THIS is How You Will Understand Native English Speakers 👂

Well hey there I'm Emma from mmmEnglish!

好吧，我是mmmEnglish的Emma！

I think that working on your listening skills is

我認為提高聽力能力是

one of the hardest parts

最難的部分之一

of becoming fluent in a new language.

能夠流利使用一種新語言。

It's like

就像是

all of the rules that you learnt in a classroom,

您在教室裡學到的所有規則，

they just disappear when you start

它們只是在您開始時消失

talking to native speakers

與母語人士交談

because they start using slang words,

因為他們開始使用語，

they push words together so fast when they speak,

他們說話的時候很快地把單詞推在一起，

that you can't even recognise them.

甚至無法認出他們

And there's nothing that makes you feel more frustrated

沒有什麼能讓你感到沮喪

and more deflated

更放氣

when you're talking to someone and you're

當你與某人交談時

unable to understand them,

無法理解他們，

when you want so much to be

當你想成為

a part of the conversation but you get stuck.

談話的一部分，但您陷入困境。

It's the worst feeling.

這是最糟糕的感覺。

I actually, I can feel that feeling now in my gut.

實際上，我現在能在腸道中感受到這種感覺。

It's awful but today we're going to talk about

糟透了，但今天我們要談的是

why it's so difficult to understand native speakers

為什麼說母語的人這麼難

and what you can do to become a better English listener

以及如何做才能成為更好的英語聽力者

So why, why is listening to native English speakers

那為什麼，為什麼要聽以英語為母語的人

so hard?

好難嗎

Firstly, there are so many versions of English

首先，英語的版本很多

and this is true for most languages.

大多數語言都是如此。

There's regional dialects and accents that make it

有地方的方言和口音

hard to listen and understand.

很難聽和理解。

But to put it in context, there are some English accents

但從上下文來看，有一些英語口音

that I have trouble understanding.

我很難理解。

All English speakers, all of us,

我們所有說英語的人，

we're all trying to understand and communicate

我們都在努力理解和交流

with each other, even if it is our own native language.

甚至是我們自己的母語。

Sometimes we use different words or different

有時我們用不同的詞或不同的詞

grammar rules to each other

彼此的語法規則

and that makes things really tough for you.

這對您來說真的很難。

Now there are also significant differences between

現在，

formal and informal spoken English.

正式和非正式的英語口語。

Informal English includes slang

非正式英語包括語

and common expressions that are

和常見的表達是

unique to a particular region or even

特定地區甚至獨特

a particular group of people within a community.

社區中的特定人群。

You come into the cricket and you bowl

你來到板球，你打碗

and

和

conditions are alright there's probably bit of movement

條件還不錯，可能會有一點動靜

that was a bit off the pitch and the batter's got no idea.

這有點偏離球場，擊球手一無所知。

I mean, I have no idea what my brother said just then

我的意思是，我不知道我哥哥當時在說什麼

and we speak the same language.

而且我們講相同的語言。

We learnt it from the same people!

我們是從同一個人那裡學到的！

Another reason why listening is hard is because

很難聽的另一個原因是

you're used to the English that you hear

你已經習慣了聽到的英語

from your English teachers

來自你的英語老師

and that can be a little different to real-life English.

這可能與現實生活中的英語有所不同。

Now think about the way that you speak

現在想想你說話的方式

or you chat with your friends

或者你和朋友聊天

in your own native language

用你自己的母語

and then think about how you would present

然後想想你會如何表現

in front of your colleagues at work.

在您的同事面前。

The words you use would be slightly different,

您使用的字詞會略有不同，

you would maybe speak a little more clearly,

您可能會說得更清楚一些，

maybe more formally.

也許更正式。

And this is exactly the same difference

這是完全一樣的區別

that I'm talking about.

我在說。

Your English teachers are trying to express themselves

您的英語老師正在努力表達自己

clearly so that you can understand them.

清楚地了解它們。

Right, that's all so interesting

對，那真有趣

but what can you do to improve your listening skills?

但是您可以採取什麼措施來提高自己的聽力水平呢？

Right now, I'm going to go through a few things

現在，我將介紹一些內容

that will help you to take action

這將幫助您採取行動

and start improving your English listening skills.

並開始提高您的英語聽力能力。

What and how are you practising?

您在實踐什麼以及如何實踐？

This is a really important question for you.

對您來說，這是一個非常重要的問題。

So there's listening as a verb,

所以聽是動詞，

you're doing that right now.

您現在正在這樣做。

But practising listening

但是練習聽

is a completely different exercise

是完全不同的練習

and when you're practising listening,

當你練習聽力時

you must pay attention to what you're listening to

你必須注意你在聽什麼

and how you're listening to it.

