If you’re reading this, I imagine you want to communicate with confidence and competence in English. 如果你在看这篇文章,我能想象你是想更好、更自信地用英语交流。What you need is to become a self-directed learner, somebody who takes responsibility for their own learning and creates their own learning programme to develop their English.你需要做的是成为一个自主学习的人,有些人对待学习很自觉,并且会做出自己的学习规划来提高自己的英语。Here are 33 ways to speak better English, without going to classes.下面是不用去上课学习就能让你说好英语的33个方法。1. Record yourself speaking English.2. Read aloud, especially dialogue.3. Sing along to English songs while you’re driving or in the shower. 4. Watch short video clips and pause and repeat what you hear. 5. Learn vowel and consonant sounds in English. 6. Learn and identify schwa.7. Learn about weak and strong forms of common words. 8. Learn about word stress. 9. Learn about sentence stress. 10. Identify fixed and semi-fixed phrases and practise them.11. Learn about collocations. 12. Replace regular verbs with phrasal verbs.13. Learn short automatic responses.14. Practise telling stories and using narrative tenses.15. Learn when to pause for effect. 16. Learn about chunking.17. Learn about typical pronunciation problems in your first language. Find out about the problems people who speak your first language have when speaking English and you will know what you need to focus on.找出那些跟你说一样母语的人在说英语时会出现的发音问题,你就会知道你应该注意18. Choose an accent you like and imitate it. 19. Find an actor/actress you like and identify what makes them powerful speakers. 找一个你喜欢的男演员或女演员并找出是什么让他们成为强大的演说家。20. Use a mirror and / or a sheet of paper for identifying aspirated and non-aspirated sounds. 21. Practise tongue twisters. Tongue twisters are phrases designed to improve your pronunciation of particular soun.22. Practise spelling names, numbers and dates aloud. 23. Learn about common intonation patterns. 24. Learn about places of articulation. The articulators are the parts of the mouth we use to turn sound into speech. 25. After looking at places of articulation, practise making the movements that native speakers use when they speak.在学会发音的位置后,练习英语母语者说话时是是怎样移动发音位置的。26. Learn why English is a stress-timed language. The rhythm of the language is based on stressed syllables so we shorten the unstressed syllables to fit the rhythm.语言的节奏是基于重度音节的,所以我们会缩短非重读的音节发音以便适应语言的节奏。27. Learn how to interrupt and interject politely and successfully. 28. Learn about ellipsis, assimilation and linking sounds.29. Speak lower not higher. Studies show that you command attention and demonstrate authority with a deeper vocal tone, especially men.说话要低沉一些,研究表明低沉的声音能使你博得注意力和展示你的权威,特别是对于男士来说。30. Listen and read along to poetry (or rap songs) to practise the rhythm of English.31. Learn exclamation words and fillers.32. Learn how to paraphrase.33. Use contractions more. Contractions make your speech more efficient because they save time and energy.使用缩读能让你的讲话更高效,因为这样说会节省时间和精力。Say 'should not’ and then say 'shouldn’t’: which is easier to say? 像说'should not’和'shouldn’t' 哪个更容易说呢? Now, here’s your CALL TO ACTION.
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