考拉小巫听力方法(Thekoalaislisteningmethod)

1、考拉小巫听力方法(Thekoalaislisteningmethod考拉小巫听力方法(Thekoalaislisteningmethod)Thekoala,Edenforumsubtitlegroup,TVdramaormovieweoftenseeisthefirsttimesheledtheteamtothetranslation,thearenawasknownas"thefirstperson,hearing".Tellherhowtopracticelistening!Blessedareyou.Thestudentswhowanttoimprovetheirli

2、steningareready!Getdowntobusinesstoday.Tellushowtodisciplineourears.Thisarticleonlyaimsattheenhancementofability,notforexamination!Oftentheabilitytoimprove,thetestwillnotbeaproblem!Let'sbeginwithabasicquestion:thereisatruththatisconstant,andthatis-languageisanability.Listening,speaking,readingan

3、dwriting,fourkindsofabilities,noone,nocontinuousmorethanthreemonthsofhardwork,willnotbesignificantlyimproved.Inanycase,thesecretofhow,ifyoudonotadhereto,cannothaveanyimprovement,sothismustfirstclear.Second,thetechnicalquestion:howtopracticelistening?.Differentpeoplearesuitedtodifferentapproaches,and

4、noneofthemcanbeuniversallyacceptable.SoIcanonlysharemyownpracticeofear,andthenmakesomesuggestions.1, intheendshouldbehowtopracticelisteningtoah?Iformallybegantopayattentiontolistening,fromthebeginningofthefreshman.ZhengteachergaveusarecommendedStepbyStepfourbookstolistento,soIandZhangXibegantolisten

5、tothisbookeveryday.Atotaloffourcopies,Ilistentoabookeverysemester,twoyearsafterlisteningtothefourbooks,theabovequestionsareseriouslydone.Attheverybeginning,Icouldn'tunderstandanything,becauseIdidn'tpracticelisteningbeforehighschool.Tobeexact,Ididn'tknowmyearsneededpracticeatthattime.Ihav

6、enootherway,don'tunderstandtolisten,repeateragainlisten,fourbooksIthinkIheardittwentytimes,thebadtworepeater,Nheadset,earplugheadsetplugoutoftheblister,laterreplacedlargeheadsetovertheheadalittlebetter.Thissetofteachingmaterialsisverygood,becausethedifficultyisalittleimproved,soitisrecommended.I

7、nadditiontotheStepbyStep,simultaneouslisteningpracticeislisteningtotheradio.Fourspecialnewslistening,soZhangXiandIwenttothestoretobuytheradio,becauseitisdeterminedtopracticelistening,soweallmindtobuythebestradioreception,thekindofstrong.Soweboughtthebiggestradiointhestore,twotimesbiggerthannormalrad

8、ios.Weboughtexactlythesamething,butshewasblackandIwasgray.Theschoolhasamorebeautifulsceneryline,thetotalabouttwopeoplewithalargebrickradiointheschoolearlyinthemorning,hismouthhasbeenreadout.Atfirst,whenIheardit,IheardVOA,becausethelegendofBBCwassofastthatIdidn'ttouchit.IjusttouchedVOA.Thefirstda

9、yIlistened,Ibrokedownandcouldonlyunderstand"ThisisVOA"".Butthereisnoway,canonlylistentodayafterday,cannotbedisconnected.SoeverydayIlikeastone,athalfpastsixinthemorningtogetupateighto'clock,unshakable,listentoVOA,justwalktoschool.Bythen,theclassbeganateight,andIsneakedouttheantenna

10、andcontinuedtolistentoBBC.Wedon'tthinkit'sterribletonotunderstand.WeareChinese.Peopleinthenorthcan'tunderstandCantoneseforthefirsttime,butyoulistentoitandlistentoit.Can'tyouunderstanditgradually?Forexample,Xiaoyi,shedidn'tunderstandtheShanghaidialect,socomplex,whocanunderstand?Bu

