摘要：Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening! Welcome to Smashing English!

Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening! Welcome to Smashing English!

早上好，下午好，晚上好！欢迎来到 Smashing English！

Before we start this video, be sure to subscribe because we make new videos all the time and I don't want you to miss any.

在我们开始这个视频之前，请确保订阅，因为我们一直在制作新视频，我不希望你错过任何一个。

So with that said, let's get on with the video!

所以话不多说，让我们开始观看这个视频吧！

If you're new here, my name is Laura and I am an English teacher.

如果你是新来的，我叫 Laura，我是一名英语老师。

I've taught around three and a half thousand English lessons online.

我在线上教授了大约三千五百节英语课。

The main issue I come across is people telling me: 'I feel like I'm not improving. I feel stuck. I feel like I've hit a level and that is where I will always be, I can't get any better . ' So let me give you some help if you're feeling a little bit like this.

我遇到的主要问题是人们告诉我：'我觉得自己没有进步。我觉得被卡住了。我觉得我达到了一个水平，这就是我永远会停留的地方，我不能变得更好。'所以如果你有这种感觉，让我给你一些帮助。

This is why you are not improving your English.

为什么你的英语总是很难取得进步？

Okay, reason number one: I love books, I think books are brilliant, reading books are a fabulous way of improving your vocabulary.

好的，原因一：我爱书，我认为书很棒，读书是提高词汇量的绝佳方式。

You can learn grammar from books, fabulous.

你可以从书中学习语法，太棒了。

However, if you are just reading and writing you will not find the right level of speaking improvement that you want to see.

然而，如果你只是阅读和写作，你将无法达到你想要看到的口语提高水平。

If you want to walk into a coffee shop and order something in English like a native, you won't be able to do that if you are just reading books.

如果你想走进咖啡店，用英语像本地人一样点东西，如果你只是读书，你是做不到的。

You need to be speaking speaking speaking speaking, and one of the cheapest easiest exercises you can do is every day make a little Vlog for yourself.

你需要不停地说说说说，而你可以做的最便宜最简单的练习之一就是每天为自己制作一个小 Vlog。

Vlog: a video blog — Vlog.

Vlog：视频博客——Vlog。

Record yourself, telling a story of what's happened to you today, or maybe you are going to record yourself in your kitchen, and it only needs to be maybe 30 seconds.

录下自己，讲述今天发生在你身上的故事，或者你可能会在厨房里录下自己的生活，只需要大约 30 秒。

So you say, "Hello, today I'm in my kitchen. As you can see, I'm cooking". Just something where you are speaking to camera.

所以你说，"你好，今天我在厨房。正如你所见，我在做饭"。就是一些你对着镜头说话的视频。

And the reason why I say record it is you can go back watch it, listen out for any mistakes, because most of the time, when we listen back, we can hear mistakes that we don't realize we are making when we say them.

我之所以说要录下来，是因为你可以回去观看，听听有没有错误，因为大多数时候，当我们回听时，我们可以听到我们在说的时候没有意识到的错误。

Okay reason number two why your English isn't improving: You've lost motivation.

好的，第二个原因为什么你的英语没有进步：你失去了动力。

You are simply learning English for the sake of learning English, and that is a very tricky place to be if you want to keep motivation.

你只是为了学习英语而学习英语，如果你想保持动力，这是一个非常棘手的地方。

So I suggest setting a goal, you can even sign up for it.

所以我建议设定一个目标，你甚至可以报名参加考试。

Set a goal of taking an English test, like the Cambridge English test or an IELTS test: i-e-l-t-s.

设定一个参加英语考试的目标，比如剑桥英语考试或雅思考试：i-e-l-t-s。

If you set a date and you book that test, you are going to find this sense of motivation, because you know in six months time, I've got that test.

如果你设定了一个日期并预定了那个考试，你会发现这种动力，因为你知道六个月后，我有那个考试。

I've paid for that test. I need to take it.

我为那个考试付了钱。我需要参加。

So I better practice because I want to get a good result.

所以我最好进行练习，因为我想取得好成绩。

Putting pressure on yourself is the best way to get motivation.

