How to Learn a Language by Listening to the Radio

如何聽收音機(jī)學(xué)語言?

Did you ever study another language without feeling like you understood how it's really spoken? Would you like to get better at understanding speech in another language? One way to improve your listening skills and learn to understand native speakers when they speak at a normal rate is to listen to the radio in the language you're studying. Listening carefully can also help you improve your accent and fluency when you speak. Here's how to get the most out of your experience.

你有沒有過這樣的語言學(xué)習(xí)經(jīng)歷，覺得自己雖然在學(xué)習(xí)語言，卻不懂這門語言到底是怎么說的?想不想對(duì)另一種語言表達(dá)有更好的理解?其中一種提高聽力能力和學(xué)習(xí)母語人士正常說話的方式就是聽收音機(jī)。仔細(xì)聽，能幫助你提高發(fā)音和語言的流利程度。我們的經(jīng)驗(yàn)之談如下：

1.Find a radio station broadcasting in the language you are studying.

找個(gè)用你正在學(xué)習(xí)的語言廣播節(jié)目的無線電臺(tái)。

2.Try a few different stations until you find one(s) that seem to work best.

在找到最好的電臺(tái)前，多試試其他的可能。

Skip the loudmouth DJs who probably don't make much sense even to those who do speak the language. For learning the language, you'll be better off if you can find a station that focuses more on things like news, weather, and call-in advice programs.

跳過那些充斥著大嘴巴主持人的音樂電臺(tái)，因?yàn)榫退闶悄刚Z人士來聽，也不會(huì)覺得他們的節(jié)目有多少語言學(xué)習(xí)意義。要學(xué)習(xí)語言，最好是找一個(gè)更專注于新聞、天氣和熱線建議等的電臺(tái)欄目。

3.Set aside some time each day to listen.

每天留出一點(diǎn)時(shí)間來聽節(jié)目。

Even if you only listen for five or ten minutes each day, you'll still be exposed to the language, and that's what you are trying to do.

就算每天只聽四到五分鐘，只要你持續(xù)接觸這種語言，你也會(huì)有所收獲的。

4.Don't worry if you don't understand anything at first.

一開始什么都不懂也別擔(dān)心。

If you're only getting the occasional word, you're still getting something. Even if you don't understand a word, you're still hearing the intonation and rhythm, the sound and the flow of the language. As you progress, you'll get better at picking out words and interpreting their meanings as they flow past at the speed of speech. This intonation and rhythm is also part of the accent that you will develop.

剛開始你可能只能聽懂零星的幾個(gè)單詞，但是你還是能學(xué)到些東西的。即使你一個(gè)單詞都不懂也沒關(guān)系，因?yàn)槟阍诼犝Z音語調(diào)和節(jié)奏，你在聽語言的聲音和旋律。隨著你不斷進(jìn)步， 當(dāng)單詞以演講的速度出現(xiàn)時(shí)，你會(huì)很快的把它從句子中挑出來并說出它的意思。語調(diào)和節(jié)奏也是口音中你會(huì)學(xué)到的東西。

5. Use any contextual clues available to you to begin to understand what you hear.

剛開始理解所聽到的內(nèi)容時(shí)，記得使用所有的上下文線索。

One place to start is to listen to things that repeat.

聽重復(fù)的內(nèi)容會(huì)是個(gè)好開頭。

6.Use contextual clues from the radio website.

利用電臺(tái)網(wǎng)站上的上下文線索。

If you're listening to Internet radio, see if the website has any shows as podcasts so that you can back up and listen to a segment several times. The repetition in listening is an important part of learning accurately.

如果你聽的是網(wǎng)絡(luò)電臺(tái)，看看網(wǎng)絡(luò)是否提供有博客節(jié)目(數(shù)字廣播技術(shù)，網(wǎng)絡(luò)廣播或類似的網(wǎng)絡(luò)聲訊節(jié)目)，博客可以讓聽眾實(shí)現(xiàn)倒退和多次反復(fù)聽同一個(gè)片段的功能。重復(fù)聽是準(zhǔn)確學(xué)習(xí)的重要方面。

7.Don't worry about skipping words you don't know, especially at first.

不要擔(dān)心錯(cuò)過不懂的單詞，尤其是在剛開始。

Looking up every word (even if you can spell it) is a motivation killer and it's not too effective for remembering the words. At this point, you're listening for language in general anyway, not because you actually need the details of each caller's question.

在字典里查每一個(gè)生詞(就算你會(huì)拼寫)會(huì)磨掉你的動(dòng)力，也并不是記憶單詞的有效方法。聽收音機(jī)學(xué)語言，你只是在大概地聽語言，實(shí)際上你不會(huì)需要知道所有的細(xì)節(jié)(比方說熱線電話的問題)。

8.Try to understand a little more each time you listen.

每次聽，都努力讓自己的理解進(jìn)步一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)。

One day, you might figure out that what you're hearing is a weather report. Over the next days, challenge yourself to pick out the words for "sun" or "rain" or "degrees," and so on. Over time, work up to understanding more and more what the weather forecast is in the place where the radio station is based.

有一天，你發(fā)現(xiàn)自己在聽的是天氣預(yù)報(bào)。再過幾天，挑戰(zhàn)一下，從聽到的內(nèi)容里找出“晴”、“雨”或“度” 等單詞。再過一段時(shí)間，你會(huì)逐漸發(fā)展，對(duì)電臺(tái)當(dāng)?shù)氐奶鞖饬私獾迷絹碓蕉唷?/p>

9.Be patient and persistent.

耐心，持之以恒。

Languages are not small or simple, and learning an new language is a lifetime endeavor. Learn a few words today, any way you learn them, and learn a few more tomorrow. Eventually they will grow to add up to meaning, and it will get easier to understand, and to add on to what you can understand.

語言學(xué)習(xí)是大工程，也很復(fù)雜，學(xué)習(xí)一門語言需要一生的堅(jiān)持努力。今天學(xué)習(xí)一些單詞，不管你通過怎樣的學(xué)習(xí)方法，都可以，然后明天再學(xué)習(xí)一些。最后積少成多，你會(huì)了解單詞的意義，這樣理解就會(huì)變得簡(jiǎn)單，最終會(huì)變成你能理解的內(nèi)容。

10.Most of all, have fun.

最重要的是學(xué)得開心!

If it's drudgery, it will be hard to make yourself do it every day. If it's fun, a game, a puzzle, something you look forward to, then you'll be listening to more and richer broadcasts as the months and years go by, and one day you'll realize you understood the whole show!

要是覺得學(xué)習(xí)語言是苦差事，那就很難每天堅(jiān)持。如果覺得學(xué)習(xí)很快樂，是游戲，是猜謎，是你期待的東西，那么隨著時(shí)間流逝，你就能聽到更多、內(nèi)容更豐富的廣播，總有一天你會(huì)意識(shí)到，你學(xué)懂了這門語言!