BBC英语教学专家：最适合中国人的英语学习法
BBC英语教学专家：最适合中国人英语学习方法
主持人：各位优习网友，大家下午好！非常欢迎大家来到优习教育直播间。今天我非常荣幸邀请到从伦敦远道而来的三位嘉宾作客我们直播间，为我们广大优习网友共同讨论一下英语(论坛)学习的方法。
我分别介绍一下三位嘉宾：爱丽森，她是BBC英语教学部中国组主编；Finn，他是BBC英语教学部中文组节目制作人；冯菲菲，BBC英语教学部中国组项目主管，之前也担任过双语节目制作人。
非常欢迎三位来到我们直播间，跟广大网友分享一下英语学习的方法。想请先谈谈BBC英语教学部有什么特色。
爱丽森：其实我们组的一大特点就是我们虽然是一个世界最大的广播媒体，但是我们这个部门，尤其是我们这个组，我们还对英语教学，尤其是对中国的这些听友们的英语教学方面有我们独特的方法和见解的。
Finn：我们节目是多媒体，包括音频的节目，还有新推出一个视频系列，我们希望可以是包罗万象的，各种话题都可以用到我们节目里头。
主持人：现在广大网友在我们网上也可以看到跟Finn合作的专栏，大部分是音频合作的节目，将来可以发展成视频节目，是吗？
冯菲菲：我们现在有一个视频的，即将会跟大家见面。
Finn：对，我介绍一下。我们即将要推出的这个新的系列，叫《英语小机灵》，探讨的是中式英语。我相信我们网友也经常会遇到一些中式英语，就是在学习英语过程中遇到这些问题小问题。我们会探讨一些常见问题，这是组合了演员跟动画，在视觉方面比较创新。
主持人：在BBC博客上，我们之前也看到过一些展示短片，网友也有看到，将来也会陆续推出。
Finn：对。
冯菲菲：我们还有一个新的栏目，叫商务英语，接下来几个月当中会陆续推出，大家也可以通过优习和BBC合作的页面看到这个新推出的商务英语系列，和Finn 讲的《英语小机灵》是一起推出的。
主持人：商务英语侧重哪些方面呢？
冯菲菲：我们也收到一些听友的来信，说我们英文栏目做的能不能符合一些商务人士对于英语的表达，所以我们这个节目是比较与时俱进的，也希望大家看一看，告诉我们一些反馈。
主持人：就是针对职场的白领人士和正在工作的网友们，提供一些高端英语。
冯菲菲：是。
网友：电影能提高英文的听说能力，但不看字幕根本听不懂，如何提高英文的听力呢？
Finn：我补充一下。重复也是蛮重要的，比如可以第一次听，第一次看，第二次就不要了，可以先熟悉一下，不要给自己太大压力，慢慢来。
爱丽森：看字幕没有什么不好的，我用自己的一个例子来说，我自己在看一个美国电视剧，现在国内应该也会有，我看这个的时候，讲的都是美式英语，里面一些短语和词语可能我们也不熟悉，英国人可能不经常用的，我也会把字幕放出来。所以中国网友看电视剧或者电影的时候，也可以把字幕放上，但你要知道这个字幕是帮助你理解内容的，不要忘记自己的耳朵，边听边看这样就好。
主持人：所以学习英语，文化背景也非常重要，在BBC节目当中也有一些英国当地文化的介绍，做这些东西的时候你们是如何取材的呢？
爱丽森：首先我们介绍的这两个节目，一个叫《英国问答》，另外一个叫《你问我答》，这两个节目问题的取材是来自于网友的，如果网友通过比如QQ这个页面，大家看到了《英国问答》，对生活、文化各方面有问题，可以发一封邮件给我们，我们会仔细选取比较适合我们节目的这些题目，有趣这些题目，我们会在节目当中找一些专家，或者是找一些比较了解问题答案的相关人士来回答这些问题。同时，如果可能的话，把大家的问题用声音的方式记录下来，然后传给我们，或者我们从伦敦录一下这个声音，最后会把这个问题录下来的声音放在我们节目当中播出，大家也可以在我们节目中听到自己的声音。《你问我答》也是一样的，和《英国问答》的区别是，《你问我答》回答的是英语语法，英语学习过程当中的问题，《英国问答》是回答生活文化方面的问题。
主持人：关心这些热门话题的网友，他们可以把自己想要的，想知道的一些话题都发给你们，你们可能在中间选取最好的，然后回答他们。
冯菲菲：是。
主持人：大家可以通过优习合作的BBC专栏中介绍到的邮箱，把你们关心的话题发给BBC专家们。刚才说到了《你问我答》中主要是语法的问题，在英语学习中，语法的确是最困扰大家最严重的问题，英语语法方面你们有什么建议给我们的网友。
爱丽森：学习语法是一个非常非常让人头疼的问题，几乎没有一个人喜欢学习语法，一般大家是被逼无奈，都得学习它。我学习过波兰语，我觉得波兰语的语法就是非常难的，因为这种事情也是一个熟练的过程。现在写博客是一件非常时尚的事情，几乎都有自己的博客，如果你在写自己博客的时候，比如今天学了一个新短语，或者新句型，可以试着在自己博客里面写一下，比如今天学习了现代完成时，就可以想办法在博客里面加一句现代完成时的句子，主要是多练习。
Finn：语法本身，不应该说是枯燥无味，但我知道没有很多人喜欢它。