以及您如何收聽。

So if you're listening to this video right now

因此，如果您現在正在收聽此視頻

and you're understanding about half of what I'm saying,

並且您了解了我所說的一半，

it's a little difficult to keep going, right?

繼續前進有點困難，對吧？

Your first reaction might be to put the subtitles on

您的第一個反應可能是將字幕放在

which is great for helping you to understand

這非常有助於您了解

but not really a great way

但不是一個好方法

to practise your listening skills.

練習聽力技巧。

So when you're practising your listening skills,

因此，當您練習聽力技巧時，

instead of turning on the subtitles,

而不是打開字幕，

slow down the speed of the video, alright?

放慢影片的速度，好嗎？

This gives you a little more time and space

這給您更多的時間和空間

to help hear the sounds that I'm making

幫助聽到我正在發出的聲音

and then connect them to the words that you recognise.

然後將它們連接到您識別的單詞。

And you can use this trick on any YouTube video.

您可以在任何YouTube視頻上使用此技巧。

This one or a more challenging one.

這一個或一個以上的挑戰。

So you can click that button just down there

所以你可以點擊那裡的那個按鈕

and slow down the speed.

並減慢速度。

Okay then you'll

好吧那你會

hear the things that I'm saying more clearly.

聽清楚我說的話。

Now slowing down the speed is not cheating,

現在放慢速度並沒有作弊，

it's a really great way to start hearing the sounds

這是開始聆聽聲音的絕佳方法

and recognising words as they're spoken

並在說話時識別單詞

and listening to common patterns in English.

並聆聽英語的常用模式。

Then at any time you can

然後，您可以隨時

speed it back up to natural pace and hear it

使其恢復自然速度並聽到

as a native speaker would say it.

就像母語人士所說的那樣。

Now there are a few of you who complain that

現在有些人抱怨

I speak too slowly in my lessons.

我的課程講得太慢了。

But you can actually use this same tool to increase

但是您實際上可以使用相同的工具來增加

the speed of the video too

視頻的速度也

and this is a really great feature to start

這是一個非常好的功能

getting into the habit of using, right?

養成使用習慣，對嗎？

You can do it with audio books, you can do it with

您可以使用有聲讀物，也可以使用

other video platforms as well,

其他視頻平台

get into the habit of it.

養成它的習慣。

Now if you're watching this video and you can

現在，如果您正在觀看此視頻，則可以

understand most of what I'm saying

明白我在說什麼

without the subtitles on, awesome!

沒有字幕，太棒了！

But now I want you to try and challenge yourself a little.

但是，現在我希望您嘗試挑戰一下自己。

So challenge yourself by listening to some videos

因此，通過聽一些視頻來挑戰自己

by native English speakers

由講英語的人

who aren't teachers, right?

誰不是老師，對嗎？

So use the same technique

因此，使用相同的技術

that I mentioned just before,

我剛才提到的

slow down the speed when it's difficult to hear

難以聽見時放慢速度

before you turn on the subtitles.

在打開字幕之前。

So to summarise, listening to complicated movies

總結一下，聽複雜的電影

in English with the subtitles on,

用英文加上字幕，

is not the best way to practise your listening skills.

這不是練習聽力技能的最佳方法。

In fact, subtitles don't really help you

實際上，字幕並不能真正幫助您

with your listening skills much at all.

完全沒有你的聽力能力

Start with material that you can understand

從您可以理解的材料開始

and from there, increase your difficulty.

然後從那裡增加難度。

And just to be clear, when I say difficulty

而且要明確一點，當我說困難時

I'm talking about different accents.

我說的是不同的口音。

I'm talking about the context so lots of

我說的是上下文，所以很多

background noise makes it challenging to listen.

背景噪音使其難以聆聽。

I'm talking about more informal conversations,

我說的是更多非正式的對話，

you know, that often use slang or different expressions

你知道，那經常用語或其他表達方式

that might be new.

那可能是新的。

All of these things increase the difficulty of listening

所有這些事情增加了聽的難度

to someone in English.

用英語給某人。

So these are the things

這些就是這些

that you should challenge yourself with.

你應該挑戰自己。

Okay, so

可以，然後呢

listening to speech is different than reading text.

聽語音不同於閱讀文本。

I mean, people speak kind of differently than they write.

我的意思是，人們的說話方式與寫的方式不同。

Well, like

好吧，像

yeah

是的

all of these words are exactly what I'm talking about.

所有這些詞正是我在說的。

Every language has their own fillers that people use.

每種語言都有自己的填充物供人們使用。

Now fillers are little words that don't mean much.

現在，填充詞是沒有多大意義的小詞。

People usually add them to their speech without even

人們通常將他們添加到他們的演講中，甚至

thinking about it.

