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【TED演讲】如何将外语学到和母语一样流利?

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0:12My story starts in Moscow.我的故事从莫斯科开始
0:15I was 15 years old.我当时15岁
0:17My best friend and I, we were part of a group of Westerners visiting the Soviet Union.我最好的朋友和我, 我们是一群西方人 访问苏联的一部分。
0:22This was in 1987, a few years before the fall of the communist regime.这是在1987年,即共产主义政权垮台前的几年.
0:31We were given an official tour guide who was assigned to us and the tour would start in the morning我们得到了一个正式的导游 被指派给我们, 和巡演将在早上开始
0:35and we were checked into our hotel rooms for the night.晚上我们被检查进旅馆房间
0:39My friend said to me,我的朋友对我说,
0:42let's go outside and look at the city.我们出去看看这座城市
0:45I thought it was a great idea, dumb idea.我认为这是一个好主意,愚蠢的想法。
0:48So we grabbed our coats and we snuck out past security and into the street.于是我们抓起外套 偷偷溜出安全区 进入街上
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1My story starts in Moscow.我的故事从莫斯科开始
2I was 15 years old.我当时15岁
3My best friend and I, we were part of a group of Westerners visiting the Soviet Union.我最好的朋友和我, 我们是一群西方人 访问苏联的一部分。
4This was in 1987, a few years before the fall of the communist regime.这是在1987年,即共产主义政权垮台前的几年.
5We were given an official tour guide who was assigned to us and the tour would start in the morning我们得到了一个正式的导游 被指派给我们, 和巡演将在早上开始
6and we were checked into our hotel rooms for the night.晚上我们被检查进旅馆房间
7My friend said to me,我的朋友对我说,
8let's go outside and look at the city.我们出去看看这座城市
9I thought it was a great idea, dumb idea.我认为这是一个好主意,愚蠢的想法。
10So we grabbed our coats and we snuck out past security and into the street.于是我们抓起外套 偷偷溜出安全区 进入街上
11We found the entrance to the metro.我们找到了地铁的入口
12The Moscow Underground's transportation system is the deepest one in the world.莫斯科地下交通系统是世界上最深的.
13The ride down the escalator took a full minute.从扶梯下来的车 花了整整一分钟。
14Once we were down there, my friend headed right to an open train and I pulled him back.当我们在下面时,我的朋友 正赶往一辆开着的火车上, 我把他拉回来。
15I said, wait,我说,等等,
16let's write down the name of the station so we can find our way back.我们把车站的名字写下来 这样我们才能找到回去的路
17So I had a notepad and I took a notepad and I wrote down the letters of the station and所以我有一张纸条,我拿了一张纸条,我写下了车站的信,
18we hopped on the train and went some train hopping and that was fun because我们跳上火车,去 火车购物,这很有趣,因为
19well, actually it was weird.嗯,其实这很奇怪。
20There were a lot of people,那儿有很多人,他们...
