This is Elliot from E.

這是艾略特從E。

T.

T.

J.

J.

English.

英文。

And I don't know if you can see over there somewhere That is my kitten, Kiki.

我不知道你能不能看到那邊的某個地方 那是我的小貓，琪琪。

She's not named after the Drake Song, so please do not write the lyrics of the song in the comments she's named after a very lovely Thai lady.

她不是以德雷克之歌命名的，所以請不要在評論中寫出這首歌的歌詞她是以一位非常可愛的泰國女士命名的。

My girlfriend and I met while we were traveling in Thailand.

我和女友是在泰國旅遊時認識的。

We stayed in her hotel and she was very welcoming and she's always been very close to our hearts.

我們住在她的酒店裡，她很熱情，她一直是我們的心頭好。

So we named our kitten after her so that she is Kiki.

所以我們給小貓取了她的名字，所以她叫琪琪。

Anyway, today we have a bit of a different video.

無論如何，今天我們有一點不同的視頻。

We're going to be answering some questions, some questions that you've asked me.

我們要回答一些問題，你們問我的一些問題。

They're not going to be about English there about me.

他們不會是關於英語有關於我。

The thing I'll say is when I'm not in teacher mode.

我要說的是，當我不在教師模式下。

Sometimes I can be a little bit too relaxed.

有時候，我可能會有點過於放鬆。

I might get a bit rude so I'll try and avoid using words like or so, if you are sensitive to bad language, then maybe this video isn't for you.

我可能會變得有點粗魯，所以我會盡量避免使用像或這樣的詞，如果你對糟糕的語言很敏感，那麼也許這個視頻不適合你。

So the first question Elliot, why are you so thin?

所以第一個問題艾略特，你為什麼這麼瘦？

Do you eat?

你吃嗎？

Yes, I eat.

是的，我吃。

I love food.

我喜歡食物

I especially love meat.

我特別愛吃肉。

I'm sorry, vegetarians, but I love meat.

對不起，素食主義者，但我喜歡吃肉。

There's nothing better than a nice big, juicy steak and chips.

沒有什麼比又大又多汁的牛排和薯條更好的了。

Lots of people in the UK would be offended if you ask them this question.

在英國，如果你問他們這個問題，很多人都會被冒犯。

Luckily, you asked the right person.

幸運的是，你問對了人。

I know in some cultures it's very normal to ask someone if they're healthy, if they're okay.

我知道在一些文化中，問一個人是否健康，是否沒事是很正常的。

But if you ask someone about the way they look, it can sometimes be quite offensive.

但如果你問別人的長相，有時會讓人很反感。

So just be careful with British people if you're asking the question like that.

所以，如果你要問這樣的問題，對英國人要小心。

But yes, I eat, Don't worry, I'm healthy.

但是，是的，我吃，別擔心，我很健康。

It's in my family.

這是我的家族。

We don't seem to put on any weight.

我們似乎並不胖。

No matter how much we eat.

無論我們吃多少。

I guess I'm lucky.

我想我是幸運的。

I don't know.

我不知道。

Am I and Elliot?

我和艾略特？

What's your favorite thing to do when you're not teaching in your spare time?

閒暇之餘，你最喜歡做的事情是什麼？

I personally I really, really love to go to gigs, which some people might call concerts.

我個人我真的非常喜歡去看演出，有些人可能會稱之為演唱會。

I love rock music.

我喜歡搖滾樂。

I love loads of different bands.

我喜歡很多不同的樂隊。

I love finding new music.

我喜歡尋找新的音樂。

So one of my favorite things to do is to go and watch them play live and have a dance, have a sing and, uh, a few beverages as well as that.

所以我最喜歡做的事情之一就是去看他們的現場演出，然後跳個舞，唱個歌，還有，呃，喝幾杯飲料，以及。

I also love to go and visit my parents.

我也喜歡去看望父母。

I have a very close family.

我有一個非常親密的家庭。

We all love each other very much.

我們都很愛對方。

We're very close.

我們非常接近。

I don't live with my parents.

我不和父母住在一起

I live with my girlfriend here.

我和我女朋友住在這裡。

But I do go and visit them every few weeks and have a nice big meal.

但我每隔幾個星期都會去拜訪他們，吃一頓豐盛的大餐。

Yes, I eat.

是的，我吃。

Another question is one that I'm answering mainly because of the way the question was asked.

