What is the most important English skill? What skill must you have to communicate well?

什么是学好英语最重要的技巧呢？什么样的技巧你才能让你流利地沟通呢？

Obviously, number 1 is Fluency. What is fluency? 

很明显，第一重要的就是流利，什么流利呢？

Fluency is the ability to speak (and understand) English quickly and easily... WITHOUT translation.   

流利就是快速地和轻松地说英语和理解英语，而不去翻译。

Fluency means you can talk easily with native speakers，they easily understand you, and you easily understand them. 

流利意味着你可以轻松地和本土人士聊天，他们可以轻松地了解你的讲话内容，同时，你也可以轻松地理解他们的讲话内容。

In fact, you speak and understand instantly.

事实上，就是你立刻就可以说和理解的能力。

Fluency is your most important English goal.

流利是你学习英语最重要的目标。

The research is clear，there is only ONE way to get fluency.

调查研究已经一清二楚，只有一个方法可以让你达到流利。

You do not get fluency by reading text- books. You do not get fluency by going to English schools. You do not get fluency by studying grammar rules.

你不能通过阅读教科书获得流利，你不能通过去英语学校获得流利，你不能通过学习语法规则获得流利。

Listening is the key.

听才是关键。

To get English fluency, you must have a lot of understandable repetitive listening. 

要想使英语变得流利，你必须反复训练大量可以理解意思的听力资料。

That is the ONLY way. To be a FANTASTIC English speaker, you must learn English with your ears, not with your eyes.

这是唯一的方式，想讲出流利的英语，你必须用你的耳朵去学习，而不是你的眼睛。

In other words, you must listen. Your ears are the key to excellent speaking.

换句话说，你必须听，你的耳朵是学好流利英语的关键。

What kind of listening is best?  Well, it must be understandable and must be repetitive. Both of those words are important，Understandable and Repetitive.

怎么样听才能最有效呢？嗯，必须听可以理解的东西，同时必须是反复重复的听。这两个单词是最重要的，可理解的，和反复重复的。

If you don't understand, you learn nothing. You will not improve. That's why listening to English TV does not help you. You don't understand most of it. It is too difficult. It is too fast.

如果你听你不理解的资料，你就什么也学习不到。你也不会提高的。这就是为什么听英语电视剧对你没有什么帮助的原因。你不理解其中大多数的东西，就是太难了，太快了。

It’s obvious，right? If you do not understand, you will not improve. So, the best listening material is EASY. That’s right, you should listen mostly to easy English.

这很明显，对不对？如果你不理解的话，你就不会进步。所以，最好的听力资料就是要简单。这是很对的，你听的大多数的英语资料必须是简单易懂的。

Most students listen to English that is much too difficult. They don’t understand enough, and so they learn slowly. Listen to easier English, and your speaking will improve faster!

大多数的学生听英语就是听那些很难的英语。他们根本不理解多少，所以他们学习的很慢。听一些简单的英语资料，你的口语就会进步很快的。

Understanding is Only Half The Formula.

听能够理解的资料仅是这个方案的一半。

Understanding is not enough. You must also have a lot of repetition. If you hear a new word only once, you will soon forget it.  If you hear it 5 times, you will still probably forget it!

理解并不是足够的，你必须要反复听，如过一个新单词，你只听一遍，你很快就会忘记的，如果你听五次，可能还是会忘记。

You must hear new words and new grammar many times before you will understand them instantly.

你必须听这些新词汇和新语法很多次，直到你听到他们的时候可以立刻理解领悟是什么意思。

How many times is necessary?  Most people must hear a new word 30 times to remember it forever. To know a word and instantly understand it, you probably need to hear it 50-100 times!

到底多少遍才可以呢？大多数的人都是听三十遍才可以永远记住一个新词汇。要想认识一个新单词，并且立刻领悟他的意思，你可能需要听50-100遍。

That's why I tell my students to listen to all of my lessons many times. I recommend that they listen to each lesson a total of 30 times，for example，2 times a day for two weeks.

这就是为什么我告诉我的学生要听我所有的课程很多遍的原因。我推荐他们每课总数至少要听到三十遍，例如一天听两次，听两个星期。

So, the two most important points are:  listen to easier English and listen to each thing many times.

所以，最重要的两个观点就是：听简单一点的英语，然后听很多遍。