Do You Even Need to Learn English Anymore? · POC English
探讨AI翻译技术对英语学习的影响，适合练习听力与理解。分析AI在语言学习中的角色，帮助学习者判断是否仍需学习英语。
Do you even need to learn English anymore?
现在还有必要学习英语吗？
AI can translate for you, it can write for you, it can even speak for you if you want to.
人工智能可以为你进行翻译，可以代你撰写文字，如果你愿意的话，它甚至还可以代你说话。
You can use chat GPT for instant translation.
你可以使用 ChatGPT 进行即时翻译。
You can ask Gemini or Claude to write a text for you or to correct a text for you.
你可以让 Gemini 或 Claude 为你撰写文本，或者帮你修改文本。
There are AI glasses coming that will translate everything for you.
即将推出一种人工智能眼镜，它可以为你翻译所有你想要理解的内容。
Even Google called it subtitles for the world.
就连谷歌也将其称为“面向全球的字幕服务”。
Everything will be subtitled as you look at them.
当你观看这些内容时，所有画面都会配有字幕。
Earbuds and AirPods of Samsung and iPhone now have instant translation.
三星和苹果品牌的耳塞式耳机（Earbuds）以及AirPods现在都支持即时翻译功能。
Stop by if you like live music.
如果你喜欢现场音乐，不妨来逛逛。
We will also have a special guest.
我们还将有一位特别的嘉宾。
Thank you.
谢谢。
Things are getting crazy.
情况变得越来越疯狂了。
Why do you even need to learn English anymore?
为什么现在还需要学习英语呢？
Learning is very difficult, especially learning a new language.
学习是一件非常困难的事情，尤其是学习一门新的语言。
It will take years if you want to learn a new language decently.
如果你想真正掌握一门新语言，那需要花费好几年的时间。
You need two, three years at least.
你至少需要两到三年的时间。
It will cost you money.
这会让你花费一些钱。
You may spend three, four, five, six, seven thousand dollars over two, three years.
在两到三年的时间里，你可能会花费三到七万美元。
Who knows how much?
谁知道到底有多少呢？
And it's genuinely difficult.
这确实非常困难。
You need to sit down, you need to have discipline, you need to spend time, study.
你需要坐下来认真学习，需要具备自律精神，还需要投入时间进行学习。
It's really hard.
这真的很难。
So is it worth it anymore?
那么，现在这样做还值得吗？
I've even received some comments from some of my students saying, Hey,
我甚至收到了一些学生的评论，他们说：“嘿……
we're just waiting to see what's going to happen.
我们只是在等待，看看接下来会发生什么。
Because, well, things are moving on so fast.
因为，事情的发展速度实在太快了。
We don't want to start something difficult and then realize, Oh, it wasn't necessary.
我们不想贸然开始一些复杂的事情，结果后来才意识到：“哦，其实这些事情根本没必要做。
So some students are using this as an excuse not to study.
有些学生以此为借口，不去学习。
And to be honest, it's a fair excuse to have.
说实话，这确实是一个合理的借口。
It's a fair concern to have.
这是一个合理的担忧。
And before recording this video, I went on YouTube.
在录制这个视频之前，我先去了 YouTube。
I checked other teachers' channels to see if anyone has ever talked about this.
我查看了其他老师的频道，看看是否有人提到过这个问题。
And I realized that no, I'm going to be the first one to address the elephant in the room.
我突然意识到：不，我将成为第一个敢于直面这个“房间里的大象”（即那个令人尴尬或不愿提及的问题）的人。
And that's a nice phrase, by the way.
顺便说一句，这个表达确实很妙。
The elephant in the room is the problem that exists and nobody is addressing it.
那个“房间里的大象”（即那个显而易见却无人愿意正视的问题）就是：虽然问题确实存在，但却没有人愿意去解决它。
Nobody is willing to talk about it.
没有人愿意谈论这件事。
And hey, AI in education, AI in language learning is the elephant in the room.
嘿，人工智能在教育领域、在语言学习中的应用，其实就是一个大家都不愿提及却客观存在的问题（就像房间里的那头大象一样）。
So I want to address it.
因此，我想对此进行说明/讨论。
Here's what I'm going to tell you in this video.
在这段视频中，我要告诉你们以下内容。
There are things in English and in learning languages in general that have already been replaced by AI and will continue to be replaced.
在英语学习以及语言学习这一领域中，有些内容已经被人工智能取代了，而且这种取代趋势还会继续下去。