给自己施加压力是获得动力的最佳方式。

Especially if it's pressure that you've created yourself.

尤其是当这是你自己创造的压力时。

You know, if you don't need to take an English test, then it's quite a nice pressure because you've decided to, because you want to for yourself.

你知道，如果你不需要参加英语考试，那么这是一种很好的压力，因为是你自己决定的，因为你想为自己这样做。

It's not like, "If I don't pass this, bad things will happen".

这不像是，"如果我不通过这个，坏事就会发生"。

But it's a good level of pressure, so book an English test for six months in the future, trust me!

但这是一个良好的压力水平，所以预定一个六个月后的英语考试，相信我！

Okay, reason number three: You're not speaking to a native.

好的，第三个原因：你没有和本地人交谈。

Now this is harder than it sounds, obviously, if you're living in a country with not a lot of native English speakers, that's quite hard to do.

现在这比听起来要难，显然，如果你生活在一个没有很多英语母语者的国家，这很难做到。

But the internet is your friend.

但互联网是你的朋友。

There are websites like iTalki, Cambly, and many others.

有像 iTalki、Cambly 和许多其他网站。

I'll link some down below!

我会在下面链接一些相关网址！

It feels really scary the first time because you're talking online with someone who is a native speaker, and it's very nerve-wracking, but it is the best thing you could possibly do.

第一次感觉真的很可怕，因为你在网上和一个母语者交谈，这非常紧张，但这是你可能做的最好的事情。

Again, there's that pressure that you have.

再次，这是你拥有的压力。

Suddenly, you're face to face with a native speaker, and you have to find conversation.

突然间，你面对面地和一个母语者交谈，你必须找到话题。

That pressure does wonders for your improvement, I promise.

这种压力对你的进步有奇效，我保证。

Okay, reason number four: You're not consuming media in your target language.

好的，第四个原因：你没有用目标语言消费媒体。

If you're saying to me: 'I feel like I'm not improving with my English, I feel stuck', but then you also tell me that you don't listen to any English-speaking podcasts and English-speaking TV shows, anything. then I don't know what to tell you!

如果你对我说：'我觉得我的英语没有进步，我觉得被卡住了'，但你也告诉我你不听任何英语播客和英语电视节目，任何东西。那么我不知道该告诉你什么了！

This is a must for your listening practice and for your vocabulary.

这是你听力练习和词汇的必需品。

You need to have at least one TV show that you regularly watch that is in English, or one podcast that you regularly listen to that is in English.

你需要至少有一个你经常看的英语电视节目，或者一个你经常听的英语播客。

It's just a must, even TikTok!

这只是必须的，甚至是 TikTok！

You can set the languages on your TikTok to "I understand English", I'm sure you can do that.

你可以在你的 TikTok 上设置语言为"我懂英语"，我相信你可以做到。

And then you will get English-speaking content.

然后你会得到英语内容。

And this is fun, this is an easy one.

这很有趣，这是一个简单的。

You just get to watch funny things.

你只需观看有趣的东西。

So find something you really enjoy, but watch it in English.

所以找一些你真正喜欢的东西，但用英语观看。

Okay, reason number five: You are in your vocabulary comfort zone.

好的，第五个原因：你处在你的词汇舒适区。

Your vocabulary comfort zone is a lovely little place where you can use the words that you are comfortable with.

你的词汇舒适区是一个可爱的地方，你可以使用你感到舒适的词汇。

I have it with French. When I speak French I always use the word "bizarre" for everything.

我在法语中有这个。当我说法语时，我总是用"bizarre"这个词来形容一切。

I'm like, "Oh, c' est bizarre, c' est bizarre!" That's it. Because it's my comfort word, I know that that will work, you know?

我就像，"哦，c' est bizarre，c' est bizarre！"就是这样。因为这是我的舒适词，我知道这很有用，你知道吗？

But I need to push myself, I need to expand that vocabulary.

但我需要逼自己，我需要扩展词汇量。

So here's an exercise you can do to stretch your comfort zone.

