Why You Never Make Progress in English · POC English
为什么你学了这么久英语却没进步？视频中将解答语言学习者常遇到的四大问题，帮助你制定清晰的学习计划，适合练习英语学习方法和目标规划。
I know that you want to speak English fluently, that's your goal, that's why you are learning English,
我知道你希望能够流利地说英语，这是你的目标，也是你学习英语的原因。
that's why you are watching this video.
这就是你正在观看这个视频的原因。
But I have a couple of questions to ask, do you know your first step?
但我有几个问题想问：你知道第一步该做什么吗？
Once you take the first step, do you know what to do next?
一旦你迈出了第一步，你知道接下来该做什么吗？
Do you know how many hours per day you should study if you want to be fluent?
你知道如果想达到流利的程度，每天应该学习多少个小时吗？
And a lot of how -to questions.
还有很多关于“如何做某事”的问题。
Do you know how to study vocabulary?
你知道如何学习词汇吗？
How to learn grammar?
如何学习语法？
How to improve your fluency?
如何提高你的流利度（即说话或写作时的连贯性和自然度）？
How not to forget words?
如何才能不忘记那些说过的话呢？
How, how, how, how, how?
怎么会这样呢？
Do you have the answers to these questions?
你有没有这些问题的答案？
Let me tell you one thing.
让我告诉你一件事。
I've been teaching English for about 12 years now.
我从事英语教学工作已经大约12年了。
I have taught thousands of students, and I have taught two millions of students.
我教过成千上万的学生，甚至可以说我教过两百万名学生。
I've read your comments, I've read your emails, your messages.
我读了你的评论、你的邮件以及你发的所有信息。
I've talked to a couple of you face -to -face.
我已经和你们中的几个人当面谈过了。
I know that these are the questions you guys have.
我知道这些就是你们大家想要问的问题。
These are the same questions every language learner has.
这些都是每个语言学习者都会遇到的问题。
And in this video, I am here to once and for all answer all these questions
在这段视频中，我打算一劳永逸地回答所有这些问题。
and tell you what the solution is, if you want to speak English fluently.
如果你想流利地说英语，那么接下来我会告诉你解决办法是什么。
My name is Matty, and this is my slow English podcast.
我的名字是马蒂（Matty），这是我的英语播客节目。
Let's start with the first one.
我们先从第一个开始吧。
You know, the main reason a lot of people want to start studying English, but never do, and always have an excuse saying,
你知道吗？很多人其实很想开始学习英语，但却始终没有付诸行动，还总是找各种借口来推脱……
today I'm busy, tomorrow I'll start, next week I'll start, from the next year I'm going to start,
今天我很忙，明天我会开始，下周我也会开始，从明年开始，我就会一直坚持下去。
from next Monday I'm going to start.
从下周一开始，我就要正式开始了。
The reason why you are in this loop, if you are in this loop, is because you don't know what to do first.
如果你陷入了这种循环，原因就在于你不知道该先做些什么。
Yesterday, I had a meeting with one of my subscribers.
昨天，我和我的一位订阅者进行了一次会面。
It was a face -to -face meeting.
这是一次面对面的会议。
Do you know what he told me?
你知道他跟我说了什么吗？
He said, I wanted to start studying English.
他说：“我想开始学习英语。
So I talked to a tutor, and then I realized, I don't want to learn with a tutor,
所以我找了一位家教，但后来我意识到：其实我不想通过家教来学习。
so I started watching YouTube.
于是我开始看 YouTube 上的视频了。
And while watching YouTube, I thought, I need a more organized approach, so I bought a book.
在观看 YouTube 视频的过程中，我意识到自己需要一种更有条理的学习方法，于是便买了一本书。
But I didn't know how to study the book, so I talked to a tutor.
但我不知道该如何学习这本书，于是我找了一位家教帮忙。
And then when I talked to the tutor, I realized, no, I want to do it on my own,
后来当我与那位辅导老师交谈时，我意识到：不，我想自己独立完成这件事。
so I listened to some podcasts.
所以我听了一些播客。
Then went to YouTube videos.
然后又去看了 YouTube 上的视频。
Then again, talked to the tutor, went to the book.
不过，我又和辅导老师谈了谈，然后去查阅了相关书籍。
You see, this is a vicious cycle.
你看，这就是一个恶性循环。