Oh, that's really hot, you know what that's called?

哦，那真的很性感，你知道那叫什麼嗎？

That right there is called commitment to the bit.

這就是所謂的對位子的承諾。

I'm going to share with you four fire tips on how you can improve your English, especially if English isn't your first language.

我將與您分享四個提高英語水平的小竅門，尤其是當英語不是您的母語時。

Believe it or not, English isn't my first language either.

信不信由你，英語也不是我的母語。

It's not even my second language.

這甚至不是我的第二語言。

It's my third language.

這是我的第三種語言。

The first language I learned when I was young is a Chinese dialect called Di Jiu.

我小時候學的第一門語言是一種叫做 "地九 "的中國方言。

And then after that, I learned Vietnamese.

之後，我學會了越南語。

By the time I got to school, I was about five to six years old.

上學時，我大約五六歲。

And for the first time at five or six, I then had to learn English because English was not taught at home, obviously.

五六歲時，我第一次必須學習英語，因為家裡顯然沒有教英語。

And I wanted to tell you all of this because I want to address the problem that many of you and many of my students ask me all the time.

我想告訴你們這一切，是因為我想解決你們中的許多人和我的許多學生經常問我的問題。

And if you're new here, my name's Vin Zhang.

如果你是新來的，我叫張文。

I'm a communication skills teacher.

我是一名溝通技巧教師。

I run communication classes every single month and I get students joining me from all over the world in Germany, the US, Australia, Brazil, India, China, Malaysia, Mexico, you name it.

我每個月都會開設交流課程，學生來自世界各地，包括德國、美國、澳洲、巴西、印度、中國、馬來西亞、墨西哥等。

It's incredible the global audience that we have today.

我們今天擁有的全球觀眾數量之多令人難以置信。

And the most common question I get asked from my students who are trying to improve their English, Vin, how do I improve my clarity when I speak?

我的學生在努力提高英語水平時，最常問我的問題是：Vin，如何提高我說話時的清晰度？

Vin, how do I reduce my grammatical errors?

文，如何減少語法錯誤？

Where do I practice speaking English more?

我在哪裡可以更多地練習說英語？

I don't have anyone to talk to.

我沒有人可以傾訴。

And how do I do all of this without burning out and make it more enjoyable?

我怎樣才能做到這一切而不疲憊不堪，並使之更加愉快？

And before I even get to answering any of these questions, I want to address the biggest elephant in the room, me.

在回答這些問題之前，我想先談談房間裡最大的 "大象"--我。

No, no, I'm not an elephant.

不，不，我不是大象。

I just, I feel like an elephant because I've been eating a lot of carbs lately and getting a little bit weight conscious.

我只是覺得自己像頭大象，因為我最近吃了很多碳水化合物，有點發胖了。

But let's address the biggest metaphorical elephant in the room with this situation for this video.

但是，讓我們在這段視頻中討論一下這種情況下最大的隱喻性大象。

Hey, Vin, I don't like my accent.

嘿，文，我不喜歡我的口音。

It's holding me back from being a better speaker.

它阻礙了我成為一名更好的演講者。

Let me shift you on your perspective right here, right now.

此時此刻，讓我來轉換一下你的視角。

Your accent is not a problem.

你的口音不是問題。

The problem is poor articulation and poor pronunciation.

問題在於發音不清和發音不準。

I want you to realize that your accent is beautiful.

我希望你意識到，你的口音很美。

It's what makes you unique.

這就是你的獨特之處。

So don't ever look down on your accent.

所以，千萬不要看不起自己的口音。

Instead, focus on improving your articulation and your pronunciation.

反之，應集中精力改善你的發音和吐字。

And soon your unique accent will become your greatest asset.

很快，你獨特的口音就會成為你最大的財富。

I first of all, would record a 20 minute video of myself speaking.

首先，我會錄製一段 20 分鐘的演講視頻。

I know that's a lot.

我知道這很多。

You're probably freaking out at this point.

