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Lindsay: This is an All Ears English Podcast, Episode 65, Deep Thoughts Thursday: “Your Top 6 Excuses for Why You Can't Speak English.” Gabby: Welcome to the All Ears English Podcast, where you'll finally get real, native English conversation. Now here are your hosts, Lindsay McMahon, the ‘English Adventurer' and Gabby Wallace, the ‘Language Angel,' coming to you from Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Lindsay: In today's episode, you'll learn six common excuses that you are using for not improving your English and you'll also learn how to take back your English power and how to stop using these excuses. Lindsay：在今天的節目中，您將學習六種常見的不提高英語水平的藉口，您還將學習如何恢復您的英語能力以及如何停止使用這些藉口。

Lindsay: What's going on Gabby?

Gabby: Hey Lindsay. I'm good. How are you?

Lindsay: Good. I'm happy to be here. (I'm) ready to record another episode.

Gabby: Excellent.

All Ears English. Here we go.

Gabby:

Me too.

Lindsay:

What are we talking about today? 我們今天要談什麼？

Gabby:

We're talking about excuses.

Lindsay:

Oh my gosh. Excuses. Do you use excuses a lot?

Gabby:

I try not to. 我盡量不這樣做。

Lindsay:

Yeah.

Gabby:

I know you try not to… 我知道你盡量不要...

Lindsay:

I try not to.

Gabby:

…as well.

Lindsay:

I try to get that (sort of) inner – (sort of) monitor myself and when I hear myself making excuses. 當我聽到自己在找藉口時，我試著讓自己（某種程度上）內在監控自己。 I say, ‘No, no, no. Come on.

Gabby:

Yeah.

Lindsay:

‘ Let's be honest.' ' 說實話。'

Gabby:

Well and you have a, a quote that you wanna (want to) share with our listeners about excuses today. 好吧，您今天想與我們的聽眾分享關於藉口的一句話。

Lindsay:

Yeah.

So there's a great quote here from, from Florence Nightingale and she says “I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse.” Gabby: Il y a donc une excellente citation ici de Florence Nightingale et elle dit "J'attribue mon succès à cela : je n'ai jamais donné ni pris d'excuse." Jacasseur: 因此，這裡引用了弗洛倫斯·南丁格爾的一句話，她說：“我將我的成功歸功於這一點：我從不給出或接受任何藉口。”蓋比：

That's great. That's good advice.

Lindsay:

Yeah, it is.

Gabby:

So we were just talking and (you know), we were reflecting on some of what you all have told us, (you know), about your challenges and we respect that for sure. Donc, nous parlions juste et (vous savez), nous réfléchissions à ce que vous nous avez tous dit, (vous savez), à propos de vos défis et nous respectons cela à coup sûr. 所以我們只是在談論（你知道），我們正在反思你們告訴我們的一些內容，（你知道），關於你們面臨的挑戰，我們當然尊重這一點。 (Um), we know there are a lot of challenges to learning a language, but we would like to go through some of the top excuses and talk about how you can overcome them. （嗯），我們知道學習語言會遇到很多挑戰，但我們想列出一些最重要的藉口，並討論如何克服它們。 So to give you your power back and control your language learning. 因此，讓您重新獲得力量並控制您的語言學習。

Lindsay:

© All Ears English www.allearsenglish.com

Yeah.

Absolutely.

So the top six. 所以前六名。 Here we go.

Number one “I don't have any opportunities to practice my English with native speakers.” Gabby: 第一，“我沒有任何機會與母語人士一起練習英語。”蓋比：

Right.

Lindsay:

Have you ever heard that excuse? 你聽過這個藉口嗎？

Gabby;

Oh definitely.

Lindsay:

Oh, my gosh.

Gabby:

Even from people living in the US or living in an English-speaking country. 即使來自居住在美國或居住在英語國家的人。 Sometimes if you live with people who speak your language, it can be difficult to get out and speak English, (um), but Lindsay, I know you have a great program to help people. 有時，如果你和說你的語言的人住在一起，可能很難出去說英語，（嗯），但是林賽，我知道你有一個很好的計劃來幫助人們。

Lindsay:

Yeah, so I'm working on a program. I will connect you with a native English speaker and help you to practice conversation and to be corrected at my new program called Speakative and that is at www.speakative.com, s-p-ea-k-a-t-i-v-e.com. 我將為您聯繫一位以英語為母語的人，並幫助您練習對話，並在我的名為Speakative 的新專案（網址為www.speakative.com、sp-ea-kative.com）上進行糾正。 So come on over and we'll solve your problem there. 所以過來吧，我們會在那裡解決您的問題。

Gabby:

Great.

Lindsay:

What's number two?

Gabby:

Number two is ‘no time.”

Lindsay:

I have no time.

Gabby:

Yeah.

I think it's really a matter of your priorities. 我認為這確實是你優先考慮的問題。 We all have the same amount of time in the day and we all have to choose what gets done and what we leave for tomorrow. 我們一天中的時間都是一樣的，我們都必須選擇要完成什麼以及明天要做什麼。

Lindsay:

Yeah.

Gabby:

So the idea that ‘Oh I'll start the diet tomorrow' or ‘I'll leave, (you know), my chores for mañana,' it's not gonna (going to) work with English. 因此，“哦，我明天要開始節食”或“我會離開（你知道），我的家務去做 mañana”，這種想法在英語中是行不通的。

Lindsay:

Yeah.

So what – yeah, what are you doing with your time? 那又怎樣——是的，你的時間都在做什麼？ Analyze your daily schedule. 分析您的每日行程。

Gabby:

Yeah.

