Well, hello and welcome to this English lesson where I'm going to talk about three very important things that you should be doing if you're learning a language like the English language.

你好，欢迎来到这节英语课。今天我要讲三个非常重要的事情，如果你在学习英语这样的语言，就应该做到这些。

And I'm going to sound a little bit like a broken record because I make this lesson about once a year, but I think it's worth repeating.

而且我听起来可能有点像坏了的唱片，因为我每年都会讲一次这个课程，但我认为值得重复。

And that brings me to the first point.

这让我想到第一个要点。

The first thing that is important when you are learning a language is that you should use repetition.

学习语言时最重要的一点是你要使用重复。

If you're wondering why I'm walking funny, it's because the snow is a little bit deep.

如果你想知道我为什么走路怪怪的，那是因为雪有点深。

Someone else walked out here earlier.

刚才有人从这里走出去了。

You can kind of see my feet are going in a little bit.

你大概能看到我的脚有点往里拐。

Not too bad, but they are definitely kind of going in.

还不错，但它们确实有点往里进了。

Let me spin you back around here.

让我再把你转回去。

Repetition.

重复。

I like to compare this to learning to play a musical instrument.

我喜欢把这比作学习演奏一种乐器。

If you are someone who has learned to play a musical instrument in the past, you know that practice is important.

如果你曾经学过演奏一种乐器，你就知道练习很重要。

And a lot of the practice that you do is repetitive.

你所做的许多练习都是重复性的。

There's a lot of repetition.

有很多重复的内容。

If you learn to play the piano, you'll play scales.

如果你学会弹钢琴，就会练习音阶。

If you learn to play the guitar, you'll practise playing your chords and strumming.

如果你学会弹吉他，你就会练习弹奏和弦和扫弦。

And you'll do that over and over again.

你将会一遍又一遍地这样做。

Because repetition is somehow one of the things that helps us remember how to do something.

因为重复在某种程度上有助于我们记住如何做某事。

I remember too, that, when I was learning how to hammer a nail in, when I did construction work in the summer, you had to practice, you had to do it over and over again.

我还记得，当我夏天做建筑工作、学习如何钉钉子时，你必须反复练习，一遍又一遍地做。

And, then the more you did it, the better you got at it.

而且，你做得越多，就会变得越好。

So, again, it's something about how our brains work.

所以，再次强调，这与我们的大脑运作方式有关。

Repetition, doing things over and over again, it's just very, very helpful.

重复，一遍又一遍地做事情，真的非常有帮助。

And then with language learning, you can do this a number of ways.

在语言学习方面，你可以用多种方式做到这一点。

And by the way, repetition, it's usually kind of boring, but it's very, very effective.

顺便说一下，重复虽然通常有点无聊，但非常非常有效。

One way you can do it is by reading everything twice.

你可以通过把每件事都读两遍来实现。

You can also watch English lessons on YouTube and watch them twice or watch them three times.

你也可以在YouTube上观看英语课程，看两遍或三遍。

You can add some variation with that.

你可以为此增加一些变化。

You can watch the video with the subtitles on and then wait a day and watch the video with the subtitles off.

你可以先打开字幕观看视频，然后等一天后再不看字幕观看同一段视频。

All of that is very, very helpful.

所有这些都非常非常有帮助。

So, number one, repetition is a very good thing to do.

所以，第一点，重复是非常好的做法。

Number two, consistency.

第二，坚持。

Consistency means that you do it regularly.

一致性意味着你定期去做。

You practice your English every day, or you practice your English five days a week.

你每天练习英语，或者每周练习五天英语。

And you do this all the time.

你一直都在这样做。

You are very, very consistent.

你非常非常有持续性。

I know for me, when I was practicing my French, meeting with a person once a week, having that consistency and speaking French with them was very, very helpful.

对我来说，当我练习法语时，每周与一个人见面，保持这种规律性，并用法语和他们交流，非常有帮助。

It also had a little bit of repetition in it, didn't it?

它也有一点重复，对吧？

And so that is just very, very important as well.

因此，这一点也同样非常重要。

Why am I spinning you around?

我为什么让你晕头转向呢？

I'm not sure if you can see, but the river is frozen and it has turned into kind of a highway for snowmobiles on the weekend.