此時此刻，你可能已經嚇壞了。

You're thinking, wait, what?

你會想，等等，什麼？

Film a 20 minute video of myself?

為自己拍攝一段 20 分鐘的視頻？

I can't even do a one minute video.

我連一分鐘的視頻都做不好。

You can do a 20 minute video.

你可以製作一個 20 分鐘的視頻。

Just go to Google or chat GPT and type in top 10 deep conversational starters.

只需登錄 Google 或哈拉 GPT，輸入十大深度會話開場白即可。

Get those 20 questions, put them in front of you.

把這 20 個問題擺在你面前。

Turn on the camera and answer the questions and just answer it on camera.

打開攝影機，回答問題，就在鏡頭前回答。

You're not allowed to prepare.

你不允許準備。

You're not allowed to rehearse because I'm trying to tease out all of the problems with your everyday speech.

你不能排練，因為我要找出你日常演講中的所有問題。

You will get 20 minutes plus if you were going to answer all of those questions and elaborate on those questions.

如果你要回答所有這些問題並詳細闡述這些問題，你將有 20 多分鐘的時間。

Preferably also do these videos while you're standing.

最好還能在站立時觀看這些視頻。

Once you've got that video, now what you want to do is also get the video transcribed.

有了視頻之後，現在要做的就是把視頻轉錄下來。

So you've got the text version of the video as well.

是以，你也可以看到文字版的視頻。

Take that video, send it to a speech pathologist.

把視頻發給語言病理學家。

You can pick one of your choosing in your local area and it'll probably cost you, when I did this, cost me about 150 bucks.

你可以在當地選擇一家，大概需要 150 美元。

So when you do this, you send it to the speech pathologist, you say, hey, I wanted to send you this because English is my third, fourth language, second language, even only language and say, I've been struggling with my pronunciation and articulation.

所以，當你這樣做時，你把它寄給語言病理學家，你說，嘿，我想把這個寄給你，因為英語是我的第三、第四語言，第二語言，甚至是唯一的語言，並說，我一直在為我的發音和銜接而掙扎。

However, I don't know what sounds I'm struggling with.

但是，我不知道自己在糾結什麼聲音。

Could you watch this video and give me your top 10 exercises to work on the sounds that I'm struggling with?

您能看一下這段視頻，並給我推薦 10 種練習，以解決我的發音問題嗎？

It will be one of the greatest investments you ever make in your communication because now they're going to come back to you and go, oh yeah, no worries.

這將是你在溝通方面做出的最大投資之一，因為現在他們會回到你身邊，說 "哦，好的，不用擔心"。

Look, I reviewed the video and there are 10 key sounds you're struggling with.

聽著，我看了視頻，有 10 個關鍵音你很難掌握。

And with each one of these sounds, here are three exercises I would suggest.

對於每一種聲音，我都會建議進行三種練習。

You had someone use 30 years of their knowledge to review a 20 minute video, distill everything in their career and say, here are the top 30 activities you should do every single day.

有人用自己 30 年的知識回顧了一段 20 分鐘的視頻，提煉出了他們職業生涯中的一切，並說，這是你每天應該做的前 30 項活動。

I used to say the number three as free.

我過去常把數字 3 說成是免費的。

Can I have free of those?

能免費送給我嗎？

And I used to slur all of my words and use so much slang like, um, I was gonna, but I didn't wanna.

我以前說話總是含糊不清，用了很多俚語，比如，我想說，但我不想說。

Do you hear how bad that sounds?

你知道這聽起來有多糟糕嗎？

Yeah, I was gonna, but I didn't wanna.

是啊，我是想，但我不想。

I was gonna, but I didn't wanna, where I should, I should say and complete the entire word.

我本來想說，但我不想說，我應該說完整個單詞。

I was going to, but then I decided I didn't want to, but that's how I use the dog.

我本來想這樣做的，但後來決定不想這樣做，但我就是這樣使用這條狗的。

There was so many incorrect mouth movements that I was making.