21they probably all coming home from work and他们可能都下班回家
22they were all dressed in brown and gray clothes and it looked very, very different from what we were used to at home.他们都穿着棕色和灰色的衣服 看上去和我们家里的习惯非常不同
23But the stations were lovely.但车站很可爱
24There were stations with有车站
25statues, with paintings on the wall and glass displays and it was really like museums.雕像,墙上有绘画 和玻璃展示, 它真的像博物馆。
26We would never have expected that and everything was perfectly clean.我们绝对不会料到 一切都很干净
27Well,那个
28what was weird though is that the people, nobody seemed to speak and everyone seemed to be looking at us and it kind of weirded奇怪的是,人们,没有人说话,每个人都看着我们,这有点奇怪
29us out.我们出去。
30So after about 20-30 minutes, we had enough and we wanted to go home.大约20到30分钟后, 我们喝够了,我们想回家。
31I showed my note to someone and they directed me over there and then over there我把我的纸条给别人看 他们指示我在那里 然后在那里
32I showed my note to another person and they directed us to the other way and then a third person directed us sideways.我把我的纸条给另一个人看 他们指引我们到另一条路 然后一个第三人指导我们侧面。
33That was a little confusing.这有点让人困惑
34Oh, then I saw it over the stairs, the sign.哦,然后我看到它在楼梯,标志。
35Turned out I had written down the Russian word for exit.原来我写了俄语词 出口。
36So we headed upstairs and we所以我们上楼去
37we found a taxi, that was great, and told the driver, you know,我们找到一辆出租车,很棒, 告诉司机,你知道,
38in tourist hotel and then he was willing to take us and I remember sitting next to the driver在旅游酒店,然后他愿意带我们 我记得坐在司机旁边
39handing him 50 rubles and he looked at me and he said,给他50卢布 他看着我说
4050 dollars, that was like, I don't know, 20 times that amount or something.50美元,那就像,我不知道, 20倍的金额什么的。
41That was not an option for us.这对我们来说不是一个选择。
42So we had to get out of the taxi and he drove away, leaving us standing there.所以我们不得不下车 他开车离开,让我们站在那里。
43It was cold night and you know, everything was strange for us and we were teenagers and当时是寒冷的夜晚 对我们来说一切都很奇怪 我们是青少年
44we were pretty nervous, didn't know what to do.我们很紧张,不知道该怎么办
45Well, we started walking.我们开始走路了
46We walked to the end of the block.我们走到了街区的尽头
47We turned the corner and我们转弯了
48200 yards in front of us, the interist hotel.前面200码, 中间酒店。
49Well, this experience affected me in two ways.嗯,这种经历影响了我两个方面。
50The first is that any time after this trip that I hear would hear anyone speak Russian, I would just cringe.第一,这次旅行之后,我听到有人会说俄语,我只会哭。
51And the second one is that it taught me the importance of understanding the local language when you're traveling and第二,它教会了我在旅行时理解当地语言的重要性
52it actually led to me learning another four languages fluently over the following years.事实上,这让我在接下来的几年里 学会了另外四种语言。
53Now before I go on, I'd like to know in the audience, can we have a little bit of light maybe in the audience?现在,在我继续之前,我想在观众中知道, 我们可以有一点点光 也许在观众中?
54Just like to know who's只是想知道是谁
55by show of hands who is not a native English speaker?谁不是英语母语?
56That must be 99%.这一定是99%。
57Anyone who doesn't speak English, stand up.不说英语的人请站起来
58All right, so I can assume all of you have, you know, gone through the process of learning a language.好吧,所以我可以假设,你们都经历了学习一种语言的过程。
59Anybody who speaks three or more languages?有人会说三种或三种以上语言吗?
60Wow, that is maybe 70%.哇,这也许是70%。
61Four or more languages, anyone?4种或更多语言,有人吗?
62That's still quite a bit.那还是有点
63Anyone speak five or more languages?有人会说五种或五种以上语言吗?
64Wow, come see me in during the break.哇 休息时来看我
65All right, well to me, learning a language is for me,好吧,对我来说,学习一种语言是我的,
66it's like a deck of playing cards lying face down on the table.这就像一个打牌的甲板 躺在桌子上的脸。
67As you start learning and understanding,当你开始学习和理解,
68the cards start opening up for you.牌开始为你打开。
69Now, there's no standard现在,没有标准
70way of classifying this, but as you learn, you reach certain milestones and分类的方式,但当你学习, 你达到了某些里程碑,
71the first one would be when about 25% of the cards are turned up, you reach like a basic level.第一个是当25%的牌出现的时候, 你达到一个基本水平。
72At this level,在这一层面,
73you have a base vocabulary,你有基础词汇,
74some grammar, and you're able to have maybe very simple conversations and communicate a little bit and一些语法, 你可以有 也许非常简单的谈话 和沟通一点点,
75your study goes on你继续学习
76until you reach this magical point of fluency, what we call being fluent in a language.直到你达到这个神奇的流利点 我们称之为流利的语言
77Now, what does this mean?这是什么意思?