考慮一下。

They're words like

他們是像

They're all examples of filler words and

它們都是補詞和

all they're really there for is to give the speaker

他們真正要做的就是給演講者

a little more time to think

多一點時間思考

about what they're going to say next.

關於他們接下來要說的話。

Now it's really natural for native speakers to use them.

現在，母語為母語的人使用它們真的很自然。

They don't even think about it.

他們甚至沒有考慮。

But it can be really tough for you

但是對你來說真的很難

while you're listening to a native speaker

當您聽母語的人時

and their speech is full of these extra words

他們的演講充滿了這些多餘的話

that don't really mean very much.

那真的不是很重要。

Learning them, becoming familiar with the ones

學習它們，熟悉它們

that are commonly used

常用的

will help your brain to sort of skip over them

可以幫助您的大腦跳過它們

while you're listening

在聽的時候

so you'll train yourself to ignore them

所以你會訓練自己去忽略他們

and listen for the more important things

傾聽更重要的事情

that they're saying in the sentence.

他們在句子中說的話。

So these are really commonly used by native speakers

所以這些真的是母語人士常用的

in lots of different English-speaking countries

在許多不同的英語國家

but there might be some more specific ones in

但可能會有一些更具體的

certain areas.

某些區域。

So if you're watching this as a native English speaker

因此，如果您以英語為母語的人觀看此節目

and you've got a couple of fillers that you want to

並且您有一些想要的填充物

add to this list that are commonly used

添加到此常用列表

where you're from, then please do.

您來自哪裡，那麼請做。

I'd love to have you help my students

我希望你能幫助我的學生

here on the mmmEnglish Channel.

在mmmEnglish頻道上

But I always find it really interesting to hear

但是我總是覺得很有趣

the different fillers in other languages too

其他語言中的不同填充物

because they can be quite different

因為它們可以完全不同

and they sound quite strange if you try and use

如果您嘗試使用它們，它們聽起來會很奇怪

a filler from another language in English.

來自其他語言的英語填充詞。

No one will recognise it as a filler.

沒有人會認為它是填充物。

Right so you need to study connected speech.

正確，因此您需要學習關聯的語音。

Just as grammar is the path to better writing

正如語法是更好寫作的途徑

and confidence is a big step towards better speaking,

信心是朝著更好的方向邁出的一大步，

understanding connected speech is the key

理解語音是關鍵

to better listening skills in English.

提高英語聽力水平。

Connected speech is the way that sounds

連接語音是發聲的方式

and words link together, they blend together

和單詞鏈接在一起，它們融合在一起

or maybe the sounds even change completely

甚至聲音甚至完全改變

as we speak a word out loud.

當我們大聲說出一個字。

Native speakers don't pronounce every word separately.

母語不會將每個單詞分開發音。

Instead, we push words together,

相反，我們將單詞拼在一起

some of these sounds disappear or they change

這些聲音中的一些消失或改變

and it all happens as we speak out loud.

當我們大聲說出來時，一切都會發生。

So knowing what connected speech is

所以知道什麼是關聯語音

is the first step but you need to practise it as well.

是第一步，但您也需要練習。

Now this is a great place to start.

現在，這是一個很好的起點。

There is a whole playlist of mine on connected speech

關聯語音中有一個完整的播放列表

right there. How to use it in naturally spoken English.

在那裡。如何以自然口語使用它。

So I go over a lot of detail there step-by-step.

因此，我會逐步詳細介紹許多細節。

There's lots of examples

有很多例子

and there's lots of opportunities to practise as well.

而且還有很多練習的機會。

Now I'm going to link that at the end of this lesson

現在，我將在本課結束時進行鏈接

so don't go anywhere just yet alright?

所以現在還不要去任何地方嗎？

Because I'm not quite finished yet.

因為我還沒完成。

Listening's great because you can do it

聽力很棒，因為您可以做到

while you're multitasking. You can listen to music

在執行多任務處理時。你可以聽音樂

while you're driving a car.

當你開車時。

You can listen to a podcast while you're walking,

您可以邊走邊聽播客，

you can watch TV while you're cycling at the gym.

您可以在健身房騎自行車時看電視。

Awesome!

太棒了！

But if you want to improve your listening skills,

但是如果您想提高聽力能力，

you need to do more than just listen.

您需要做的不僅僅是聆聽。

You need to be actively listening, right?

您需要積極傾聽，對不對？

To do that, the best thing you can do is have a goal.

為此，您可以做的最好的事情就是有一個目標。

Set a specific goal or a challenge

設定特定目標或挑戰

that you need to accomplish

你需要完成的

through the listening practice.

通過聽力練習。

So you could challenge yourself to recognise

所以你可以挑戰自己去認識

ten new words from a podcast and write them down

播客中的十個新詞並將其寫下來

as you're listening to them.