所以这里有一个练习可以帮助你突破舒适区。

Find a video on Youtube, silent movies are really good, and Mr Bean videos are really good.

在 YouTube 上找一个视频，无声电影非常好，憨豆先生的视频也非常好。

I want you to watch 30 seconds, then I want you to say out loud what you just saw in detail, what did you just see happen?

我希望你看 30 秒，然后大声说出你刚刚详细看到的内容，你刚刚看到发生了什么？

Then I want you to say it again, I want you to go back, tell me those same 30 seconds, what did you see?

然后我希望你再说一遍，我希望你回去，告诉我同样的 30 秒，你看到了什么？

But use completely different words, different sentences.

但要用完全不同的词，不同的句子。

Then do it again, I want three times of you saying the same 30 seconds of video, describing what happened, but in different ways, Ideally, if you can record yourself doing it, that's even better.

然后再做一次，我希望你三次描述同样的 30 秒视频，描述发生了什么，但用不同的方式。理想情况下，如果你能录下自己做的过程，那就更好了。

Then keep going the next 30 seconds.

然后继续下一个 30 秒。

Okay, watch it, enjoy, what happened there?

好，看吧，享受吧，那里发生了什么？

Say it once, say it twice, say it three times.

说一次，说两次，说三次。

If you start to struggle and you're really thinking: "Oh I can't think of any other words I can say here", that's when you get a thesaurus out.

如果你开始感到困难，真的在想：“哦，我想不出其他可以说的词”，那就是你需要拿出同义词词典的时候。

So thesauruses are not always reliable, sometimes they might give you a word that isn't great in that context, but it's good to try.

所以同义词词典并不总是可靠的，有时它可能会给你一个在那个语境中不太好的词，但尝试一下是好的。

And the internet, like I said, is your friend, okay? This is a really good exercise just to stretch that comfort zone.

而且互联网，就像我说的，是你的朋友，好吗？这是一个非常好的练习，只是为了突破舒适区。

Reason number six: and I'm going to take you straight to Pride Rock for this one.

理由六——我将直接带你去荣耀石。

I think a big reason why a lot of English students find themselves not improving is because they have too much pride.

我认为很多英语学生发现自己没有进步的一个重要原因是他们太骄傲了。

And I get it. If you're speaking English at a really good level and your English teacher says to you, "Okay, I think we should revise the past tense." You might feel a little, "Oh, but I know the past tense. I'm I'm a good English speaker!" And that's true, but grammar will always be something that you need to keep practicing, and sometimes you might have to go right back to the basics.

我明白。如果你的英语水平很好，而你的英语老师对你说：“好吧，我认为我们应该复习过去时。”你可能会觉得有点，“哦，但我知道过去时。我是一个好的英语说者！”这是真的，但语法将永远是你需要不断练习的东西，有时你可能需要回到基础。

Because we develop habits.

因为我们养成了习惯。

So it's really hard to get rid of that habit.

所以很难摆脱那个习惯。

So sometimes you might have to go all the way back and go back to the grammar and look at it with new eyes.

所以有时你可能需要回到起点，重新看语法，用新的眼光看待它。

Because if you're a bit older, if it's been 10 years since you've done grammar, you might see it in a different way.

因为如果你年纪大一点，如果你已经 10 年没有做过语法，你可能会以不同的方式看待它。

So don't have pride, pride kills language development.

所以不要骄傲，骄傲会扼杀语言发展。

Because you're too busy thinking about, "Oh, but I don't want to sound stupid. I don't want to sound like my level is lower." You need to make those mistakes, you need to just be as open as a child learning a language, and that is the best way to develop.

因为你太忙于想着，“哦，但我不想听起来愚蠢。我不想听起来我的水平较低。”你需要犯那些错误，你需要像一个学习语言的孩子一样开放，这是发展的最佳方式。

Okay, reason number seven why I think you're not improving: You're not having fun!

好吧，我认为你没有进步的理由七：你没有玩得开心！

You're treating learning English as this homework, this school assessment thing, where you've got a teacher who's going to, you know, I don't know, hit you with a stick!

