12 English Phrases about Improving Your English! · Learn English with Bob the Canadian
本课介绍12个常用英语短语，帮助你表达提升英语能力的想法，适合练习日常交流和学习表达。
Well, hello and welcome to this English lesson about improving.
您好！欢迎来到这节关于如何提高英语水平的课程。
As humans, we have different skills and abilities, and often we have skills and abilities that we want to improve.
作为人类，我们拥有各种各样的技能和能力，而且通常都有某些技能或能力需要进一步提升。
We want to be better at speaking English today than we were a week ago.
我们希望今天说英语的能力比一周前更强。
There's also skills and abilities that you don't need to improve.
也有一些技能和能力，你并不需要去提升它们。
I mean, I know how to drive.
我的意思是，我知道怎么开车。
I don't need to improve that skill or ability, but there are some that we need to.
我并不需要提升那项技能或能力，但确实有一些技能或能力是我们需要提高的。
So in this English lesson, I will teach you.
那么在这节英语课上，我会教你一些知识。
12 different English phrases we use to talk about improving, and the first one is to make progress.
我们有12种不同的英语表达方式来谈论“改进”的过程，其中第一个表达就是“取得进步”（make progress）。
When you say that you are going to make progress, it means that you are going to improve.
当你表示自己会取得进步时，这意味着你会变得更好。
You are going to be better than you were at the starting point.
你会变得比刚开始时更优秀。
So, if I said I want to make progress with my English learning, I basically am saying that what I know today,
那么，如果我说我想在英语学习上取得进步，我的意思基本上就是：我希望能够掌握今天所掌握的知识，并在此基础上进一步提高自己的英语水平。
I want to know more in a week, I want to know much more in a month.
我想在一周后了解更多情况；而在一个月后，我希望了解的更多。
So when you decide to make progress, it means you're going to improve at one of your skills or abilities.
因此，当你决定取得进步时，这意味着你将在某一项技能或能力上有所提升。
Before we continue with the lesson though, I do want to thank Preply, the sponsor of this video.
不过，在我们继续上课之前，我确实想感谢 Preply——这个视频的赞助商。
If you want to make progress with your English learning, Preply is a great place to find an English tutor to help you do just that.
如果你想在英语学习上取得进步，Preply是一个非常适合寻找英语辅导老师的地方——这些老师会帮助你实现目标。
And if you use the link in the description below today, you'll get 50% off your first lesson.
如果您今天使用下方描述中的链接，就可以享受首次课程50%的折扣。
The second phrase I wanted to teach you today is the phrase.
今天我想教给你的第二句话是……（请补充完整句子内容）。
To get better at.
为了在某方面变得更好。
So when you get better at something, it means you are improving.
因此，当你某方面的能力得到提升时，那就意味着你在不断进步。
Let's look at, for instance, your ability to drive when you are first learning to drive.
以你刚开始学习驾驶的时候为例，来看看你的驾驶能力如何吧。
When you first start driving, you're not very good at it, but you work at it because you want to get better at driving.
当你刚开始学开车的时候，你的驾驶技术还不太熟练，但你会不断练习，因为你想让自己的驾驶水平不断提高。
You want to be a safer driver.
你希望成为一个更安全的驾驶员。
You want to be more confident when you drive.
你希望在开车时更加自信。
Your ability to drive needs to improve because you want to be a good driver.
你的驾驶技术需要进一步提高，因为你想成为一名优秀的驾驶员。
You want to get better at it.
你想在这方面做得更好。
So that's the second phrase.
这就是第二个短语。
When you want to improve your ability to do something, you want to get better at it.
当你想要提高自己做某事的能力时，你就希望自己在这件事上变得更好。
The third English phrase I wanted to teach you today is the phrase to get the hang of something.
今天我想教给你的第三个英语短语是 “get the hang of something”（掌握某事物的使用方法或技巧）。
When you get the hang of something, it means you have studied it, you have practiced it, you have become relatively good at it.
当你掌握了某件事的窍门时，那就意味着你已经对它进行了学习、练习，并且在这方面变得相当熟练了。
So if you look behind me, there are people who are fishing.
所以，如果你看看我身后，就会看到有人在钓鱼。
I'm sure when they first started fishing, they weren't good at it.
我敢肯定，当他们刚开始钓鱼的时候，肯定并不擅长这项技能。
But as they did more and more of it, they slowly but surely were able to get the hang of it.
但随着他们做得越来越多，他们逐渐掌握了这项工作的窍门。
They could cast, they could reel, they could take the fish off the hook.
他们会负责投掷鱼饵、收线，以及将鱼从鱼钩上取下来。
You have to do all those things.
你必须把所有那些事情都做完。
You have to get the hang of it so that you can do it well.
你必须掌握其中的窍门，这样才能把事情做好。
So that's your third phrase: to get the hang of something means to learn how to do it well after practicing and doing it a lot.
这就是你的第三个表达：“掌握某件事”意味着在经过大量练习之后，学会如何把它做好。
The fourth English phrase I wanted to teach you today is the phrase to have.
今天我想教给你的第四个英语短语是 “to have” 这个短语。
Come a long way.
你们确实取得了很大的进步。
This is a phrase we use to describe something that someone has become a lot better at doing.
这是一个我们用来描述某人在某项技能上变得非常熟练的情况的短语。
So if you study English for a year, I would say, "Wow, you've come a long way.
所以，如果你学习英语一年时间，我会说：“哇，你已经取得了很大的进步。