Hi, I'm Gina, welcome to Oxford Online English. In this lesson you can learn how to sound more confident when you speak English.
你好，我是Gina，歡迎來到牛津大學在線英語。在本節課程中，你將會學習，當你說英語的時候如何聽起來更加自信。
When we ask students, "Why do you want to learn English," often people don't talk about their language skills. They talk about their feelings.
當我們問學生：「為什麼你想學英語」的時候，大家通常並不會提及他們的語言技巧。他們會談到他們的感覺。
They say things like: "I don't feel confident when I'm speaking English." "I'm afraid my English sounds bad."
他們會說：「當我說英語的時候，我感覺並不自信。」「我害怕自己的英語聽起來很差。」
"I want to feel better about my English." Does this sound like you?
「我想說英語的時候感覺更好。」這聽起來像你嗎？
In this lesson, you can learn some simple, effective tips to sound more confident speaking English. We'll show you ideas that anyone can use.
在本節課程中，你可以學到一些簡單有效的技巧，讓自己在說英語的時候聽起來更自信。我們會告訴你所有人都可以使用的一些點子。
We have a saying in English: "Fake it till you make it." Have you heard it?
在英語中有這樣一句諺語：「多偽裝，直到成真。」你聽過這句話嗎？
If not, can you guess what it means? It means that confidence starts on the outside.
如果沒有的話，你能猜到它的意思嗎？這句話的意思是：自信以外在開始。
You need to act confident and sound confident, even if you don't feel confident. So, if you lack confidence when you speak English, you have to 'fake it'.
你需要表現得很自信、聽起來很自信，即使你自己感覺並不自信。所以，當你說英語的時候缺乏自信的話，你必須要「偽裝」。
You have to act confident, even though you don't feel confident. This is important to understand: there isn't some sort of magical switch you can flip and suddenly feel confident.
你必須表現得很有信心，即使你感覺自信心並不充足。理解這一點很重要：世界上並沒有什麼能讓你突然變得自信的魔法開關。
Feeling confident is a journey which will take time and work. Remember: to improve your English confidence, you need to accept that you might not feel confident right away.
感覺自信是一段需要時間和努力的旅程。記住：想要提升你的英語自信心，你需要接受你可能沒辦法立刻感覺很自信的這個事實。
That's okay! The first steps towards confidence in your spoken English are on the outside.
沒事的！通往自信地說英語的第一步在於外部因素。
So, what can you actually do? When you're not confident in your English, you'll probably do three things:
所以，你能做什麼呢？當你對自己的英語不自信的時候，你可能會做這三種事情：
One: you'll speak too quietly. Two: you'll try to speak too fast.
1：你會說的很小聲。2：你會儘量說的很快。
Three: you'll speak in fragments, using single words and phrases instead of full sentences. For example: "Martin, did you have a good weekend?"
3：你會說的斷斷續續，使用一些單個的詞語或者短語，而非完整的句子。比如說：「Martin，周末過得怎麼樣？」
"Not bad. Just stayed at home." Did that sound, or look, confident?
「還行吧。在家裡呆著。」那聽起來，或者看起來自信嗎？
Not really! Let's try again.
並不！讓我們再試一次。
"Hey Martin, did you have a good weekend?" "It was kind of boring, actually!
「嗨，Martin，周末過得怎麼樣？」「真的挺無聊的！
I didn't go anywhere or do anything.?What about you?"
我哪裡也沒去，什麼事情都沒做。你呢？」
See the difference? Even though I still had a boring weekend and didn't have anything interesting to say, I was still able to sound confident and comfortable.
發現不同了嗎？儘管我的周末還是很無聊，也沒什麼有趣的事情可以說，我還是能夠聽起來很自信，也很舒服。
There are three things you can do here, but before you start, I'd like you to do something: record yourself talking in English for one minute. Introduce yourself and talk a little about your life.
有三件事情你可以做，但是在你開始之前，我想讓你做點事情：錄下來你說英語一分鐘的音頻。介紹你自己，然後說一點關於你的生活的事情。
Go on, pause the video and do it now, then come back! Listen to the recording.
快點，關掉視頻，現在就做，然後再回來！聽一下你的錄音。
How does it sound? Do you sound confident?
聽起來怎麼樣？你聽起來充滿自信嗎？
Next, let's get back to what you can do to sound more confident in English. First, control the volume of your voice.
接下來，讓我們回到正題：你可以做什麼來讓自己在說英語的時候更加自信。首先，控制你的音量。
Confident people speak at a high, clear volume. You don't have to shout, but your voice should be loud enough that anyone in the same room could understand you clearly.
