Speaking English On Your Own | Shadow Me Every Day · mmmEnglish
通过模仿技巧提升英语口语，适合独自练习。学习如何自然发音、改善语调和节奏，提升表达清晰度和自信。适合想提高口语的英语学习者。
Hey there, I'm Emma from mmmEnglish.
嘿，大家好！我是来自 mmmEnglish 的 Emma。
Now, lots of you have told me that you understand me, or you understand other native speakers when you're listening here on YouTube.
现在，很多人都告诉我：当你们在 YouTube 上收听这些内容时，你们能够理解我说的话，或者能够理解其他以英语为母语的人所说的话。
But the second you open your mouth, they just don't come out the way that you want them to.
但只要你一开口说话，那些话就不会按照你希望的方式表达出来。
Your accent feels heavy.
你的口音听起来很重（或者说，你的发音方式比较明显，不容易被忽略）。
Your rhythm feels off.
你的节奏感觉有些不对劲（或者说不协调）。
You know the words, but you just don't feel like yourself when you say them.
你知道那些话该怎么说，但当你说出来的时候，却感觉自己仿佛不是原来的自己了。
Do you ever feel like this?
你有没有过这样的感觉？
Do you get frustrated when the English that you know up here?
当你用自己所掌握的英语表达某些想法时，是否会感到沮丧或无能为力呢？
It doesn't come out the way that you want it to when you speak in English.
当你用英语说话时，结果往往不会如你所愿。
Well, in this video, I want to share a specific technique that will help you to work on how you sound.
在这个视频中，我想分享一种特定的技巧，它能帮助你改善自己的发音（即说话时的声音质量）。
And these are skills that you can practice anytime.
这些技能你可以随时进行练习。
Even if you don't have anyone to speak with, you can use this technique to practice on your own,
即使你没有人可以交谈，你也可以利用这种技巧独自进行练习。
to build your speaking skills alone.
仅通过自己努力来提升你的演讲技巧。
Years
年份
ago, I started creating a series of practice videos that I called the imitation technique.
不久前，我开始制作一系列练习视频，将这些视频称为“模仿技巧”系列。
Now, you might have practiced with some of these before,
现在，你可能之前已经练习过其中的一些内容了。
but this is my own specific sequence that trains your ears and your mouth to shadow me,
但这确实是我自己设计的一种特定练习方法，旨在训练你的听觉和发音能力，让你能够准确地模仿我的发音。
to copy my pronunciation, my rhythm, my tone,
为了模仿我的发音、语速以及语调……
my natural facial expressions that are going to help you to communicate really clearly when you speak in English.
我的自然面部表情能够帮助你在说英语时更加清晰地表达自己的意思。
Now, I've linked the whole playlist there or there.
现在，我已经将整个播放列表链接到了相应的位置。
So if you want to practice, try some of these lessons out.
如果你想练习的话，可以试试这些课程中的某些内容。
You can, but they are about helping
你可以这么做，但它们的主要目的是提供帮助。
you to elevate your pronunciation training beyond just focusing on specific sounds or specific sound combinations and learning how words truly sound when they're spoken naturally,
我们的目标是将你的发音训练提升到一个新的水平——不再仅仅局限于学习特定的音素或音素组合，而是要了解单词在自然发音时的真实发音方式。
how words link together, how they change when they're spoken at natural pace.
词语是如何相互连接的？当它们以自然的语速被说出来时，又会发生怎样的变化呢？
I've made so many of these videos, but one thing that I haven't done is explained why this method is so good for your speaking practice,
我已经制作了很多这样的视频，但有一件事我还没有做过：那就是解释为什么这种方法对提升你的口语能力非常有效。
why you should be doing it daily, why it helps you to speak clearly and more naturally, how it helps you to soften your accent.
为什么你应该每天坚持这样做？为什么这能帮助你更清晰、更自然地表达自己？又如何帮助你减轻口音？
And so that's what I'm here to do today.
因此，这就是我今天来这里要做的。
The imitation technique is step by step.
这种模仿技巧是分步骤进行的。
It's designed so that each section builds on the previous one.
该设计的目的是让每个部分都以前面的内容为基础进行展开（即每个部分都是对前面内容的延伸或补充）。
Lots of people jump straight into shadowing a movie or a TV show while they're watching it.
很多人在观看电影或电视剧时，就会立刻开始尝试模仿其中的角色或情节。
But if you just switch on the telly and just start shadowing people,
但如果你只是打开电视，然后开始观察周围的人……
it can be really frustrating trying to keep up, right?
试图跟上别人的节奏确实会让人感到非常沮丧，对吧？
You can get tongue tied really easily.
你很容易就会说话结巴（或者说不出话来）。
You can lose the meaning of the context and it all starts to feel a little bit pointless.
当你无法理解上下文的意义时，整个事情就会显得变得毫无意义（或：变得有点荒谬/无聊）。
Why am I doing this?
我为什么要做这件事呢？
And so you switch it off.
于是你就把它关掉了。
The imitation technique builds gradually one step on top of the other and this is really important.
这种模仿技巧是逐步构建的，每一步都是在前一步的基础上进行的；这一点非常重要。
Step one is just about listening and reading the words on screen.
第一步主要是倾听并阅读屏幕上显示的文字。
So you're getting comfortable with a topic, you're recognizing any new vocabulary and also the tone of the speaker's voice.
渐渐地，你对这个话题越来越熟悉了，能够识别出其中出现的任何新词汇，同时也能够理解说话者的语气。
In step two, you get to repeat after me, line by line with a pause where you can practice.
在第二步中，你需要跟着我一句一句地重复，每说完一句后稍作停顿，以便自己有时间练习。