冯菲菲：不要把它当做一个枯燥无味的东西。还有一点，不要专门去学语法。我觉得最基础的一些规则是应该掌握，应该了解的，但是在真正你使用过程当中不要脑子里想总着这句话是不是说的对，这句话应该使用一些什么时态、语法，我们说听说读写，说的时候就会上去，语法也会慢慢跟上的。
主持人：就是说不要死记硬背。
Finn：当成一个自己熟悉的东西，多培养语感，这是最关键的。
主持人：除了语法，还有一个最重要的问题就是记单词，对于很多中国学生来说，单词记了又忘，忘了又记，反反复复的过程。BBC上面有一个“单词大师”这样的内容，大家每天都可以练习，记几个单词。记单词方面各位有什么好的建议吗？
爱丽森：最好的一个方法是大家不要太对自己有信心，过多的信心，一天试图记一个百词或者两百个词，这是不太现实的。好像有这样一个说法，每个人每天记六个单词应该是最大的一个量了。你每天学习到的新单词，应该尽量找合适的方法，比如博客，或者跟朋友交谈当中，尽快地在较短时间内使用你学习的单词。这是比较好的记单词的方法。
Finn：我还有一个建议，最近语言学家有推出一个新的理论，就是编一个小故事给自己，帮助你记住这个单词的意思，比如我学中文的时候，我中文跟英文也是差的很远，比如“喜欢”这个词，喜欢的“喜”有点像英文的“See”，欢是西班牙语一个男孩子的名字。我编了一个小故事，我看见了欢，喜欢他，也是有一个逻辑性在里面。这些小故事只要你自己记得，讲给别人听他不一定懂，但可以用这个联想。
主持人：用一个单词想象一个故事，帮助自己记住。
冯菲菲：对于Finn来说这个比较好，因为一般他的想象力比较丰富，我这样的人就不行。（笑）我要是想这些故事的话，可能故事也忘了，单词也忘了。我学英文是上初一开始学的，记单词好像不是那么痛苦的一件事情，有一个好方法，我们中学生，或者大学生上英文课，老师都会让大家读课文，或者把几个重点的句子写在黑板上，我觉得这个过程当中先不要看这个词到底怎么拼写的，主要先听老师是怎么念这个生词的，如果在最短时间内，一分钟之内，两分钟之内，重复一个单词，就对这个单词了解了，也知道怎么说了，大部分单词我是靠语音来拼写的，当然英文里面有一些不规则的单词拼写会不一样，这个需要多看一些，这个单词是超出拼写规则的，其他的，只要你语音正确，过一段时间，我觉得三五年学习之后，背单词应该不会变成最困扰大家的问题。
Finn：听说读写不是分开的技巧，背单词的时候也要背它的声音，我最近在学日语，觉得蛮难的，我买一个小CD，做饭、打扫都会听，这样就变成了潜意识，你脑子里就会有一个东西在那里，就扎根了。
主持人：多听，有的时候记单词得根据它的发音来记。
Finn：有些是积极的，有些反而是可以被动的学习。
主持人：另外还有一个就是“说”的问题，中国现在从小学就已经开始学英语了，学到大学，十来年一直在学习英语，但他们见到外国人还是躲躲闪闪的，一直不敢说。很多人说中国人说英语是哑巴英语，可能考试分数很高，但就是说不出来，对于这样你们有什么好办法？
爱丽森：我们说越不说就越不说，觉得自己长不开口的情况下，也要尽量强迫自己，能说一句是一句。虽然我们不是每个人都能有外国朋友，或者外国同学、同事来一起练英文，但有很多方法大家可以使用，来帮助自己张开嘴。虽然大家都是中国人，我们也可以一起说说英语，练一练句型，虽然刚开始挺傻的，但慢慢的就习惯了。另外现在网上也有很多聊天工具，但是不需要面对面来说，也可以通过聊天室，互联网给我们提供的这样一个便利条件，来跟讲英文母语这样的人来练习。
Finn：就是要创造一个练习的机会和环境。
主持人：但可能很多人有心里障碍，觉得说不出口，怕丢人或者是…
Finn：或者是没有朋友。其实也可以跟自己说话，虽然更傻一点。（笑）
冯菲菲：不傻，但有点疯。（笑）
Finn：疯的地步了。拿一张纸，念出来，让你的舌头和嘴巴的肌肉就可以习惯创造这些声音，也是一个练习。虽然跟对方说话是最理想的，但一个人练习也是可以的。
冯菲菲：其实我觉得刚开始学习的时候，自己跟自己说话挺好的，不一定非要说出声，比如在路上走着，自己跟自己大声说话，旁边人可能觉得挺奇怪的，但可以自己想。我记得我上学的时候，我脑子里就想这句话怎么跟老师说。比如我第一次用英文打电话的时候，有一天我们在做英语角活动，我们这个老师说外教还没来，我当时就想应该怎么说，因为这是第一次，没有使用过这个场景下的语言，所以脑子里肯定想了很多方法。我记得我当时接起电话，我说我是谁谁谁，他说你要找谁。我就想怎么说啊，跟我预计的不一样，有点愣神，但回头想这句话怎么说，第二次就会很好。第一次就是张开嘴那一瞬间，主要是克服第一次的恐惧感，克服那个之后，以后慢慢慢慢你就是一个熟能生巧的过程。
Finn：脑子需要不断的锻炼和培养。像我最近在学日语，我是喜欢这种被动的学习方式，最近听了几个对话，很简单，“这个事情很重要，是吗？”刚好有机会用到这个日文句子，就是跟日本朋友交谈的时候，这句话就脱颖而出，我不是故意要说出来。（笑）
