【TES技术贴】只要5招！让你搞定-看电影，学英语！

文野 2015-01-06

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分析了语言初学者如何通过电影学习外语，我发现有5个策略可以用来提升学习。

Easy language

At first you may find it hard to watch a full two-hour movie that isn’t in English, but later on you’ll get used to it. But until then, why not choose shorter, easier material? Start your journey with a mini-series, catch new words, not whole sentences, and practice the pronunciation.

起初你可能觉得完整地观看一部时长2小时的非英语类电影是件困难的事情，但在这之后你可能就会习惯。但是在那之前，为什么不选择更短、更容易的题材？从一系列迷你剧开始你的学习旅程，抓住新单词，而不是整个语句，并练习发音。

You may want to pause the movie and repeat after the actor and then go back and hear it again. That’s why I recommend you rent, buy, watch online movies or record movies rather than watching them in the cinema or as part of TV broadcasts.

你可能想要按暂停键，跟着重复一遍演员的台词，然后再后退重新听一遍。这就是为什么我建议你去租、买、观看在线电影或者录制的电影，而不是去电影院或者观看电视节目。

You can start with cartoons. As they are made for children, the language is simple and they talk slowly. If you feel confident you can also start with 20 minute episodes. I remember my journey with English. I probably watched Friends four or five times in its entirety. The language is easy, they speak slightly fast, but I focused on words and short phrases rather than on whole sentences and tried to pick up the girls’ pronunciation.

你可以从动画片入门。因为它们是为孩子制作的，语言浅显易懂，语速也不快。如果你有信心也可以从20分钟的短剧开始。我还记得我学习英语的过程。大概完整地看了四到五边的FRIENDS（老友记）。剧中的语言比较简单，他们的语速有一点快，但是我重点放在单词和短语上，而非整个句子，同时我也试着学习女生们的发音。

Start with shorter phrases

And this gets me to the second technique. Focus on high-frequency words and phrases rather than on long and complex sentences. Try and understand their meaning from context. What is the character doing? Is he or she pointing to somebody and saying “She is my girlfriend?” Well, that obviously is a way of introducing someone. Do they hold hands? Well, they’re close friends. You get the bigger picture.

这是我想说的第二个方法。专注于高频词汇和短语，而非冗长复杂的句子。试着从上下文来理解他们的含义。剧中的人物正在做什么？他或她是否指着某人并说“她是我的女朋友?”那么，这很明显是一种介绍人物的方式。他们有没有牵手？如果是，说明他们是比较亲密的朋友。你会到达一个更高的层面。

You need to focus on placing the words and phrases in context to understand their meaning without translation. If that’s not possible, it’s alright to use a dictionary.

你需要关注单词和短语在文中的位置来理解它们的含义，不要翻译。如果做不到这一点，可以使用一下词典。

Pay attention to context

Can you see how one technique leads to another? The simple and short words and phrases are understandable from context. So, pay attention to what happens. Who are the characters? What are they wearing? Where are they at? Some words have a way of jumping and sticking with you and those will be the words that will help you most in communication. They are familiar; you know when to use them and how to pronounce them.

你能看出来一个方法如果衍生出另外一个？简短的词语和短语很容易通过上下文来理解。所以，留心正在发生的事件。谁是主要角色？他们的穿着是什么样子的？他们在哪里？一些单词会出现在你面前并跟随着你，这些词将对你的沟通交流帮助最大。他们看起来很眼熟，你知道何时使用它们并如何发音。

Use subtitles in the target language

Hearing the words combined with seeing them is one of the oldest and most productive language learning techniques. Luckily for you, it is easy to do when watching movies by turning on the subtitles. Using subtitles in English see what happens. You get to hear and see the words, you can fix them in a context and understand them without translating to your native language. How great is that?

一边听单词的发音一遍看它们如何书写，这是一种最古老，但也最有成效的语言学习方法。幸运的是，现在看电影时打开字幕是件很方便的件事情。使英语字幕，看看会发生什么。你能同时听见并看到单词，你可以将它们固定在一个意境中理解它们的意思，而不要将它们翻译成你的母语。这么做是不是很棒？

Identify “double-meaning” phrases

Last but not least, the fifth technique is to identify the words and phrases that seem ordinary, but that also imply something else when used in a certain context. As in English, or any language, you can find words that are used to imply more than one meaning. These kind of phrases are sometimes hard to translate and they might get lost in translation. If you translate them word-by-word, they might not mean much in your native language, but you can find their meaning in the target language by examining their usage.

最后一点，第五个方法是识别那些看似普通、但在一定语境中有隐含意义的单词或者短语。就像在英语中，或其他任何语言，你能找到许多含义至少超过一种的单词。这一类的短语有时候很难翻译，它们在翻译的过程中可能就被忽略了。如果你是逐字逐句翻译，它们可能在你的母语中没有什么含义，但是通过查找它们的用法你会发现它们在目标语言中的意思。