深谙5大技巧：任何语言学习事半功倍！

 　　1. Throw yourself in at the deep end

　　“深”临其境

　　Many people will look you in the eye and tell you with utter conviction that the only way to learn is to move to the country of your target language. This isn’t strictly¹ true, but it obviously makes immersion² more likely. You still have to seek out opportunities for the lengthy³ and laborious⁴ conversations. Define your new environment early on and in the language you want to learn.

　　很多人会直盯着你的眼睛，坚定地告诉你学习语言的唯一方法就是搬到你的目的语言国家那去住。虽然严格意义上讲这并不是正确的，但是这明显增加融入式学习的可能性。但你仍需找机会进行有一定长度，并对你来说比较费力的对话。尽早定义你想要学习的语言的新环境。

　　深谙5大技巧：任何语言学习事半功倍！

　　2. Speaking with natives for one hour is more useful than studying for weeks at school

　　跟说英语母语的人交谈一小时，比自己在学校闷头学习几个礼拜来的更有效

　　When you’re just starting out, equip yourself with questions. As you stumble through your first exchanges, you may sometimes perceive yourself as an eye-rollingly tedious conversation partner. Remember that people love to talk about themselves. Expand the range of questions you ask when you meet people and prepare your own answers.

　　开始学习语言时，带着问题学习。在第一次跟别人交谈时，你有时可能会觉得自己眼睛一直在打转，是个很无聊的聊天对象。要记住人们喜欢谈论自己。跟别人聊天时拓宽问题的范围，并准备好自己的答案。

　　3. Blur⁵ the lines between your free time and your learning time

　　将空闲时间和学习融合

　　There’s a great Eddie Izzard sketch⁶ where he pokes⁷ fun at the morose⁸ inactivity of British film when compared with the bombastic⁹ sensationalism of Hollywood. Different countries tell stories differently, and they often have a whole cast of acting¹⁰ royalty¹¹ that is barely known beyond their borders.

　　当艾迪·伊扎德在将英国电影与哗众取宠的好莱坞电影做比较时，他那戏谑英国电影沉闷无聊的段子还是很经典的。国家不同，描述事情的方式也不同，而且通常他们有自己一整套的标准规范，其他国家的人是不知道的。

　　4.Travel as much as you possibly can

　　世界那么大，一定要多出去看看

　　If you travel, you will enjoy the enormous utility of languages first-hand. Your languages will facilitate your movements, ensure a richer diversity of more authentic¹² experiences, and may well even reduce the cost of your trip.

　　如果你出去旅行，那你就会很频繁地直接用到各种语言。语言会让你的旅行更便捷，保证亲身体验的多样性，还可能会减少旅程的花费哦。

　　5. Take control of your own class

　　我的课堂我做主

　　How would you like to learn? How do you think you learn best? Do you know the answers to these questions? Have you ever asked yourself these questions? Remember that the most important question is how you like to learn, not how you learn best. If you enjoy the learning process, you’ll stick to it, and even if it takes a little longer, who cares? You’re enjoying it, after all. So relocate your class to a park, listen to music in your new language while walking to work, or best of all, meet up with a friend who’s a native speaker or also learning, and immerse yourself in the simple pleasures of coffee and conversation, just like the protagonists¹³ of our video.

　　你想怎样学习呢？你认为自己怎样学习效果最好呢？你知道这些问题的答案么？你是否问过自己这些问题呢？一定要记着，最重要的问题是你想怎样学习，而非你怎样学得最好。如果你很享受学习的过程，坚持下去了，即使要很长一段时间，谁又会在乎这些呢？毕竟，你乐在其中。所以把教室搬到公园里去吧，走路上班时听着这门新语言的歌，或者最好是跟母语是你新学的这门语言、或也在学这门语言的朋友见见面啥的，将自己置身于咖啡和交流所带来的愉悦之中，就像视频里的主角那样。

1 strictly   

adv.严厉地，严格地；严密地

参考例句：

• His doctor is dieting him strictly.他的医生严格规定他的饮食。
• The guests were seated strictly in order of precedence.客人严格按照地位高低就座。

2 immersion   

n.沉浸；专心

参考例句：

• The dirt on the bottom of the bath didn't encourage total immersion.浴缸底有污垢，不宜全身浸泡于其中。
• The wood had become swollen from prolonged immersion.因长时间浸泡，木头发胀了。

3 lengthy   

adj.漫长的，冗长的

参考例句：

• We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
• The professor wrote a lengthy book on Napoleon.教授写了一部有关拿破仑的巨著。

4 laborious   

adj.吃力的，努力的，不流畅

参考例句：

• They had the laborious task of cutting down the huge tree.他们接受了伐大树的艰苦工作。
• Ants and bees are laborious insects.蚂蚁与蜜蜂是勤劳的昆虫。

5 blur   

n.模糊不清的事物；vt.使模糊，使看不清楚

参考例句：

• The houses appeared as a blur in the mist.房子在薄雾中隐隐约约看不清。
• If you move your eyes and your head,the picture will blur.如果你的眼睛或头动了，图像就会变得模糊不清。

6 sketch   

n.草图；梗概；素描；v.素描；概述

参考例句：

• My sister often goes into the country to sketch. 我姐姐常到乡间去写生。
• I will send you a slight sketch of the house.我将给你寄去房屋的草图。

7 pokes   

v.伸出( poke的第三人称单数 )；戳出；拨弄；与（某人）性交

参考例句：

• He pokes his nose into everything. 他这人好管闲事。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Only the tip of an iceberg pokes up above water. 只有冰山的尖端突出于水面。 来自辞典例句

8 morose   

adj.脾气坏的，不高兴的

参考例句：

• He was silent and morose.他沉默寡言、郁郁寡欢。
• The publicity didn't make him morose or unhappy?公开以后，没有让他郁闷或者不开心吗？

9 bombastic   

adj.夸夸其谈的，言过其实的

参考例句：

• The candidate spoke in a bombastic way of all that he would do if elected.候选人大肆吹嘘，一旦他当选将要如何如何。
• The orator spoke in a bombastic manner.这位演说家的讲话言过其实。

10 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

11 royalty   

n.皇家，皇族

参考例句：

• She claims to be descended from royalty.她声称她是皇室后裔。
• I waited on tables，and even catered to royalty at the Royal Albert Hall.我做过服务生， 甚至在皇家阿伯特大厅侍奉过皇室的人。

12 authentic   

a.真的，真正的；可靠的，可信的，有根据的

参考例句：

• This is an authentic news report. We can depend on it. 这是篇可靠的新闻报道, 我们相信它。
• Autumn is also the authentic season of renewal. 秋天才是真正的除旧布新的季节。

13 protagonists   

n.（戏剧的）主角( protagonist的名词复数 )；（故事的）主人公；现实事件（尤指冲突和争端的）主要参与者；领导者

参考例句：

• Mrs Pankhurst was one of the chief protagonists of women's rights. 潘克赫斯特太太是女权的主要倡导者之一。 来自辞典例句
• This reflects that Feng Menglong heartily sympathized with these protagonists. 这反映出冯梦龙由衷地同情书中的这些主要人物。 来自互联网