!

所以快来看看！

Before I share these four things

在我分享这四件事之前

that you should be doing every day,

你应该每天做

I want to thank our friends Lingoda

我要感谢我们的朋友Lingoda

who've partnered with us to bring you today's lesson.

与我们合作为您带来今天课程的人。

In particular, I want to share how the Lingoda Language

我想特别分享一下Lingoda语言

Sprint offers you daily English lessons plus

Sprint为您提供每日英语课程以及

up to a hundred percent refund on your lesson fees.

您的课程费用最多可获得100％的退款。

Lingoda is an online language school.

Lingoda是一所在线语言学校。

You take classes with qualified native speaking

您以合格的母语参加课程

teachers, class sizes are small

老师，班小

and all of the learning materials are provided. Plus

并且提供了所有学习资料。加

Lingoda are now Cambridge certified so you'll get free

Lingoda现在已通过剑桥认证，因此您将获得免费

access to the Cambridge online language test as well.

以及访问剑桥在线语言测试。

And in exciting news, the next Language Sprints

在令人振奋的消息中，下一个语言冲刺

are starting soon.

即将开始。

The Super Sprint is the biggest challenge,

超级冲刺是最大的挑战，

thirty classes a month for three months.

每月三十课，三个月。

When I decide to do something, I like to go hard

当我决定做某事时，我喜欢努力

and that is exactly what the Super Sprint

而这正是Super Sprint的目的

demands of you.

您的要求。

English classes every day for ninety days

每天上九十天的英语课

but here's the thing,

但这是事实

if you complete every one of those classes,

如果您完成所有这些课程中的每一个，

Lingoda will give you your money back,

Lingoda会退还您的钱，

a hundred percent of your class fees refunded

退还您班级费用的百分之一百

or you can use the credits for even more

或者你可以使用积分更多

English classes. Now if that feels impossible for you,

英语课。现在，如果您觉得这不可能，

then you can choose to do the Regular Sprint,

然后您可以选择进行常规冲刺，

fifteen classes a month for three months.

每月十五节课，三个月。

If you complete all of those classes, you'll get a

如果完成所有这些课程，您将获得一个

fifty percent refund. So are you up to the challenge?

百分之五十退款。那么，您准备好迎接挑战了吗？

You can register for the Sprint promotion right now

您可以立即注册Sprint促销

but registrations close on the 24th of March.

但是注册将于3月24日关闭。

The link is in the description below and if you use

该链接位于下面的说明中，如果您使用

this code JOIN1, you'll get ten euros off your deposit.

此代码JOIN1，您将从存款中扣除10欧元。

So the very first thing on my list is pronunciation.

因此，我名单上的第一件事就是发音。

Yes you should be practising your pronunciation

是的，你应该练习你的发音

every day.

每天。

And it's not to try and get rid of your accent

这不是试图摆脱你的口音

but to make it clear enough that others

但要清楚一点

can comfortably understand you when you speak.

说话时可以轻松地理解你。

I can't tell you the number of advanced English students

我不能告诉你高级英语学生的人数

I've had

我有

who've had amazing grammar and vocabulary skills

具有惊人的语法和词汇技巧

but so much trouble communicating

但是沟通非常麻烦

because their accent makes it quite challenging

因为他们的口音很具挑战性

for others to understand them.

让其他人了解他们。

So of course, all of this affects smooth, positive,

因此，当然，所有这些都会影响平稳，积极，

comfortable conversation.

舒适的交谈。

And depending on where you learned English,

根据您在哪里学习英语，

your teacher may not have focused on pronunciation.

您的老师可能没有专注于发音。

It may not have been the priority at the time.

当时可能不是优先事项。

You see, if you learned English at school,

你看，如果你在学校学英语，

your teacher's main aim was probably to get you

你老师的主要目的可能是让你

high marks in your exam. Pronunciation was

考试成绩高。发音原为

probably not their focus at that time

当时可能不是他们的重点

but in the real world when you're using English to speak

但是在现实世界中，当您使用英语说话时

with other people, your pronunciation, your fluency

与其他人，你的发音，你的流利程度

when you speak, it's so incredibly important.

当您说话时，它是如此重要。

Get into the habit of learning and using the correct

养成学习和使用正确的习惯

pronunciation today because it's going to save you

今天的发音，因为它将拯救您

lots of headaches and confusion down the track.

很多头痛和混乱。

Plus, practising your pronunciation every day

另外，每天练习发音

consistently, it's gonna help you to make noticeable

一贯地，它将帮助您引起关注

improvements in a short space of time.

在短时间内改善。

So how can you start doing this?