78Being fluent in a language,流利的语言,
79it means that you've turned up more than 50% of the cards in the deck and意思是,你已经出现了超过50%的牌 在甲板和
80that is the point where you have,这就是你拥有的地方
81where the language becomes part of your subconscious so that even if you don't use it anymore for ten years or longer,语言成为你潜意识的一部分 即使你十年或更长时间不再使用
82you will not forget it.你不会忘记的
83You can go get back into it within a very, very short time.你可以在很短的时间内回去
84So this is这就是
85this is a这个是
86level where you're comfortable thinking in the language and水平,你舒服的思考 在语言和
87comfortable communicating in the language.用语言交流很舒服
88Now, some people go on and, you know, reach like a mastery level.现在,有些人继续,你知道, 达到像一个熟练的水平。
89By that time,那时
90you know classic literature in the other language and have maybe an in-depth knowledge of specialized fields.你懂其他语言的经典文学,也许对专业领域有深入的了解。
91That's often the point taken in academia.这经常是学术界的观点。
92For me, when I learned my first foreign language, I had a head start对我来说,当我学会了第一门外语, 我有一个开始
93because, well, I was born to a German-speaking mother and an American father.因为我出生在德语母亲和美国父亲
94Now, when I was a baby, I didn't really understand that what my parents were speaking to me were two separate languages.现在,当我还是个孩子的时候, 我并不真正理解我父母对我说的话 是两种不同的语言。
95But by the time I was two years old, I had figured it all out.但到了两岁的时候,我已经想通了一切.
96Women speak only German.女人只说德语
97Men only speak English.男人只说英语。
98Imagine the fun my parents had when they introduced me to couples.想象一下我父母给我介绍情侣时的乐趣
99Well, being a bilingual was actually pretty helpful in learning my first language.嗯,作为一个双语 实际上对学习我的第一语言很有帮助。
100Definitely helped.当然有帮助。
101If you're...狦琌...
102But it also gave me something else.但它也给了我其他的东西。
103It gave me two identities and the ability to switch between them.它给了我两个身份 和他们之间交换的能力。
104When you're a native speaker of more than one language,当你是一个母语 不止一种语言,
105then your礛琌
106your您的电话
107personality, your humor, your value system, they change as you switch languages.人格,幽默,价值系统,随着语言的切换而改变。
108This can have huge advantages.这有巨大的优势。
109I mean, some studies have shown an increased problem-solving ability我的意思是,有些研究显示 解决问题的能力提高了
110or even a higher resistance to Alzheimer's disease.甚至对老年痴呆症的抵抗力更高
111But what I'm most interested in is that it's actually given me a lot of social benefits.但我最感兴趣的是 它实际上给了我很多社会福利。
112When you're a native speaker, then you feel at home among native speakers,当你是一个母语, 然后你感觉在家里 在母语,
113in a culture, and also native speakers accept you as one of theirs.在一种文化中,也有本地人接受你为他们的其中之一。
114Now, is this only relevant to native speakers?现在,这是否只与讲母语的人有关?
115And that's the big question.然此大问.
116But wouldn't it be cool if a person learning a foreign language could actually学外语的人真的可以的话 是不是很酷?
117develop another identity and开发另一个身份
118actually enjoy the social benefits of a native speaker实际享受母语的社会福利
119that go beyond communication skills?这超出了沟通能力?
120Well, that's what happened to me.嗯,这就是发生在我身上。
121I was able to do that and I want to show you from my experience我做到了,我想告诉你 从我的经验
122how I think this can be achieved.我认为这可以实现
123So if we say this green area here is the level of the native speaker,所以,如果我们说这里的绿地是 当地演讲者的水平,
124the first thing to note is that on your way to reaching fluency, there is not really any shortcut.首先要注意的是 在你到达流利的路上 没有任何捷径
125There are some methods that you can use such as the Pareto Principle where you identify the有一些方法可以使用,例如Pareto原理,在这里您可以识别
12620% of the most effective material to study.20%的最有效的研究材料.
127There are some apps like for time-spaced learning that increase vocabulary retention.有一些应用,比如用于时空学习,可以增加词汇保留.
