Today I'm teaching you

今天要來教你

how to choose English books suitable for you!

如何選一本適合自己的英文書

As many of you know,

那相信大家可能都知道

I love to read English books

我是一個非常喜歡看英文書的人

So today, I want to talk to you

所以今天呢，就想要跟大家聊聊

about my experiences

就是我從小到大

reading English since I was little

是怎麼樣接觸英文閱讀這件事情

I want to particularly focus on

那今天特別想要著重在

choosing the right English books for your level

挑選適合自己的英文書這個部分

When I first started reading English books

那我最一開始接觸英文書的時候

I was attending an American elementary school in Taiwan

是在臺灣國小讀美國學校的時候

I remember at that time

我記得那個時候我們每個禮拜

We would always go to the library on the ninth floor to borrow English books every week

都會要去九樓的圖書館借英文書

I remember

那我印象很深刻的就是

that the library had

我們的圖書館裡面

a lot of English books for beginners

有很多適合初學者讀的書

such as The Magic Tree House

像是 The Magic Tree House

Goosebumps

Goosebumps

and A Series of Unfortunate Events

跟 A Series of Unfortunate Events

I loved all these books

都是我超級愛看的書

In elementary school

那時候才國小

I was a beginner in English

所以也就是一個英文的初學者

So I had to spend a long time reading a single book

看一本書都要花非常非常久的時間

So I think what's important is that

所以我覺得很重要的是

you must choose a book that you are interested in

你必須要挑一本你感興趣的書

If you're interested in this book

如果你對這本書有興趣的話

Even if it takes a long time to read

就算可能要看很久

And you don't understand a lot of the words

就算裡面很多單字都不會

Because you are drawn to the plot

但是因為劇情吸引你的關係

You will have the motivation to continue reading

你就會有動力想要繼續讀下去

So since I went to the library every week

那因為每個禮拜都要去圖書館借書嘛

Over the years

所以在持續這麼長時間下來

as I continued reading

都閱讀的狀態

I started to read longer and harder English books

我選的書的長度跟難度也都增加了喔！

Here, let me share with you

那這邊也跟大家分享一個

a turning point in my experience

我開始喜歡閱讀小說

reading and collecting English novels

開始收集英文小說的契機

I remember when I was probably in middle school

我記得那時候應該是國中

My brother

我哥呢

Ray

就是阿滴

He gave me a thick book one day

他某一天就把一本厚厚的 Twilight 小說

It's this book

也就是這邊這一本

This book is Twilight

就是這一本 Twilight 暮光之城

I'm sure everyone is very familiar with this book

相信大家都非常熟悉這本小說

He put this book in the chair in front of me

他把它就放在我前面的椅子上

And said

然後就說

Your goal this summer is to read this!

你的暑假讀物就是這個！

When I first saw this book

然後那時候我看到的時候

I was dumbfounded

其實蠻傻眼的

Think about it

因為你想一下

A middle schooler

國中生

should be having fun during summer vacation

然後暑假就是應該要出去玩

But?

結果呢？

My brother dared to put this book in front of me

我家哥哥竟然把英文小說放在我前面

And assigned me summer reading

說我暑假功課是這一個

While I was very reluctant at the time

雖然那時候很不情願

After I started reading

但是我讀了之後

That summer

我那個暑假就是

I was completely immersed in this book

完全陷入在這本小說裡面

After I finished the first book of the Twilight series

那我把第一本 Twilight 看完之後

I then finished the following

我也把後面的二、三、四集

books in the series

全部都看完

That is one of the reasons how

因此這也就成為了

I started obsessively collecting novels

我開始瘋狂收集小說的原因之一

Due to this experience

那因為受這個影響

The books I later read

我在後期閱讀的小說

all belonged to similar genres

類型都非常的類似

Like science fiction, magic

像是科幻、魔法

teenagers, romance

青少年、愛情

I'm not sure if you know

那不知道大家知不知道

The first video I made

我其實在阿滴英文頻道上面

on this channel

做的第一支影片

was introducing five of my

就是介紹我喜歡的

favorite science fiction novels

五本科幻小說

If you're curious

所以如果想要看

My first time on camera

滴妹第一次上鏡頭

How was it exactly?

ㄟ？狀況是如何的話

You can watch this video

可以去看看這個影片

Before I talk about how to choose books

那在講到如何選書之前

I want to share with everyone

這邊有一個特殊的癖好

a special quirk of mine

想要跟大家分享一下

I love to collect

就是我喜歡收集

books with beautiful covers

封面非常非常漂亮的書

Even if the book itself

就算它可能

is really bad

很難看

It's not very enjoyable

不是很好看

(Really terrible)

超難看

I might still buy it for its cover

我可能還會因為封面的關係而去買它

(Choose an example)

你找一個你找一個例子

(A terrible book with a beautiful cover)

就是封面超美但是超級難看的書

(There should be some in the background right)

這邊後面應該有對不對？

Right now?

現在找嗎？

(Yes, now)

對，現在找

Like this book

像這本？？出版社的神秘書籍

The cover is gorgeous

它封面真的超美

But the content is...

但是內容就真的是...

Hmmm

Hmmmm

So how does one choose books?

那到底要怎樣挑選書籍呢？

When you're first choosing books

首先在選書的時候

You can skim a page or two of the books

可以先看書本的一兩頁看看

You can go to a bookstore

其實你可以自己去書局裡面逛逛

Skim the English books or novels

翻翻書局裡面的英文書或是英文小說

As you're skimming them

那在這個翻閱的過程當中

Check how much of it

確認看看你看得懂的成份

You understand

到底占了多少比例

If you find that

如果你發現有差不多

you can understand

七成到八成

around 70 to 80 percent of it

是你看得懂的話

Then that book suits your level

那這一本書就是適合你的程度看的書

But if you accidentally chose a book

那你如果不小心挑了一本

and open it

你打開來

and you don't understand it at all

完全看不懂的書

What should you do?