自信的人說話洪亮，聲音清晰。你沒必要大喊，但是你的聲音應該大到能讓房間裡的所有人非常清晰地理解你說的話。
Secondly, control the speed of your voice. When you're nervous, it's normal to try to speak faster.
其次，控制你的語速。當你緊張的時候，你肯定會說得更快。
If you try to speak too fast, you'll sound less confident, and also make more mistakes. Slowing down will help you in many ways.
如果你語速過快的話，你聽起來就不會很自信，而且會犯更多的錯誤。放慢速度能讓你在很多方面受益。
You'll sound more confident, you'll be easier to understand when you speak English, and you'll make fewer mistakes. Finally, speak in full sentences.
當你說英語的時候，你會聽起來更加自信，別人也更容易理解你，你也會犯更少的錯誤。最後，說完整的句子。
If you're not confident in your spoken English, you'll try to say as little as possible. To sound confident, you should show that you're not scared of speaking English.
如果你對自己的英語口語沒有自信，你會儘可能地說的很少。為了聽起來更加自信，你應該表現出你完全不害怕說英語的樣子。
So, use full sentences. Now it's time to make another recording.
所以，說完整的句子吧。現在，讓我們來再錄製一段音頻吧。
Even better, make three recordings. Each should be around one minute.
更好的是，錄製三段音頻。每一段大概一分鐘。
Talk about yourself and your life, like you did before. The first time, focus on the volume of your voice.
說說你自己和你的生活，像你之前做的那樣。第一次，專注於你的音量。
Try to speak loudly and clearly. The second time, focus on speed.
儘量說的更大聲、更清晰。第二次，專注於語速。
Try to slow down and speak at a clear, controlled pace. The third time, focus on speaking in full sentences.
儘量放慢速度，清晰、勻速地講話。第三次，專注於說完整的句子。
Listen to the recordings. Compare them to the first recording you made.
聽聽那些錄音。把它們和你第一次錄的進行比較。
Do they sound better? Next, try to use these points when you talk English in real life.
這些有聽起來更好嗎？下一步，當你在生活中說英語的時候，要充分使用這幾點。
Remember, you might not feel confident, but you will sound more confident. If you sound more confident, people will respond to you differently.
記住，你可能感覺不自信，但是你會聽起來更加自信。如果你聽起來更加自信，人們的反應會大不相同。
Try it—you might be surprised how much difference these simple points make! When you see how people respond to you, you'll feel more confident in your English.
試試吧--你會震驚於這些簡單的技巧帶來的不同！當你看到人們怎麼回應你的時候，你會對你的英語更有自信的。
Do you ever say things like this? "Sorry about my English."
你說過這樣的話嗎？「不好意思，我英語不太好。」
"Sorry. I know my English is really bad." Here's a question: why?
「不好意思。我知道我的英語很差。」問題是：為什麼呢？
No, seriously, why say these things? What's the point?
不，說真的，為什麼要這麼說？為什麼？
When you say things like this, you get two results: One: you reinforce your negative feelings by expressing them.
當你這樣說的時候，你會得到兩個結果：1：通過這樣的表達方式，你加深了自己的負面感受。
Two: you show the person you're talking to that you don't believe in yourself. And, if you don't believe in yourself, why should anyone else?
2：你讓正在和你交談的人感覺你並不相信自己。再者，如果你自己都不相信自己的話，為什麼別人要相信你呢？
Neither of these is a good result. So, what's the solution?
這些沒有一個是好的結果。所以，解決的方法又是什麼呢？
Very simple: stop apologising for your English! It's a waste of time.
非常簡單：停止為你的英語道歉！這樣只是白白浪費時間。
First of all, if you're talking to me, and your English is really bad, I can see that already. I don't need you to tell me.
首先，如果你在和我說話，而且你的英語真的不好的話，我肯定能夠看出來的。我不需要你告訴我。
More importantly, most people won't judge you for your English. Most people in the world aren't interested in your English at all.
更重要的是，大多數人不會因為你的英語而評判你這個人。世界上的大多數人對你的英語根本不感興趣。
If someone's talking to you, they're talking to you to be friendly, or because they want something from you, or because they're interested in your ideas. They're not talking to you to see how good your English is.
如果有人和你說話，他們是因為你很友善，或是因為他們想從你這裡獲取什麼，又或者是因為他們對你的想法很感興趣。他們並不是為了看看你的英語多好才和你說話。
And even if the person you're talking to is judging your English, what can you do about it at that moment? Nothing at all.
而且，即使你正在交談的人要評判你的英語，你當時又能做什麼呢？什麼都做不了。
So, why apologise? Why feel bad?
所以，為什麼要抱歉？為什麼感覺很糟糕？
It doesn't help. Okay, maybe you can't help feeling bad, though you shouldn't.