當你在聽他們的時候。

Maybe even try and guess the meaning from the context

甚至嘗試從上下文中猜測含義

of the discussion.

討論。

You can look them up after to check if you're right.

您可以在查找之後檢查它們是否正確。

Another idea is to use a video with a transcript.

另一個想法是使用帶字幕的視頻。

A TED talk is perfect for this.

TED演講對此很完美。

So listen and after you listen, try and explain

所以聽，聽完之後，嘗試解釋一下

the author's or the speaker's opinion

作者或演講者的意見

about a particular issue.

關於一個特定的問題。

And then use the transcript to go back

然後用筆錄回去

and see how much of it you got right

看看你說對了多少

or how much of it you understood.

或您了解了多少

If you're lucky enough to have a language exchange

如果您有幸進行語言交流

partner, someone who's

夥伴，某人

learning your native language and who's helping you

學習您的母語以及誰在幫助您

to practise your English skills,

練習英語技能

then practise telling each other a story,

然後練習互相講故事

maybe about your childhood.

也許是關於你的童年。

Then try to summarise it back to them so that they can

然後嘗試將其總結給他們，以便他們可以

tell you how accurate you were with your listening.

告訴你聽的準確性。

Another awesome technique is to combine

另一個很棒的技術是結合

different English skills

不同的英語能力

so combine listening with speaking or combine it with

所以結合聽和說或結合

reading or writing.

閱讀或寫作。

Like I said earlier, if you hear an expression

就像我之前說的，如果您聽到一個表情

that you don't know, try and guess the meaning

你不知道的地方，試著猜出意思

from the context and just make a note of it

從上下文中並記下它

so you can check it later.

因此您可以稍後進行檢查。

While you're listening, read the transcript

在聆聽時，請閱讀成績單

but don't just read it in your head, read it out loud,

但不要只是讀在腦子裡，大聲讀出來，

practise your pronunciation, you can imitate or shadow

練習你的發音，你可以模仿或陰影

the person who's speaking.

說話的人。

So you're copying their tone and their stress patterns.

因此，您正在復制他們的語氣和壓力模式。

It's a brilliant way to develop your pronunciation skills

這是提高發音技巧的絕妙方法

and your listening skills.

和你的聽力技巧。

All of these things are going to help you to improve

所有這些都將幫助您改善

your listening skills but they require extra work.

您的聽力技能，但它們需要額外的工作。

It's not just listening to English but it's practising

不僅在聽英語，還在練習

listening to English.

聽英語。

And they're two really different things.

他們是兩件完全不同的事情。

Don't just hear.

不只是聽到。

Instead, make sure you're listening.

相反，請確保您在聽。

You're thinking, you're comprehending.

你在想，你在理解。

you're listening again to check.

您正在再次收聽以進行檢查。

You're writing it down, then you're listening again.

您正在寫下來，然後又在聽。

Right? You get the idea.

對？你明白了。

Alight a little pop quiz.

進行一些小測驗。

I want to see if you've been really listening

我想看看你是否一直在聽

to what I've been talking about,

我一直在談論的是

how much of this video did you understand?

您看了多少這個視頻？

Were you actively listening or were you just

您是在積極聆聽還是只是

staring out the window of the bus

凝視著公共汽車的窗戶

thinking about something else?

在想別的嗎？

To check if you are listening,

要檢查您是否在聽，

I want you to answer this question in the comments

我希望您在評論中回答這個問題

below this video.

在此視頻下方。

What can you do

你能做什麼

to increase the difficulty of the audio you're listening to?

增加您正在收聽的音頻的難度？

Can you remember what I said?

你還記得我說的嗎？

Were you actually listening?

你真的在聽嗎？

Another question, what is connected speech?

另一個問題是什麼是關聯語音？

And how can it help you to listen to native speakers?

以及如何幫助您聆聽以母語為母語的人？

It's an important one.

這很重要。

If you can't remember,

如果你不記得了

maybe you need to go back and watch this video again.

也許您需要返回並再次觀看此視頻。

Listen actively this time, alright?

這次積極聆聽，好嗎？

Or you can check the answers to these questions

或者您可以查看這些問題的答案

on the mmmEnglish blog because there's a

在mmmEnglish博客上，因為有一個

full transcript of this lesson

這節課的全文

and every lesson that I make

還有我上的每一課

on the mmmEnglish blog.

在mmmEnglish博客上。

The link is in the description and up there.

該鏈接位於說明中及其上方。

If you haven't subscribed to the channel yet

如果您尚未訂閱該頻道

then please do that right here.

那請在這裡做

And if you're ready for a listening challenge with

如果您準備好接受聽力挑戰

native English speakers

以英語為母語的人

then let's go check out this video right here.

然後讓我們在這裡觀看此視頻。