AEE 32: Double Your English-learning Power with a Great Study Tip

这是《All Ears English》播客第32期。

This is an All Ears English podcast episode 32.

一个实用的学习技巧，让你的英语进步翻倍。

Double your English learning power with a great study tip.

欢迎收听《All Ears English》播客，在这里你将真正听到母语者的自然对话，提升商务和生活中的英语流利度。

Welcome to the All Ears English podcast where you'll finally get real native English conversation and fluency for business and life.

我们相信，学英语的关键在于交流，而不是完美。

We believe in connection, not perfection when it comes to learning English.

接下来是你们的主持人——英语冒险家林赛·麦马洪，和纽约电台女孩米歇尔·卡普兰，她们从波士顿和纽约为大家带来本期节目。

Now here are your hosts, Lindsay McMahon, the English adventurer, and Michelle Kaplan, the New York radio girl coming to you from Boston and New York City, USA.

在这一期里，林赛和奥布里会分享她们的独家秘诀：在咖啡馆、餐厅，甚至公园里，如何轻松提升英语。

In this episode, Lindsay and Aubrey show you their top tip for how to work on your English while you're at a cafe or restaurant or even in the park.

今天听听这个简单又特别的学习方法吧。

Listen in for an easy and unique study tip today.

奥布里，今天过得怎么样？

Aubrey, how's it going today?

我很好。

I am great.

你呢？

How are you?

棒极了。

Awesome.

能和你一起上节目，我特别兴奋。

I'm so excited to be on the mic with you.

各位，如果你是刚发现这个节目，现在就赶紧点关注。

Guys, if you have just discovered All Ears English, make sure that you hit follow right now.

为什么呀，奥布里？

Why should they do that, Aubrey?

天哪。

Oh, man.

我们每周更新四期，每期都特别轻松实用。

We have four episodes every week, and they're such quick wins.

对吧？

Right?

没错。

Yes.

你们应该也注意到，有些播客动辄好几个小时。

You guys have seen there are some podcasts that are hours and hours and hours.

你可能没那么多时间听那种。

You might not have time for that.

但这些短节目你肯定有时间听。

You do have time for these.

对吧？

Right?

所以一定要关注All Ears English，别错过任何一期。

So definitely subscribe All Ears English so that you'd never miss an episode.

太棒了。

Love it.

所以，奥布里，你花了很多时间学语言吧。

So, Aubrey, you've spent a lot of time learning languages.

光听你的口音，就能看出你法语说得挺流利的。

I mean, I could tell from your accent that you're pretty fluent in French.

是这样吗？

Is that right?

是的。

Yes.

没错。

Correct.

我的法语很流利。

I'm fluent in French.

在生双胞胎之前，我曾经教过大学法语，后来太忙就停了。

I taught college French for a while before I had twins and was too busy to do that.

我之前教过英语和法语，现在也在学西班牙语，特别喜欢。

So I taught English and French, and I'm learning Spanish as well, which I love.

太棒了。

Awesome.

对。

Yeah.

没错。

Yeah.

那你呢？

What about you?

我很好奇。

I'm very curious.

你会说哪些语言？

What languages do you speak?

天哪。

Oh my gosh.

好吧。

Okay.

所以我学过日语。

So I have learned Japanese.

我住在日本的时候，专门学过日语。

I when I lived in Japan, I studied Japanese.

我参加了那个著名的外国人日语考试，顺利通过了我目标的那个等级。

I took the the famous test for, you know, foreigners, and I did pass at that level I was going for.

但现在呢，如果不经常用，语言真的很容易丢掉。

But now, you know, it's so sad if we don't maintain our languages.

我也会一点法语，但远谈不上流利。

I've learned French, definitely not fluent.

我最熟练的是西班牙语，不过现在退步得很快。

And I am more most fluent in Spanish, but I'm losing it quickly.

连口音都快没了。

Like, my accent's going away.

真的挺让人遗憾的，

It's very,

真的很可惜。

very sad.

你得经常用才行。

You have to use it.

这一点特别重要，听这个播客的朋友们，你们都明白吧。

That's such a good It's everyone like listening to this podcast, you guys are aware of that.

你们之所以听这种播客，就是这个原因。

That's why you're listening to a podcast like this.

如果你不听、不用，语言就会慢慢丢掉。

If you don't listen to it, if you don't use it, it goes away.

真是太遗憾了。

It's so sad.

所以我们才在这里。

And that's why we're here.

在这档节目里，我们经常分享一些高效学语言的建议，因为我们自己都有过学语言的经历，知道哪些方法真的有效。

You know, on this show, guys, we like to give you tips on how to learn best because we all have this experience in learning languages, and we know what works.

今天我们要给你们一个听起来有点奇怪的建议。

And today, we're gonna give you one tip that may sound a little weird.

我们这档节目里的些建议本来就有点古怪。

Some of our tips are kinda strange on this show.

比如几期之前，我们聊过，你可以打电话给客服来练习英语。

Like, a few episodes ago, we talked about how you should call customer service to practice your English.

这主意是有点怪，但真的管用。

It's kinda weird, but it works.

确实有效。

It does work.

对。

Yeah.

