【TES技術(shù)貼】只要5招！讓你搞定-看電影，學(xué)英語！

文野 2015-01-06

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分析了語言初學(xué)者如何通過電影學(xué)習(xí)外語，我發(fā)現(xiàn)有5個策略可以用來提升學(xué)習(xí)。

Easy language

At first you may find it hard to watch a full two-hour movie that isn’t in English, but later on you’ll get used to it. But until then, why not choose shorter, easier material? Start your journey with a mini-series, catch new words, not whole sentences, and practice the pronunciation.

起初你可能覺得完整地觀看一部時長2小時的非英語類電影是件困難的事情，但在這之后你可能就會習(xí)慣。但是在那之前，為什么不選擇更短、更容易的題材？從一系列迷你劇開始你的學(xué)習(xí)旅程，抓住新單詞，而不是整個語句，并練習(xí)發(fā)音。

You may want to pause the movie and repeat after the actor and then go back and hear it again. That’s why I recommend you rent, buy, watch online movies or record movies rather than watching them in the cinema or as part of TV broadcasts.

你可能想要按暫停鍵，跟著重復(fù)一遍演員的臺詞，然后再后退重新聽一遍。這就是為什么我建議你去租、買、觀看在線電影或者錄制的電影，而不是去電影院或者觀看電視節(jié)目。

You can start with cartoons. As they are made for children, the language is simple and they talk slowly. If you feel confident you can also start with 20 minute episodes. I remember my journey with English. I probably watched Friends four or five times in its entirety. The language is easy, they speak slightly fast, but I focused on words and short phrases rather than on whole sentences and tried to pick up the girls’ pronunciation.

你可以從動畫片入門。因為它們是為孩子制作的，語言淺顯易懂，語速也不快。如果你有信心也可以從20分鐘的短劇開始。我還記得我學(xué)習(xí)英語的過程。大概完整地看了四到五邊的FRIENDS（老友記）。劇中的語言比較簡單，他們的語速有一點快，但是我重點放在單詞和短語上，而非整個句子，同時我也試著學(xué)習(xí)女生們的發(fā)音。

Start with shorter phrases

And this gets me to the second technique. Focus on high-frequency words and phrases rather than on long and complex sentences. Try and understand their meaning from context. What is the character doing? Is he or she pointing to somebody and saying “She is my girlfriend?” Well, that obviously is a way of introducing someone. Do they hold hands? Well, they’re close friends. You get the bigger picture.

這是我想說的第二個方法。專注于高頻詞匯和短語，而非冗長復(fù)雜的句子。試著從上下文來理解他們的含義。劇中的人物正在做什么？他或她是否指著某人并說“她是我的女朋友?”那么，這很明顯是一種介紹人物的方式。他們有沒有牽手？如果是，說明他們是比較親密的朋友。你會到達一個更高的層面。

You need to focus on placing the words and phrases in context to understand their meaning without translation. If that’s not possible, it’s alright to use a dictionary.

你需要關(guān)注單詞和短語在文中的位置來理解它們的含義，不要翻譯。如果做不到這一點，可以使用一下詞典。

Pay attention to context

Can you see how one technique leads to another? The simple and short words and phrases are understandable from context. So, pay attention to what happens. Who are the characters? What are they wearing? Where are they at? Some words have a way of jumping and sticking with you and those will be the words that will help you most in communication. They are familiar; you know when to use them and how to pronounce them.

你能看出來一個方法如果衍生出另外一個？簡短的詞語和短語很容易通過上下文來理解。所以，留心正在發(fā)生的事件。誰是主要角色？他們的穿著是什么樣子的？他們在哪里？一些單詞會出現(xiàn)在你面前并跟隨著你，這些詞將對你的溝通交流幫助最大。他們看起來很眼熟，你知道何時使用它們并如何發(fā)音。

Use subtitles in the target language

Hearing the words combined with seeing them is one of the oldest and most productive language learning techniques. Luckily for you, it is easy to do when watching movies by turning on the subtitles. Using subtitles in English see what happens. You get to hear and see the words, you can fix them in a context and understand them without translating to your native language. How great is that?

一邊聽單詞的發(fā)音一遍看它們?nèi)绾螘鴮?，這是一種最古老，但也最有成效的語言學(xué)習(xí)方法。幸運的是，現(xiàn)在看電影時打開字幕是件很方便的件事情。使英語字幕，看看會發(fā)生什么。你能同時聽見并看到單詞，你可以將它們固定在一個意境中理解它們的意思，而不要將它們翻譯成你的母語。這么做是不是很棒？

Identify “double-meaning” phrases

Last but not least, the fifth technique is to identify the words and phrases that seem ordinary, but that also imply something else when used in a certain context. As in English, or any language, you can find words that are used to imply more than one meaning. These kind of phrases are sometimes hard to translate and they might get lost in translation. If you translate them word-by-word, they might not mean much in your native language, but you can find their meaning in the target language by examining their usage.

最后一點，第五個方法是識別那些看似普通、但在一定語境中有隱含意義的單詞或者短語。就像在英語中，或其他任何語言，你能找到許多含義至少超過一種的單詞。這一類的短語有時候很難翻譯，它們在翻譯的過程中可能就被忽略了。如果你是逐字逐句翻譯，它們可能在你的母語中沒有什么含義，但是通過查找它們的用法你會發(fā)現(xiàn)它們在目標(biāo)語言中的意思。