Why You Keep Forgetting English Words (And How to Stop) · POC English
为什么你总是记不住英语单词？本视频用科学方法解释遗忘原因，并提供有效的复习策略。适合练习词汇记忆和复习方法。
Do you know what happens to your English if you learn 20 new words every day for the next three months?
你知道如果在未来三个月里，你每天学习20个新单词，你的英语水平会发生什么变化吗？
After three months, what's going to happen to your English?
三个月后，你的英语水平会如何变化呢？
Do you know how many words you're going to know?
你知道自己最终能掌握多少单词吗？
Yeah, I'm going to tell you zero.
是的，我打算什么都不告诉你们。
The math is not mathing here because 20 new words a day every day for 90 days, that's three months,
这里的计算其实并不复杂：每天学习20个新单词，持续90天（即3个月），总共就是 20 × 30 × 90 = 5400 个新单词。
it's going to be 1 ,800 words.
这篇文章将会有 1800 个单词。
Why isn't that you only remember zero?
为什么你只记得“0”这个数字呢？
I know this happens to you, this happens to everyone.
我知道这种事情会发生在你身上，其实每个人都会遇到这种情况。
This week, you sit down and you learn some words.
这周，你坐下来学习了一些单词。
Next week, thinking back at those words, you don't remember anything.
下周，当你回想起那些话时，你会发现自己什么都不记得了。
So, what's the solution?
那么，解决方案是什么呢？
You study again, you study more.
你再次学习，而且学习得更加刻苦。
You learn more words, you forget.
你学到的单词越多，遗忘的单词也就越多。
You learn, you forget.
你学会了，然后又忘记了。
You learn, you forget.
你学会了，然后又忘记了。
And after a while, you're exhausted and you start questioning yourself.
过了一段时间后，你会感到精疲力竭，开始质疑自己。
Maybe I'm not smart enough.
也许我不够聪明。
Maybe I'm doing something wrong.
也许我做错了什么。
Maybe I'm not studying the words correctly, or maybe English is too difficult.
也许是我学习这些单词的方法不对，又或许英语本身就太难了。
If this is you, I want you to know one thing.
如果这就是你，我想让你知道一件事。
The problem is not you.
问题并不出在你身上。
The problem is not what words you learn.
问题不在于你学习了哪些单词。
The problem is not how you learn those words.
问题不在于你如何学习那些单词。
And the problem is not how smart you are.
问题并不在于你有多聪明。
The problem is simply what you do after you finish studying the words.
问题其实很简单：就在于你在学完这些单词之后该做什么。
Because let's face it, learning is difficult.
因为我们必须面对现实：学习是一件困难的事情。
You sit down and you spend two hours learning a couple of words.
你坐下来，花了两个小时来学习几个单词。
It's very difficult, I know.
我知道，这确实非常困难。
And you have to do this over a long period of time, six months, one year, two years,
你必须在一个较长的时间内完成这项任务——可能是六个月、一年或两年。
three years.
三年。
It's very hard.
这非常困难。
And it's very demotivating.
这真的会让人感到非常沮丧（或失去动力）。
If you spend all that time learning new things and then you realize,
如果你花了那么多时间去学习新事物，结果却意识到……
I don't remember any of that.
我完全不记得那些事情了。
Or I'm not able to use any of those words I've learned.
或者，我根本无法使用那些我学过的单词。
It's very demotivating.
这真的会让人感到非常沮丧（或失去动力）。
Because you spend the time learning them.
因为你花费了时间去学习它们。
You spend no time keeping them and activating them.
你根本不需要花费时间来维护或激活它们。
And that's why you are stuck.
这就是为什么你陷入困境（或无法摆脱现状）的原因。
So what's the solution?
那么，解决方案是什么呢？