11、tinShanghaifouryearsoflife,nowXiaoyinotonlycanunderstandtheShanghaidialectwords,butalsounderstandtheShanghaidialectcurse,butalsospeakShanghaidialect,isthetruth!Soyoudon'task,youlisten.Don'tknowhowtodo?Donotunderstand,continuetolistentoah!What'sallthatnonsense?!Justlistentome!Aslongasyoud

12、on'tgiveup,you'llunderstanditsoonerorlater!Forexample,Idonotunderstandthebigoneyear,butjustsillytolistento,inthebigonemorning,Iwasbrushingmyteeth,theradioseemstobebroadcastingaspeechbyBush,IsuddenlyrealizedthatIcouldunderstandtheword"no",andwhenIwasexcited,Idrankmybrushwater.Later,

13、themoreIheardVOA,theslowerIfelt,soImovedtoBBC.ThefirsttimeIheardBBC,Ithoughtitwasinthedebate,andthenIfoundoutthatitwasnormalspeed,andIbrokedown.Afterthecollapse,continuetolisten,finallyfound,inordertopracticeear,BBCiskinglyway.Ithinkitisagoodmethod,hesaid,youcaninthreesecondsafterrepeatedhiswords,as

14、longasyoucanrepeatdown,youmustbeunderstoodtorepeat.Iwouldthenhavebeenreadforseveralmonths.BothEnglishandAmericansoundsarereallygoodforlistening.Ifyoueatbeautifulmusicanddon'teatEnglish,thatwon'tdo.Afterall,nowtheinternationalformaloccasions,pressconferenceinterpretinglike,saidtheBritishsound

15、.SoIlistentoteachingmaterialsplusVOAandBBC,adheretothefouryearsdidnotbreak,ofcourse,therearenewyear'sday,suchasthepossibilityofthemorningdidnotrise.Butifnotinthemorning,thedayofthehearingsoIwillpostinthefivebackintheafternoon.Listeningissomethingthatneedstobedoneeveryday.Youcan'tbreakitforad

16、ay.Treatitasamealanddrinkwater.Earthisthing,youdon'tneed,willberusty.Ifyoulistentotheradio,becausetheconditionscannotdoso,youcanlistentotheInternet,Ihavetheblogleft,VOA,BBC,CNN,CSPANandotherhearinglinkstothesite,aftergoingin,thereareonlinecanlistento.Besides,myapproachcannotguaranteethatIcanimpr

17、ovemylisteningcomprehension.It'snotfeasible.Itdependsonyourowndegreeofpersistence.Thelongeryousticktoit,thebetteryourhearingwillbe.2, Ireallylistenedcarefully,butwhycan'tIunderstand?Thisisthesecondquestionpeopleask.Ithinktherearetwopossibilitiesifyoudon'tunderstand.First,youhaven'tpr

18、acticedlongenough.Forexample,Xiaoyi,ifsheonlyspentayearinShanghai,itisimpossibletounderstandthewordsofShanghai,sheonlystayedforfouryears,shecanreallyunderstand.Understand?Second,youprobablydon'tpronounceitwell.Listeningcomprehensionisaproblemofspeechrecognition.Forexample,youalwaysthinkof"e

19、mbarrassment"asa"prisoncard".Whensomeoneelsesays"embarrassed",youcan'thearit.It'sembarrassing".So,ifyoureallyhardworkandlistening,persistforatleastthreemonths,youstillisnotalittleimprovement,itmaybeaproblemwithyourspeechrecognition,certainlynotasawkward,soseriou

20、sprisonmediatedspeechrecognitionerrors,butaslongasthepronunciationisnotaccurate,itisabsolutelypossiblecauseyourpage.Inthiscase,let'shaveagoodtutorialonthephoneticalphabet,sothatIcanreadthepronunciationfirstandlistentoitagain.Thatmighthelp.3, Ilistentowhenthetotalabsent-minded,intheendwhathappene

