Hi, Bob the Canadian here.

嗨，加拿大人鲍勃在这里。

As you continue to learn English, you'll soon realize there are a lot of opinions on how you should do it.

当你继续学习英语时，你很快就会意识到，关于你应该如何做到这一点，有很多意见。

There are a lot of theories on what works best.

关于什么是最有效的，存在很多理论。

There are a lot of videos on YouTube that tell you what you should do, and what you shouldn't do when you're learning English.

YouTube上有很多视频告诉你在学习英语时应该做什么，以及你不应该做什么。

Do this, don't do this, when you're learning the English language.

当你学习英语时，不要这样做，不要这样做。

In this English lesson, I want to talk about four of those, and just kinda give you my opinion on each of them.

在这节英语课上，我想谈谈其中的四个，并给你我对每个的看法。

The first one is this.

第一个是这个。

Should you learn English only from native English speakers?

你应该只从英语母语人士那里学习英语吗？

And my answer to that would be, no.

我对此的回答是，不。

I'm not sure why this is a theory that's out there.

我不确定为什么这是一个理论。

I don't know why people recommend that if you're learning English, you should only learn from a native English speaker.

我不知道为什么人们建议，如果你正在学习英语，你应该只向母语为英语的人学习。

My opinion is this, non-native English speakers have learned the English language.

我的观点是，非英语母语人士已经学会了英语。

They have basically taken this hard, difficult route in life to learn a language, and they have gained a lot of insight along the way.

他们基本上走了这条艰难的人生道路来学习一门语言，并且一路上他们获得了很多见解。

They are experts at learning the English language, which means they are probably really good at teaching the English language.

他们是学习英语的专家，这意味着他们可能非常擅长教授英语。

The only thing I would say, the only last thing I would say about it is this, though.

不过，我唯一想说的，我唯一要说的就是这个。

If your goal is to perfect your accent or pronunciation, if you want to just kind of sound a little bit better, it might be wise at a certain point in your learning to have an English language coach who can teach you to pronounce things a little bit better.

如果你的目标是完善你的口音或发音，如果你想听起来更好一点，那么在你学习的某个时刻，有一个英语语言教练可以教你发音更好一点可能是明智的。

But for the vast majority of time that you spend learning English, it doesn't matter to me who is teaching you English, as long as it's someone who loves English, is excited to teach you English, and has a vast knowledge of the English language.

但是在你学习英语的绝大部分时间里，对我来说谁在教你英语并不重要，只要是一个热爱英语的人，对教你英语很兴奋，并且对英语有广泛的了解。

So, do you need a native English speaker to teach you English?

那么，你需要一个以英语为母语的人来教你英语吗？

No, absolutely not, you just need someone who really wants to teach it to you.

不，绝对不是，你只需要一个真正想教给你的人。

The second thing I want to talk about is the, oh, the controversial topic of, should you turn subtitles on when you're watching a video?

我想谈的第二件事是，哦，一个有争议的话题，当你看视频时，你应该打开字幕吗？

So, some of you already know my theory on this, but the theory is that when you turn subtitles on, you're really practicing your reading and not your listening.

所以，你们中的一些人已经知道我关于这个的理论，但理论是，当你打开字幕时，你实际上是在练习你的阅读，而不是你的听力。

That when you turn subtitles on, in some ways you're cheating a little bit.

当你打开字幕时，在某些方面你有点作弊。

Sorry, it's snowing, by the way.

对不起，顺便说一句，下雪了。

I don't know if you've noticed that.

我不知道你是否注意到了这一点。

My theory is this, and it's not a popular one because it's really hard work.

我的理论是这样的，这不是一个受欢迎的理论，因为它真的很辛苦。

My theory is that you should watch everything twice anyways, and you should watch it at least one time with the subtitles on, and then you should watch it again with the subtitles off.

我的理论是，无论如何，你应该把所有东西都看两遍，你应该在字幕打开的情况下至少看一次，然后你应该在字幕关闭的情况下再看一遍。

So when people ask me,

所以当人们问我时，

"Bob, should I have subtitles on when I watch a video?"

"鲍勃，我看视频的时候应该打开字幕吗？"

I almost always say, "Ah sure, "you should have it on the first time you watch the video, "but then you should turn it off "the second time you watch it."

我几乎总是说，"啊，当然，"你应该在第一次观看视频时就拥有它，"但是你应该在"第二次观看它"时将其关闭"

Another way to do this is if you have a transcript for a video, if you have like a printed version of all the words, you can read them before you watch the video, that's good as well.

另一种方法是，如果你有一个视频的脚本，如果你有一个打印版本的所有单词，你可以在观看视频之前阅读它们，这也很好。

But yeah, I know some people are very against subtitles,

但是，是的，我知道有些人非常反对字幕，

I've seen it in the comments of my own videos where people say, "You shouldn't have subtitles "for your videos, it makes people lazy."