主持人：这句话已经在脑子里面形成了。
Finn：对。
主持人：经常的练习，多说多练，克服你的心里恐惧对提高你的口语还是非常有帮助的。说到BBC英语教学的页面上还有一个非常受广大网友欢迎的就是《随身英语》，《随身英语》主要介绍的是一些什么样的话题，你们怎么选材？
爱丽森：我们这个《随身英语》，我们选的这些话题都是非常具有实时性的，就是最近全世界人关注的话题，或者刚刚发生了一件什么大事，我们首先选取这样的题材。接下来就是我们一般选的题目和话题，跟中国广大网友、听友应该是比较密切的，或者能引起作为一个中国人共鸣的话题。所以我们一般是选择实时性话题，还有能引起中国网友喜爱的话题。具体怎么来做呢。
Finn，BBC英语教学部中文组节目制作人
Finn：我在伦敦，我们小组是八个人，其中有五个人是制作人，每个星期都推出一个排班表，如果轮到你做《随身英语》的话，首先要选小短文，写完之后是选图跟写小测试，整个过程可以一天完成。但是多方面的。
冯菲菲：《随身英语》是我们工作量比较大的一个栏目，因为我们节目都是在当天选材，当天做，当天录音，当天上线，所以是从早到晚，这是一个比较忙的过程，从刚开始的选题到开始来写这篇文章，因为这些文章都是我们自己制作人写的，写完这个之后，我们一般会选十个或者二十个对于听友来说比较难的词汇，会翻译成中文，因为《随身英语》，是可以下载下来，带走去做练习题的这些练习题也是我们自己一个一个写出来的。之后我们还要选一些符合这个话题的图片，因为要放上网去，有时候会变大或者变小的这样一个过程，最后还要录音，就是把这个短文录下来，剪成音频的，大家可以听一下怎么发音的，这算是我们工作量比较大的这样一个栏目。我们也觉得大家一直很喜欢这个栏目。
主持人：对，《随身英语》一直是我们网友关注率最高，点击率最高的一个栏目，因为可以随时下载带走听。
冯菲菲：对，是。
主持人：说说《地道英语》吧，因为《地道英语》也是继《随身英语》推出之后我们相继又推出的一个栏目。在里面我是经常发现有一些非常传统的俚语，英国式的说法，平时都没有见过的这样一些短语解释，做这样的栏目你们有没有什么样的一些方法呢。
冯菲菲：这个其实更好玩儿。
爱丽森：我们对于《地道英语》的选材，其实是来自于日常生活当中的原素材，我们说话的时候，在办公室谈话一般是英文来交流。交流过程当中，某人，比
如Finn今天用了一个很好的词，大家听到之后就想赶快把这个词记下来，因为我们一般谈高兴或者开心的时候都不会用到这个词，其实在日常生活中，英文人表示我很高兴的时候，或者我今天遇到一件好事，就会说这个词。
Finn：满足自己的成就。
爱丽森：是，《地道英语》都是随时取材，比如我坐车上班的时候突然想到一个词，进办公室第一件事就是赶快写下来，我们有一个共享文件夹，非常长的一个清单，每次谁想出来一个比较好的俚语词就会填到单子里，以后就会把这些词做成节目，教给大家。
主持人：就是随时取材于生活，每次遇到一个词就会记下来。
冯菲菲：是，这是我们经常用的词。
主持人：但对于学生来说，他们可能并不知道英国人平时口语是什么样子的，而是学的书面语言，所以这些对他们是非常实用的。
冯菲菲：非常实用。我刚刚去的时候，在还没有加入这个部门之前，这个节目其实已经做了很久了，我在看这个网页的时候，我觉得这些单词，在中国不会学到这些单词，但到了英国之后，会发现，你在交谈的时候大家都在使用这些词。可能上年纪的时候用这些词用的比较少。
主持人：年轻人用的比较多。
Finn：对，我们出发点就是这个，在课本里面学不到的东西可以在《地道英语》里面教。
主持人：各位做英语教学节目也是多年，有着非常丰富的经验，在你们这么多年经历中，你们觉得中国学生学英语的最大困扰是什么，他们经常给你们发一些什么样的问题？
爱丽森：我在全世界各地教过多年的书，我觉得中国的这些英语爱好者和英语学习者所犯的错误和遇到地这些问题、困扰，跟全世界各地学习英语的人其实是一样的。我首次来英文的时候，很多人告诉我说，中国学生阅读比较好，语法比较好，听和说是不行，可是我觉得这是全世界所有学习英语的人都有的，不是光中国阅读好、语法好，其实其他学习刚刚学英语的时候也是。我觉得需要努力的说，犯错误不怕，多犯错误才能多学习，才能多长进。亚洲人好像都比较害羞，可能是怕丢面子吧，我当时在伦敦教书的时候，就觉得欧洲，比如意大利人、西班牙人，他们无所谓，也不怕犯错误，很大胆的说，但是相比同班的亚洲这些同学，中国人，比较犯错误，不是很敢说，所以大家需要克服害羞、怕丢面子这一点。
Finn：我很幸运的，这几年都有很多机会来中国，我记得第一次是97年，我遇到的中国人的英文跟现在2009年，进步太多了。我去任何一个地方，他们首先
是用英文欢迎我，以前不会这样子，我自己也可以感觉得到这个进步。还有一点，我们刚才也提到了，我们马上要推出的一个新系列，就是中式英语。也是专门给我们中国网友制作的一个系列，可以帮助他们克服这些常见的问题。