那今天我们要推荐给听众的这个奇怪建议是什么呢？

So today, what is that weird tip that we're gonna offer our listeners?

我们的建议是，换个地方学习。

Our tip is that you should change the place where you study.

去个有意思的地方。

Go somewhere interesting.

去咖啡馆，这里有个奇怪的地方——你可以偷听周围人聊天，就当是听力练习。

Go to a cafe, and this is the weird part, is that you can eavesdrop and just listen to the conversations of people around you.

没错。

Exactly.

你房间背景一片安静，干嘛非得在那儿学呢？

And so why would you study in your room when there's nothing in the background?

我们把书和学习材料带到咖啡馆，周围的一切就都成了学习素材。

So when we bring our books and our stuff to a cafe, now your material is what's around you.

你身后那张桌子是干嘛的？

Is the table behind you?

这叫偷听。

It's eavesdropping.

偷听是什么意思？

What does eavesdropping mean?

就是听身边人说话的意思。

It means to listen to the conversations near you.

在美国做这件事特别容易，因为人们说话往往声音很大。

This is very easy to do in The United States because people often speak very loudly.

是的。

Yeah.

他们经常不太顾及旁边桌的人，可能并不想听他们的对话。

They're not always really considerate of the person at the next table who might not want to hear their conversation.

但这个技巧正合适，你不用刻意，就能很清楚地听到他们的谈话。

But for this tip, that's perfect because without making it obvious, you're going to be able to hear their conversation very clearly.

对。

Yeah.

顺便说一下，这个词我们这档节目里聊过几次怎么拼写。

And this this word, by the way, we talk a little bit about spelling on this show.

拼法真的很奇怪。

It's it's very weirdly spelled.

对吧？

Right?

我们拼成 e-a-v-e-s，然后加 drop。

We spell it e a v e s, drop.

Eavesdrop。

Eavesdrop.

所以，奥布里，你住在比利时的时候，对吧？

And so, Aubrey, when you were living in Belgium, right?

是的。

Yes.

没错。

Yes.

你有没有这么做过？

Did you do this?

我的天，别开玩笑了。

I mean, come on.

我确实这么做过。

I totally did.

你肯定也这么干过。

You probably did it.

我确实这么做过。

I totally did.

我会去网吧。

I would go to an Internet cafe.

那是很久以前的事了，那时候大多数人家里还没有网络。

This was a little while ago where people most people didn't have Internet in their homes.

所以我常去一家咖啡馆，那里能上网发邮件给家人朋友，我总在偷听旁边喝咖啡的人聊天，就是想多听点法语。

And so I would go to this cafe where I could email, my family and friends, and I was always eavesdropping on the conversations of people who were there drinking coffee because I just wanted to hear more French.

在比利时，至少很多时候你听到的对话都是弗拉芒语。

And often in Belgium, at least, a lot of the conversations you would hear would be in Flemish.

所以我得主动点，专门挑那些说着法语的人旁边坐。

And so I had to kind of proactively like, I would proactively sit near someone that I could hear was speaking French.

所以我当时是有意在偷听。

So I was very intentionally eavesdropping.

是的。

Yeah.

我特别喜欢这样。

That's I love that.

其实我也这么干过。

I mean and I've done it too.

在日本的时候，我经常在餐厅这么做。

In Japan, I used to do this whenever I was, I guess, at a restaurant.

坐火车的时候倒不多，因为在日本的火车上，人们一般不太说话。

Not so much on the train because in Japan, on the train, people don't talk a lot.

要么戴耳机，要么看杂志，要么就睡着了。

They either have headphones on or they're reading a magazine or they're sleeping.

大部分时间都是这样。

Honestly, that is the most of the time.

对。

Mhmm.

但取决于你在哪里，比如在纽约市，坐地铁时这么做其实是很好的学习方式。

But depending on where you are, if you're in New York City, doing this on the train would be a great way to study.

是的。

Yeah.

没错。

Exactly.

因为如果两个朋友坐在一起，他们很可能会聊天。

Because if two friends are together, they're probably going to be chatting.

一个人的话，通常还是戴着耳机听音乐。

Someone alone will still just be listening, you know, to their AirPods.

但在地铁上，如果两个人在聊天，你就挨着他们坐。

But, on the train, if two people are chatting, just sit next to them.

他们根本不在意。

They don't care.

是的

Yeah.

完全没错

Completely.

我的意思是，这其实完全是免费的

I mean, so this is actually it's free.

很简单

It's simple.

很容易，而且我们人类本来就已经在这么做了

It's easy, and we already kinda do it as human beings.

我有时候也会这么做

I kinda do this sometimes.

我只是对人感兴趣

I'm just interested in people.

我觉得人类天生就对别人感兴趣

I think human beings are interested in other people.

所以我们其实想知道别人生活里都在发生什么，看看他们的生活是怎样的，或者我自己到底在做什么？

So we kinda wanna know what's going on in people's lives and get a barometer of what's their life like, or what am I doing?

我在世界上是个什么样的人？

Who am I in the world?

对吧？

Right?

我们是通过跟别人比较来了解自己的。

How we know is by comparison to other people.