另外一個問題，我之所以要回答，主要是因為問題的問法。

The question was, How high are you?

問題是，你有多高？

Big mistake.

大錯特錯。

I know what you were trying to say.

我知道你想說什麼

You were trying to say.

你想說的是

How tall are you?

你有多高？

What's your height?

你的身高是多少？

If you ask someone, how high are you?

如果你問別人，你有多高？

That kind of means how much we'd have you smoked, but in terms of height, my my measurements.

那種意思是我們會讓你抽多少錢，但在身高方面，我的我的測量。

I'm 5 ft 10.

我是5英尺10英寸。

A really good question here was, What's your best advice for someone who is travelling to the UK things to do, places to go.

這裡有一個非常好的問題是，你對去英國旅遊的人有什麼好的建議，要做的事情，要去的地方。

There's really one answer to this, which I tell everyone.

其實有一個答案，我告訴大家。

And this one answer is don't just go to London.

而這一個答案就是不要隨便去倫敦。

Yes, London is great.

是的，倫敦是偉大的。

It's very busy, is vibrant.

這是非常繁忙的，是充滿活力的。

It has lots of culture.

它有很多文化。

It's beautiful, but there's a lot more to England especially not just the UK but England alone.

很美，但英國還有很多東西，尤其是不僅僅是英國，而是隻有英國。

There are so many places to go in the north.

北方有很多地方可以去。

You have this great community, this very friendly spirit.

你有這個偉大的社區，這個非常友好的精神。

I always recommend people go to visit Liverpool.

我總是推薦大家去參觀利物浦。

It's a very, very beautiful city, and I love the culture there in the south.

這是一個非常非常美麗的城市，我喜歡南方那裡的文化。

If you go deep in the South, you have the coast beautiful C and also in the South.

如果你深入南方，你有海岸美麗的C，也有在南方。

My city Bristol is wonderful.

我的城市布里斯托爾是美好的。

Of course I'm going to be a little bit biased about my city.

當然我對我的城市會有一點偏見。

But I think it's a great city.

但我認為這是一個偉大的城市。

It's not all about buildings.

這不全是建築物的問題。

Go and see some pigs and cows and get dirty.

去看幾頭豬和牛，弄得髒兮兮的。

What were you like when you were a teenager?

你少年時是什麼樣子？

Love this question.

喜歡這個問題。

I was stereotypical Imo.

我是刻板的我莫。

My favorite bands were my chemical romance and panic At the disco.

我最喜歡的樂隊是我的化學浪漫和恐慌在迪斯科。

I had a nice big fringe.

我有一個漂亮的大流蘇。

I used to hang out with my M O friends and pretend I was sad all the time.

我曾經和我的M O朋友一起出去玩，假裝自己一直在傷心。

But really, I was actually quite happy and I hated everyone.

但其實我真的挺開心的，我恨所有人。

Just just your average emo teenager.

只是普通的emo少年。

I guess I haven't changed that much.

我想我並沒有改變太多。

I still hate everyone.

我還是恨所有人。

What's your favorite song?

你最喜歡的歌是什麼？

Film and book.

電影和書。

Okay.

好吧，我知道了

My favorite song is anything that's been made by the Arctic Monkeys.

我最喜歡的歌是北極猴樂隊的任何歌曲。

Any song by the Arctic Monkeys is my favorite song.

北極猴的任何歌曲都是我最喜歡的歌曲。

I'm also currently listening to another band called Don Broke Oh, at the moment, who were also from the UK If you do like rock music, have a listen to T shirt song by Don broker.

我現在還在聽另一支樂隊，叫Don Broke Oh，目前他們也是來自英國的如果你喜歡搖滾樂，可以聽聽Don broker的T shirt歌曲。

It always gets me in the mood.

它總能讓我心情愉悅。

I don't know what for, but it just gets me in the mood for something.

我不知道為什麼，但它只是讓我的心情的東西。

My favorite film is not British.

我最喜歡的電影不是英國的。

It's called the Beach and it's got Leonardo DiCaprio in.

這部電影叫《海灘》，萊昂納多-迪卡普里奧也在其中。

It's It's about a guy who travels to an unspoiled, majestic island in Thailand, and I can't even explain what happens.

這是 這是一個關於一個人旅行到泰國一個未被破壞的，雄偉的島嶼，我甚至無法解釋發生了什麼。

It's a very weird movie, but it's always been very close to me.