主持人：刚才谈到中国学生跟世界学生没有很多的差别，他们的问题，遇到的一些困扰可能都是一样的，在日常过程中，你们觉得中国学生除了跟国外学生有相同的，还有一些不同的吗，他们和欧洲学生相比起来，哪方面稍微弱一点？就是英语学习方面。
爱丽森：中国学生跟国外学生比，没有哪方面特别弱，或者让大家觉得这是中国人爱犯的问题，还是语音上的问题，因为自己的母语是中文，发音有一些是比较难的，比如A和R，如果同时出现在一个单词里面的话，某些中国学生就觉得这两个字母同时在一个单词上，发音比较困难。主要是发音的问题，别的没有什么。
主持人：最后我请各位专家给我们网友再说一些你们总结性的发言，就是对于英语学习方面如何提高，如何学习。
爱丽森：我觉得来中国这么多次，已经遇到过，还有碰到过的很多讲英文讲的非常非常好的这些朋友们，其他朋友们如果觉得自己英文还不够很好的话，首先要克服的是自己害羞的这一面，因为我们想帮助大家学习好英语，也想用英语跟大家交流，所以这点没有问题。中国人幽默感和英国人挺相似的，如果大家能够把中国人幽默感想方设法的发挥出来，让外国人了解你的幽默感应该会更好。
Finn：学语言，不应该当做什么负担，应该是一个享受的过程，是你喜欢的东西，就会学的更好更快，也会感觉到自己有进步。像我，我是很热爱学习外语的。看一些自己喜欢的题材，这样的话肯定会有助于你学习的过程。
冯菲菲：我觉得他们俩讲的应该是我们BBC英语教学部想告诉大家的，只要大家不要放弃，有什么困难，其实现在有很多方法都可以得到各种各样的帮助，只要认真学习，努力学习，多说多听多练多写，一定能成的。
主持人：非常谢谢大家观看我们今天的节目，更多的信息大家可以登录到优习教育频道BBC英语教学专栏，谢谢各位。
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BBC英语听力：BBC0327 The United Nations has said it'll join a government-led humanitarian mission in Syria this weekend. The UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos said technical staff would accompany the Syrian authorities to observe conditions. She said the visit would include cities which had seen thousands of casualties in anti-government protests. Here's Barbara Plett. 联合国称将于本周在叙利亚加入一支由政府领导的人道主义使团，联合国人道主义负责人Valerie Amos称，技术人员将与叙利亚当局一道观察局势，调查地包括在反政府抗议中伤亡数千人的城市。Barbara Plett报道。 Valerie Amos said UN technical staff would accompany a government-led mission to aid population centres. These include the city of Homs, parts of which were devastated by a month-long government siege, and Deraa, where the uprising against the Syrian regime began a year ago. Members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation will also participate. Ms Amos said the UN officials would observe condition first-hand and gather information on the overall humanitarian situation, but she stressed the urgency of unhindered access to provide emergency care and basic supplies. Valerie Amos说，联合国技术人员将陪同一个由政府主导的使团援助居民点，包括部分地区已被政府军围攻摧残一月之久的胡姆斯市，以及一年前反叙利亚政权起义的发源地德拉市。伊斯兰合作组织成员也将参加进来。Amos说，联合国官员将实地观察情况，收集整个人道主义局势的信息，不过她强调，应立即允许外界的紧急救助和基本物资进入这些地区。 