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Morning! It's been a long time since I've written how-to articles related to English. Writing news articles is just so much fun! But, one of my goals with this official account is to give you the techniques you need to learn English efficiently and effectively. 早上好~！距离上一次我写英语相关的方法论文章已经有一段时间了。写新闻类文章的确挺好玩的！但是，这个公众号的目标之一，就是给你带来高效学习英语的方法！ I get this question from fans a lot: 有许多粉丝都问我这个问题：
霸霸，我已经学了N年的英语了，我的阅读和听力都还可以，但就是无法开口说，帮帮我吧！ There's a story in the Bible about Jesus healing a man who was deaf and mute. If only I had that power! Wow, I'd be the richest English teacher in the world hahaha. 《圣经》里有一个关于耶稣治愈一个聋哑人的故事，如果我有这种力量的话…哇喔~ 那我一定是这个世界上最有钱的英语老师了，哈哈哈哈~ Unfortunately, I'm not Jesus, so I can't place my hands on your face and magically teach you how to speak English. However, I can give you a very powerful technique that can instantly cure you of your 'mute English'. Are you ready? 不幸地是，我不是耶稣，所以我就不能只是把手放到到你的脸上，就奇迹般的教会你开口说英语。但是呢，我可以给你一个有效的方法，可以立马治愈你的 “哑巴英语”，准备好了吗？ But first...to maximize the effectiveness of this technique, I need to introduce you to a fundamental concept in linguistics. 但首先，为了让这个方达的效果达到最大化，我得先给你们普及一下语言界的一个基本概念。
How many Chinese characters can you read? Okay, now how many can you write from memory? Chances are if I asked you to write out some common words in Chinese, you would forget how to write at least 5%-10% of them. Why? 你认识多少个汉字？好的，那你凭记忆能写出多少个呢？如果我让你写出一些常见的汉字，可能你还会忘记其中的至少5%-10% ，为什么？
Smartphones are steadily replacing pen and paper as the main tool of communication, and most people use pinyin to input Chinese. Remember all those awful years you spent memorizing characters? (I certainly do!) If you don't constantly practice your characters, your brain will 'unlearn' how to write them. Use it, or lose it. 智能手机正在逐步取代纸和笔，成为主要的沟通工具，而且大多数的人用拼音输入法来打中文。还记得那些记忆汉字的悲惨岁月么？（我当然还记得！）如果你不经常练写那些汉字，你的大脑就会“忘记”如何去写它们啦。学而用之则存, 学而不用则殆！ However, this doesn't mean that you can't recognise those characters when you see them. You'll still be able to read the word 打喷嚏, even if your hand can't produce it. 然而，这并不代表你看到这些字的时候，会认不出它们。你还是会念“打喷嚏”，就算你无法手写“输出”这三个字。 Okay, so how does this relate to English? Well, this example just demonstrated the difference between passive language (recognizing the characters) and active language (producing them). 那，这又是如何跟英语挂钩的呢？其实，这个例子只是在示范“被动语言”（识别文字）和“主动语言”（输出文字）之间的区别。 Throughout most of your life, your English education has done an excellent job of teaching you passive English, in preparation for taking tests. You memorize hundreds of words, take the rest, and then move on to the next batch. In your school, that's called 'Learning English'. 在你生命中的大多数时间里，为了准备好考试，你所受的英语教育，已经在“被动语言”这一块做得非常棒了。背诵几百个单词、考试、然后进入下一轮。在学校里，这被称之为“学英语”。 BREAKING NEWS: It's not! Or rather, it's only half the battle. Learning how to recognize English but not speaking it is like training for a 5K marathon but never participating. It kind of feels like a waste of time, right? 爆炸性消息：这并不是在“学英语”！或者说，那只是这场战斗的一半而已。学会认识单词但却不会说，就好比：进行5公里的马拉松训练，但却从来不参加一样。