這是一部很奇怪的電影，但它一直和我很親近。

And the reason why is because it's the movie that inspired me to go and travel the world.

而原因就是因為是這部電影激發了我去周遊世界的靈感。

When I was about 19, I set off with my girlfriend to go and travel all over Southeast Asia.

在我19歲左右的時候，我和女朋友一起出發，去東南亞各地旅遊。

I met some amazing people.

我遇到了一些了不起的人。

If you ever get the chance, just go and travel travel, I think, is the best way to learn.

如果有機會，就去旅行旅行吧，我想，這是最好的學習方式。

And I have that movie to thank for my inspiration to travel favorite book.

而我也要感謝那部電影，讓我有了旅行喜愛書的靈感。

It would have to be some kind of linguistics book because I don't like to read.

必須是某種語言學的書，因為我不喜歡讀書。

I'm a pronunciation teacher.

我是一個發音老師。

I say this to all of my students.

我對所有的學生都這樣說。

I am much more of a talker than a reader or a writer.

比起讀書和寫作，我更喜歡說話。

I don't teach grammar.

我不教文法。

I don't teach vocabulary.

我不教詞彙。

I am a pronunciation teacher.

我是一名發音老師。

I like to talk.

我喜歡說話。

I don't really enjoy reading and you'll find this.

我不太喜歡讀書，你會發現這一點。

Maybe you are more of a visual learner or a visual person, meaning you like to watch things.

也許你更多的是視覺學習者或視覺人，也就是說你喜歡看東西。

Whereas some people prefer to listen.

而有些人則喜歡聽。

Some people prefer to read.

有些人喜歡讀。

Some people prefer to do, and they have their own ways of enjoying or remembering things.

有些人喜歡做，他們有自己的享受或記憶方式。

For me.

對我來說

I have to be seeing or experiencing something to really learn.

我必須要看到或經歷一些事情，才能真正學到東西。

Uh, so I don't really have a favorite book unless it's something about phonetics.

呃，所以我真的沒有最喜歡的書，除非是關於語音學的東西。

I'm such a boring guy.

我真是個無聊的傢伙。

Another question I received was about my hair.

我收到的另一個問題是關於我的頭髮。

Now I know that my fans of kind of split.

現在我知道了，我的粉絲的那種分裂。

Some people love my new hair.

有些人喜歡我的新發型。

Some people hate it.

有些人討厭它。

They want me to cut it short again.

他們又要我剪短。

Personally, I am not here to impress you with my image.

就個人而言，我不是來用我的形象來打動你的。

I'm here to teach you Somebody did actually very nicely.

我是來教你的 有人做得其實很好。

Ask me, How do I get hair like you?

問我，怎麼才能把頭髮弄成你這樣？

You know what?

你知道嗎？

That made me smile because that means some people actually like the long hair.

這讓我笑了，因為這意味著有些人其實是喜歡長髮的。

That's good.

那就好

And my answer is, don't cut it for a year.

而我的答案是，一年內不要剪。

That's it.

就這樣吧

Just don't cut in.

只要不切入。

And when it's long enough, tie it up and you can have one of these.

當它足夠長的時候，把它綁起來，你就可以有一個這樣的。

And it's called a bun, not a ponytail.

而且這叫髮髻，不叫馬尾。

What techniques can you give us to improve our pronunciation?

你能給我們什麼技巧來提高我們的發音？

My best advice.

我最好的建議。

Number one.

第一。

Take your time.

慢慢來

Take your time, please.

請慢慢來

If you rush, your pronunciation will get worse.

如果你急於求成，你的發音會越來越差。

You have to take things one step at a time.

你必須一步一步來。

Number two is repeat.

第二條是重複。

Repeat, repeat.

重複，重複。

Keep saying the sounds that you find difficult.

繼續說你覺得困難的聲音。

Keep training your muscles to naturally get in the position that they need to get into so that it becomes natural.

不斷地訓練你的肌肉，讓它們自然而然地進入需要的位置，這樣就會變得很自然。

And the other thing is immersion.

而另一件事就是沉浸。

You need to be using it constantly, talking to people, talking in this accent, trying to use it, even if it's just one sound that you want to practise.

你需要不斷地使用它，和別人說話，用這種口音說話，嘗試使用它，哪怕只是一個聲音，你也要練習。

Try and include it in a conversation with someone and just see how it feels.

