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Your Language Adventure, Part 1

Part 1

A: Enjoy yourself and learn.

So you want to improve your English. Do you need to improve your English for work reasons, for study reasons or for personal reasons? Maybe you just want to understand better when native speakers are talking. Or perhaps you want to be able to express yourself better. Do you need to write English better? You may want to read more quickly. Do you need to talk on the phone and carry on email correspondence with people in English? Do you have to make sales presentations in English? You may often have to take part in business meetings in English. You may want to attend a university in English. Are you preparing for a major English test like TOEIC or TOEFL or IELTS? Maybe you want work on your pronunciation. Perhaps you just want to know more words.

It really does not matter why you want to improve your English. The important thing for you to know is that you can improve. You can actually improve quite quickly. You just have to do it the right way. Most people study languages the wrong way. They study from text books or traditional learning systems with uninteresting content, but lots of pictures, plenty of grammar explanation and quizzes. This kind of instruction looks like it should work, but for most people it does not. It is uninteresting and inefficient. Most people do not progress rapidly and are not satisfied with their language studies. They lose interest and will only study if forced to because of exams. I can understand this. It is hard to keep working at something if you do not succeed.

You need to understand how to learn a language. When you learn a new language your brain starts to change. The brain begins to build networks of neurons that will enable you to operate in a new language like English. You will not become fluent because you understand grammar rules. You become fluent as your brain naturally develops the ability to understand English. You become fluent when you can put thoughts together correctly in English without having to try to remember grammar rules.

So how can you most quickly build these new networks for English? It depends on three things: your attitude towards studying English, the amount of time you spend on English, and how efficient your study method is. It does not depend on teachers or tests. You have to realize that your thoughts and actions are what will most influence the development of these new networks in your brain. How well and how quickly you learn is up to you.

Part 1 第1部分

A: Enjoy yourself and learn. A: 好好享受并學習。

So you want to improve your English. 你想要提升你的英語能力。 Do you need to improve your English for work reasons, for study reasons or for personal reasons? 你是因為工作需要、學習需要還是個人需求而想要提升英語？ Maybe you just want to understand better when native speakers are talking. 也許你只是想要更好地理解母語人士講話的內容。 Or perhaps you want to be able to express yourself better. 或者你想要更好地表達自己。 Do you need to write English better? 你需要改善寫作能力嗎？ You may want to read more quickly. 也許你想要更快地閱讀。 Do you need to talk on the phone and carry on email correspondence with people in English? 你需要用英語打電話及進行電子郵件往來嗎？ Do you have to make sales presentations in English? 你需要用英語進行銷售演示嗎？ You may often have to take part in business meetings in English. 你經常需要參加英語商務會議嗎？ You may want to attend a university in English. 或許你想要在英語國家的大學就讀。 Are you preparing for a major English test like TOEIC or TOEFL or IELTS? 你準備參加像是托福、多益或雅思等重要的英語測驗嗎？ Maybe you want work on your pronunciation. 也許你想要改善發音。 Perhaps you just want to know more words. 也許你只是想要學更多單字。

It really does not matter why you want to improve your English. 事實上，你想要提升英語的原因並不重要。 The important thing for you to know is that you can improve. 重要的是要知道你是可以進步的。 You can actually improve quite quickly. 你其實可以相當快速地提升。 You just have to do it the right way. 你只需要以正確的方式來做。 Most people study languages the wrong way. 大多數人學習語言的方式都是錯誤的。 They study from text books or traditional learning systems with uninteresting content, but lots of pictures, plenty of grammar explanation and quizzes. 他們從教科書或傳統學習系統學習，內容沒有趣，但有很多圖片，豐富的語法解釋和測驗。 This kind of instruction looks like it should work, but for most people it does not. 這種教學看起來應該有效，但對大多數人來說並不是。 It is uninteresting and inefficient. 它是沉悶且低效的。 Most people do not progress rapidly and are not satisfied with their language studies. 大多數人進步缓慢，對自己的語言學習不滿意。 They lose interest and will only study if forced to because of exams. 他們失去興趣，只有在考試迫使下才會學習。 I can understand this. 我可以理解這點。 It is hard to keep working at something if you do not succeed. 如果你沒有成功，持續做某事是困難的。

You need to understand how to learn a language. 你需要了解如何學習一門語言。 When you learn a new language your brain starts to change. 當你學習一門新語言時，你的大腦開始改變。 The brain begins to build networks of neurons that will enable you to operate in a new language like English. 大腦開始建構神經元網絡，讓你能夠在像英語這樣的新語言中運作。 You will not become fluent because you understand grammar rules. 你不會因為懂得語法規則而變得流利。 You become fluent as your brain naturally develops the ability to understand English. 你變得流利是因為你的大腦自然地發展了理解英語的能力。 You become fluent when you can put thoughts together correctly in English without having to try to remember grammar rules. 當你能夠在英語中正確地表達思想而不必試著記住語法規則時，你就變得流利了。

So how can you most quickly build these new networks for English? 那麼，你如何才能最迅速地建立這些新的英語網絡呢？ It depends on three things: your attitude towards studying English, the amount of time you spend on English, and how efficient your study method is. 這取決於三件事：你對學習英語的態度，你花在英語上的時間，以及你的學習方法有多高效。 It does not depend on teachers or tests. 這並不取決於老師或測試。 You have to realize that your thoughts and actions are what will most influence the development of these new networks in your brain. 你必須意識到，你的思想和行動將最大程度地影響你大腦中這些新網絡的發展。 How well and how quickly you learn is up to you. 你學得如何好和快取決於你自己。