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Well hey there, I'm Emma from mmmEnglish and today we are talking about one of my favourite topics: how to stay motivated as you're learning English. Let's be honest, very few of us are able to stay excited about something a hundred per cent of the time, right?
大家好，我是Emma，欢迎来到美味英语频道，今天我们要讨论的是我最喜欢的话题之一：在学习英语时如何保持动力。说实话，我们中很少有人能在百分之百的时间对某件事情保持热情，对吗？
Especially if that something takes a lot of time, effort or energy to make it happen like becoming fluent in another language, for example. It takes work and effort to stay focused, to keep on the path, to keep working towards your goals.
特别是如果这件事需要花费大量的时间、努力或精力来实现，比如说要非常流利地说另一门语言。要保持专注，坚持走下去，继续为你的目标而努力，这需要付出很
多的努力。
So let's talk about what you can do if you've lost the motivation to learn, to study or to practise English. Hey Lady! is an online community where women from around the world meet to practise speaking English together.
所以让我们来聊一聊如果你失去了学习、研究或练习英语的动力的话，可以做些什么吧。Hey Lady！是一个在线社区，来自世界各地的妇女聚集在这里一起练习英语口语。
It's the easiest way to find English-speaking friends and to get regular practice, the practice that you need to speak English confidently and fluently. Hey Lady! is a safe and supportive space for women with an intermediate to advanced level of English.
这是寻找说英语的朋友和进行定期练习最简单的方法，这是说一口自信流利的英语所需要的。Hey Lady！是一个为中高级英语水平女性提供一个安全的、充满支持的空间。
Come and visit us at heylady. io and discover the English speaking version of you today. Do you sometimes lose motivation with your English practice?
访问一下我们的 heylady.io 的，探索一下英语版本的你吧。你是否有时会对你
的英语练习失去动力？
I'm curious to find out what you do to get your motivation back. Have you tried something that didn't really work?
我很想知道你做了什么来重拾动力。你是否尝试过一些并没有很有效的事情呢？？
Or is there something that you do regularly that does work? Share it in the comments.
或者有什么是你经常做的而且确实有效的事情呢？在评论中分享一下吧。
I would genuinely love to hear from you. Motivation is something that we talk about a lot over inside Hey Lady!
我很想听到大家的意见。积极性是 Hey Lady！中非常重要的内核。
Hey Lady! is my online English community and we're always discussing strategies and ideas, especially about what we can do if we lose motivation. And this can happen for all sorts of different reasons, right?
Hey Lady！是我创办的在线英语社区，我们一直在讨论一些策略和想法，特别是如果我们失去动力的话我们可以做什么。这这可能会因为各种不同的原因而导致的，对吗？
If you're not making any progress or you don't feel like you are. If you're not enjoying studying the language.
你可能没有取得任何进展，或者你觉得自己没有任何进展。可能你不喜欢学习这门语言。
Maybe you have other priorities, family or work or health commitments and maybe you're trying to get back into English after you've taken a break and that can feel hard too. So today I'm going to talk about what you can do in all four of those different situations to try and get some of that motivation back, to get back on track.
也许你有其他优先要做的事情，在家庭、工作或健康方面要付出精力，也许你在休息一段时间后试图重新学习英语，这也会让你感到寸步难行。所以今天我要谈一谈在这四种不同的情况下，你可以做什么来找回动力，重回正轨。
But the advice that I'm sharing doesn't come from me alone, it comes from all of my students inside Hey Lady! too, their advice was so spot on when we were talking about it, I just had to create a video and share it all with you too. So let's start here.
但我要分享的建议并不是来自我一个人的，它们来自我在 Hey Lady！里面的所有学生，在我们讨论的时候她们提出了很多建议，所以我要发个视频个大家分享。所以让我们开始吧。
I've been learning English for a while and I don't feel like I'm making any progress. What can I do?
我已经学了一段时间的英语，但我觉得我没有任何进展。我能做什么呢？
So the underlying feeling here is: what's the point of all of this study and practice if I'm not improving? And my question to you would then be:
我们会产生这种感觉：如果我没有进步的话，所有学习和练习的意义何在？那我要问大家的问题就是：
Well, what are you doing to keep track of your progress? There is a real difference between feeling like you're not making progress and actually documenting your progress as evidence and knowing that you're not making progress.
