You Understand English But Can't Speak — The Real Reason Nobody Explains · Speak English With Tiffani
你可能听懂了很多英语内容，但一开口就卡壳。这并非因为你英语不好，而是因为输入和输出的差距。本文将揭示真正原因，帮助你突破口语瓶颈，适合练习听力与口语表达。
You understand almost everything in English.
你几乎能够理解所有用英语表达的内容。
You watch the videos, you follow the podcast, you even read the articles, and in your head you get it all,
你观看了那些视频，收听了播客，甚至还阅读了相关文章；在脑海中，你似乎已经完全理解了所有内容。
but the moment you have to speak, it's not there.
但到了你必须开口说话的那一刻，那些话却突然消失了（或者说：你突然想不出该说什么了）。
The words just don't seem to come out, and you've decided that means your English isn't good enough.
那些话似乎怎么也说不出口，于是你认为自己英语水平不够好。
That you need more grammar, more vocabulary, more studying, but my friend, that's not the reason.
你需要学习更多语法知识、掌握更多词汇，也需要更加努力地学习……但是，我的朋友，这并不是问题的真正原因。
It was never the reason.
这从来都不是真正的原因。
The real reason is something nobody has ever explained to you, and once you see it, everything changes.
真正的原因是某个从来没人向你解释过的东西；一旦你明白了这个原因，一切都会发生变化。
Are you ready?
你准备好了吗？
Well then, I'm teacher Tiffany.
那么，我是蒂芙尼老师。
Let's jump right in.
我们直接开始吧。
Part number one, the reason.
第一部分：原因。
I want to do a little bit of math with you.
我想和你一起做一些简单的数学计算。
I want you to think about the amount of hours you have heard English.
我希望你思考一下：你总共听了多少小时的英语内容。
That's right.
没错。
Think about from when you started.
回想一下你刚开始的时候吧。
Think about when you started maybe months ago, or years ago, or even a decade ago.
回想一下你刚开始的时候：也许是在几个月前、几年前，甚至十年前。
Think about that start date up until now, and give kind of a ballpark figure.
想想从那个开始日期到现在这段时间的长度，然后给出一个大致的估算数字吧。
How many hours have you heard English?
你听了多少小时的英语内容？
Maybe you've listened to English for 300 hours.
也许你已经听了300小时的英语内容了。
Maybe 500 hours.
大概 500 小时吧。
Maybe well over a thousand hours.
也许总使用时间超过了 一千小时。
Now, let's flip the script.
现在，让我们换个角度来思考这个问题吧。
How many hours have you actually spoken English?
你究竟花了多少时间来练习说英语（也就是实际使用英语进行交流的时间）？
You see where I'm going, right?
你明白我的意思了吧？
The number of hours that you have put in English,
你用于学习英语的总小时数是……
countless hours, hundreds, thousands, is much more when you compare it to the amount of hours where the English has come out.
无数个小时……成百上千个小时……与那些真正掌握英语的人所花费的时间相比，这个数字其实还要多得多。
So what do these numbers mean?
那么，这些数字到底意味着什么呢？
You understand my friend advanced content.
你明白的，我的朋友需要的是更高级的内容（即难度更高、信息更复杂的内容）。
When someone speaks English, when someone is delivering a message, you can understand a large portion of what they're saying.
当有人用英语说话、当有人在传达信息时，你通常能够理解他们所说内容的大部分。
You can follow fast speech.
你可以跟上快速的语速。
You can follow what I'm saying as your English teacher.
作为你的英语老师，你可以随时理解我在说什么。
You can understand your comprehension is absolutely amazing.
你可以意识到自己的理解能力确实非常出色。
You read comfortably.
阅读起来非常舒适。
You can look at an article.
你可以阅读一篇文章。
You can get a book.
你可以买一本书。
You can read easily.
你可以轻松地阅读这些内容。
Understanding for you is very high.
我非常理解你的感受。
However, your output is very low.
然而，你的输出量非常低。
And in some cases near zero, these are two different measurements.
在某些情况下，这些数值接近于零；实际上，这是两种不同的测量结果。
So why does this gap exist?
那么，为什么会出现这种差距呢？