所以我们要你做的，就是用你的第二语言来做这件事。

So all we're asking you to do is do this in your second language.

对吧？

Right?

没错。

Exactly.

当然。

Yep.

而这里你能听到真正母语者自然的对话，说实话，很多播客都是照着稿子念的。

And this is where you're going to hear real native natural conversation because honestly, a lot of podcasts are scripted.

你可能已经注意到这一点了。

You you maybe have noticed that.

比如觉得这人像是在朗读。

Like, oh, it sounds like this person's reading.

这种情况真的很常见。

That does happen a lot.

但我们不会。

We don't.

我们从不提前写稿。

We don't script these.

但很多人会，所以他们的对话听起来不够自然，语速也没那么快，不像母语者平时说话那样。

But a lot of people do, and so it's not as native natural, maybe not as fast as natives really talk.

所以当你在偷听的时候，听到的就是母语者真实自然的对话。

So when you're eavesdropping, that's a native natural conversation.

这就是一个人用他们平时说话的方式在讲英语。

That's someone speaking English just like they do in their normal life.

他们不会为了让你听懂而放慢语速。

They're not slowing down for you to understand.

他们会用上各种各样的词汇。

They're using all kinds of vocabulary.

所以这是听这种自然对话的好地方。

So it's a great place to overhear that.

是的。

Yeah.

就算你没听懂每个词也没关系。

And don't worry if you don't get every word.

重点不在这儿。

That is not the point.

这是在训练你的耳朵，而且完全免费。

It's tuning your ear to things and learning for free.

对吧？

Right?

我的意思是，我们平时就是这么做的。

I mean, this is how we do it.

对吧？

Right?

所以，这就是今天给你的建议，奥布里。

So, I mean, that's really the tip for today, Aubrey.

你还有什么想对听众说的吗？

Any final takeaway for our listeners?

我很好奇其他文化里是不是这样，因为作为美国人，住在美国，这根本不是什么禁忌。

Well, I'm so curious about this in other cultures because as an American, someone living in The United States, this is not a taboo.

对吧？

Right?

如果有人坐我旁边，我能感觉到他们在听我聊天，我完全不在意。

If someone is kind of sitting near me and I can sort of tell they're overhearing my conversation, I'm not worried about it.

我觉得这对他们或我来说都不算尴尬。

I don't think that's embarrassing for them or me.

我绝不会站起来走开。

Would never get up and leave.

但我很好奇，在其他文化里是不是也这样。

But I am curious if in other cultures that is the case.

所以对你们听众来说，这挺有意思的，取决于你们身在世界哪个地方，你们应该都清楚。

So it would be interesting for you listening, depending on where you are in the world, you probably know.

你在哪儿生活，如果感觉到别人有那种反应，比如觉得应该隔两个座位才合适，之类的。

You know wherever you're living, if you get that feeling from people, oh, you know, I should, leave two seats between me between people or or whatever the case.

对吧？

Right?

所以一定要留意文化差异。

So definitely sort of be aware of the culture.

不妨问问当地几个native，看看如果别人觉得你坐得太近，好像在偷听，他们会怎么想。

Maybe talk to a few natives and ask them like, would this be strange for people if they felt like I was sitting close enough to listen?

我可以告诉你，在美国，这并不奇怪。

I can tell you in The United States, it's not.

你可以在美国这样做。

You can do that in The

在美国。

United States.

这并不奇怪。

It's not weird.

对，确实是这样。

And yeah.

没错。

Exactly.

这确实跟文化背景有很大关系。

This is very cultural potentially.

尽量把范围放宽一些。

And keep it broad.

对吧？

Right?

你就那么坐着。

You're just kinda sitting there.

你听的不只是一个对话，可能是好几个对话同时进行。

You're listening not just to one conversation, maybe multiple conversations.

而且你也不是真要去跟踪他们，

And it's not like you're gonna follow them and

没错。

Right.

不会的。

No.

去盯着他们，那种事我们说的不是这个。

Stalk them and, know, that kind of thing.

我们说的不是

We're not talking about

就是这个。

that.

对吧？

Right?

没错，就是这样。

You just Yeah.

这纯粹是听力输入。

It's this is purely input.

这是一种自然的输入方式，我们都想通过这种方式提高英语水平。

It's just natural input that we we all wanna get to get better at English.

我特别喜欢这种方式。

I love it.

所以，大家如果试过这种方法，告诉我们一声。

So, guys, let us know if you've tried this.

有点奇怪，但确实有效。

It's a little weird, but it does work.

我们都见过这种情况。

We've both seen it.

下一集里，我们会聊聊什么时候开始学英语最合适。

And in the next episode, guys, we're gonna talk about when is the best time to start studying English.

记得马上看下一集，并关注All Ears English。

So make sure you go immediately to the very next episode and follow All Ears English.

是吧，奥布里？

Right, Aubrey?

是的。

Yes.

没错。

Exactly.

好的。

Alright.

下次见。

I'll see you next time.

好的。

Alright.

保重。

Take care.

再见。

Bye.

再见。

Bye.

感谢收听《All Ears English》。

Thanks for listening to All Ears English.

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下次见。

See you next time.