这感觉就是在浪费时间，对吧？ So please, please, don't feel bad that you have learned English for X number of years, but still can't speak it. If you want to blame anyone, blame your teachers and your school curriculum. Don't blame yourself for the past. 所以千万，千万，不要再对“我英语都学了xx年，但还是不能开口”感到难过啦。如果真的想要怪谁的话，就怪你的老师和学校的英语课程好了，不要再怪从前的自己了。 Now, it's time to get serious. I've told you the truth, and I'm going to teach you how to fix it. From this point on, you ARE responsible for your learning. You can't blame your teachers anymore. You can only blame yourself if you don't learn. 那现在，让我们认真起来。我会告诉你真相是什么，然后我会教你如何去改变。从现在开始，你就该对你的学习而负责。不能再怪你的老师了，如果你再学不好，就只能怪自己。 I'm going to teach you the technique now. Are you ready? 我现在准备教你这个方法了，你准备好了吗？
What you'll need: 你所需要的是： English Dialogue 一段英语对话 Mouth + vocal cords 嘴巴和声带 Mountain top (Optional) 一座山顶（可选） This technique is actually very simple, but effective. I'm going to give you a dialogue, and you will read it ALOUD. Don't be quiet. Read it as loudly as you want. The louder, the better. (Extra points for climbing a mountain and shouting it from the apex, Li Yang style.) 这个方法其实非常简单，但是很有效。我准备给你一段对话，然后你要大声读出来。不要默念。尽可能大声地读出来，越大声越好（要是爬到山顶再大声喊出来，就更赞了，用李阳英语的风格） Once you have memorized the dialogue, I want you to start switching out the underlined words. Substitute new names, new places, etc. Continue speaking the dialogue ALOUD until you have mastered it. 当你记住了对话，我希望你可以开始把带有下划线的词换掉。替换上一些新人名、新地点等等。继续大声念出对话，直到你掌握它。 And then... 然后… That's it! Literally all you need to do to cure yourself of mute English is read dialogues aloud and substitute out keywords. Now that you've broken the seal, you can continue using this method to memorize more and more English dialogues. 就可以啦！你想治疗“哑巴英语”所需要做的，就是大声读对话，然后替换掉那些关键词。现在你已经突破了束缚，就可以继续用这个方法来记住更多的英语对话。 I'm going to give you a sample dialogue here to practice. 我准备给你一段简单的对话例子，用来练习。
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Switch out David for Peter, Harry, Jessica, etc. David可以换成Peter、Harry、Jessica等等 Switch out tonight with this morning, this evening, this afternoon. Tonight可以换成this morning（早上）、this evening（今夜）、this afternoon（下午） Switch out girlfriend with boyfriend, wife, husband, lover Girlfrend可以换成boyfriend（男友）、wife（老婆）、husband（老公），lover（爱人） Switch out fun with amazing, great, interesting. Fun可以换成amazing（很赞）、great（很棒）、interesting（很有意思） You get the idea! 这下懂了吧！ If you want more awesome English dialogues, check out my current live broadcast class, where I'm teaching 'Travel English'. I'll teach you 12 super useful dialogues that you can use to dramatically improve your spoken English. 如果你想要更多更棒的英语对话，可以来看看我最近的直播课程，我正在教“旅游英语”。我会教你12个实用的对话，你可以马上用起来，提高你的口语。 Scan the QR code below to sign up. 扫描下方的二维码就可以报名啦。 I hope this technique helps you. 我希望这个技巧能帮到你。 你们经常问我，霸霸你是怎么学中文的？我就是用这个方法。我是大一才开始学习中文。我们当时用了一个叫《汉语听说读写》的课本学习。每节课都有一两个对话，每个对话有练习题。这些练习题往往就是“代替”型的，让我们把对话中的生词替换掉。这个方法真的非常有效啊！ Well, that's all for today. If this post helped you, please share it with your friends. Together, we can cure 'Mute English'! |
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