那么如何开始做呢？

I recommend that you learn the IPA,

我建议您学习IPA，

the international phonetic alphabet.

国际语音字母。

If you've never heard of it before

如果您以前从未听说过

or you don't know a lot about it,

或您对此一无所知，

then watch this lesson up here.

然后在这里观看本课。

But learning the IPA will allow you to correctly

但是学习IPA将使您正确

pronounce every single English word

发音每个英语单词

using

使用

the

的

correct

正确

English

英语

sounds.

声音。

Another great way to practise your pronunciation

练习发音的另一种好方法

is with my imitation lessons

在我的模仿课上

so in these lessons, I help you to copy me

因此，在这些课程中，我帮助您复制我

and shadow me as I speak.

当我说话时遮住我。

They're really awesome, quick ten minute videos

他们真的很棒，十分钟快速的视频

that you can practise with regularly so add them

您可以定期练习，因此添加它们

to a playlist and keep coming back to them

到播放列表并继续返回他们

and practise with them often.

并经常与他们练习。

After you've practised a lesson for a few times

上一堂课几次之后

make a recording of yourself

记录自己

and compare it to my voice.

并与我的声音进行比较

Try to identify some of the mistakes that you're making

尝试找出您犯的一些错误

with your pronunciation.

用你的发音

I've added a link to my imitation lessons

我在模仿课程中添加了链接

in the description and I'll add one at the

在说明中，我将在

end of this video as well that you can check out.

您也可以查看该视频的结尾。

You can also simply read out loud to improve

您也可以简单地大声朗读以改善

your pronunciation.

你的发音。

Doing this every day will help your mouth muscles

每天这样做都会帮助您的口腔肌肉

to get working and creating English sounds

开始工作并创造英语声音

and get more comfortable doing it.

并变得更舒适。

It's as simple as that

就这么简单

and it doesn't need to take you long

并不需要花很长时间

just five or ten minutes a day is plenty.

每天只有五到十分钟就足够了。

Just make sure you're doing it consistently.

只要确保您一直在做。

You could even do it by singing English songs.

您甚至可以通过唱歌来实现。

Create one opportunity to absorb English every day.

创造一个每天吸收英语的机会。

To absorb is to take in information

吸收就是吸收信息

so you're like a sponge soaking things up, taking in

所以你就像一块海绵，吸收东西，吸收

new ideas, new words,

新想法，新词，

new ways of expressing yourself

表达自我的新方法

and you can do this in lots of different ways,

您可以通过许多不同的方式来做到这一点，

so many ways.

这么多方式。

Listening to a podcast or an audiobook,

听播客或有声读物，

you could watch an English movie

你可以看英文电影

or any video on Youtube.

或YouTube上的任何视频。

Read a book or a blog post, In fact,

读一本书或博客文章，实际上，

you probably want to mix this up during the week, right?

您可能想在一周中混合使用，对吗？

To keep things interesting.

为了使事情有趣。

A podcast on Monday. Read a book on Tuesday.

周一播客。在星期二读书。

Whatever floats your boat.

无论您的船浮在水上。

Now again, this doesn't have to be a huge

再说一次，这不必很大

time-consuming task but it's worth spending some time

耗时的任务，但值得花一些时间

searching for the right type of content.

搜索正确的内容类型。

It must be stuff that is interesting for you.

一定是您感兴趣的东西。

If you're into football or you love makeup tutorials

如果您喜欢足球或喜欢化妆教程

or romance novels or soap operas.

或浪漫小说或肥皂剧。

If you love the idea of sailing around the world,

如果您喜欢环游世界的想法，

I've been watching a YouTube channel called

我一直在看一个YouTube频道，

Sailing La Vagabonde and they vlog about their life

航行La Vagabonde，他们在视频中讲述自己的生活

sailing around the world on a yacht.

乘游艇环游世界。

In fact, if you're interested,

实际上，如果您有兴趣，

I've added the link in the description below.

我在下面的说明中添加了链接。

But the point is, find something that interests you

但关键是要找到您感兴趣的东西

and excites you because

让你兴奋

you need to look forward to doing it every single day.

您需要期待每一天。

It shouldn't feel like you're doing English practice.

感觉不到您正在练习英语。

So I have two little recommendations here.

所以我在这里有两个小建议。

Firstly, you need to find the time that you're going to

首先，您需要找到要去的时间

do it and declare it. That is your daily time

做它并声明它。那是你的日常时间

to absorb English so it could be on the bus

吸收英语，所以它可以在公共汽车上

on your way to work or while you're eating breakfast.

在上班途中或在吃早餐时。

I've always found that attaching an activity to the task

我一直发现，将一项活动附加到任务上

helps you to make it part of your routine.