我在我自己的视频评论中看到过，人们说，"你不应该为你的视频设置字幕，这让人懒惰"

But my theory is, you know, watch it once with the subtitles on, and then watch it again with the subtitles off.

但我的理论是，你知道，在字幕打开的情况下看一次，然后在字幕关闭的情况下再看一遍。

The third thing I wanna talk about is, do you need to learn grammar?

我想谈的第三件事是，你需要学习语法吗？

Do you need to study grammar?

你需要学习语法吗？

And my answer to this is, yes, a little bit.

我对此的回答是，是的，一点点。

You'll notice on my channel

您会在我的频道上注意到

I have very few lessons that are about grammar.

我很少有关于语法的课程。

I don't recommend that you spend huge amounts of time studying grammar, but I think I recommend at least this.

我不建议你花大量的时间学习语法，但我认为我至少建议这样做。

I thought about it a little bit this morning.

今天早上我想了一下。

I think you should at least know how to talk in the present continuous, you should be able to say things like, "I am making a video.

我认为你至少应该知道如何在当下连续说话，你应该能够说出这样的话，"我正在制作一个视频。

"I am eating a sandwich, I am driving my car."

"我在吃三明治，我在开车"

You should be able to talk about the future.

你应该能够谈论未来。

You should be able to say things like,

你应该能够说出这样的话，

"I am going to eat a sandwich," or, "I will eat a sandwich."

"我要吃三明治，"或者，"我要吃三明治"

And you should be able to talk about the past.

你应该能够谈论过去。

Like, "I ate a sandwich yesterday."

比如，"我昨天吃了一个三明治"

Beyond that, I think that you can pick up a lot of the grammatical structures through listening.

除此之外，我认为你可以通过倾听来掌握很多语法结构。

So, yes, study a little bit of grammar, but don't overwhelm yourself with grammar study.

所以，是的，学习一点语法，但不要用语法学习来压倒自己。

I think it can get a little bit out of hand.

我认为它可能会有点失控。

And then the fourth thing, the last thing that I wanted to talk about was this.

然后第四件事，我最不想说的就是这个。

Can you learn English just by listening?

你能通过听来学习英语吗？

So, there are theories in the world that children learn languages, mostly through listening, that they spend a lot of time in their life listening to their parents, and that listening, if you just listen to hours and hours of English, you will eventually learn the language.

所以，世界上有理论认为，孩子们学习语言，主要是通过倾听，他们一生中花了很多时间听父母的话，如果你只是听几个小时的英语，你最终

会学习语言。

Now, I will say this, first of all.

现在，我首先要说的是。

Listening to hours and hours of English is a great idea.

听几个小时的英语是个好主意。

It is the one thing that you can do passively.

这是你可以被动地做的一件事。

It's the one thing that you can do while you're doing other stuff.

这是你在做其他事情时可以做的一件事。

You can, if your boss is okay with it, you can listen to the English radio at work.

你可以，如果你的老板对此感到满意，你可以在工作中收听英语广播。

When you are driving in your car, you can listen to an audio book.

当您在车内驾驶时，您可以收听有声读物。

I'm not sure why the snow keeps landing on my nose, it's kinda funny.

我不知道为什么雪一直落在我的鼻子上，这有点滑稽。

So you can consume vast amounts of English very easily, and you probably should do that.

所以你可以很容易地消耗大量的英语，你可能应该这样做。

But my worry is always this.

但我的担心总是这样。

If you spend all your time listening, what happens when you go to take an English test?

如果你把所有的时间都花在听上，当你去参加英语考试时会发生什么？

Because the English test will have four parts, it will have a listening part, a speaking part, a reading comprehension part, and a writing portion.

因为英语测试将有四个部分，它将有听力部分，口语部分，阅读理解部分和写作部分。

And if you haven't practiced those other areas, you're gonna find those things, those parts of the test, very, very difficult.

如果你没有练习过其他领域，你会发现那些东西，测试的那些部分，非常非常困难。

So, can you learn English just by listening?

那么，你能通过听来学习英语吗？

I think you can learn a lot by listening.

我认为你可以通过倾听学到很多东西。

I think listening is very, very important, but I certainly wouldn't use listening as my only tool for learning the English language.

我认为倾听是非常非常重要的，但我当然不会把听力作为我学习英语的唯一工具。

Anyways, Bob the Canadian here, just my opinion on four things about the English language that some people have different opinions on maybe, but now you know mine, and I hope they help you as you continue to learn this fun and crazy language that we call English.

无论如何，鲍勃加拿大人在这里，只是我对英语的四件事的看法，有些人可能对英语有不同的看法，但现在你知道我的，我希望他们能帮助你，因为你继续学习这种有趣而疯狂的语言，我们称之为英语。

Have a great day.

祝你有美好的一天。