你在做什么来跟踪你的进展呢？感觉你没有取得进展和通过记录你的进展作为证据从而知道你没有取得进展之间其实是有区别的。
So two things here. Set clear and achievable goals and keep a progress diary so that you can keep track of your progress. It doesn't have to be complicated but it should be something that you do to document the action that you take along with the success that you have and the things that you still need to work on.
所以这里有两个关键点。设定明确可实现的目标，并写下进展日记，以便你能跟踪你的进展。不一定要很复杂，但要用它来记录你所采取的行动、你所取得的成功，以及你仍然需要努力的方面。
So let's look at some examples of this. I watched a lesson about the second conditional.
让我们看一些例子吧。我看了一节关于第二条件句的课。
I practised writing sentences and sent them to my tutor to check. So some of these things went really well.
我练习写句子，并把它们发给我的导师检查。有些部分进展得很顺利。
Success could be: I had a really interesting conversation with someone in English.
比如说：我和某人用英语进行了一次非常有趣的对话。
I feel more comfortable using contractions when I speak. I seem to be using the second conditional really well when I write but then there's the things that I still need to work on.
我觉得说话时使用缩写更加舒服。我在写作时似乎很好地使用了第二条件句，但还有一些方面我仍然需要继续努力。
I'm not automatically using the second conditional when I'm speaking. I hesitate and I think too much about the structure.
我在说话时没有自动使用第二条件句。我犹豫不决，考虑了很多结构的问题。
So keeping track of this progress allows you to see what you've been doing and prove that you've been doing things, helps you to see your success and now you also know what you need to keep working on, what you need to keep improving so that you can feel that progress over time. I've made you a really simple PDF download that will help you to set your goals and keep track of your progress as you go and I've linked to it down in the description, it is such a simple and easy way to record and measure your progress.
所以跟踪这一进展可以让你清晰地看到你一直在做的事情，证明你其实是一直在努力的，这可以帮助你看到自己取得了什么成功，也知道你需要在哪些方面继续努力，这样你就可以感受到随着时间的推移你的进步。我给大家做了一个非常简单的 PDF 大家可以下载，它可以帮助你设定目标，并在你的学习过程中跟踪你的进展，我已经把链接放在描述区了，这是一个非常简单容易的方法可以来记录和衡量你的进展。
I have to learn English and I'm just not enjoying it. What can I do?
我必须学习英语，但我并不喜欢它。我能怎么办呢？
This is tough. It's tough to get your mind out of this place, we all go through periods like this whether it's learning a language or an instrument or a new skill, whatever it is, sometimes it feels hard and it doesn't feel fun.
这是很难的。让你从这个时期走出来是很难得，我们都会经历这样的时期，不管是学习语言、乐器还是新技能，有时我们会感觉好难啊，一点意思都没有。
And if it doesn't feel fun and we find ourselves thinking: Why am I doing this? What's it all for? What's the point?
如果感觉没意思，而且我们发现自己在想：我为什么要这样做？这一切是为了什么？有什么意义？
In these moments we're often asking ourselves these questions because we're not really clear on why, why you're doing this. This is your reason, your purpose for working so hard.
在这些时刻，我们经常问自己这些问题，因为我们没有真正清楚为什么要这样做。你的理由是什么，你努力工作的目的又是什么。
If your reason is strong enough, you should be able to use it to refocus your energy, to see the big picture and understand why all this hard work is worth it. Here are some really powerful reasons why you should be studying and practising your English.
如果你的理由足够强大的话，那应该能够用它来帮助你重新集中精力，看到大局，并理解为什么你所做的努力都是值得的。以下是一些非常有力的理由，说明你应该学习和练习英语。
I'm improving my English so that I can study my Masters abroad. I can attend conferences and I can create career opportunities for myself and my family.
我正在提高我的英语水平，这样才能在国外攻读硕士学位。我可以参加会议，我可以为自己和家人创造职业机会。
Now that I live in an English-speaking country, I want to be able to speak with my children's teachers at school and mingle with the other parents at birthday parties and become friends with my neighbours.
现在我生活在一个讲英语的国家。我希望能够在学校与我孩子的老师交谈，在生日聚会上与其他家长打成一片，和邻居成为朋友。
These reasons are huge motivators, it's about identity, recognition, friendship, these are really strong human desires. Here's a less powerful reason why.