The United States says it remains committed to reconciliation in Afghanistan even though the Taliban has said it's suspending peace talks, which have barely begun. The White House said no end to the conflict in Afghanistan was likely without a political resolution. The Taliban had been talking to the Americans about possibly setting up a political office in Qatar and exchanging a kidnapped American soldier for five Taliban fighters. American sources said the Taliban objected to the idea of involving the Afghan government in the negotiations. A State Department spokeswoman, Victoria Nuland, said Afghans needed to talk to each other. 尽管塔利班称将暂停几近开始的和平对话，美国称将继续为调解阿富汗问题而努力。白宫称如果不采取政治途径，那么阿富汗的冲突永远得不到解决。塔利班已与美国进行对话，讨论在卡塔尔建立政治办公室和将一名被绑架美国士兵交换五名塔利班武装人员的可能性。美国方面称，塔利班反对阿富汗政府涉入协商中，国务院女发言人Victoria Nuland称，塔利班和阿富汗政府应互相进行对话。 "The process that we have been willing to support is one where we facilitate a dialogue, Afghans to Afghans. That's going to take two to tango. They're going to have to decide what they want to do in this regard. We think that if we have Taliban who are willing
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[00:00.00]BBC News with David Austin 戴维德·奥斯丁为你播报BBC新闻。 [00:03.50]The White House says the United States will open direct peace talks with the Taliban in the next few days. 白宫称美国未来几天将与塔利班进行公开的直接和谈。 [00:08.86]The meeting will take place in Qatar where the Afghan rebels have opened a long-awaited first official overseas office. 会议将在卡塔尔举行，阿富汗叛军已在这里设立了被期待已久的首个官方海外办公室。 [00:15.17]However, President Obama sounded a note of caution about the talks. 然而，总统奥巴马对和谈发出警告。 [00:18.76]We don't anticipate this process will be easy or quick, but we must pursue it in parallel with our military approach. 我们认为这个进程不会很容易，也不会很快完成，但我们会在坚持军事途径的同时实施这个进程。 [00:29.26]And we, in the meantime, remain fully committed to our military efforts to defeat al-Qaeda and to support the Afghan National Security Forces. 我们同时还会完全致力于军队的努力打败基地组织，支持阿富汗国家安全部队。 [00:37.19]But the Taliban's spokesman said it had met all the pre-conditions that the US said. 