那你該怎麼辦呢？

You can do two things:

有兩種方法

The first

第一種就是

You can quietly put it back on the bookshelf

默默的把它放回書架上

The second

第二種呢

You can just buy it

就是果斷的給它買下來

Then

然後

When you reach the right level

等你學成了之後

You can then read this book

你就可以讀這本書了

(And so, that book will just)

然後它就默默的在

(stay on the bookshelf)

家裡的書櫃

(forever...)

永遠在上面

If you

那如果對於

don't habitually read English

沒有英文閱讀習慣的人

Or you lack confidence in reading English

或者是對英文閱讀不太有自信的人

I recommend that you select

建議大家可以挑選

Books with pictures in them

搭配圖畫的書

Or

或者是

Choose shorter books to read

比較簡短的書來看

Books with sketches in them

有插畫的書

can help you understand

可以更加輔助你理解

the contents of the book better

書中的內容

Because as you look at the sketches

因為你看著插畫時

You can sometimes guess the meaning

有些時候就會利用猜測

To confirm your reading comprehension

去來確認你到底有沒有理解錯誤

This guessing habit

那這個自主猜測的動作

may help you remember new words better

或許就會加深你對單字的印象

This year

那因為今年

we're working with Caves Books

我們有跟敦煌書局合作

They've recommended

那它們就有跟我們推薦

this books series called ELI

這一個叫作 Eli 的系列讀本~

First off

首先呢

The covers are pretty

它們的封面都蠻漂亮的

They suit me

符合我

Next

那再來就是

On the back of the books

書本的後面

They've included a level chart

都會很貼心的附上分級喔~

Elementary level

像是初階的

has about 600 words

可能就是 600 字

Intermediate level has 1000 words

中階可能就是 1000 字

Anything advanced or above

那進階或是超過的話

has over 2500 words

就是 2500 以上

So looking at this chart

所以看了這個分級之後

You can probably figure out

你就大概可以抓到

whether you should choose to read this book

你該不該挑選這樣子的書

This book probably suits

像是這一本就比較適合

Those who are just getting started with reading English

剛開始接觸英文閱讀的初學者

The words are simpler

因為它的用字都比較簡單一點

The grammar isn't too complicated

文法上也不會太複雜

For example, "The giant looks at his garden"

像是 The giant looks at his garden

I also think that one thing

那另外一點我覺得 Eli 讀本

special about Eli's books

非常特別的就是

is that they all have practice questions in the back

它在後面都會有練習題喔~

For example, here

像你這邊可以看到

It asks you

它就會問你說

to match the pictures with the seasons

這一個圖片是對應著什麼季節

It also asks you

然後也會問你一些

About some easy grammar points

比較簡單的文法部分

These types of questions

像這樣子的題目

are written in a fun and easy way

寫起來就非常有趣輕鬆

yet you can still practice your English

但是又可以練習到英文喔

Next,

那再來介紹

let's talk about books suited to more advanced readers

比較適合高階閱讀者閱讀的書

When you open this book

這本書一翻開來

There's something different

就發現不一樣

Huh?

ㄟ？

There are still pictures

還是有插畫

But did you notice?

但是大家有沒有發現

There are a lot more words here?

它的字變得超級超級多呢？

Judging by the number of words this book has

以這本書的字彙量來說

This book is basically

基本上已經可以算是

a standard English novel

一本正統的英文小說了

Another cool thing

更加分的是

See this little button?

看到這邊有小小的按鈕嗎？

They mean that

這些按鈕就是要

You can pair it with the CD

搭配著它的 CD

And listen to the story

讓你可以邊讀邊聽

The good thing about listening

邊讀邊聽得好處就是

is that you can understand

你可以理解到

certain words' correct pronunciation

單字正確的發音

and the sentences' inflections

句子的抑揚頓挫

When someone is reading the book

還有就是有人朗誦的話

You might find it to be more interesting

你可能會覺得比較有趣

(Really?)

會嗎？

Yes!

會阿

Here, let me read it for you.

要不然我讀給你們聽嘛

Lastly

最後一點

Something that I personally like

我個人真的蠻喜歡的

Is that at the back of the book

就是它在書的後面

it includes some extra information

會給一些特別的額外資訊

Like here it talks about

像是這邊就有講到

it talks about

Wilkie Collins

Wilkie Collins' life

這個作者的生平

Or

或者是

Background information about the story

跟故事相關的其他歷史資訊、背景

So today

所以今天呢~

I want to recommend the ELI book series

就在這邊推薦 Eli 系列讀本給大家

I hope everyone can

希望大家也可以

Use the chart on the back

按照後面的分級

To choose the right books for you

去挑選適合自己程度的英文書喔~

Caves Books also gave us

那敦煌也有提供給我們

10 ELI books

十本 Eli 讀本

to giveaway to our subscribers!

讓我們可以回饋給小滴喔！

If you're interested

所以大家如果有興趣

And want to get these books

想要得到這個讀本的話

Remember to go on our Facebook page

記得要去我們的 FB 粉專裡面

to enter the giveaway

參加抽獎喔！

I hope today's video

那希望今天的介紹

helps you

可以讓大家

with your reading habits

培養起自己英文閱讀的習慣

and your love for reading

也讓大家喜歡上閱讀喔！

(Your hair is strange)

你頭髮好怪喔

(Your hair is strange)

你頭髮很奇怪

(An elephant)

大象

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要記得準時回來看影片喔