这些理由是巨大的动机，它关系到身份、认同、友谊，而这些是人类非常强烈的欲望。还有一个不太有力的原因。
I want to be able to speak with native speakers. This one is not specific enough, it's not meaningful enough.
我希望能够与讲母语的人交谈。这个不够具体，意义不大。
When times get tough and you feel unmotivated, having that really strong reason why, that strong purpose will encourage you to pick yourself up and get back to work. So I want you to tell me, what is your reason for learning English?
当经历困难的时候，当你感到没有动力的时候，拥有真正强大的理由可以鼓励你振作起来，重新投入工作。我想让你告诉我，你学习英语的原因是什么呢？
Tell me down in the comments and try and make it as powerful, as meaningful as you can. What about your life will change if you can speak English clearly and confidently?
在评论中告诉我吧，尽量让这些理由很强很有意义哦。如果你能清晰而自信地讲英语的话，你的生活会发生什么变化呢？
Next, create an English learning journey that excites you. If you're going to boring language classes and you're complaining about not enjoying it, it's up to you to mix things up a little, to try some different classes or work with a different tutor, see if you have more luck joining language exchanges or online communities like Hey Lady!
接下来，创造一个令你兴奋的英语学习之旅。如果你去上无聊的语言课，但是你充满抱怨、不喜欢它的话，那就要看你是否要把事情弄得更复杂一些，尝试一些不同的课程或与不同的老师一起学习，看看你是否有更多的机会加入语言交流或网上社区，如 Hey Lady！
Everything is in your control so if you're bored and you're feeling uninspired, do something different. Here are two interesting ways to mix things up a little, delve into your existing hobbies and find other people who share your interests.
一切都在你的掌控之中，所以如果你感到无聊，你觉得没有灵感，那就做一些不同的事情吧。这里有两个有趣的方法，可以让事情更复杂一些，你可以深入研究你现有的爱好，并找到其他与你兴趣相同的人。
No matter what your hobby is, there is definitely an English speaking space out there for it. Are you into gaming?
无论你的爱好是什么，肯定会有讲英语的空间的。你喜欢游戏吗？
Play online and talk to your opponents. Find forums or discussion groups to talk about the latest games and stuff.
那就玩线上游戏，并且和你的对手交谈。寻找论坛或讨论组来讨论最新的游戏等等。
I mean other gaming stuff, I guess. Or cooking.
我的意思是其他游戏相关的内容。或者是烹饪。
What about cooking, movies, music, meme-making, bike riding, gardening, whatever it is, there are forums, discussion groups that you can join. I know we have lots of interest groups that have formed inside Hey Lady! for this exact reason so that you have a way of sharing and exchanging your passions through your English.
烹饪、电影、音乐、制作备忘录、骑自行车、园艺，不管是什么，都有你可以加入的论坛和讨论组。我们有很多兴趣小组就是出于这个原因在 Hey Lady！内部形成的，通过这些小组你们可以用英语来分享和交流你们的所喜欢的事物。
You want to engage with someone so you can try different social media platforms, especially those that are tailored for discussion and interaction: Reddit, Twitter, Instagram, where you can reach out to people that you follow and start a conversation. When you do find someone to chat with and you can see how your English skills are creating new opportunities and experiences, well that is a huge motivator.
你想与人接触，所以你可以尝试不同的社交媒体平台，特别是那些为讨论和互动而量身定制的平台：Reddit、Twitter、Instagram，在这些平台上你可以接触到你关注的人并开始对话。当你找到了可以聊天的人，而且你可以看到你的英语技能如何创造新的机会和经历，那么这其实就是一个巨大的动力。
Okay how about this one. To be honest, I have other priorities right now.
好吧，那这个呢？说实话，我现在有其他优先事项。
I just can't focus on my English. This is a tricky one because life happens, doesn't it?
我不能只是专心学英语。 每听 这是一个很麻烦的问题，因为生活中会发生这种事情，对吧？
A family member becomes ill, work gets really busy maybe we have problems in relationships with the people around us. We have to manage all kinds of different stresses and sometimes your English practice has to take a back seat and that's okay.
某位家庭成员生病了，工作变得非常繁忙，我们与周围的人的关系出现了问题。我们必须处理各种不同的压力，有时你的英语练习不得不退居二线，这是没有关系的。
But there are a couple of things that you can do to take a break when you need it but then make sure you get back to your practice after that. And I think the secret is to allow yourself to take a timed break.
