禮節(jié)美語(yǔ)lesson 129 Becoming Fluent in English 1

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來(lái)自中國(guó)的雇員Penny跟同事Robert聊天兒。

Penny Liu: Hey, Robert! I was listening to you speak Chinese at the presentation yesterday! You're fluent!

Robert: Oh, that's kind of you to say, but in reality I'm just able to hold a conversation.

P: You are too modest. Seriously, I was really impressed. I actually wanted to know how you did it because I really want to take my English to the next level.

P: But your English is fantastic.

P: Yeah, it's pretty good. But I'm aiming to become completely fluent. Do you have any tips?

Penny稱(chēng)贊美國(guó)同事Robert中文說(shuō)得流利，fluent，給她留下了深刻印象。I was really impressed. Penny問(wèn)Robert 學(xué)習(xí)語(yǔ)言有什么竅門(mén)，那么Robert有什么建議呢？

R: Well, I studied at a major university in Taipei before coming to Beijing. And I lived in Hong Kong for over a year as well.

P: So you're saying I'll have to live in an English-speaking country?

R: It certainly doesn't hurt. But there are some things you can do if that is not an option.

P: For example?

R: When I first began studying Chinese, I found that watching Chinese movies was a really big help. Turn off the subtitles and watch and listen closely.

原來(lái)，Robert在中文環(huán)境中生活過(guò)一段時(shí)間?？扇绻麤](méi)有這種條件，if that is not an option, Robert說(shuō)，看電影會(huì)有很大幫助，并建議關(guān)掉字幕，turn off the subtitles, subtitles is spelled s-u-b-t-i-t-l-e-s, subtitles是字幕的意思。

P: But they speak so fast in movies! Will I be able to understand?

R: You could watch a movie you have already seen before...but no subtitles. That way you can pick up the rhythms of speech.

P: What about vocabulary? Should I just try to memorize more words?

R: Memorization can't hurt, but it's sometimes hard to learn words that have no context. Many times when I learn a new Chinese word, I don't really understand it until I hear or see how it's used in a sentence.

P: So I need to find a context for the words.

R: Right!

電影對(duì)白說(shuō)話太快，跟不上怎么辦。Robert建議Penny選擇以前看過(guò)的電影，然后關(guān)掉字幕。That way you can pick up the rhythms of speech. 這樣就能慢慢找到語(yǔ)言的節(jié)奏。單詞量vocabulary 不夠怎么辦？Robert說(shuō)，死記硬背固然沒(méi)有害處，可有時(shí)候少了上下文，單詞的意思是很難準(zhǔn)確理解和掌握的。Robert對(duì)提高英語(yǔ)水平還有哪些好的建議，我們下次繼續(xù)聽(tīng)。