怎樣提升生活英語水平？
關于日常生活中的英語口語交流，有不少人都以為口語說得不好，是因為練的太少。但外教老師告訴大家，事實并非如此。很多人英語口語不好的原因，并不是練得太少，而是讀得聽得太少了。
On the daily oral English communication, many people think that the spoken language is not good, because the practice is too little. But the teacher told us that it was not the case. The reason why many people are not good at oral English is not to practice too little, but to listen to too little.
語言是一個輸入到輸出的過程，聽力和閱讀屬于輸入，而口語和寫作則屬于輸出。如果沒有大量的聽力和閱讀輸入，又如何談輸出呢。嬰兒學會說話，也是在聽了一年多家人的交流對話才會開口的。不先做好語言的輸入，口語很難做到有效提升。
Language is a process of input to output. Listening and reading are input, while spoken and written are output. If you don't have a lot of listening and reading, how do you talk about the output. A baby learns to speak, and it is only when he has heard more than one year's family's conversation. Without the input of language, it is difficult to improve the spoken language effectively.
仔細觀察一下身邊口語好的同學，你會發(fā)現(xiàn)他們可能不是練得最多的，但他們一定有可觀的聽力和閱讀輸入。因此，提升口語最重要的一條基本原則是：輸入決定輸出，大量的閱讀和聽力輸入是有效提升口語的前提。
Carefully observe the students who have good oral English, you will find that they may not have the most practice, but they must have considerable listening and reading input. Therefore, one of the most important basic principles of improving spoken English is: input decision output, and a large number of reading and listening input are the precondition of improving oral English effectively.
怎樣提升生活英語水平？如果想要達到能夠日常生活溝通無障礙的程度，你需要做些什么？
How to improve the English level of life? What do you need to do if you want to reach a level that is accessible to everyday communication?
積累詞匯量
Dolch word list
初階口語提升的關鍵，是口語素材的積累，而口語素材積累很大的一部分其實是詞匯量的積累。也就是說，你說不出什么像樣的內(nèi)容來最根本的原因是你詞匯量太小了，積累的口語素材太少了。 短期內(nèi)隨著詞匯量的快速上漲，口語水平也會有明顯的提升，最直觀的一個表現(xiàn)是自己能夠表達的東西變得越來越多了。
The key is to enhance the basic oral English, oral and oral material accumulation, the accumulation of material is actually a large part of the accumulation of vocabulary. That is to say, the most fundamental reason why you can't tell a decent content is that your vocabulary is too small and the accumulation of spoken language is too small. In the short term, with the rapid increase of vocabulary, oral English will also improve significantly. The most direct expression is that more and more things can be expressed.
所以我們的首要任務是提升詞匯量。那多大的詞匯量才能達到日常溝通的基本要求呢？國外有人專門對語料庫進行研究，研究統(tǒng)計出日常生活中的常用詞量大約是7500。所以如果你想達到日常溝通的基本要求，詞匯量應該在7500左右。
So our primary task is to improve our vocabulary. What is the amount of vocabulary to meet the basic requirements of daily communication? Some people abroad specializes in corpus research. The study shows that the amount of common words in daily life is about 7500. So if you want to meet the basic requirements of daily communication, the vocabulary should be around 7500.
做好閱讀和聽力訓練
Do a good job in reading and listening training
在積累基礎詞匯的同時，我們還要通過大量的閱讀和聽力訓練來積累口語素材。閱讀和聽力材料的選取應符合簡單易懂，貼近日常生活的原則。聽力材料推薦使用ESLPOD，ESLPOD語速適中，材料多為口語體，基本上可以現(xiàn)學現(xiàn)用，實用性很高。閱讀材料推薦簡單易懂，詞匯量要求低的原版書。
At the same time, we have to accumulate a lot of reading and listening training to accumulate the spoken language. The selection of reading and listening materials should be in accordance with the principle of simple and easy to understand and close to the daily life. Listening materials are recommended to use ESLPOD, ESLPOD language speed is moderate, and most of the materials are colloquial, which can be used now and have high practicality. The reading material recommends the simple and easy to understand, low demand original book.
此外，通過觀看美劇來提升生活口語水平也是一個不錯的方法。美劇是一個很好的生活口語素材來源。但并不是所有的美劇都適合用來提高生活口語，要選擇那些與日常生活比較貼近、故事情節(jié)較強的影視材料，如肥皂劇。最后，外教老師祝大家都能找到適合自己的學習方法，并持之以恒真正做到英語口語水平有效提升。
In addition, it is also a good way to improve the level of oral English by watching American opera. American opera is a good source of spoken language for life. But not all American dramas are suitable for improving oral English. We should choose films and TV materials that are close to daily life and strong storytelling, such as soap operas. In the end, the teacher wishes everyone to find a suitable way of learning and to improve the level of oral English effectively.