128They save a little time, but in the end他们节省了一点时间 但最后
129there's no way around working with the material, practicing it until you reach the fluency level.在你达到流畅水平之前 无法与材料合作
130But the second thing to note is that going from fluency to mastery is a much slower process and it requires但第二件事需要注意的是,从流利到掌握是一个慢得多的过程,它需要
131proportionally more effort.相当的多努力。
132And that's why most people, they just stop at fluency.这就是为什么大多数人, 他们只是停留在流利。
133They know how to speak English, good enough,他们知道怎么说英语,足够好
134and they don't even attempt to venture on, and I can understand it.他们甚至不尝试冒险 我可以理解
135But the good news is但好消息是,我们
136to get the benefits of a native speaker at a native speaker level,在讲母语者一级获得讲母语者的好处,
137you don't have to go through mastery in the academic sense.在学术意义上你不必经过掌握.
138In fact, you can skip this step altogether.事实上,你可以跳过这一步。
139So if you think about it, there are many native speakers who do not have an in-depth knowledge of specialized fields or sophisticated vocabulary.所以,如果你考虑一下,有很多讲母语的人对专门领域或复杂的词汇没有深入的了解.
140So that's not really what is required.所以这不是真正需要的。
141So how do you do it, what is required?那么,你怎么做,有什么需要吗?
142Well,那个
143I want to give you three我想给你三个
144areas to focus on when you're learning and interacting with native speakers.以学习和与本地人交流为中心。
145The first is第一个
146work on eliminating your accent.努力消除你的口音。
147I'm aware I said eliminating.我知道我说的是消灭
148It should be at least minimizing it.它至少应该尽可能减少。
149This is, in my opinion, the most overlooked aspect of language learning today, but it's also the most important one我认为,这是今天语言学习中最被忽视的方面,但也是最重要的方面
150to reach what I call a native speaker level or a speaker-like level.达到我所说的母语或类似发言者的级别。
151If you communicate without an accent or almost without an accent, this changes how natives behave towards you unconsciously,如果你没有口音或几乎没有口音的交流, 这改变着当地人如何无意识地对待你,
152and it also gives you an ability to它也让你有能力
153to adapt a new self-image.以适应新的自我形象。
154The best way that I have found, the best exercise I have found to improve your pronunciation is what I call the perfect sentence technique.我找到的最好的方法, 最好的练习,我发现改进 你的读音是 我称之为完美的句子技术。
155What you do is you find a native speaker to help you,你所做的就是找一个本地人来帮你
156and you take a book in the foreign language, you open it at a random page, and you read the first sentence.并取外语之书,随机开一页,读第一句.
157Then you ask the native speaker to rate you on那你就叫本地话人给你评分
158obvious accent, slight accent, no accent.明显口音,轻微口音,没有口音.
159Then the native speaker will read this this sentence back to you.然后本地人会把这句话读给你听
160You have to listen carefully, and你一定要仔细听,而且
161then you repeat, and you repeat this process over and over until the native speaker tells you that he can no longer hear an然后你重复,你重复这个过程 一遍又一遍,直到当地人 告诉你,他不能再听到一个
162accent when you read the sentence.读到句子时重音。
163Now, I realize it can take a very long time even just to get one sentence right, but I promise you if you现在,我意识到这可能需要很长的时间 甚至只是得到一个句子正确, 但我向你保证,如果你
164are persistent, and if you patiently work on this,坚持不懈 如果你耐心地研究
165you will be amazed what happens to your accent.你会惊讶你的口音会怎样
166The second area to focus on is第二个重点领域是:
167using verbs and expressions that locals use.使用当地人使用的动词和表达式.