帮助您将其作为日常工作的一部分。

And while you're doing it, just keep a notebook handy

在执行此操作时，请随身携带一个笔记本

so that you can write down expressions or new words

这样您就可以写下表达式或新词

which you can look up and check later on.

您可以查找并稍后检查。

Simple as that!

就那么简单！

Writing every day has some amazing benefits.

每天写作都有一些惊人的好处。

But before I talk about that I want to make it clear,

但是在我谈论这件事之前，我想说清楚一点，

I'm not talking about writing an essay, okay?

我不是在谈论写论文，好吗？

I'm just talking about writing a few thoughts or a few

我只是在谈论写一些想法或一些想法

ideas down. It only has to take a few minutes

想法下降。只需要几分钟

and nobody ever has to see it.

而且没有人必须看到它。

It's just for you. So there's a few reasons why writing

只为你所以有一些原因为什么写作

every day is an excellent habit to get into.

每天都是一个很好的习惯。

It helps your vocabulary to stick.

它可以帮助您保持词汇量。

Writing is one of the best ways to recall

写作是回忆的最好方式之一

new words and expressions that you've come across.

您遇到的新单词和表达。

When so many of my students have asked me

当我很多学生问我

"What is the best way to remember vocabulary?"

“记住词汇的最佳方法是什么？”

this is my recommendation.

这是我的建议。

As you're reading or watching TV shows or books,

当您阅读或观看电视节目或书籍时，

you come across new ideas and words

您会遇到新的想法和单词

and you write them down but

然后把它们写下来

then you start to use them yourself.

然后您开始自己使用它们。

You think of sentences and your own ideas about

您想到句子和自己的想法

how to use these words.

如何使用这些词。

That way you're producing your own sentences

这样，您就可以制作自己的句子

rather than just listening to other people's

而不是只听别人的

and it helps it just stick in your mind.

它可以帮助您记住它。

And then you can improve it.

然后您可以对其进行改进。

Once you've written something,

一旦写了东西，

you can do so much with it.

您可以用它做很多事情。

You can copy/paste it into a grammar checker

您可以将其复制/粘贴到语法检查器中

like Grammarly to help you to identify some of the errors

像文法，可以帮助您识别一些错误

that you're making.

你正在做的。

So Grammarly is free to use,

所以语法免费使用，

I've included a link in the description below

我在下面的说明中包含了一个链接

because it's awesome.

因为很棒

It helps you to see the mistakes that you're making

它可以帮助您发现自己犯的错误

like maybe you're using the wrong preposition

就像您使用了错误的介词

or

you don't need to use an article when you've written one.

要么

撰写文章后，您无需使用任何文章。

So I really recommend that you take a look to help you

所以我真的建议你看看能帮到你

see and realise the mistakes that you're making

看到并意识到您正在犯的错误

and you can also review your own work.

您还可以查看自己的作品。

Once you've finished writing, leave it for a few days

完成写作后，请保留几天

or a few weeks, come back to it.

或几个星期，再回到它。

See if you can make any improvements

看看是否可以进行任何改进

or if you can use a thesaurus

或者如果您可以使用同义词库

to look up synonyms and replace some of the words

查找同义词并替换一些单词

with more advanced ones.

与更先进的。

These are just a few ideas but getting into a daily

这些只是一些想法，但每天都会涉及

writing practice creates so many opportunities for you

写作练习为您创造了很多机会

to apply what you've learned or what you've seen

运用你所学或所见

or what you've experienced in English

或您的英语经验

and then review it and improve it.

然后对其进行审查并加以改进。

Lastly, join an English discussion

最后，参加英语讨论

about stuff that interests you.

关于您感兴趣的东西。

Now this sounds serious and may be complicated

现在听起来很严重，可能很复杂

but it's not, I promise. I'm just talking about joining an

但我保证不是。我只是在谈论加入

active group or online community

活跃团体或在线社区

where there are people interacting.

人们互动的地方。

They're sharing their ideas, they're giving opinions

他们分享想法，发表意见

and you're able to respond.

而且您能够做出回应。

So you can comment and actually be part

因此您可以发表评论并参与其中

of the discussion as it happens.

讨论的过程。

Now this could be in person but it can easily

现在可以亲自面对，但可以轻松地

be as part of an online community.

成为在线社区的一部分。

Plus that makes it, you know, even easier to create

另外，它使创建起来更加容易

a daily habit around it

每天的习惯

because it's simply about checking in

因为这只是关于签入

and seeing what everyone else has been talking about

看看别人都在谈论什么

and giving your two cents worth.

并给你两分钱。

So how do you find these places?