(You know), are you gonna (going to) sit and watch TV or are you gonna (going to) work on your English. （你知道），你會（要）坐下來看電視還是要（要）練習英文。

Gabby:

Whatever is most important to you, do it first. 無論什麼對你來說最重要，請先做它。

Lindsay:

Definitely. Next excuse: “I have no money.” Gabby:

Right.

Well as you know if you're listening to this podcast, there are a lot of free resources out there, (uh), and (you know) of course we recommend to (you) invest in your learning, but it's really not an excuse. 你知道，如果你正在聽這個播客，那裡有很多免費資源，（呃），（你知道）我們當然建議（你）投資於你的學習，但這確實不是一個藉口。 You can still get out there and access a lot of good materials for learning. 您仍然可以走出去並訪問許多好的學習材料。

Lindsay:

Definitely. Next one, “I'm shy. I can't start conversations with people. 我無法與人開始對話。 I don't know what to say.” Gabby: 我不知道該說些什麼。”蓋比：

Yeah, we've offered some advice for shy students out there, for you guys to (um), (you know), to prepare yourselves and advance so that you can build your confidence, maybe (you know), think of some phrases that you could use in advance to start a conversation. 是的，我們為害羞的學生提供了一些建議，讓你們（嗯），（你知道），做好準備並進步，這樣你就可以建立自信，也許（你知道），想一些短語你可以提前使用它來開始對話。 (Um) there are other techniques, too, that we've mentioned before in other episodes. （嗯）還有其他技巧，我們之前在其他劇集中已經提到過。

Lindsay:

Yeah.

So please go back into our old episodes. We have more than 60 episodes up in iTunes now, so please go ahead and check those out.

Gabby:

Yeah.

If you go to our website, too, there's a (um) field where you can search episodes. 如果您也訪問我們的網站，就會有一個（嗯）字段，您可以在其中搜尋劇集。 So if you type in the word ‘shy,' you can find all the places where we talk about what to do if you're shy. 因此，如果您輸入“害羞”一詞，您就可以找到我們討論害羞時該怎麼做的所有地方。

Lindsay:

Yeah.

That's a good idea.

Gabby:

Yeah.

Lindsay:

Okay. Great.

And the next one, “I can't understand everything that people say, so I'm not gonna (going to) try to go into a conversation ‘cause (because) I'm afraid of what's gonna (going to) happen.” Gabby: 下一個，“我無法理解人們所說的一切，所以我不會（打算）嘗試進行對話，因為（因為）我害怕會發生什麼。 ”蓋比：

Well, it's a real fear that you're missing out on some information, but it's still not a valid excuse right? Eh bien, c'est une vraie peur que vous manquiez certaines informations, mais ce n'est toujours pas une excuse valable, n'est-ce pas ? 好吧，確實擔心您會錯過一些信息，但這仍然不是一個有效的藉口，對嗎？

Lindsay:

Definitely. You cannot let those fears kind of stop you from going out and speaking. 你不能讓這些恐懼阻止你出去演講。

Gabby:

Yeah.

Try to understand the main ideas and then ask questions if you're not sure. 嘗試理解主要思想，如果不確定就提出問題。

Lindsay:

And the last one is “No one corrects me.” Gabby: 最後一個是「沒有人糾正我」。蓋比：

(Hmm) that's interesting. (Um) we're gonna (going to) talk more about that in another episode about, (you know) why we don't, as Americans we don't correct… Lindsay: （嗯）我們將在另一集中更多地討論這一點，（你知道）為什麼我們不這樣做，作為美國人，我們不會糾正...... Lindsay：

Yeah, that's gonna (going to) be interesting. 是的，那會很有趣。

Gabby:

Yeah, (um) but it's not, it's not a reason why you can't improve your English, right? 是的，（嗯）但這不是，這不是你不能提高英語的理由，對吧？

Lindsay:

Absolutely.

Gabby:

If you work with a tutor or a teacher, (uh) you can certainly expect them to correct you. 如果你和導師或老師一起工作，（呃）你當然可以期望他們糾正你。

Lindsay:

Yeah.

Or even just a conversation partner. 或甚至只是一個談話夥伴。 So find an opportunities, (um), to actually actively have people correct you. 因此，找一個機會，（嗯），真正積極地讓人們糾正你。

Gabby:

There's (there are) even ways to correct yourself. 甚至有方法可以糾正自己。

Lindsay:

Sure.

Gabby:

Right.

Lindsay:

Absolutely.

And as I mentioned before, Speakative, our program, the conversation program is a good way to do that, to be corrected too. 正如我之前提到的，Speakative，我們的程序，對話程序是一個很好的方法，也需要修正。

Gabby:

Excellent.

Lindsay:

Okay. Well that was fun. Thank you.

Gabby:

So no excuses guys. 所以，夥計們，沒有任何藉口。

Lindsay:

Good luck.

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Gabby: If you want to connect with us, come to our website allearsenglish.com/win. Gabby：如果您想與我們聯繫，請造訪我們的網站 allearsenglish.com/win。 That's w-i-n. We want to share the four ways towin at English. 我們想分享贏得英語的四種方法。 So again, come to allearsenglish.com/win to connect with us and learn the four ways to win at English. 再次強調，請造訪 allearsenglish.com/win 與我們聯繫並學習贏得英語的四種方法。

Lindsay: If you like to put your ears into English with Lindsay and Gabby, be sure to subscribe to the podcast audio in iTunes for free on your computer or on your Smartphone. Lindsay：如果您想與 Lindsay 和 Gabby 一起聆聽英語，請務必在電腦或智慧型手機上免費訂閱 iTunes 中的播客音訊。 Thanks for listening to the All Ears English Podcast. See you next time.