試著把它加入到與人的對話中，看看感覺如何。

And, of course, the other thing is, uh, go to e t j english dot com and buy my online course, and maybe you can improve it a bit faster.

當然，還有一件事就是，呃，去e t j English dot com買我的在線課程，也許你可以更快地提高它。

That way you don't have to.

這樣一來，你就不需要了。

And finally, very nice question.

最後，非常好的問題。

What's your life goal?

你的人生目標是什麼？

I don't want to get too deep here, but my life goal really is to become a stripper.

我不想說得太深，但我的人生目標真的是成為一名脫衣舞娘。

No, I'm sorry.

不，我很抱歉。

That's just I've I want to continue with this job.

這只是我... ...我想繼續做這份工作。

I want to keep growing this channel, keep meeting lovely, lovely students from all over the world.

我想讓這個頻道不斷髮展，不斷認識來自世界各地的可愛的學生，可愛的學生。

I've made some great friends who are taking my course people who would welcome me in their country.

我結識了一些很好的朋友，他們正在學習我的課程，他們會在他們的國家歡迎我。

And I would welcome them here.

我也歡迎他們來這裡。

So meeting people through my job, that's one life goal.

所以通過工作認識人，這是一個人生目標。

More people.

更多的人。

My second goal is very, very simple.

我的第二個目標非常非常簡單。

I just want a nice house to get married, to have kids and, uh, live the life.

我只是想有一棟好房子結婚，生孩子，然後，呃，過日子。

A long time ago I went to Vietnam and I went to an orphanage where there are with these kids staying there and they had no family.

很久以前，我去了越南，我去了一個孤兒院，那裡有這些孩子住在那裡，他們沒有家人。

They lost their parents due to various different reasons disease or the war and things like that.

他們因為各種不同的原因失去了父母... ...疾病或戰爭等等。

And I went there.

我去了那裡。

I stayed with them for a little bit, gave them some food, taught them a few things, and I want to go back and do that for a bit longer.

我和他們呆了一會兒，給他們一些食物，教他們一些東西，我想回去多做一會兒。

I feel like there's only one right thing to do, and that is as well as enjoy yourself on holiday.

我覺得只有一件事是正確的，那就是以及享受自己的假期。

Go and help people who who live in that country that you're your guest in and and give back to them.

去幫助那些生活在那個國家的人，你是你的客人，並回饋給他們。

And, you know, I think I think that was one of the best things I've ever done.

而且，你知道，我想我認為那是我做過的最好的事情之一。

It put a big smile on my face, and I felt like I'd really helped in some way.

這讓我臉上露出了燦爛的笑容，我覺得自己真的幫了大忙。

Even if it's a small change to someone's life, it was amazing.

哪怕是給別人的生活帶來一點改變，也很了不起。

And I think if you ever get the chance, if you ever get the chance to travel, make sure you go and visit a place where there's people who would be really happy just to see you, someone different from a different country.

我想如果你有機會，如果你有機會去旅行，一定要去拜訪一個地方，那裡的人看到你會很高興，一個來自不同國家的人。

So, yeah, that's it.

所以，是的，就是這樣。

I know it wasn't a lesson today.

我知道今天不是上課。

You probably didn't learn very much.

你可能沒學到多少東西。

I like to show you the real side of me so that we can be friends as well as as well as learn.

我喜歡讓你看到我真實的一面，這樣我們既可以做朋友，也可以做學習。

So I hope you did learn a little bit about myself here.

所以我希望你在這裡確實瞭解了一下我自己。

I hope you had fun today.

希望你今天玩得開心。

Um please let me know if you want me to do more videos like this or if you have any other video ideas that are different to pronunciation.

嗯，如果你想讓我做更多這樣的視頻，或者你有什麼其他的視頻想法，不同的發音，請告訴我。

And of course, if you want to join the online pronunciation course, the links in the description box below its e t j english dot com You'll then be able to start improving your pronunciation right now.

當然，如果你想加入在線發音課程，其e t j english dot com下方描述框中的鏈接，你就可以馬上開始提高你的發音了。

And you can also talk to me with voice messaging on WhatsApp.

而且你也可以在WhatsApp上用語音簡訊和我哈拉。

So that's it for me today.

所以今天我就到此為止了。

I hope you have a wonderful day or evening or whatever time it is for you.

我希望你有一個美好的一天或晚上或任何時間對你來說。

I will see you soon.

我很快就會見到你。

A Cheers, guys.

乾杯，夥計們。

Bye.

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