Why Every English Program You've Tried Has Failed You · Rachel's English
揭秘英语学习失败的真正原因，分析成本与坚持的重要性。适合练习口语和听力，提升自信与表达能力。
English isn't your first language, and your English -speaking skills aren't what you want them to be.
英语不是你的母语，而且你的英语水平也远未达到你期望的水平。
You feel they're holding you back significantly, and sometimes you feel judged and avoid speaking up.
你觉得他们在很大程度上阻碍了你的发展；有时候你会觉得自己受到了他人的评判，因此选择保持沉默、不发表意见。
You've already tried apps, tutors, maybe an intensive program.
你已经尝试过各种应用程序、辅导服务，甚至参加过强化培训课程了。
In this video, I'll show you what was missing from all of those and why my approach produces the change the others couldn't.
在这段视频中，我会向你们展示那些方法所欠缺的内容，以及为什么我的方法能够带来其他方法无法实现的变化。
I get it.
我明白了。
You just want to be understood clearly in professional settings, at conferences,
你只是希望在专业场合（如会议中）能够被他人清楚地理解。
or in daily life.
或者在日常生活中。
You want to be fluent in natural English conversation.
你希望能够流利地进行自然的英语对话。
Now, I'm not here to make you feel desperate.
我并不是来让你感到绝望的。
This is a problem you can solve.
这是一个你可以解决的问题。
From what I've seen, the biggest barriers to speaking English the way you want are cost and consistency.
根据我的观察，阻碍人们按照自己期望的方式说英语的最大因素是成本和缺乏持续性（即无法持续地进行英语练习）。
I want to talk about both of these honestly today.
今天，我想坦诚地谈谈这两件事。
You've tried other programs like Elsa Speak, Bold Voice, even private tutors with platforms like Cambly.
你试过其他类似的程序，比如 Elsa Speak、Bold Voice，甚至还通过 Cambly 等平台聘请过私人教师。
You've tried intensive short -term programs four weeks, eight weeks, twelve weeks, but nothing has taken you to where you want to go.
你尝试过各种短期强化培训项目，培训时长分别为 4 周、8 周和 12 周，但都没有达到你期望的目标。
You feel rushed with group classes you miss a day, and then you're behind forever.
在小组课程中，如果你有一天缺席，就会感到时间被催促着流逝；一旦落后，就永远难以赶上其他人了。
You don't get any real personal feedback on your sound, your voice.
你无法获得关于自己的声音或演唱表现的任何真正、具体的反馈意见。
So here's what's really going on.
那么，事情的真相其实是这样的。
It's not that you haven't tried hard enough.
并不是说你没有足够努力。
You've already invested so much time, money, energy in this, but you haven't seen the results you want.
你已经投入了大量的时间、金钱和精力在这件事上，但却还没有看到预期的结果。
You haven't felt the confidence you desire.
你还没有感受到自己所渴望的那种自信。
That's because the tools you've been given weren't built for the level of change you're after.
这是因为你们所使用的工具并不是为应对你们所期望的那种变革程度而设计的。
A 12 -week program can teach you some things.
一个为期12周的培训项目确实能让你学到不少东西。
It cannot change a complex physical habit you've had for decades.
它无法改变你多年来一直养成的、根深蒂固的生理习惯（即那些难以改变的身体行为模式）。
Your mouth, your tongue, your breath.
你的嘴巴、你的舌头、你的呼吸……
They've been moving a certain way your entire life.
在你的一生中，它们一直以某种特定的方式移动着。
Rewiring that takes time and it takes the right method.
重新布线需要时间，同时也必须采用正确的方法。
Neither hustle nor willpower alone gets you there.
仅靠努力或意志力是不足以实现目标的。
Before I tell you what does, I want to spend a minute on the cost question because I think it deserves more than a quick mention.
在我告诉你们这个产品具体能做什么之前，我想先花一点时间谈谈成本问题——因为我认为这个问题值得我们更深入地讨论，而不仅仅是简单提一下而已。
You've already spent money on things that didn't work.
你已经把钱花在了那些根本不起作用的东西上。
That's a good reason to be cautious.
这是一个需要谨慎对待的好理由。
Investing in the wrong thing costs money, time, and emotional energy.
将资金投入到错误的项目中，会浪费金钱、时间以及精力（尤其是情感上的投入）。
But also not investing in the right thing costs money, time, and emotional energy.
然而，不投资于正确的项目同样会耗费金钱、时间以及精力（尤其是情感上的精力）。
Think about it.
仔细想想吧。
The promotion you didn't get.
那个你本应获得的晋升机会……
The meeting where you held back.
就是那次你故意拖延、没有积极参与的会议。
The conference where you knew you had something important to add, but you didn't speak up.
在那个会议上，你明明知道自己有一些重要的观点或想法可以分享，但却没有主动开口说出来。
The job interview where you felt your accent was working against you before you even finished your first sentence.
在那次求职面试中，你甚至还没说完第一句话，就觉得自己的口音在给你带来负面影响（即让面试官对你产生负面印象）。
That cost is real too.
那笔费用也是实实在在存在的（即需要实际支付的）。
It's just quieter.
只是环境更加安静罢了。
Let's focus on your career for a second.
让我们先来谈谈你的职业生涯吧。