How to Understand ALL Native English Speakers! (The BEST Listening Practice) · Smashing English! Free and Fun English Lessons!
学习如何理解母语者英语，适合练习听力技巧。通过不同口音的三个故事，提升对多样英语的理解能力，特别适合英语学习者。
Why are native speakers so hard to understand?
为什么以母语为的人这么难理解呢？
Well, this is English: "I was doing a play in the third year of drama school."
嗯，这是用英语写的：“我在戏剧学校的第三年时正在排演一部戏剧。
This is also English.
这也仍然是英文。
"People are beeping at you, and you're trying to, like, navigate around all the cars, especially in London or any kind of big city.
有人在按喇叭示意你，而你却得努力在众多车辆中穿行——尤其是在伦敦这样的大城市里。
It's just awful."
简直太糟糕了。
This is also English.
这同样也是英文。
"But my elder brother sometimes would play pranks.
不过我哥哥有时候会搞恶作剧。
He was a bit of a prankster.
他有点爱搞恶作剧。
He liked to pull pranks on me and try to wind me up or whatever."
他喜欢捉弄我，试图惹我生气，或者做其他类似的事情。
Let me help.
让我来帮忙吧。
Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening.
早上好，下午好，晚上好。
Welcome to Smashing English.
欢迎来到“Smashing English”（一个英语学习平台或课程）。
Before we start this video, be sure to subscribe because we make new videos all the time, and I don't want you to miss any.
在我们开始这个视频之前，请务必订阅我们的频道——因为我们会不断制作新的视频，我不想让你错过任何一期。
So with that said, let's get on with the video.
既然已经说清楚了，那我们就开始看视频吧。
Today, I'm going to be helping you understand native speakers.
今天，我将帮助大家更好地了解以该语言为母语的人（即“母语使用者”）。
Now, we're going to be focusing mainly
现在，我们将主要关注……
on native speakers from the UK, but trust me, this will help you understand lots of different types of English.
这些内容主要是针对来自英国的以英语为母语的人准备的，但相信我，这确实能帮助你更好地理解各种不同类型的英语表达方式。
What I'm going to be giving you today is some varied listening practice.
今天我要给大家提供一些多样化的听力练习材料。
Too often, English learners do not make their listening practice varied.
很多时候，英语学习者并没有让他们的听力练习内容多样化。
They just listen to the same type of English again and again.
他们只是反复听同一种类型的英语材料而已。
So I am going to give you three stories that I recorded, and we've got an easy level,
那么，我将给你们讲述三个我录制的故事。这些故事的难度属于“简单”级别。
medium level, and hard level.
游戏难度分为“中等水平”、“困难水平”和“极高难度”三种。
Okay, so the easy level, I'm just going to be talking like this with a kind of standard English accent.
好的，这个简单级别的任务中，我会用一种标准的英语口音来进行交流。
I'm sure you are very familiar with this accent.
我相信你对这种口音非常熟悉。
It's probably one you've heard quite a lot, so it should be the easiest one for you.
这可能是一个你经常听到的内容，因此对你来说应该也是最容易理解的部分。
The medium level, I'm going to be doing an Essex accent.
在中等难度级别中，我会使用埃塞克斯口音来进行表演。
Okay, now it's not a perfect Essex accent.
好吧，虽然这个口音还算接近埃塞克斯地区的传统口音，但确实算不上完美的埃塞克斯口音。
I'm not from Essex, but it's definitely very different from the standard English.
我不是来自埃塞克斯郡，不过那里的英语确实与标准英语有很大差异。
And finally, the hardest level is with a very, very thick Black Country accent.
最后，最难的关卡要求说话者使用浓重的“黑乡”（Black Country）口音。
Again, not a perfect Black Country accent.
同样，这也不是一个完美的“黑乡”（Black Country）口音。
This is not about the accents being perfect.
这并不是说口音必须做到完美无缺。
It's about seeing if you can understand English in lots of different ways.
其实，关键在于看看自己是否能够通过多种不同的方式来理解英语。
So let's listen to story number one.
那么，让我们来听听第一个故事吧。
This is the easiest level.
这是最简单的关卡。
See how much you can understand.
看看你能理解多少内容。
If you don't understand a lot of it, don't worry.
如果你有很多内容不明白，别担心。
I will be there to help you.
我会在那里帮助你。
Take it away, me!
把它拿走，从我这里拿走！
"Have I not told you this story?
我难道没有给你们讲过这个故事吗？
Right, Okay, so this-- So, I was doing a play in the third year of drama school, and we,
好的，那么……我在戏剧学校的第三年时正在排演一部话剧，我们……