今天，为大家分享的是：12 Ways to Improve English Listening Skills（12种方法提高你的英语听力能力，如果觉得有用的话可以关注我和转发）。
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第1讲
中英文对照
I want you to use a wide range of resources and listen to a wide range of accents as well.
You are going to meet people from all over the world with all different accents and you're going to need to understand them.So you need to be able to recognize more or less everything and diversify your English.
Focusing on that word 'variety' again
我建议你去使用各种不同的资源，听各种不同的口音的英语。
你会遇到来自全世界的有着不同口音的人，你需要明白他们所讲的话。所以你需要能听懂各种不同的口音，使你的英语更加多样化。
再次专注于这个词——“多样化”。
How much time do you actually dedicate to practicing and improving your listening skills?
Most of the students that I asked say around 1 to 2 hours and even then they might be exaggerating a little bit. Now you've recognized that: You're probably not practicing enough.I want you to start practicing. Honestly, practice makes perfect! You're not going to suddenly wake up and be perfect at listening. It takes time, it takes dedication and it's called a skill for a reason.
实际上你会用多少时间去练习和提升你的英语听力技能?
我问过很多学生，他们中的大多数会说1到2个小时，即使他们可能有些许的夸大。现在你已经认识到：你可能并没有足够练习。我建议你从现在开始练习，的确，熟能生巧。你不会突然间醒来就能听懂所有的英语，听力的培养需要时间，需要决心，这也是听力被称为技能的原因。
Well, I've got lots of recommendations for you which brings me to my next point: “Resources and more importantly variety of resources”
Now the most obvious one is watching TV programs or movies in English. That's good, but you don't want to rely on the subtitles. I want you to learn with your ears and not with your eyes. So what I recommend you do to take your listening to the next level is “Watch each program or movie TWICE!” I recommend that you aim for something that's less than 30 minutes. So, I want you to watch it first with no subtitles, see how much you can understand，and then I want you to watch it again with subtitles, and see what you did pick up and what you didn't pick up and then note it for next time.
Don't be afraid to replay things again and again and again!
好吧，我有很多建议给你们，这也就是下一点“资源，各种重要的丰富的资源”。
最常见的就是看英语电视节目或者英语电影。这很好，但是你不能依赖字幕，你需要用你的耳朵而不是你的眼睛。如你想把自己的英语听力提高一个水平，那么我给你的建议就是“看每一个英语节目或者电影2次”。我建议你先找一些少于30分钟的英语资源，第一次观看时不带字幕，看看你能听懂多少，然后带字幕再看一遍，看看你哪些是你会的，哪些是你不会的，然后把不会的记下来再听一遍。
不要怕一遍又一遍的重复播放。
Learn the patterns of voice that we use.
If you've got a listening exam or you're going to have a telephone conversation or some sort of interview over the phone, you're not going to be able to read the person's lips which can be really useful.
So, you really ought to practice listening blindly!
学习我们常用的声音的模式。
如果你有一个英语听力考试，或者你有一个电话访谈，再或者某种电话面试，你就不可能通过读一个人的唇语而更好地明白对方，尽管这种方式真的很好用。
因此，我们真的必须练习盲听!
第2讲
中英文对照
So, you really ought to practice listening blindly!
So, one really really good tip that often gets overlooked is use audio books.
Reading is great for building your vocabulary but it doesn't do much for your listening skills, because what a book does not offer you is a pronunciation guide normally. So, I would like you to start listening to audiobooks.
Pick a book that is interesting and relevant to you.
所以，你必须练习盲听!
因此，一个真的很好的提示，也是常常被我们忽视的，那就是使用有声图书。
阅读可以有助于增加我们的词汇量，但是对我们的听力技能提高却没多大帮助，因为普通的图书并不可能提供给你一个常规的发音指导，所以，你需要去开始听有声图书。
选择一本有意思的与你相关的书。
Judge it by your level!
If you're quite a low-level, choose a children's book. For more intermediate maybe go something for teenagers. And if you're advanced obviously go for something that's aimed at adults or maybe has a lot of technical language.
根据你的英语水平选择有声图书。
如果你是初级水平，选择儿童书;中级水平的可以选择一些青少年的书;如果你已经是高级水平的，可以选择一些针对成年人的或者可能有很多专业术语的书。
Remember that: If you want to check your understanding you can always buy the book as well listen to a section and then read it, listen to another and then read it.
This is a wonderful way of improving your listening comprehension.
The best website for audiobooks is audible
记住：如果你想确认是否理解内容，你可以买本书，先听一节，然后把这节读一遍，接着听另一节，再读一遍。这是提高你的英语听力理解力的非常好的方法。
获取有声图书最好的网站是audile 【 http://www.audible.com/ 】
One resource that often gets overlooked is youtubers.
I'm not talking about us - lovely bunch of online English teachers. That are all over YouTube at the moment. You have an amazing resource full of free videos and listening tools.