168Now, we all know the situation that现在,我们都知道情况
169vocabulary can be region-specific, like in the US you you stand in line in the UK UQ.词汇可以是特定区域, 就像在美国,你站在英国UQ的排队。
170That's all good, but sometimes这很好,但有时
171the spoken word is so different, the speech is so different from what you get in textbooks,口语的词是如此不同, 说话是如此不同 你得到的教科书,
172that the books are almost useless if you want to converse with natives.如果你想跟本地人交谈 书就几乎没用了
173I want to give you an example.我想举个例子
174In the French language,在法语中,
175there are words like le travail, which is my work,我的工作就是说,
176a French person talking to his friend would probably say mon boulot, which is a completely different word.一个跟朋友说话的法国人可能会说 mon bloot, 这是一个完全不同的词。
177The same for the clothes,衣服也一样
178{\fn黑体\fs22\bord1\shad0\3aHBE\4aH00\fscx67\fscy66\2cHFFFFFF\3cH808080}但是你会听到的
179Or money is或钱是
180l'argent, but people say le fric, les sous, or many other expressions for this.恕我直言,但人们会说 le fric, les sous, 或其他许多表达。
181Obviously, I'm only scratching the surface here, but here you actually have to learn all of these words and expressions很明显,我只抓着表面, 但在这里,你实际上必须学习 所有这些字和表达
182one by one, and of course you have to interact with natives to do that.一个接一个,当然你必须和原住民互动才能做到这一点.
183But after you reach a critical mass that you are comfortable with,但当你到达一个临界质量 你感到舒适,
184it'll actually be easier.这其实会更容易。
185When you encounter something new,当你遇到新的东西,
186you'll just pick it up in one go, like native speakers would, who hear words or expressions they didn't know before.听到他们以前不知道的言语
187The third area to work on is第三个领域是:
188adopting cultural traits.采用文化特征。
189What do I mean by that?这是什么意思?
190So let me ask you, what does this mean, this gesture mean to you?所以,让我问你,这是什么意思, 这个姿态意味着你吗?
191Any Italians here?有意大利人吗?
192Okay, now depending on what culture you're from, this could mean something rude, or it could just mean好吧,现在取决于你来自什么文化, 这可能意味着一些粗鲁, 或者它可能只是意味着
193something incredulous, like why did you do that?令人难以置信的东西, 像为什么你这样做?
194Or how could you?或者你怎么能这样?
195Or it could just be signaling food, give me food.或者它可能只是信号食物, 给我食物。
196Interesting, in the Middle East, this is just a standard way of signaling, please wait.有趣的是,在中东,这只是一个标准的信号方式,请等一下。
197So these kind of traits you have to internalize, and you have to, and sometimes they're hard to spot,所以这种特质,你必须内化, 你必须,有时很难发现,
198and it takes a lot of active listening.这需要很多积极的倾听。
199I want to give you a few more examples.我想再举几个例子。
200So imagine I'm with three of my friends, an American, a German, and a Frenchman, and想象我和三个朋友在一起 一个美国人 一个德国人 一个法国人
201like we're walking, and maybe the American bumps his head, and his initial reaction might be ouch.就像我们在走路,也许美国人撞了他的头, 他的最初反应可能触碰。
202That's how you say it in English.这就是你用英语说的。
203But the German that, you know, gets, I don't know, elbowed in the crowd, he would say ouch.但是,德国人,你知道,得到,我不知道, 肘在人群,他会说碰。
204And the French person, he might step on a nail and say ouch.还有那个法国人 他可能会踩到钉子上说"碰"
205So this, of course, in your target language, this is something you have to observe and also internalize, and it has to become part of you.所以,当然,用你的目标语言, 这是你必须观察和内化的东西, 它必须成为你的一部分。
206If,如果,则
207again, with, I'm with these three friends, and I sit with them, and let's say I serve them tea, and I ask the American,再说一遍,我和这三个朋友在一起, 我和他们坐在一起, 假设我给他们喝茶, 我问美国人,
208would you like a,你想来个...
209you know, a biscuit with your, with your tea?你知道,饼干 与你的,你的茶?
210And if he answers in the affirmative, he might say, uh-huh.如果他回答肯定的话,他可能会说,嗯,嗯。
211And I can ask the German, do you know what tea this is?我可以问德国人 你知道这是什么茶吗?
212And he'll say, mm-hmm.他会说,嗯,嗯。
213And then, uh, yeah, and I asked the Frenchman, do you like this?然后,嗯,是的,我问 法国人, 你喜欢这个?