根本沒用的。好的，也許你不由自主地感覺很差，儘管你不應該這樣。
But, you can control what you say. Don't apologise for your English.
但是，你可以控制你說的話。不要為你的英語道歉。
Never apologise for your English. Here's something about me.
永遠不要因為你的英語道歉。這是我的一些經歷。
I don't speak Tamil, or Slovenian, or Xhosa. Not one word!
我不會說泰米爾語、斯洛維尼亞語或者科薩語。一個詞都不會！
Should I feel bad about that? Should I apologize, and say, "Hey, I'm really sorry about my bad Tamil, and my bad Slovenian.
我該感覺很糟糕嗎？我是不是應該道歉，然後說：「對不起，真的很抱歉，我的泰米爾語很差，我的斯洛維尼亞語也說的很糟糕。
Oh, and my terrible Xhosa, too, sorry about that. And sorry about my Navajo, and my Finnish, and my Korean, and…"
哦，還有我糟糕的科薩語，不好意思。然後，對不起，我的納瓦霍語也很不好，以及我的芬蘭語，我的韓語，還有...」
Okay, Martin, okay. We get it.
好的，Martin，別說了。我們知道了。
Hopefully, you see how unnecessary it is now. Even if your English is bad, so what?
希望你現在知道這根本沒有必要了吧。即使你的英語很差，那又怎麼了呢？
Don't be sorry; go get better instead. Never apologise for your English!
不要感到抱歉；去提升自己的英語啊。永遠不要為你的英語道歉！
I want you to do something for me. Pause the video and write down three situations where you would feel nervous about speaking English.
我想讓你幫我做點事情。停止看視頻，寫下你說英語緊張的三種情況。
Have you got three situations? What are they?
你能寫出這三種情況嗎？它們分別是什麼？
Maybe you wrote something like this: Talking to a native speaker.
也許你寫了：和英語母語者交談。
Making a speech in front of my class. Making a presentation at work.
在班裡人面前演講。在工作場合作做展示。
Now, for each of your three situations, I want you to create three different levels: easy, medium and hard. What do we mean here?
現在，我希望你給這三種情況分別評級：簡單、中等和困難。這是什麼意思？
Let's take the example of talking to a native speaker. Many English learners have told us that they feel nervous talking to English speakers.
讓我們以和母語是英語的人交談為例。很多英語學習者告訴我們，他們和英語母語者交談的時候非常緊張。
So, we need three different levels of this situation: easy, medium, and hard. Here's a suggestion:
所以，我們需要給這個情況三種等級：簡單、中等和困難。這是一個建議：
Easy: say 'hello' to a native speaker. Medium: introduce yourself to a native speaker and ask 1-2 questions.
簡單：和英語母語者打招呼。中等：向英語母語者介紹自己，再問一兩個問題。
Hard: have a 5-minute conversation with a native speaker. Okay, so what now?
困難：和英語母語者說五分鐘話。好的，那現在應該怎麼做？
Go out and do them, of course! Start with the easy challenge.
當然是馬上著手去做啦！從簡單的挑戰開始。
Repeat it several times, if you want. Then, go to the medium challenge.
如果你想的話，多重複幾次。然後，去挑戰中等難度的任務。
Again, you can do it more than once. Finally, try the hard challenge.
當然，你可以多做幾次。最後，嘗試困難的任務。
Of course, this isn't something you can just do. This might take you days or weeks.
當然了，這件事並不簡單。這可能要耗費你幾天或者是幾周的時間。
Also, the exact challenges you set yourself will depend on your English level and your situation. The key points: the easy challenge should be really easy—something that's not a challenge for you at all.
另外，你給自己設定的挑戰取決於你的英語水平和你的具體情況。關鍵是：簡單的挑戰應該真的很簡單-這件事對你根本不算是挑戰。
The medium challenge should make you think, "That's difficult, but I can do it." The hard challenge should make you think, "Can I really do this?"
中等難度的挑戰會讓你覺得：「那挺難的，但是我能做到。」困難的挑戰會讓你覺得：「我真的能夠做到嗎？」
Let's do another example. Let's take the idea of making a presentation at work.
讓我們試一下另一個例子。讓我們以在工作中做演講展示為例。
We need three challenges: Easy challenge: ask a question or make a point in a meeting.
我們需要三個挑戰：簡單挑戰：在開會的時候問一個問題，或者提出一個觀點。
Medium challenge: make a short presentation to a small group. Hard challenge: volunteer to make a longer presentation to a big group.
中等挑戰：在小組面前做一個簡短的展示。困難挑戰：主動在一大組人面前做一個更長時間的展示。
Again, these are just examples. You should think carefully about your challenges, because they should be personal to you.
