Hello, everybody. I have a question for you. How do you learn English with movies?
哈囉，大家。我有個問題要問你們。你們都怎麼看電影學英文的？
When some people try to learn English with movies, they use subtitles. The problem is that when you're watching a movie with subtitles, you aren't practicing your listening skills. Instead, you're practicing your reading skills. This is not what you want. Listening is much more difficult than reading. So when you learn English, you should do more listening than reading.
有些想要用電影學英文的人會運用字幕學習。問題就是，如果電影有字幕，你就不是在訓練聽力能力了。你這樣是在訓練閱讀能力。這不是你想要的。聽力比閱讀難多了。所以你學英文的時候，比起閱讀練習，應該多做點聽力練習。
This is why some people watch movies twice. They watch a movie with subtitles first, then they watch the same movie again without the subtitles to practice listening. Now, this is an effective way to improve your listening, but I think it's really boring to watch movies twice. So personally, I never use this approach; it's not for me.
這就是為什麼有的人會同一部電影看兩次。他們先看一次有字幕的電影，然後再看一次沒有字幕的版本，用這種方式來練習聽力。這是個可以讓聽力進步的有效方式，但我覺得同一部電影看兩次很無趣。所以我自己從來不用這個方法；我不喜歡這個方法。
So today, I want to share with you a new approach. This approach is pretty effective in improving your listening and vocabulary. And with this approach, you don't have to watch movies twice. Are you ready to learn about this approach? Here's what it is: watching movies with delayed subtitles.
所以今天我想要跟大家分享一個新方法。這個方法可以非常有效地讓你的聽力和字彙量大幅進步。用這個方法也不用同一部電影看兩次。準備好要學學這個新方法了嗎？就是這個：看電影時用延遲字幕。
To use this approach, you need a movie player that can delay subtitles. Now, before you watch a movie, turn on the English subtitles and then delay the subtitles for about two seconds. This will make the subtitles appear two seconds later than usual. Let me show you a movie clip so that you know what it's like to watch a movie with delayed subtitles.
如果要用這個方法，你就需要一個能夠播放延遲字幕的播放器。在看電影之前，打開英文字幕，然後讓字幕延遲大約兩秒。這樣就可以讓字幕比平常慢兩秒出現。我放個電影片段給你們看，這樣你們就會知道用延遲字幕是什麼感覺了。
Harry, what happened?
哈利，發生什麼事了？
He was their friend...and he betrayed them. He was their friend! I hope he finds me. Because when he does, I'm gonna be ready. When he does, I'm gonna kill him!
他是他們的朋友...後來他背叛了他們。他是他們的朋友!我倒希望他找到我。因為他找到我的時候，我就準備好了。他找到我的時候，我就要把他殺了!
So, what do you need to do when watching a movie this way? Well, it's simple. First of all, when you hear an actor speaks, try to listen with full attention. Don't worry that you may not understand; you can read the subtitles later when they appear. Now, if you can understand the actor, then don't look at the subtitles. Read the subtitles only if you don't understand. If the actor is talking really fast, if you feel like you need more time to read, you can pause the movie before you read the subtitles.
那用這種方式看電影的話，需要做些什麼呢？很簡單。首先，聽到演員說話的時候，試著全神貫注聽。不用擔心自己可能會聽不懂；等一下字幕出現就可以看了。那如果你聽得懂演員在說什麼，就不用看字幕了。只有在你聽不懂的時候才能看字幕。如果演員語速非常快，如果你覺得需要更多時間看字幕，你可以在看字幕之前先把電影暫停。
Now, let me show you another movie clip. This time, try not to read the subtitles unless you don't understand. Are you ready? Here we go.
那我再給你看另外一個電影片段。這次，試著不要看字幕，除非你聽不懂。準備好了嗎？開始吧。
What's going on with you and, uh...Bryce Loski?
你們怎麼樣了，妳跟，呃...Bryce Loski？
What do you mean? Nothing.
什麼意思？我們沒怎麼樣。
Oh, okay. My mistake.
喔，好。我的錯。
Why would you even think that?
為什麼你會這麼想？
No reason. Just that you talk about him all the time.
沒什麼。只是因為妳一直講到他。
I do?
我有嗎？
Mm-hmm.
有。
I don't know. I guess it's something about his eyes. Or maybe his smile.
我不知道。我猜可能是因為他的眼睛。或是因為他的笑容。
How did you do? Were you able to understand the clip without reading the subtitles? If you had to read the subtitles, that's okay. For most English students, movies are really difficult to understand. In fact, even native speakers have trouble understanding movies sometimes. So in the beginning, you might have to read subtitles almost all the time. That's okay. Listening is a very difficult skill to improve, so make sure you practice a lot and do it regularly, and over time, your listening and your vocabulary will get better.
練習得怎麼樣？你可以不看字幕就理解這段電影嗎？如果你還是需要看字幕，那也沒關係。對大部分的英語學習者來說，要看懂電影很難。事實上，有時候英語母語人士要理解電影也不容易。所以剛開始的時候，你可能得每次都看字幕。這是沒關係的。聽力要進步其實很困難，所以務必要大量且規律練習，漸漸地，你的聽力會越來越好，字彙量也會增加。
All right. That was an overview of how to learn English with movies. If you want to start using this technique, there's some additional information you might need to know first. So if you want to learn more, click here to go to my website to learn more.
好啦。這就是怎麼用電影學英文的概述。如果你想要開始用這個方法，還有些額外的資訊你可能應該先知道。所以如果你想了解更多的話，就點這裡到我的網站了解更多資訊吧。