那么，您如何找到这些地方？

It takes a little work. You can't just Google 'cooking'

这需要一点工作。你不能只是谷歌的“烹饪”

and join the first group that you find.

并加入您发现的第一组。

Join a few different ones, see which one is the most

加入一些不同的，看看哪个是最

active, which one has really interesting discussions

活跃，其中有一个非常有趣的讨论

happening in it.

发生在其中。

Sometimes nothing gets posted in these groups

有时这些组中没有任何内容

for days and that's not really helpful for you, right?

好几天了，对您没有太大帮助，对吧？

So I would start by writing down

所以我先写下来

your top five hobbies or interests.

您的前五项爱好或兴趣。

Don't start with English language.

不要以英语开始。

What else are you into? Are you into

你还喜欢什么？你喜欢吗

politics or yoga or marketing,

政治，瑜伽或市场营销，

photography, sports. I mean you probably already follow

摄影，运动。我的意思是你可能已经跟随

people or a part of groups that are like this.

像这样的人或团体的一部分。

So all you need to do is commit to checking in

所以您要做的就是承诺签入

once a day and write a comment.

每天一次并发表评论。

It's not more complicated than that.

没有比这更复杂的了。

If someone shared something and they're asking

如果有人分享了一些东西，他们在问

for opinions, don't keep scrolling.

对于意见，请不要滚动。

It's an opportunity for you to share so stop,

这是您分享的机会，请停止，

think of a way that you can contribute.

想出一种可以做出贡献的方式。

Now I'm gonna add some great, really active

现在我要添加一些很棒的，非常活跃的

and interesting groups in the description below

以及以下说明中的有趣组

just to give you a few ideas of what I'm talking about

只是给您一些我在说什么的想法

but I want to know if you're already part of some

但我想知道您是否已经加入其中

lively Facebook groups or other online communities.

活跃的Facebook团体或其他在线社区。

What kinds of things do you discuss

你在讨论什么样的事情

and do you ever contribute?

你有贡献吗？

So if you can bring those four things

所以如果你能带来这四件事

into your daily routine in some way,

以某种方式进入您的日常工作，

you will absolutely, without a doubt

毫无疑问，您将绝对

improve your English.

提高您的英语水平。

Remember that it takes a little bit of time to create

请记住，创建需要花费一些时间

good habits. It's not as simple as

好习惯。它不像

deciding you're gonna do it.

决定要去做。

So I've got a couple of extra tips to help you get started.

因此，我有一些额外的技巧可以帮助您入门。

Do your research first.

首先进行研究。

Find a blog or a TV series that will keep you

查找可以让您满意的博客或电视连续剧

interested so you don't have to look for something to do

感兴趣，所以您不必寻找要做的事情

okay? Give yourself a week or so to find the right

好的？给自己一个星期左右的时间来找到合适的

type of community to join and be part of the

加入并成为其中一部分的社区类型

discussions with.

讨论。

Then create a regular schedule to help you get started

然后创建一个定期计划以帮助您入门

and really I just mean decide when you're going to do

真的，我的意思是决定何时要做

these four things so for example,

例如，这四件事

pronunciation practice might be in the bathroom

发音练习可能在浴室里

for five to ten minutes every morning

每天早上五到十分钟

as you're getting ready for work.

当您准备工作时。

Then listening to your favourite podcast

然后听你喜欢的播客

on your way to work and you're writing down

在上班途中，您正在写下来

your words on the bus.

你在公共汽车上的话。

On your lunch break, might be the time to check a

在午餐时间，可能是时候检查一下

Facebook group and write a group comment.

在Facebook群组上发表评论。

Then spend ten minutes at the end of your day

然后在一天结束时花十分钟

writing about what you did

写关于你做了什么

or what you learnt before dinner

或晚餐前所学

and simply put that on repeat.

然后简单地重复一遍。

Very quickly you'll realise that English has become

很快您就会意识到英语已经成为

a regular daily part of your routine.

例行的日常工作。

Thank you so much for joining me today.

非常感谢您今天加入我的行列。

You can connect with me

你可以和我联系

on Instagram and my Facebook here.

在Instagram和我的Facebook上。

I hope that you found all of these ideas

我希望你发现了所有这些想法

and these suggestions useful.

这些建议很有用。

Let me know if you're doing some of these things

让我知道你是否正在做这些事情

already or if you're planning to put any of them

已经或者如果您打算放置其中任何一个

into practice, let me know how it goes.

付诸实践，让我知道进展如何。

And as promised, here is one of my imitation lessons

正如所承诺的，这是我的模仿课程之一

to help you work on your pronunciation.

帮助您练习发音。

I'll see you in there!

我在那里见！