我做了太多不正確的嘴部動作。

I didn't realize it until I did this activity.

直到做了這個活動，我才意識到這一點。

So that's fire tip number one.

這就是第一條消防提示。

Oh my goodness.

我的天啊

Once you do this and you start to improve your articulation, I know you're going to send me an email and go, then that changed my life.

一旦你做到了這一點，開始改善你的發音，我知道你會給我發一封電子郵件，然後說，這改變了我的生活。

I get those emails coming through quite often and that is one of them.

我經常收到這樣的郵件，這就是其中之一。

Next thing you're going to do, take the transcript of your speech that you did, that 20 minute video, plug it into chat GPT and ask chat GPT this specific prompt.

接下來你要做的是，把你的演講稿，也就是那段 20 分鐘的視頻，插入哈拉 GPT，然後向哈拉 GPT 提出這個特定的提示。

What are the top 10 grammatical errors that I'm currently making inside this transcript?

我目前在這份成績單中犯的十大語法錯誤是什麼？

And chat GPT will go through the entire thing in approximately 30 seconds and help you identify the top 10 grammatical errors that you currently make when you speak.

哈拉 GPT 會在大約 30 秒內幫您檢查完所有內容，並幫您找出目前說話時最容易犯的 10 個語法錯誤。

And usually with people who have English as a maybe second language, third language, there are a lot of grammatical errors when it comes to past tense, future tense, plurals, use of plurals.

通常，對於那些把英語作為第二語言或第三語言的人來說，在過去時、將來時、複數、複數的使用方面會有很多語法錯誤。

And I don't mean to go back to high school English.

我並不是說要回到高中英語。

However, this is very important because one of the quickest ways to lose credibility, one of the fastest ways to lose authority in the Western world, especially if English is your second, third, fourth, fifth language, right?

然而，這一點非常重要，因為在西方世界，尤其是當英語是你的第二、第三、第四或第五語言時，失去信譽的最快途徑之一，失去權威的最快途徑之一，對嗎？

Is not using the correct grammar.

文法不正確。

Because when you don't use the correct grammar, it immediately makes people perceive you as being less intelligent.

因為如果你不使用正確的文法，就會立刻讓人覺得你不夠聰明。

And also if you slur your words, if you mumble, and if you don't articulate, this is why we think of the British people as being smart.

如果你說話含糊不清，如果你喃喃自語，如果你口齒不清，這就是我們認為英國人聰明的原因。

Do you notice that when someone has a British accent, you kind of go, Oh, this person seems really smart.

你是否注意到，當一個人有英國口音時，你會覺得 "哦，這個人看起來真聰明"。

They seem sophisticated.

他們看起來很老練。

And you think that because they over articulate.

你之所以這麼想，是因為他們過於善於表達。

What that means is you don't now have to become British all of a sudden, if you want to come across smart.

這意味著，如果你想表現得聰明，現在不必突然變成英國人。

I don't have to all of a sudden now go, would you like a spot of tea?

我沒必要突然就走，你想喝杯茶嗎？

I don't have to all of a sudden now sound British.

我沒必要突然變得像個英國人。

In any accent, you can sound smarter by articulating more.

無論哪種口音，多說幾句都能讓你聽起來更聰明。

And you'll be able to improve your articulation and pronunciation with the speech pathologist's help in thinking about how to make all of the mouth shapes.

在語言病理學家的幫助下，您可以思考如何做出各種口型，從而改善發音和吐字。

The other component was the transcript into chat GPT to get all the grammatical errors out of the way.

另一個部分是將文字轉錄到哈拉 GPT 中，以消除所有語法錯誤。

If you're new to communication skills, and you want to begin your learning journey, then you can join me in one of my classes.

如果你是溝通技巧的新手，並希望開始你的學習之旅，那麼你可以參加我的課程。

It's completely free and you can click the link in the description below, or there's also a pinned comment below.

它是完全免費的，您可以點擊下面描述中的鏈接，或者在下面的評論中釘上鍊接。

You can click as well.

