When you're learning English, you might be looking for little hacks to add to your knowledge outside of lesson time.
当你学习英语时,你可能正在寻找一些小技巧在课外增加你的知识。
And one thing experts often recommend is to try regularly thinking in English.
专家们经常推荐的一件事是尝试经常用英语思维。
What does this mean? Well, when we're learning a new language, we might first think of what we want to say in our native language, and then translate it in our heads.
这是什么意思呢?当我们学习一门新语言时,我们可能首先会用母语想好要说的话,然后在脑海中进行翻译。
But if you can try thinking in English first, you won't need to translate, and this could help you become more fluent.
但是如果你能先尝试用英语思维,你就不需要翻译了,这可以帮助你变得更加流利。
So how do you do it?
那么你该怎么做呢?
Start by looking around when you're waiting for a bus, or waiting for your food to cook. Then see if you can identify English words for objects around you, says the website Rachel's English.
瑞秋英语网站说,当你在等公交车或等食物煮熟时,可以先环顾四周。然后看看你是否能识别周围物体的英语单词。
Then you can begin building these into sentences: add verbs and adjectives to those objects, education site Repetry says.”
育网站 Repetry 说,然后你可以开始把这些单词构建成句子:给那些物体加上动词和形容词。
Learners often slow themselves down by stopping to look up words in a dictionary. But Spain-based English teacher Keith O'Hare suggests only using words you know when you're trying to think in English.
学习者经常因为停下来查字典而放慢自己的速度。但是在西班牙的英语教师基思・奥黑尔建议,当你试图用英语思维时,只使用你知道的单词。
On his website, O'Hare says checking a word in the dictionary may build vocabulary, but it doesn't build fluency. So, if you don't know a word, find a way to say it using words you do know, or 'give up the idea and say something else.'
在他的网站上,奥黑尔说在字典中查一个单词可能会增加词汇量,但不会提高流利度。所以,如果你不知道一个单词,想办法用你知道的单词来表达它,或者 “放弃这个想法,说点别的”。
As you get more confident, you can begin having conversations in English in your head, Repetry says.”
Repetry 说,当你变得更加自信时,你可以开始在脑海中用英语进行对话。
Some language experts say you could also start and finish each day by describing what you'll be doing or what you've done, using words and tenses you know.
一些语言专家说,你也可以每天开始和结束时用你知道的单词和时态描述你将要做或已经做的事情。
In time, you might begin dreaming in English too!
随着时间的推移,你可能也会开始用英语做梦!