我不确定你能不能看到，但这条河已经结冰了，到了周末就成了雪地摩托的临时公路。

They were coming past quite regularly, through Saturday and Sunday of this week.

他们本周的周六和周日都陆续出现了。

So consistency, just a really good thing to do.

所以，保持一致性，真的是一件非常好的事情。

If you were a basketball player and you wanted to perfect your shooting, you would A, do a lot of repetition and B, you would do that consistently.

如果你是一名篮球运动员，想要练好投篮，你就会A，反复练习；B，持续不断地练习。

You would find time multiple days per week in order to do that.

你每周会找到几天时间来做这件事。

So number one, repetition, number two, consistency.

所以第一，重复；第二，坚持。

And then number three, you need to challenge yourself.

然后是第三点，你需要挑战自己。

If you think about it, if you are a kid, you read kids books, but eventually you start reading books that are written for adults and eventually you start reading books that are more and more difficult.

如果你仔细想想，如果你是个孩子，你会读儿童书籍，但最终你会开始读为成年人写的书，然后逐渐开始阅读越来越难的书籍。

Maybe you even read some of the classics which are very, very hard to read.

也许你甚至读过一些经典作品，那些书非常非常难读。

So you need to challenge yourself with your English learning as well.

因此，你在学习英语时也需要挑战自己。

If you think about it, another thing that people do to challenge themselves is when they go to the gym, they don't just lift the same weight all the time.

如果你仔细想想，人们挑战自己的另一种方式是去健身房时，并不会一直只举起相同的重量。

Sorry, I know this has nothing to do with the lesson, but, here we have a few snowmobiles going by, A couple people out enjoying the Canadian winter.

抱歉，我知道这和课程内容无关，但这里有一两辆雪地摩托驶过，有几个人正在享受加拿大的冬天。

If you think about it, when you go to the gym, you don't just lift three pound weights.

如果你仔细想想，去健身房时，你不会只举起三磅的哑铃。

You lift three pound weights and then five pound weights and then eight pound weights and I'm up to eight pound weights by the way.

你先举三磅的哑铃，然后举五磅的，再举八磅的，顺便说一下，我现在已经能举八磅的了。

And then 10 and then 12 and then 15.

然后是10，接着是12，再然后是15。

You challenge yourself.

你挑战自己。

You don't just do the same thing every time.

你不是每次都做同样的事情。

So three things.

所以有三件事。

I know I've mentioned these over and over again in the past.

我知道我过去已经反复提到过这些了。

Usually once a year you probably have seen a video like this.

通常每年你可能都看过这样的视频一次。

But I do think they are the fundamentals, they are the important base layer to learning English.

但我确实认为它们是基础，是学习英语的重要底层要素。

You need to have repetition, even though it can be boring.

你需要重复练习，即使这可能很无聊。

You need to have consistency.

你需要保持一致性。

You need to do it every day and you need to do it five or six days a week over and over again.

你需要每天都做，每周要做五到六天，一遍又一遍地重复。

And then you need to of course, challenge yourself.

然后你当然需要挑战自己。

If you've done a lot of reading and you've done a lot of listening, but you haven't done a lot of writing or speaking, you should challenge yourself to do more of that.

如果你已经做了大量的阅读和听力练习，但写作和口语练习不多，就应该挑战自己，多进行这方面的练习。

So once again, repetition, consistency and challenge yourself.

所以，再一次，重复、坚持和挑战自己。

Those are three ingredients for the recipe of learning the English language.

这就是学习英语这道菜的三个关键要素。

Anyways, thanks for hanging out with me on this... not as cold as it was last week winter day.

不管怎样，感谢你陪我一起度过这段时光……今天天气不像上周那个冬天的日子那么冷了。

It's only minus eight right now.

现在只有零下八度。

You can see I have my thinner gloves on.

你可以看到我戴了较薄的手套。

If this is your first time here, don't forget to click that red subscribe button.

如果你是第一次来这里，别忘了点击那个红色的订阅按钮。

Give me a thumbs up and, leave a comment.

给我点赞，并留下评论。

And I'll see you next week with another English lesson.

下周再见，还有另一节英语课。

Bye.

再见。