21、d?Somepeoplelistentothehearing,alwayslistentothefork,listeningtolistentotheabsent-minded,listening,listeningtofallasleep.Ifso,itmeansthatyoucannotconcentrateonthingsforalongtime,soifyouarealwaysabsent-minded,evenifyouinsistonforthreemonths,infact,itisequivalenttoonlylistento3daysofskill,nobigdeal.If

22、youcannotstand,youcantrytoread,evenifeverysentenceread,canguaranteetohelpyoufocus.Becauseifyoudoit,itmustbehardtolistento,andtorememberhiswords,soyoucanfocuson.Also,itisstronglyrecommendedtolistentothehearinginthemorning.Itcanbeveryrefreshinganddon'tsleepanymore.4, torecommendsomepracticelisteni

23、ngmaterials,wow!Idon'thavemuchsayinthisquestion,becausethebooksIusearerare,onlyStep,by,Stepandintermediatelistening,advancedlistening.Ipracticelisteningmainlytolistentotheradio.5, howcanIpracticelisteningbywatchingmovies?IfoundeverytimeIwatchedit,Ididn'tpracticelistening.Istartedthefilmmysel

24、fafterlisteningtoacertaindegreeoflistening.Myfirsthearingwasn'timprovedbywatchingmovies.Istartedwatchingmoviesatfirst,andIsawthesixinthecenter,ChineseChinesedubbing,subtitles,notassociatedwithEnglish.Later,IstartedbuyingDVDs.(itwasn'tpopularuntilthen.Aproblemisencounteredwhenbuyingrenting,th

25、atisEnglish,IfeellikeIseemstounderstandwhattheysay,butunderthesubtitletranslationisandwhatIhearisnotthesame,Iwasdepressed,theythinkthetranslationisgoodbad,heisveryangry,becauseIhaveveryfunnythingslaugh,butmymotherlookedunderthecaptionislaughing.ThenIjoinedthesubtitlegroup,andatfirstIdidn'ttrytol

26、istentothetranslation,becauseIdidn'tfeelconfidentenoughtolistentomyself.Listentomoviesandlistentothenewsisabsolutelynotthesamething,evenifyouBBCandVOAwasonehundredpercent,themovieisabsolutelylistentonottocomeoutofthings,oneisbecausethecharacterpronunciationofallkindsofstrangeaccents,twoisbecause

27、thenewsistheofficiallanguage,butthemovieistoomuchslang,languagefasttodeathpeople.Ifyouchoosetopracticelisteningwithamovie,itisbettertohaveahearingbase,atleastVOAlevelshouldbeabletounderstandseventypercent.Youcanchooseamostlovetoseethemovie,overoptimistictimes,youdonotunderstandtheplacebacktolisten,l

28、istentomorethanfivetimesiftheystilldon'tunderstand,don'tlistento,lookatthesubtitlesdirectlylinkedtowhatissaid,seesubtitlelateranalyzewhyyoudon'tunderstandIknow,iftheword,butyoujustdon'tunderstand,thatisbecausethe80%slurlegatoproblems.Theseproblemsareverygoodtosolve,youlearnsuchpronun

29、ciation,nexttimeyoucanunderstand,oraspeechrecognitionproblem.Ifyoudecidetousethefilmtoimprovelistening,youmustrememberthatyouseethismovieisnotthepurposeofforfunistopracticelistening,sodon'tlooktoohappy,thendirectlyhungasubtitlewaytolookatthepast,ithasnoeffect.Fromthebeginning,whoarenotaccustomed

30、towatchingnaked(withoutsubtitles),youhavetoholdon,evenifnotcompletelyunderstandhalfguessalsoknowhalfread,readseveraltimes,listentoafewtimes,see.Andthenreadthesubtitles.6, whyistheresomethinginthemoviethatyoudon'tunderstand?ThequestionIaskedUncleAbby,ismymostfavoritetranslationexpert,isthelackofanalysisofthepictureofhisanswer,thetrailerinjusttwominutes,islikelytocutoutaratherbafflingline,thistimeifZicarefulanalysisofthebackground,cancomeoutalotofanalysistheplot.Idon'tdothatverywell,becausethere'salwaysonese