但有几件事你可以做，在你需要的时候可以休息一下，但要确保你在休息后要回去继续练习。我认为秘诀就是允许自己定时休息。
Maybe a few days, maybe a couple of weeks, maybe a month. If you can put a deadline on it, do it.
也许几天，也许几周，也许一个月。如果你能给它设定一个期限的话，那就可以去休息一下。
The problem is with an open-ended break, we can just keep putting it off, pushing it back again and again. So write the date down, put it in your calendar, set the intention by telling someone else your plan.
问题是，如果休息没有结束期限的话，我们就会一直拖延。因此需要把日期写下来，写在你的日历上，告诉别人你的计划来确定意图。
These are all really small things but they will help you to stay true to that date. It'll allow you to give yourself the permission you need to take a break, know that that break is specifically to help you heal, recover, rest and come back to what you're working on with full energy and optimism and motivation to keep going.
这些都是非常小的事情，但它们可以帮助你遵守这个时间。 [eu soft] 它将允许你给自己休息的时间，知道修整是专门用来帮助你愈合、恢复和休息的，并以饱满的精力和乐观的态度回到你正在进行的工作中，满怀动力继续前进。
And even if you are on a break, you can still immerse yourself in other ways. Your English practice doesn't have to be a hundred per cent study all of the time.
而且即使你在休息，你仍然可以通过其他方式沉浸其中。你的英语练习不一定要时时刻刻都在学习。
Ask yourself: How can I keep English around me in my life even if I'm taking a break from formal study?
问问你自己：就算我从正式的学习中抽身出来，那我怎样才能在生活中一直接触到英语呢？
Music or podcasts or movies. There are so many different ways to keep engaging with English unofficially.
音乐或播客或电影。有这么多不同的方式来保持与英语非正式接触。
Okay so I took a break but now I feel like I've forgotten all the English I know. How can I get back into it?
好吧，我休息了一下，但现在我觉得我已经忘记了我学过的所有英语了。我怎样才能重新投入其中呢？
Well firstly, you're never back at square one again. If you've started learning something then that information is stored somewhere in your brain somewhere, you just need to access it.
首先，你永远不会再回到原点。如果你已经开始学习某件事情，那么这些信息就储存在你大脑的某个地方，你只需要去提取它。
So start by doing a little revision, go back through your old coursework or books. Test yourself on what you remember, you probably remember a lot more than you think.
所以首先要进行复习，回顾一下你以前的课程作业或书籍。测试一下自己的记忆，你可能比你想象的要记得多。
But find those areas where you're getting stuck, spend some time revising, revising what you know and it will come back to you faster than it came to you the first time around. So give yourself ten to twenty minutes every day to get back up to speed.
但要找到那些你被卡住的地方，花些时间进行修正，修正你知道的内容，它就会比第一次学习的时候更快地回到你的记忆之中。所以每天给自己十到二十分钟的时间来恢复你的速度。
And be reasonable with yourself, if you've taken a long break, I'd say you'd need around one month of daily practice to get yourself back up to speed, back to where you were before you first took that break. And it's at that point that you can start talking about taking on new knowledge and learning new things and really seeing that improvement.
如果你已经休息了很长时间，我认为你需要一个月左右的日常练习来让自己恢复之前的速度，回到你第一次休息之前的状态。而正是在这一点上，你可以开始谈论接受新知识和学习新事物，并可以看到你的进步。
Okay my friends, I really hope that this advice helps you to find some of that lost motivation again. Work on it regularly, find the favourite parts of learning English and run with those.
好了，我的朋友们，希望这些建议能帮助你们重新找到一些失去的动力。规律学习，找到学习英语时最喜欢的方面，并利用这些方面继续学习。
Take time out when you need to, rest, recharge, come back stronger than before. And don't forget to download my progress tracker so that you can prove to yourself that you're heading in the right direction.
需要的时候那就抽出时间休息充电，回来的时候会比以前更强大。不要忘记下载我的进度跟踪器，这样你就可以向自己证明你的方向是正确的。
The link is down in the description below and I've also created this video right here about habits that you can do daily to improve your English every day.
链接在下面的描述区中，我制作了这个视频，视频是关于你每天可以保持的习惯以提高你的英语水平。