您也可以點擊。

Two more things I would say, speak English as often as you can.

我還想說兩件事：儘可能多地說英語。

You will never get better at something if you don't practice it more, find more opportunities to speak English.

如果你不多加練習，尋找更多的機會說英語，你就永遠不會在某方面做得更好。

And now you're going to say to me, cause I already heard these excuses before, but Vin, I've got no one to talk to.

現在你要對我說，因為我已經聽過這些藉口了，但是文，我沒有人可以傾訴。

I've got everyone I talk to who speaks Vietnamese when I'm at home.

我在家的時候，跟我說話的人都會說越南語。

Everyone I speak to speaks Chinese, speaks Russian, speaks Italian.

與我交談的每個人都會說中文、俄語和意大利語。

Well, I'm going to remind you of something, my dear luminary.

好吧，我要提醒你一件事，我親愛的大人物。

Then talk to yourself.

那就自言自語吧。

Yeah, that's still a form of practice.

是的，這仍然是一種練習。

Talk to yourself.

自言自語。

Can you open your mouth and talk by yourself?

你能自己張嘴說話嗎？

By yourself?

一個人？

When you're by yourself?

一個人的時候？

Yes.

是的。

I'm talking to myself right now.

我正在自言自語。

There's nobody else in this studio.

工作室裡沒有其他人

What is this?

這是什麼？

This is a form of practice.

這是一種實踐。

And if it excites you more, put your camera down, turn it on, record yourself talking.

如果這能讓你更興奮，那就放下相機，打開它，錄下自己的談話。

Practice speaking your mind more.

多練習說出自己的想法。

There's a mind and mouth connection, and this links in with the practice while you're practicing by yourself.

在你獨自練習時，這與你的心智和口腔是相通的。

What I'm doing here is I'm training myself to be able to speak from my reservoir of knowledge, shaping that information, using metaphors, stories, and everything, and then articulating it almost immediately.

我在這裡所做的就是訓練自己，讓自己能夠從自己的知識寶庫中汲取資訊，利用隱喻、故事和其他方式塑造資訊，然後幾乎立即將其表達出來。

I'm doing a form of practice here.

我在這裡進行一種練習。

The more of this I do, the more I strengthen the ability to retrieve information immediately from the bank of knowledge, and then almost spontaneously then being able to communicate that across right away.

這樣做得越多，我就越能加強從知識庫中立即檢索資訊的能力，然後幾乎是自發地立即將這些資訊傳遞出去。

That is a skill.

這是一種技能。

There are neural pathways that you've got to strengthen.

你必須強化一些神經通路。

And if you never are put in a situation where you immediately have to go into your head and retrieve knowledge and then speak it spontaneously, well, then you'll never be good at it.

如果你從來沒有遇到過這樣的情況，即你必須立即進入你的大腦，檢索知識，然後自發地講出來，那麼，你永遠也不會擅長。

So a wonderful way to get better at English and on top of that, get better at speaking impromptu is you need to practice.

是以，提高英語水平和即興口語的絕佳方法就是多練習。

Last thing I'll say to get better at it is to play.

最後我要說的是，要想玩得更好，就得玩。

When you're doing the practice session, play.

進行練習時，請演奏。

Play with your instrument.

玩樂器

You know, go a little bit silly.

你知道，要有點傻氣。

Have a little bit of fun.

找點樂子

And then just play.

然後就玩吧。

It's okay.

沒關係。

And while you're doing this, while you're trying to get better at English, in that same practice session, you can practice vocal foundations, you can practice body language.

當你這樣做的時候，當你努力提高英語水平的時候，在同一節練習課上，你可以練習聲樂基礎，可以練習肢體語言。

And then if you stick to this consistently, oh, you're going to get good so fast.

然後，如果你能始終如一地堅持下去，哦，你就會很快變得優秀起來。

You're going to get good so fast, you're not going to know what to do with yourself.

你會很快變得優秀起來，你自己都不知道該怎麼辦。