這只是一些例子。你可以認真思考你的挑戰，因為它們應該是為你量身定做的。
So, let's review. You have three situations which make you feel unconfident.
所以，讓我們來複習一下吧。你會有三種讓你感覺並不自信的情況。
For each situation, you should have three challenges: easy, medium and hard. Make a list of your challenges and put it somewhere in your home.
對於每種情況，你會有三種挑戰：簡單、中等和困難。給你的挑戰列個清單，把它放在你家裡的某個地方。
When you complete a challenge and you think you did it well, cross it off your list. Imagine crossing off your first hard challenge.
當你完成一個挑戰，並且你自己覺得做的不錯的時候，從你的清單上把它劃掉。想像一下劃掉你的第一個困難任務的時候。
Think about that feeling. Wouldn't it feel good?
想想那種感覺。難道不會感覺很棒嗎？
Wouldn't it feel good to know you did something you thought was too difficult for you? You're not there yet.
知道你做到了你曾經認為很困難的事情，感覺難道會不好嗎？但是你還沒到達那一步。
You should start small and build up gradually. Remember, this isn't a quick fix.
你應該從小開始，然後日積月累。記住，這並不是一兩天就能完成的事情。
This might take weeks, or even months. When you finish your first nine challenges, set yourself nine more.
這可能要花幾周，甚至幾個月的時間。當你完成你的第一組九個挑戰的時候，再給你自己設定九個挑戰。
Start again. You might not be able to do every challenge.
然後再開始。你可能沒辦法完成每個挑戰。
You know what? It doesn't matter.
你知道嗎？沒關係的。
You'll be doing something and taking action, which will help you to build confidence in your spoken English. Let's look at one more practical tip.
你在做，在行動，這會幫助你增強說英語的自信。讓我們再來看一條更加實用的技巧吧。
Writing about your thoughts and feelings in a diary or journal can be very helpful. First, imagine a situation: you have a group of English-speaking colleagues.
把你的想法或者感覺記在日記裡非常有用。首先，想像這樣一種情況：你有一群說英語的同事。
They're all friends with each other. You never talk to them.
他們互相都是朋友。你從來沒和他們聊過天。
You just talk to your other colleagues in your language. You want to talk to your English-speaking colleagues, but you don't feel confident enough.
你只是和那些說你的語言的同事交流。你想和你說英語的同事交流，但是你感覺不夠自信。
At this point, take out your journal and write down all the worst things that could happen. Take your biggest fears about the situation and put them into a list.
在這一刻，拿出你的日記，然後寫下所有可能發生的最糟糕的事情。想出你對於這個情況最大的恐懼，然後把它們放進一個清單裡面。
For example: They'll laugh at me.
比如：他們會嘲笑我的。
They won't be interested in what I have to say. I won't be able to say one word in English when I speak to them.
他們不會對我說的事情感興趣。當我和他們說話的時候，我一個詞都說不出來。
I'll feel stupid and useless. What next?
我會感覺很蠢很沒用。接下來呢？
Go and talk to them, of course! If you want, you can make a challenge ladder, like we did in part four.
當然是去和他們說話了！如果你想的話，你可以做一個挑戰階梯，像我們在第四部分做的那樣。
Set yourself easy, medium and hard challenges, and work through them. After you talk to them, next to your list of fears, write down what actually happened when you spoke to them.
給你自己設定簡單、中等和困難的挑戰，然後攻破它們。在你和他們說話之後，在你的恐懼清單旁邊，記下當你和他們說話的時候，實際是什麼樣子。
For example: Of course, it's not certain that everything will go well.
比如：當然，不是所有的事情都會進展順利。
Maybe sometimes your fears will come true. But, you'll find that most of the time, the things you're afraid of don't happen.
也許有時你的恐懼會成真。但是，你會發現在大多數時候，這些你害怕的事情並不會發生。
By writing things down like this, you'll be able to see how your fears are just in your head. You'll see that reality is often a lot more optimistic than you are!
通過像這樣記下這些事情，你會發現，恐懼只是存在於你的腦海中而已。你會發現現實遠比你想像中的更加樂觀！
Writing down your feelings like this will help you to understand that other people aren't judging you and your English. This way, you can feel more free and confident when you speak English!
像這樣記下你的感覺，會幫助你理解其他人並不會評判你和你的英語。所以，當你說英語的時候你會感覺更加自由，更加自信！
Do you have any other advice to help people feel more confident speaking English? Let us know in the comments!
你有幫助人們說英語更加自信的建議嗎？在評論裡告訴大家吧！
Thanks for watching! See you next time!
感謝觀看！下次見！