2006-10-17

             What is necessary to learn English well?
    

     Learning English requires action. You may know all the learning tips, but if you don't start doing things, you will achieve nothing. The fact is, if you want to learn to speak English well, you must change your life. Here are some examples of things you will have to do:

     1. read a book in English for an hour every day, analyzing the grammar in sentences and looking up words in an English dictionary
     2. listen to an audio book or other recording in English, stopping it frequently, trying to understand what is being said, and trying to imitate the speaker's pronunciation.
     3. spend your afternoon practicing the pronunciation of the English "r" sound
     4. carefully write an e-mail message in English, using a dictionary or a Web search every 20 seconds to make sure every word is correct, and spending 5 minutes on writing a sentence
     5. think about an English sentence you've read, wondering if it could say "a" instead of "the" in the sentence, and trying to find similar sentences on the Web to find out the answer
     6. walk down the street and make up simple English sentences in your head (talking to yourself in English about the things you see around you)

     What kind of person would do all these crazy things? Only one kind. The kind of person who enjoys doing them. If you want to learn to speak English well, you're going to have to become that person. You cannot hate doing these things. Have you ever heard of a person who became successful by doing something he hated?

     The problem with learning and teaching English as a foreign language is that all English learners want to speak English well; however, most learners don't want to spend time on learning English on their own. (Which is probably why they sign up for English classes and hope their teacher will force knowledge into their heads.)

     This lack of motivation means that learners basically don't spend their own time on learning English, and if they do, they don't do it regularly. For example, a typical learner might study English phrasal verbs for 12 hours before an English exam. However, he will not read a book in English for 30 minutes every day. He just doesn't feel that learning English is pleasant enough, so he will only do it if he has to. The problem is that a huge one-time effort gives you nothing, while small, everyday activities will give you a lot.

     If you are one of those learners and don't feel like practicing the pronunciation of the "r" sound or thinking about English sentences every day, we have news for you: You're going to have to make yourself want to do these things. In other words, you'll have to work on your motivation. Fortunately, there are proven techniques to help you with that.

译文：            怎样喜爱学习英语 II

                       学好英语的必要因素

　　学习英语需要行动。你也许知道所有的学习技巧，但是如果你不开始去做，你就会什么也学不到。其实，如果你想学好说英语，就必须改变你的生活习惯。这里有一些你将要必须做的事例。

     1. 每天读一个小时的英文版的书籍，分析句子中的语法并用英语词典查生词
     2. 听一本配有音频书籍或者其他英文录音材料，多按停止健，努力理解所说的内容，并且努力模仿朗读者的发音
     3. 利用你下午的时间练习带“r”音的英语的发音
     4. 仔细地用英文写一封电子邮件，每20秒使用一本词典或是网络搜寻器以确保每个单词的正确性，然后用5分钟的时间写一个句子
     5. 回想你读过的一个英文句子，考虑在句子中是否可以用“a”代替“the”，并且试图在网上找出相似的句子来得到答案
     6. 在街上漫步时在你的头脑中造出简单的英语句子

　　什么样的人能够做所有这些狂热的事情？只有一种人：喜欢做这些事的人。如果你想学习说好英语，你将必须成为那种人。你不能讨厌做这些事情。你听说过有人通过做他讨厌的事情而取得成功的吗？

    将英语作为一种外国语言进行学习和教学会产生这样的问题，即所有的英语学习者都想说好英语；然而，大多数的学习者不想在学习英语上花费自己的时间。（这很有可能就是为什么他们参加了英语辅导班，知识希望老师会将知识强迫性地灌输他们的脑中。）

　　这种动机的缺乏意味着学习者们基本上不能在学习英语上花费他们自己的时间，即使他们做到了，他们也不会有规律地去做。例如，有些同学在一次英语考试之前也许会学习12个小时的英语常用动词。但是，他不会每天花30分钟的时间去读一本英文书。他认为对学习英语不够有趣，因此，只有当他必须做的时候才会那样去做。

　　如果你是这些学习者中的一员并且不喜欢练习带“r”音的英语的发音或者每天多练习造英语句子。你一定要使自己愿意做这些事情。换句话说，你必须要带着动机去学习。幸运的是，现在的科学技术已经很发达。有不同的现代科技可以帮助你学习英语哦！