1.Find a radio station broadcasting in the language you are studying.
找個用妳正在學習的語言廣播節目的無線電臺。
2.Try a few different stations until you find one(s) that seem to work best.
在找到最好的電臺前,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,因為就算是母語人士來聽,也不會覺得他們的節目有多少語言學習意義。要學習語言,最好是找壹個更專註於新聞、天氣和熱線建議等的電臺欄目。
3.Set aside some time each day to listen.
每天留出壹點時間來聽節目。
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,只要妳持續接觸這種語言,妳也會有所收獲的。
4.Don't worry if you don't understand anything at first.
壹開始什麽都不懂也別擔心。
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.
剛開始妳可能只能聽懂零星的幾個單詞,但是妳還是能學到些東西的。即使妳壹個單詞都不懂也沒關系,因為妳在聽語音語調和節奏,妳在聽語言的聲音和旋律。隨著妳不斷進步, 當單詞以演講的速度出現時,妳會很快的把它從句子中挑出來並說出它的意思。語調和節奏也是口音中妳會學到的東西。
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容時,記得使用所有的上下文線索。
One place to start is to listen to things that repeat.
聽重復的內容會是個好開頭。
6.Use contextual clues from the radio website.
利用電臺網站上的上下文線索。
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.
如果妳聽的是網絡電臺,看看網絡是否提供有博客節目(數字廣播技術,網絡廣播或類似的網絡聲訊節目),博客可以讓聽眾實現倒退和多次反復聽同壹個片段的功能。重復聽是準確學習的重要方面。
7.Don't worry about skipping words you don't know, especially at first.
不要擔心錯過不懂的單詞,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.
在字典裏查每壹個生詞(就算妳會拼寫)會磨掉妳的動力,也並不是記憶單詞的有效方法。聽收音機學語言,妳只是在大概地聽語言,實際上妳不會需要知道所有的細節(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步壹點點。
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.
有壹天,妳發現自己在聽的是天氣預報。再過幾天,挑戰壹下,從聽到的內容裏找出“晴”、“雨”或“度” 等單詞。再過壹段時間,妳會逐漸發展,對電臺當地的天氣了解得越來越多。
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.
語言學習是大工程,也很復雜,學習壹門語言需要壹生的堅持努力。今天學習壹些單詞,不管妳通過怎樣的學習方法,都可以,然後明天再學習壹些。最後積少成多,妳會了解單詞的意義,這樣理解就會變得簡單,最終會變成妳能理解的內容。
10.Most of all, have fun.
最重要的是學得開心!
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!
要是覺得學習語言是苦差事,那就很難每天堅持。如果覺得學習很快樂,是遊戲,是猜謎,是妳期待的東西,那麽隨著時間流逝,妳就能聽到更多、內容更豐富的廣播,總有壹天妳會意識到,妳學懂了這門語言