Why You Can't Speak English (5 Lessons From 13 Years of Teaching) · POC English
通过13年教学经验总结出5个提升英语口语的关键点，适合练习口语表达和学习方法。内容涵盖学习态度、系统构建、耐心培养等实用建议。
You are watching this video and that means you want to improve your English.
你正在观看这个视频，这说明你希望提高自己的英语水平。
You've been studying English for a while and I can guess that it's easy for you to understand
你已经学习英语有一段时间了，我想对你来说理解英语应该并不困难。
what I am saying in this video or in other videos that you watch.
这就是我在这个视频以及其他你观看的视频中所想要表达的内容。
But let me ask you one thing.
不过，让我问你一个问题。
Is your speaking as good as your listening?
你的口语能力与听力能力相当吗？
Is it as good as your writing?
它的质量真的和你的作品一样好吗？
Is it as good as your reading?
它的质量真的和你的阅读体验一样好吗？
Let me guess.
让我猜猜看……
The answer is no.
答案是否定的。
Because I've seen a lot of comments.
因为我看到了很多评论。
Many of you have told me that we can understand English.
你们中的许多人告诉我，我们能够理解英语。
We can understand you when we are listening to you.
当我们认真倾听你的想法时，就能真正理解你。
But when we want to speak, we can't.
但当我们想要说话时，却无法开口。
We freeze.
我们冻僵了。
We forget words.
我们会忘记某些词语。
I've made so many videos about this topic.
我已经制作了很多关于这个主题的视频。
But yesterday, I thought about something.
但是昨天，我想到了某件事。
You know, I've been an English teacher for about 13 years now and I have taught more than
你知道吗，我当英语老师已经大约13年了，这期间我教过的学生数量非常多……
hundreds or thousands of students.
数百甚至数千名学生。
So yesterday, I decided to sit down and think about all of my students.
昨天，我决定坐下来，仔细思考一下我的所有学生。
Think about the successful ones.
想想那些成功的人吧。
Think about the ones who could speak easily and then compare them to the ones who could not speak easily.
想想那些能够轻松表达自己想法的人，再将他们与那些无法轻松表达自己想法的人进行比较。
And then I started to see some patterns.
然后我开始发现一些规律（或模式）。
The students of mine who were really
我的那些学生，他们真的……
successful in speaking English in about six to seven months did things differently than those who were struggling with their speaking skill.
那些在大约六到七个月内就成功掌握了英语口语的人，他们的学习方法与那些在英语口语方面遇到困难的人有所不同。
But what did they do differently?
但他们究竟做了哪些不同的事情呢？
Five things.
五件事。
And in this video, I'm going to talk about that.
在这段视频中，我将讨论这个话题。
My name is Maddie and welcome to my slow English podcast.
我叫麦迪，欢迎收听我的这个英语学习播客。
Let's start with an activity.
让我们先从一个活动开始吧。
I want you guys to think about how you are learning English.
我希望你们思考一下自己是如何学习英语的。
What method are you using?
你使用的是什么方法？
Go to the comments section right now and tell me and everyone else about the way in which you are improving your English.
现在就前往评论区，告诉我以及所有其他人：你是通过什么方法来提高自己的英语水平的？
Are you taking any classes?
你在上任何课程吗？
Are you reading any books, using any apps, watching any videos?
你正在读什么书吗？在使用什么应用程序吗？在看什么视频吗？
Let us know in the comments.
请在评论区告诉我们你的想法。
The reason why I asked you to do this is very simple.
我之所以要求你做这件事，原因非常简单。
If you go to the comments section and read other people's stories,
如果你去评论区阅读其他人的故事，
you will see different methods.
你会看到各种不同的方法。
If you talk to 100 different people, you will hear 100 different methods.
如果你与 100 个不同的人交谈，你会听到 100 种不同的方法或做法。