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Marianna Pascal分享如何以积极态度提升英语沟通能力。通过对比钢琴学习与英语交流，她指出错误恐惧是阻碍自信表达的关键。适合练习英语自信表达和跨文化沟通技巧。
Transcriber: Phuong Cao Reviewer: Peter van de Ven
转录者：Phuong Cao 审稿人：Peter van de Ven
For the past 20 years, I've been helping Malaysian and other Southeast Asians to speak better English.
在过去的20年里，我一直致力于帮助马来西亚人以及其他东南亚国家的民众提高他们的英语水平。
And through training thousands of Southeast Asians, I've discovered a very surprising truth.
通过培训数千名东南亚人，我发现了一个非常令人惊讶的事实。
I've discovered that how well somebody communicates in English actually has very little to do with their English level.
我发现，一个人用英语交流的能力其实与他们的英语水平关系不大。
It has a lot to do with their attitude towards English.
这与他们对英语的态度有很大关系。
There are people out there who have a very low level of English, and they can communicate very,
世界上确实有一些人的英语水平非常低，但他们仍然能够进行有效的交流。
very well.
好吧。
One of them that I remember was a student, a participant of mine named Faizal.
我记得其中有一位参与者是我的学生，名叫法伊扎尔（Faizal）。
He was a factory supervisor - English level very, very low - but this guy could just sit and listen to anybody,
他是一名工厂主管，英语水平非常低；不过这个人却能够安静地坐在那里，认真倾听别人的讲话。
very calmly, clearly, and then he could respond, absolutely express his thoughts beautifully, at a very low level of English.
他非常冷静、清晰地表达了自己的想法，随后能够用非常基础的英语水平将自己的观点完整地表达出来。
So, today I want to share with you what is so different about people like Faizal?
那么，今天我想和大家分享一下：像 Faizal 这样的人到底有哪些与众不同的地方。
How do they do it?
他们是怎么做到的？
And second of all, why is this so important not only to you, but to your children, to your community,
其次，为什么这件事不仅对您个人很重要，对您的孩子和社区也同样重要呢？
and to the future of Malaysia?
那么，对于马来西亚的未来来说呢？
And third of all, what's one thing you can do, starting today, if you want to speak with that calm,
第三，从今天开始，如果你想以那种平静、从容的方式与他人交流，有一件事你可以立刻去做……
clear confidence that people like Faizal have.
人们对像 Faizal 这样的人所抱有的明确信任。
First of all, what is so different?
首先，到底有什么不同呢？
How do people like Faizal do it?
像 Faizal 这样的人究竟是如何做到这些的？
To answer that question, I'm going to take you back about 10 years, okay?
为了回答那个问题，我需要把时间倒回到大约10年前，好吗？
I was training staff at that time, and my daughter, at that time, was taking piano lessons.
当时我正在培训员工，而我的女儿则正在上钢琴课。
And I started to notice two really strong similarities
我开始注意到两个非常显著的相似之处。
between my daughter's attitude or thinking towards playing the piano and a lot of Malaysians' thinking or attitude towards English.
这既反映了我的女儿在对待钢琴学习时的态度和想法，也反映了许多马来西亚人对英语的态度和看法。
First of all, I should tell you my daughter absolutely hated piano, hated the lessons, hated practicing.
首先，我必须告诉你们：我女儿极其讨厌弹钢琴，讨厌上钢琴课，也讨厌练习钢琴。
This is my daughter practicing piano, okay?
这是我女儿在练习钢琴，明白吗？
This is as good as it got.
事情已经发展到这个地步了，再好也不会有更好的结果了。
This is the real thing.
这才是真正的东西（或：这才是最重要的东西）。
And she dreaded going to piano lessons because to my daughter, going to piano lessons, she was filled with this sort of dread.
她非常害怕去上钢琴课；对她来说，每次去上钢琴课都充满了恐惧和不安。
Because it was all about not screwing up, right?
因为这一切的核心就是不能犯错，对吧？
Because like a lot of piano students, to both my daughter and her teacher,
因为和很多学钢琴的学生一样，我的女儿和她的钢琴老师都是如此。
her success in piano was measured by how few mistakes she made.
她在钢琴演奏方面的成功，体现在她犯的错误数量之少。
At the same time, I noticed that a lot of Malaysians went into English conversations with the same sort of feeling of dread.
与此同时，我注意到许多马来西亚人在进行英语对话时都带着一种恐惧或不安的情绪。
This sort of feeling that they were going to be judged by how many mistakes they were going to make,
这种感觉就是：他们会根据自己犯错误的数量来被评判。
and whether or not they were going to screw up.
以及他们是否会搞砸事情。
Now, the second similarity that I noticed was to do with self- image.
现在，我注意到的第二个相似之处与自我形象有关。
My daughter, she knew what good piano sounded like, right?
我的女儿知道什么样的钢琴才是真正好听的，对吧？
Because we've all heard good piano.
因为我们大家都听过优美的钢琴演奏。
And she knew what her level was, and she knew how long she'd have to play for to play like that.
她清楚自己的水平如何，也知道自己需要付出多少努力才能达到那样的竞技状态。
And a lot of Malaysians, I noticed, had this idea of what good proper English is supposed to sound like,
我注意到，很多马来西亚人都对“标准、地道的英语”应该是什么样的有着自己的认知。
and what their - I see a lot of you nod - and what their English sounded like,
还有他们的英语……我看到很多人都在点头（表示同意）……他们的英语到底是什么样的呢？
and how far they would have to go to get there.
以及他们需要走多远的路才能到达那里。