Want to Learn English with Movies? Here is What You Need to Know · English with Alex · engVid
电影是学习英语的好资源，但需主动学习。本文讲解如何正确利用电影提升词汇、发音和语法，适合想通过影视材料练习英语的用户。
How often have you heard to improve your English?
你到底听过多少次“要提高你的英语水平”这样的建议呢？
Just watch English movies.
只要看英语电影就行了。
This advice is given by other English learners and by English teachers just like me to students like you.
这些建议是由其他英语学习者以及像我这样的英语教师提供给像你这样的学生的。
Now, this is not bad intentioned advice.
这并不是出于恶意给出的建议。
We give this advice because I genuinely believe that movies are a good way to help people improve their vocabulary,
我们给出这个建议，是因为我真心认为电影是帮助人们扩大词汇量的有效途径。
their pronunciation, their grammar skills.
它们的发音、语法结构以及使用者的语法能力。
There are many, many benefits to watching films, to watching media in your target language, in this case, English.
用目标语言（在本例中为英语）观看电影或媒体内容有很多很多好处。
However, this advice, just watch movies, is not really complete.
然而，这个建议（也就是“只要看电影就行了”）其实并不全面。
There are two reasons for this.
造成这种情况的原因有两个。
Uh number one, when you watch a movie in your first language, it is a passive practice, right?
首先，当你用母语观看电影时，这其实是一种被动的学习方式，对吧？
You don't watch movies when to hyperfocus on something because you want to learn something.
当你想要集中精力学习某样东西时，是不会去看电影的。
You watch movies because it's pleasurable, it's entertainment, and you want to be taken on an emotional journey or to experience a story.
你看电影是因为这能带来愉悦感，是一种娱乐方式；同时，你也希望自己能沉浸在电影所营造的情感氛围中，或者体验其中的故事情节。
The other issue with this is that today's modern movie watching is much different than it was in the past.
另一个问题是，如今的现代观影方式与过去大不相同了。
Most people today when they sit down
如今，大多数人坐下时……
on the couch to watch a movie usually have their phone in their hand and they might have a bag of popcorn in the other.
坐在沙发上看电影时，人们通常会手里拿着手机，另一只手则拿着一袋爆米花。
So they're not really focused 100% on the movie unless the movie is really good.
因此，除非这部电影非常出色，否则他们并不会完全专注于这部电影本身。
Uh, so does that sound like a good way to improve your language skills in a second language,
呃，这听起来像是一种提高第二语言技能的好方法吗？
to be passive and to be distracted?
是选择被动等待，还是分心去做其他事情呢？
I don't think so.
我不这么认为。
So, the point of this video is for me to teach you how to watch movies the right way.
那么，这个视频的目的是教你们如何正确地观看电影。
And today, I really want to show you why just watch English movies doesn't work unless you do these things.
今天，我真的很想向你们解释：为什么仅仅观看英文电影是不足以提高英语水平的，除非你们同时采取一些额外的措施（或进行一些相关的学习活动）。
First of all, if you are watching a movie or a show, you need to give it your full attention.
首先，如果你正在看电影或电视节目，你需要全神贯注地观看它。
So, this means remove distractions, right?
那么，这意味着要消除各种干扰因素，对吧？
Put your phone away.
把你的手机收起来。
Put that granola bar away so you're not focusing on chewing and eating.
把那根格兰诺拉麦片棒收起来吧，这样你就不会一直想着咀嚼和进食的事情了。
Focus on the content.
专注于内容本身。
Listen actively to what characters are saying and pay attention to the context.
要积极地倾听角色们所说的话，并注意说话的背景（即说话的具体情境）。
what is happening in the movie?
电影里发生了什么？
What are the relationships between the characters?
这些角色之间存在着什么样的关系呢？
Basically, don't just have it on in
基本上，不要只是让它处于开启状态（即不要让它一直处于运行或激活的状态）。
the background while you are washing the dishes or vacuuming the floor or if you're doing something else around the house.
当你正在洗碗、吸尘，或者在家里做其他事情的时候，背景音乐就可以继续播放。
You need to give a movie if you are using it for learning, you need to give it your full attention.
如果你使用某部电影来进行学习，那么你就必须全神贯注地观看它。
Next, you need to pause and rewind.
接下来，你需要暂停播放并倒回视频。
Remember, you are engaging with the movie not as a source of entertainment but as a learning resource.
请记住，你看这部电影并不是为了寻求娱乐，而是将其作为一种学习资源。
So, think of the movie as a text.
那么，可以把这部电影视为一段文本（即一部用文字描述的故事）。
If you read the text and you don't understand something, usually you go back and you read it again.
如果你读了某段文字但仍然不明白其中的意思，通常你可以重新阅读一遍。
Maybe you use a translator to figure out what was said.
也许你可以使用翻译工具来理解别人说了什么。
So, when you pause and rewind, you can use this as an opportunity to listen.
因此，当你暂停或倒回播放时，可以利用这个机会仔细聆听内容。
actively and repeat what you heard.
积极地复述你听到的内容。
Repeat what characters say.
重复角色所说的话。