8 Simple Games to Help You Think in English · Learn English with Bob the Canadian
视频介绍了8种无需纸笔、仅用大脑就能独自练习的英语思维游戏，如“假设游戏”“分类游戏”“首字母游戏”等，适合想提升英语思维能力和词汇联想的学习者。
In this English lesson, I want to teach you eight different games that you can play all by yourself, and you don't need anything in order to play these games.
在这节英语课上，我想教你们八种可以独自玩的游戏，而且玩这些游戏不需要任何额外的工具或设备。
You don't need a pen, you don't need a piece of paper.
你不需要笔，也不需要纸。
All you need is your mind.
你所需要的，只有自己的头脑而已。
The first game I want to teach you is the game called the what if game.
我想教给你的第一个游戏叫做“假设游戏”（What-If Game）。
In this game, if you're on a hike or if you're sitting on a park bench by yourself, you think to yourself, "What if I had a million dollars?
在这个游戏中，如果你正在徒步旅行，或者独自坐在公园的长椅上，你可能会想：“要是我有一百万美元该多好啊？
What if?"
要是……会怎样呢？
I could fly, and then in your mind, in English, or you can even say the answer out loud, you try to answer that question.
我可以“飞翔”（即自由思考）；然后在你自己的脑海中，用英语来思考这个问题，或者你甚至可以直接把答案说出来，试着回答那个问题。
What if I had a million dollars?
要是我有一百万美元会怎么样呢？
What would I do?
我该怎么办呢？
I would buy a car.
我会买一辆汽车。
I would pay off my debt.
我会还清我的债务。
You start to think of all the things you could do if that thing was true.
你开始思考：如果某件事是真的，自己能够做些什么。
What if I could fly?
要是我能飞就好了……
I would probably go fly up in the air and look at all of the stuff around me.
我可能会飞到空中，然后看看周围的所有东西。
That's an interesting one.
这个故事确实很有趣。
If I could fly, I would probably fly and look at these trees from above.
如果我能飞的话，我一定会飞到空中，从高处俯瞰这些树木。
So.
那么。
Game number one, the what if game.
第一个游戏：这个“如果……会怎样”的游戏。
Before we continue, I do want to thank Preply, the sponsor of this video.
在继续之前，我确实想感谢 Preply——这个视频的赞助商。
If you're looking for someone to have an English conversation with to help improve your English, there's a link in the description below, and you can go to Preply and find someone and get 50% off your first lesson.
如果你正在寻找一个可以与你进行英语对话的人，以帮助提高你的英语水平，下方描述中提供了一个链接。你可以通过该链接访问 Preply 平台，找到合适的对话伙伴，并享受第一节课 50% 的折扣。
The second mental game I want to teach you is called the category game.
我想教给你的第二种“心理游戏”被称为“分类游戏”（Category Game）。
With this game, you think of a category and then you try to name five things in English where you know the word for the thing in that category.
在这个游戏中，你需要先想出一个类别，然后尝试用英语说出该类别中包含的五个物品的名称（前提是你知道这些物品的英文名称）。
I didn't explain that very well.
我的解释得不够清楚。
Let me give you an example.
让我举个例子吧。
If you think of the word kitchen, then you need to think of the word knife, spoon, pot, pan.
当你想到“厨房”这个词时，就必然会联想到“刀”、“勺子”、“锅”和“平底锅”这些厨房用具。
If you think of the word work, you then need to think about photocopier, printer, computer.
如果你想到“文字处理”这个词，那么你就需要联想到复印机、打印机和电脑。
I can't think of five off the top of my head.
我一下子想不出五个例子来。
I'm failing at my own game, but I think you get the point.
我在自己擅长的领域（也就是“游戏”）中表现得很糟糕，不过我想你应该明白我的意思。
With the category game, you think of a category, the great outdoors, and then you try to name five things.
在这个“分类游戏”中，你需要想出一个特定的类别（比如“大自然”），然后尝试列举出与该类别相关的五个事物。
In English, of course, because we're practicing English, that would fit in that category.
当然，是用英语写的；因为我们正在练习英语，所以这属于“英语练习”的范畴。
Trees, hiking path, jacket, hiking boots.
树木、徒步路线、夹克、徒步靴。
I can't think of another one.
我想不出别的例子了。
Park bench.
公园长椅。
There we go.
好了，就这样。
I think was that four or was that five?
我记得应该是四个，还是五个呢？
I should think of one more.
我应该再想出一个（办法或理由）。
Fallen leaves.
落叶。
There you go.
好了，就这样。
The category game.
这个游戏属于分类游戏（即玩家需要根据给定的规则或线索将物品、信息等归类到相应的类别中）。
Think of a category and then think of five words that fit in that category.
先想一个类别，然后再想五个属于该类别的词语。