但塔利班发言人称本组织已满足美国之前所说的全部前提条件。 [00:41.89]The Islamic Emirate neither wants to pose harms to other countries from its soil nor will allow anyone to pose a threat to the security of the countries from the soil of Afghanistan. 伊斯兰酋长国既不想从本土对他国构成危害，也不会允许任何人从阿富汗本土对各国的安全构成威胁。 [00:59.01]Paul Adams now looks the way ahead. 保罗·亚当斯报道下面的新闻。 [01:01.55]The Americans say they expect to hold their first formal meeting with Taliban in a couple of days to be followed shortly afterwards by direct talks between the Taliban and members of President Hamid Karzai's High Peace Council. 美国称希望未来几天内与塔利班举行首次正式会议，此前塔利班和总统哈米德·卡尔扎伊的高级和平委员会成员刚刚完成直接对话。 [01:13.72]The talks will succeed, the Americans say, when and if the Taliban finally sever all ties with al-Qaeda end violence and accept the Afghan constitution. 美国人说会谈将会取得成功，前提是塔利班最终切断与基地组织的联系，结束暴力，接受阿富汗宪法。 [01:22.89]Senior administration officials are calling this an important moment but urging caution to, in the words of one, the road towards Afghan reconciliation will be complex and messy. 高级政府官员称这是个重要时机，但同时警告说，通往阿富汗和解之路将是复杂又麻烦的。 [01:34.24]The government in Mali has finally signed a deal with Tuareg separatist rebels to take back control of last major town they occupy in the north. 马里政府终于与图阿雷格部族分裂主义叛军签署协议，收回北部被叛军占领的最后一个重镇的控制权。 [01:43.21]Under the deal, the Malian troops will regain control of Kidal ahead of next month's presidential elections. 根据协议，马里军队将在下月总统选举之前重新控制基达尔。 [01:48.91]Islamist militants together with Tuareg separatists took control of more than a half of Mali's territory last year before being ousted by France forces assisted by West African force. 去年，伊斯兰武装分子和图阿雷格部族分裂主义者一道控制了马里一半以上的领土，后来被得到西非军队相助的法国军队驱逐出去。 [02:00.02]The British Prime Minister David Cameron says G8 leaders' meeting in Northern Ireland have overcome a fundamental difference to agree on the way forward in Syria. 英国首相戴维·卡梅伦说，与会北爱尔兰的八国集团领袖们克服了根本差异，在叙利亚未来问题上达成一致。[02:09.02]He said all sides had pledged to step up their humanitarian response and maximize the diplomatic pressure through a negotiated solution.