苗淑華

One of the students has an important question. He wants to know how to improve his listening. He wants to know what the best way is.

一位學(xué)生提了一個重要問題，他想知道如何提高聽力，最好的方法是什么。

Our teacher says， “Good listening skills are very important for communication2. If you dont know what people are saying， it will be difficult for you to speak with them. There are a lot of materials on the Internet for students of English. Some students may have a problem with finding the right listening materials for them. Lets have a look at what you should listen to.

我們老師說：“良好的聽力技巧對于溝通非常重要。如果你不知道別人在說什么，你很難與他們交談?；ヂ?lián)網(wǎng)上有很多針對英語學(xué)生的資料。有些學(xué)生可能在尋找適合他們的聽力材料時遇到問題。讓我們來看看你應(yīng)該聽些什么。

There are two kinds of materials which you can listen to. You can listen to some audio or watch a film. These are quite different materials and there are also different rules to use them.

你可以聽兩種類型的材料。你可以聽音頻，也可以看電影。這些材料完全不同，使用的方法也不同。

When you listen to some audio3， you should know 95% of the words or more. If the audio has a lot of new words， read the text first if possible4 and make sure you know all of them.

收聽某些音頻時，你應(yīng)該聽懂其中95%或更多的單詞。如果音頻中包含很多新單詞，請盡可能先閱讀文本，并確保你認(rèn)識所有單詞。

When you practise listening， you also practise getting information5 from a spoken language. Dont try to learn new words. Of course， sometimes you can learn new words， but it is not what you want. When you listen， try your best to get information from spoken English.

練習(xí)聽力時，要練習(xí)從口語中獲取信息，不會試著學(xué)習(xí)新單詞。當(dāng)然，有時你可以學(xué)習(xí)新單詞，但這不是主要目標(biāo)。在聆聽時，請盡量從口語中獲取信息。

It is important to use materials at your level6 of English.

使用符合你本身英語水平的材料，是非常重要的。

When you have such a book with the audio recording7， read the book first. And then listen to the recording at home or when you travel. You can also visit some websites8 with recording if you like listening to the news.

買到帶有音頻錄音的書籍時，請先進行閱讀，然后在家中或旅行時聽錄音。如果你喜歡聽新聞，也可以訪問一些有錄音的網(wǎng)站。

The second type of materials for listening practice is films and videos9. These are also great. You can start using them when you know 2，000 words in English or more.

可以用來練習(xí)聽力的第二種材料是電影和視頻，這些也很棒。當(dāng)你認(rèn)識2，000或更多個英語單詞時，便可以開始使用它們。

This is what you should do with a film. Watch it for the first time with subtitles10 so that you can know what the film is about. Then watch the film without subtitles. If you like the film very much， you can watch it more than once. When you watch one film many times， with every view， you will learn more.

這就是看電影的正確方式。第一次觀看帶有字幕的影片，這樣你可以了解電影的內(nèi)容。然后，觀看沒有字幕的電影。如果你非常喜歡這部電影，則可以多次觀看。當(dāng)你多次觀看一部電影時，每一次重看你都會學(xué)到新東西。

You should listen more than 30 minutes a day. The more you listen， the faster you will know more words.

每天至少要聽30分鐘。聽得越多，你就會越快理解更多單詞。

When listening， you should always look at what you already know， even if it is just 10% at the beginning. It is very easy to demotivate11 yourself by what you dont know yet. Look at what you already know. Be happy for every new sentence you have known.

聆聽時，即使一開始只有10%，也應(yīng)該看一下你已經(jīng)理解的內(nèi)容。因為那些不了解的部分，很容易導(dǎo)致你失去動力?？纯匆呀?jīng)認(rèn)識的，你會為你已經(jīng)理解的每個新句子感到高興。

Listening is the easiest way to learn. You dont have to do anything. You just listen. ”

聽力是最簡單的學(xué)習(xí)方式。你無需做任何事情，只用聽就行了?！?/p>