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外國人親授影片教學：單字怎麼記才事半功倍？（文本及中譯如下，供參考）

Hello, everybody.

嗨！大家好。

In this video, I'm going to share with you a technique that you can use to remember English vocabulary. And the reason that I recommend this technique is that it's pretty effective. 

在這個影片中，我想和大家分享一個記單字的方法，原因是這個方法非常有效。

I actually did a small experiment. I created two lists of words that I didn't know and I just tried to memorize the words in each list. I did not use any technique to memorize the first list. It was just pure repetition.

實際上，我做過一個實驗。我製作了兩張上面的單字我都不認識的單字表，並嘗試去記憶這兩張表上的單字。記憶第一張單字表的時候，我沒有使用任何技巧，只是純粹的重覆。

But for the second list, I used the technique that you're about to learn. The next day, I tried to recall the meanings of the words in both lists.

但是第二章單字表，我運用了你們即將學習的技巧。第二天，我嘗試回憶兩張單字表上所有單字的意思。

For the first list, I was able to recall only 12 %. But for the second list, I recalled as much as 50 %. This is pretty impressive considering the fact that I spent only one minute memorizing each word. So let me explain the technique and then at the end of this video, I will give you a link to an exercise that you can do to practice this technique.

第一張生字表，我只記起其中12%的單字的意思。但第二張生字表我大約記起了50%。這一結果令我驚訝，因為每個單字我只花了一分鐘時間記憶。所以讓我來給你們介紹這一方法吧。

So let’s say we want to remember the word "adroit", which means "clever or skillful at something; really good at something".

如果說我們想要記住“adroit”這個單字，這一單字的意思是靈巧的，機敏的，熟練的。

The first thing we need to do is to come up with another word that sounds similar to this word. And that word must refer to something that we can visualize - something that we can see in our mind.

我們要做的第一件事是想出一個發音和它類似的單字。這個單字必須是我們可以視覺化的，可以在我們腦海中顯現的事物。

So for this word, the substitute word could be the word 'android' which means "a robot." Right? Adroit and android sound pretty close to each other.

這個單字的代替字即“android”，是機器人的意思。“adroit”和“android”

We could also use the phrase "a drawing". That sounds similar as well. Adroit. A drawing.

我們可以將這個單詞在腦海中呈現出一幅畫。發音也要相似。一邊是“adroit”，一邊是圖畫。

What these words have in common is that they refer to something that we can visualize and this is a very important point and you're going to find out why soon.

這些單字有個共同點，那就是他們都是可以視覺化的，這一點很重要，稍後你就會知道為什麼了。

So we have two options here but let's use the word 'android' as the substitute word. Now visualize an android. You know... a robot that looks like a human. 

所以我們有兩個選擇了，但我們需要將“android” 作為替換字。現在就開始想像一個機器人吧。你知道的，就是長得像人類的東西。

Next, we have to associate this image to the meaning of the word that we want to remember. And again the meaning is "skillful at something. That's the meaning.

接下來，我們就要把這個單字的影像和我們所要記住的那個單詞聯繫起來了，再強調一下，那個單字的意思是靈巧的。

So perhaps we can imagine the android doing something that requires a lot of skills. Maybe we can imagine the android playing the guitar on stage. Maybe there's a competition going on and we can imagine other guitarists come up on stage and try to compete with the android. But everybody loses because the android is very good at playing the guitar. The android is adroit at playing the guitar.

所以我們可以想像一個機器人正在做一件需要很多技巧的事情，也許我們可以想像機器人正在舞台上彈奏吉他，再或者我們還可以想像有一場吉他手和機器人吉他手的比賽，但最終吉他手都輸了，機器人大獲全勝，因為機器人十分擅長彈奏吉他，也就是說機器人彈吉他很熟練。

So what we're doing here is associate the pronunciation with the meaning through an image or a story. We're creating an association between them. So when you come across this word again, the pronunciation will remind you of the association and therefore the meaning of the word. Let's take a look at one more example.

所以我們正在做的事情就是將發音和意思通過一個影像或是一個故事結合起來。我們正在建立他們之間的聯繫。所以當你再一次遇到這個單詞的時候，發音就會幫助你回憶起我們所創建的那個聯繫，那樣整個單詞的意思就蹦出來了。讓我們再來看一個例子。

Suppose we want to memorize the word "lambaste," which means "to criticize (someone or something) harshly". 

假設我們想要記住“lambaste”這個單字，這個單字意為：嚴厲地批評某人或某件事。

For the first syllable 'lam,' we can use "lamb" - the animal, or "lamp" - the thing that generates light, as the substitute word.

對於第一個音節“lam”，我們可以用“lamb”或者“lamp”替代，lamp即發光的檯燈。

For the second syllable "baste," we can use "bass" - the musical instrument. And I also happen to have a friend named "Bass". So personally, I can use his name as the substitute word as well.

第二個音節“baste”,我們可以用“bass”來替代，這是一種樂器。我突然想起來我有一個朋友就叫Bass，所以對我而言，我可以用他的名字來替代“baste”。

But let's use "lamb" the animal and "bass" the musical instrument together.

現在讓我們將“羊”這一動物和“貝斯”這一樂器聯繫起來。

So we can imagine a lamb playing the bass. But unfortunately, the lamb is really terrible at playing the bass. So the bass gets angry and starts criticizing the lamb. The bass is lambasting the lamb.

所以我們可以想像一隻小羊在彈奏貝斯。但是這只小羊彈得很糟糕，所以貝斯生氣了開始批評這隻羊，即貝斯在嚴厲批評這只小羊。

OK. That's it!

好了，這就是全部內容了。

I hope you find this video useful; and I have an exercise for you if you want to practice this technique. Just click here to go to the exercise.

我希望你覺得這支影片很實用，然後如果你想要練習著個技巧的話，我有一些題目。請點這裡去做習題。

Now... unfortunately, this technique doesn't work if you don't know the pronunciation of the word you want to remember. So if that is the case, you need to use another method, which is beyond the scope of this video. If you want to learn about it, click here go read about it.

很不幸地，如果你不知道你想記住那個單字的發音，這個技巧是無效的。如果是這樣的話，你需要使用另一個方法，而這個方法不在這支影片範圍內。如果你想學習，請點這邊去做閱讀。