214And he'll say, mm-hmm.他会说,嗯,嗯。
215So you notice these, so these differences, uh, they really require active listening.所以,你注意到这些, 所以这些差异,呃, 他们真的需要积极的倾听。
216So all of these, all of these, uh, three things that I told you, which is pronunciation, and, and, uh,所以所有这些,所有这些,呃,三件事,我告诉你, 这是发音,和,呃,
217and colloquial speech, and adopting these cultural traits,并采用这些文化特征,
218they all require that you interact with natives as much as possible.他们都要求你尽可能与本地人互动
219Ideally, you should fully immerse yourself in the culture.理想的是,你应该完全沉浸在文化中。
220Now, if you have the chance to live abroad for a while, that would be great,如果你有机会在国外住一段时间 那就太好了
221or maybe live among natives in your hometown,或者住在家乡的原住民中
222perhaps just have a romantic relationship, or even just spend times with, uh,也许只是有一个浪漫的关系, 甚至只是花时间与,呃,
223you know, with, uh, co-workers.你知道,与,嗯, 同事。
224Romantic relationships, I could do a whole talk about that.浪漫恋情,我可以做一个完整的谈论。
225That's really, that works really well for these things.这是真的,这真的很有效 这些东西。
226But, uh, yeah, so this will be different for everybody, of course.但是,嗯,是的,所以这将是不同的 对每个人,当然。
227But, uh,不过...
228even when you're not around natives, your learning must not stop,即使你不在本地人身边 你的学习也不能停止
229because what you can do, you can watch TV shows and films, you can mimic the characters,因为你能做的,你可以看电视节目和电影, 你可以模仿角色,
230you can write down anything that you haven't heard of before, and你可以记下你以前没听说过的任何事,
231practice that.练习一下
232I also want to encourage you to, um, to我还想鼓励你,嗯,
233learn the lyrics of songs.学习歌词。
234Songs are really great, because they tell stories, and they don't, not only歌词真的很棒, 因为他们讲故事, 他们不,不仅
235help your pronunciation when you sing them, but they also, if, if they're emotional,帮助你的发音 当你唱的时候, 但他们,如果,如果他们的情绪,
236they can anchor these expressions into your active vocabulary, and it's like speaking all day, and really using these expressions unconsciously.他们可以把这些表达语固定在你的活跃词汇中, 它就像整天说话, 并且真的在无意识地使用这些表达语。
237It's a, it's a great way.这是一个,这是一个伟大的方法。
238So music, definitely.所以音乐,肯定。
239Um, the other thing you need to嗯,还有一件事你需要
240move towards native speaker status is the right mindset,转向母语地位是正确的心态,
241and,还有,
242and a belief that if you sound like a native, express yourself like a native, talk like a native, and act like a native,并相信,如果你听起来像一个本地人, 表达自己像一个本地人, 说话像一个本地人,
243you will actually achieve a native-like你将实现像本地人
244level.级别。
245So,这么说
246if I could only leave you with one thing today, it would be work on your pronunciation, because pronunciation如果我今天只留一件事给你, 它会工作 你的发音,因为发音
247helps any stage of the learning process, even in the very beginning, it will speed up everything,帮助任何阶段的学习, 即使一开始, 它会加快一切,
248and it also和它同样
249is the key to reaching a native speaker level, or almost native speaker status.是达到母语或几乎是母语者地位的关键。
250So, uh,所以,呃,我们...
251before I go, I'd like to tell you how I was able to overcome my fear of the Russian language.在走之前,我想告诉你我是如何克服对俄语的恐惧的.
252It was a very, very elegant solution.这是一个非常非常优雅的解决方案。
253I married a Russian girl,我嫁给了一个俄罗斯女孩
254and I now have little kids in my home that speak Russian to me every day.现在我家里有小孩 每天对我说俄语
255So,这么说
256I want to thank you,我想谢谢你
257and before I go, I just want to wish you much success with your language studies.在我走之前,我只想祝你在语言研究方面取得成功。
258Good luck to you all, and祝你们好运
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