你把学习英语当作作业，这种学校评估的事情，你有一个老师会，呃，我不知道，用棍子打你！

It's it's not fun!

这不好玩！

If you are just reading grammar exercises and doing nothing else, oh my goodness, who wants to do that?

如果你只是阅读语法练习而不做其他事情，哦，我的天，谁想做那种事？

Whereas if you're using video resources, you're using English-speaking media, you're speaking to a teacher that you really connect with, and you have so much fun, and you laugh, it doesn't feel like work.

而如果你使用视频资源，使用英语媒体，和一个你真正联系的老师交谈，你玩得很开心，你笑了，这就不像工作。

And it motivates you to do it, and of course, books and reading help, but you will learn just as much going for a walk outside and maybe filming all of it.

它会激励你去做，当然，书籍和阅读会有所帮助，但你会学到同样多的是出去走走，也许拍下这一切。

Come home, watch the video, and you're going to narrate everything.

回家，看视频，然后你去叙述这一切。

You know, you might say, "Okay, so here I'm walking to the left, and I see a roundabout", but you'll learn just as much.

你知道，你可能会说，“好吧，所以这里我向左走，我看到一个环岛”，但你会学到很多。

Have fun! Have fun!

玩得开心！玩得开心！

But listen, I am a language learner myself, I understand how it feels, I get it.

但听着，我自己也是一个语言学习者，我理解那种感觉，我明白。

There are just walls that we hit sometimes, and we feel as though I'm never going to get any better.

有时我们会遇到障碍，感觉好像我永远不会变得更好。

But I read somewhere from the author Paul Noble, he says "learning a language is a bit like keeping a fire going", you have to keep adding wood to it, if you leave it alone, it will get smaller and eventually go out.

但我在某处读到作者保罗·诺布尔说，“学习语言有点像保持火焰燃烧”，你必须不断添加木材，如果你不管它，它会变小，最终熄灭。

So you have to keep adding to it.

所以你必须不断添加（木材）。

And also, language development is a little bit like growing older.

而且，语言发展有点像变老。

Think of the difference between a newborn baby and an 18-year-old.

想想新生婴儿和 18 岁之间的区别。

It's massive, you see those developments like whoa!

这是巨大的，你看到那些发展就像哇！

And that's like the beginning of language learning, you see these huge improvements because you're starting from nothing.

这就像语言学习的开始，你看到这些巨大的进步，因为你从无到有。

And then you learn the past tense, the future tense, it's like it grows so big.

然后你学会了过去时，未来时，就像它变得如此之大。

Whereas when you're aged 20, the aging between 20 to 40 isn't that crazy.

而当你 20 岁时，20 到 40 岁的变化并不那么疯狂。

You know, it's not as obvious as from a baby to a 20-year-old, for example.

你知道，这不像从婴儿到 20 岁那么明显，例如。

So the more advanced you get with your English, the progress is going to seem so much smaller, and it will feel like you're stuck.

所以当你的英语越来越高级时，进步看起来会小得多，会感觉像你被卡住了。

Like I'm not making progress, I'm not getting any better, but you are.

就像我没有进步，我没有变得更好，但你有。

It's just way less obvious, because you're not learning these huge big Leaps and Bounds.

只是没那么明显，因为你没有学习这些巨大的飞跃。

So that's why you've got to unlock the language, make it less stiff, make it fun, experiment, go out of your comfort zone, that is how you beat the block.

所以这就是为什么你必须解锁语言，让它不那么僵硬，让它有趣，尝试，走出你的舒适区，这就是你打破障碍的方法。

Thank you so much for watching, I hope this was helpful.

非常感谢你的观看，我希望这对你有帮助。

If you have any questions, you can leave them in the comments.

如果你有任何问题，可以在评论中留言。

Be sure to give this video a like.

一定要给这个视频点个赞。

And if you want an online one-to-one English lesson with me or my partner, the link for that is down below.

如果你想和我或我的伙伴进行在线一对一英语课程，链接就在下方。

Thank you so much for watching, and I will see you next time, tata!

非常感谢你的观看，下次见，拜拜！

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