一个经常被忽视的资源是youtubers
我说的就是我们—— 一大群可爱的线上英语老师，现在youtube上面有很多很多。这样你就拥有了一个可以获得丰富的免费视频和听力素材的非常了不起的资源。
Find something that you're interested in.
Maybe you're interested in Gossip, celebrities, science, current affairs.
Search for it in English and start listening to it.
找一些你非常感兴趣的资源。也许你喜欢花边新闻、名人轶事、科学、时事，搜索你感兴趣的英语素材，然后开始听。
My next point is multitask.
Unlike reading or watching TV, listening is something that you can do whilst you do something else.
So once you've found your ideal resource, start to build a sort of pack of resources on your smart phoneor your computer that you can take with you.
So, if you have a long car journey, on the way to work, on public transport, whilst you're doing something else like cooking, something you don't have to concentrate on.
我要讲的下一点就是多任务。
与阅读或者看电视不同，听力是你在做其他别的事情的同时可以做的事。
所以一旦你找到了你理想的听力资源，先在你的手机或者电脑上集中建立一个资源包，这样你可以随身携带。所以，如果你进行一个长途车游，去工作的路上，在公共交通工具上，或者你在做类似于做饭等不需要你集中精力的事情时，你都可以听。
My next tip is do not translate, do not translate.
When you're speaking to someone in person, I want you to listen for context. Something I always say to my students is “Fluency over accuracy!” It's really important to understand that you don't need it to be perfect, you don't need to understand every single word.
我的下一个建议就是不要翻译、不要翻译
当你正在和某人面谈，你需要听明白大意。这也是我经常对我的学生们讲的“流利胜于准确”!必须明白：你不需要做到完美，不需要听清楚每一个单词。
You need to understand context and general meaning.
If you spend too much time analyzing each word, the conversation or monologue will have moved on, by the time you finally understood the word that you are focusing on, so you actually then have to catch up and you lose understanding.
So, instead of listening word-by-word listen to phrases as a whole.
你需要明白上下文及大意
如果你花很多时间去分析每一个词，但谈话或者独白仍在继续，等你最后终于明白你专注的那个词时，你就不得不需要赶上进度，同时你就不明白一切到底在说什么了。
所以，不是要逐字去听，而是要整体去听。
第3讲
中英文对照
My next tip is learn speech patterns.
Okay, I want you to research into how natives speak. English is not a phonetic language and we don't always follow our own pronunciation rules. So, what research can you do?
我的下一个要点是学习言语模式。
好的，你需要去研究本土人是如何说话的。英语并不是表音文字，我们并不总是追寻我们自己的发音规则。那么，你该做哪些研究呢?
Well, you can look at homophones.
For example: These are words which have the exact same pronunciation but different spellings and different meanings. An example of a homophone would be “bear” and “bare” the same, but different spelling and meaning.
你可以研究研究同音异形异义字。
例如：这些词有着基本相同的发音，不同的拼写及含义。如“bear”和“bare”，它们的发音相同，但拼写及含义却不一样。
You can also look at minimal pairs.
Minimal pairs are words that have the exact same pronunciation apart from a single vowel sound. An example of a minimal pair would be “ship” and “sheep”.
...ship...sheep... So that... and... of the same but the vowel sound is different.
你也可以研究研究最小对比对。
这些单词有着基本相同的发音，除了一个单元音。如：“ship” 和“sheep”，它们的其他因素发音相同，但是元音发音不同。
It's also important that you understand weak forms.
So we have strong forms of words and we also have weak forms. For example: The word “at”, on its own I say 'at，but sometimes if I'm using it in a sentence or in conversation and I'm speaking very quickly I will say at with the schwa sound. I won't say 'at three o'clock, I will say at three o'clock. It's important that you recognize that the schwa sound can represent many vowels.
明白弱读式也很重要
我们的单词有重读式也有弱读式。例如：单词“at”，按音标标准发音'at，但是有时如果我在说一个句子或者谈话时语速非常快，我就会用非重读央元音声说at。我不会说'at three o'clock，我会说at three o'clock。所以认识到非重读央元音可以代替很多元音的发音很重到。
You also need to look at reductions.
I've got a video all about the reductions ‘wanna’ and ‘gonna’ which is also in the deion box, that will really help you out especially if you want to use those，
I know a lot of you do。
It's a really quick way of making yourself sound more native, and also contractions: I am = I'm; I will =I'll; she would =she'd.
Important that you learn those. I'm also making a video on contractions. So when that's uploaded I will also put that in the deion box.
你还需要去研究研究缩读
我有一节课专门讲的缩读‘wanna’ 和 ‘gonna’，在描述框里可以找到，如果你想使用这样的词，那节课可以给你特别的帮助，我知道你们大多数人都想使用。
这是帮助你说英语更像母语者的一个快速的方法，还有就是缩略形式：I am = I'm; I will =I'll; she would =she'd. 学会这些词很重要，我也正在做一个关于缩略形式的课程录像，所以当我上传后也会放在描述框里。
So that's it for my lesson on: How to improve your listening skills?
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