Can You Understand This Video In English? · Listening Time
本视频以正常语速进行对话，适合练习英语听力和理解能力。你可以尝试不看字幕或结合字幕理解内容，帮助评估自己的英语水平。
Let's see if you can understand me if I talk at normal speed.
让我们看看，如果我以正常的语速说话，你是否能听懂我的意思。
I'm sure most of you have already watched some of my videos in which I speak a little bit slower.
我相信在座的各位中，已经有很多人看过我的一些视频了；在这些视频里，我的说话速度会慢一些。
They're made for people that can't quite understand native English yet.
这些产品是为那些还不能完全理解标准英语的人设计的。
And so they need content that's slower, that's a little bit clearer for them.
因此，他们需要节奏较慢、内容更清晰易懂的信息。
So I decided to make this video in which I just talk as if I were talking to another person like here in my country,
因此，我决定制作这个视频，在视频中我会像与另一个朋友交谈一样进行讲解，就像是在我的祖国里和别人聊天一样。
in the US, if I were just talking to a friend or something like that.
在美国，如果我只是和朋友聊天之类的，那么情况应该没什么问题。
And so I want to make this video and you can use it to see if you can understand me without reading the subtitles.
因此，我制作了这个视频，希望大家可以通过观看这个视频来验证自己是否能够在不阅读字幕的情况下理解我的意思。
Or maybe you can understand me while you're reading the subtitles.
或者，你在阅读字幕的时候或许能够理解我的意思。
It doesn't really matter.
其实这并不重要。
It's just a way for you to test your level.
这只是一种用来测试你水平的方法罢了。
And people ask me all the time to make more advanced content.
人们一直要求我制作更高级、更复杂的内容。
And so I'm going to talk about that in just a second.
那么，我马上就会谈到这个话题。
But here, this video right here is me just talking normally.
不过这个视频里的我就是在进行正常的对话而已。
And so you can treat this kind of like a test just to see where you're at.
你可以把这种测试看作是一种评估方式，用来了解自己目前的水平或状况。
And if you end up needing to use the subtitles, that's perfectly fine.
如果你最终需要使用字幕，那也完全没问题。
You're just trying to see how much you can understand when I just talk at normal speed.
你只是想看看：当我以正常语速讲话时，你能理解多少内容。
Because it's good to kind of gauge
因为这样有助于了解情况（或：这样做是有好处的）。
your level from time to time and see how much you can understand of a native speaker when they just talk normally.
你可以时不时地测试一下自己的语言水平，看看当母语者正常交谈时，自己能理解多少内容。
So let me just say that, and by the way, excuse the sunglasses and the fact that the sun's right in my face,
那么我就把我想说的话说出来吧。顺便说一下，原谅我戴着太阳镜，也原谅阳光正好照在我的脸上这个情况。
but it's freezing right now.
不过现在天气非常寒冷（甚至可以说是“冰冻”般的）。
It's not freezing, but I'm a big baby when it comes to cold weather.
虽然天气并不寒冷，但在寒冷的天气里，我还是个特别怕冷的人。
And the season is definitely changing.
这个季节确实正在发生变化。
It's autumn now.
现在是秋天了。
And so I kind of want to be in the sun.
所以，我有点想待在阳光下。
So that's why I'm right here with my glasses on.
这就是为什么我现在戴着眼镜站在这里的缘故。
Excuse the kind of ridiculous look, but I'm sure you don't mind.
请原谅我那有点滑稽的表情，不过我相信你不会介意的。
So in general, I'm easier to understand than most other native speakers are.
总的来说，比起大多数其他以该语言为母语的人来说，我更容易被理解。
And some people would say I'm the easiest person to understand.
有些人会说，我是最容易让人理解的人。
I've had people tell me that literally I'm the easiest person on the face of the earth for them to understand in English.
有人告诉我，对我来说，用英语交流简直是世界上最简单的事情——因为我是他们最容易理解的人。
Of course, I'm talking about non -native English speakers, learners who are trying to learn English.
当然，我指的是那些英语非母语者，也就是那些正在努力学习英语的人。
They'll tell me that I'm the only one they can understand.
他们会告诉我：我是唯一一个他们能够理解的人。
I'm the easiest person.
我这个人最容易相处（或者说：我是个最随和、最容易打交道的人）。
I've always spoken more clearly than other people, even before I was an English teacher.
我一直说话都很清晰明了，甚至在我成为英语老师之前也是如此。
So it's not just because I'm a teacher, just because I make this content.
所以，这不仅仅是因为我是一名教师，也不仅仅是因为我制作了这些内容。
In general, I'm a clear speaker.
一般来说，我的表达能力很强，说话时能够清晰地表达自己的意思。
I've always been kind of a storyteller.
我一直都有讲故事的天赋。
I've always loved telling stories and just talking about things in an animated way and recounting things from the past.
我一直很喜欢讲故事，也喜欢以生动有趣的方式谈论各种事情，以及回顾过去的经历。
My friends would used to tell me that I was a good storyteller.
我的朋友们过去常常对我说，我是个很会讲故事的人。
I'm a little bit more dramatic in the way that I speak than other people, perhaps.
也许，在说话的方式上，我比其他人更倾向于使用夸张的表达手法（也就是更“戏剧化”一些）。
And I don't normally speak that fast.
而且我平时说话的速度并没有那么快。