If you’re readingthis, I imagine you want to communicate with confidence and competence inEnglish.
如果你在看这篇文章，我能想象你是想更好、更自信地用英语交流。
What you need is tobecome a self-directed learner, somebody who takes responsibility for their ownlearning and creates their own learning programme to develop their English.
你需要做的是成为一个自主学习的人，有些人对待学习很自觉，并且会做出自己的学习规划来提高自己的英语。
Here are 33 ways tospeak better English, without going to classes.
下面是不用去上课学习就能让你说好英语的33个方法。
一起来看看哪些是最适合你的方法吧!
1. Record yourselfspeaking English. 录下自己所说的英语。
2. Read aloud,especially dialogue. 大声的读出来，特别是对话。
3. Sing along toEnglish songs while you’re driving or in the shower. 开车或洗澡的时候跟唱英文歌。
4. Watch shortvideo clips and pause and repeat what you hear. 看短视频，按停顿然后重复你听到的。
5.Learn vowel andconsonant sounds in English. 学习英语元音和辅音的发音。
6. Learn andidentify schwa. 学习并学会识别中性元音。
7. Learn about weakand strong forms of common words. 学会常用词的弱读形式和重读形式。
8. Learn about wordstress. 学会单词的重读。
9. Learn aboutsentence stress. 学会句子的重读。
10. Identify fixedand semi-fixed phrases and practise them. 学会识别固定短语和半固定短语，并不断练习。
11. Learn aboutcollocations. 学习固定搭配词组。
12. Replace regularverbs with phrasal verbs. 学会用动词短语来代替规则动词。
13. Learn shortautomatic responses. 学会简短而自然地应答。
14. Practisetelling stories and using narrative tenses. 练习讲述故事和讲述的时态。
15. Learn when topause for effect. 学会什么时候该停顿以达到更好的效果。
16. Learn aboutchunking. 学会拆分。
17. Learn about typical pronunciation problems in your firstlanguage. 学习跟你同个母语的人的典型发音问题。
Find outabout the problems people who speak your first language have when speakingEnglish and you will know what you need to focus on. 找出那些跟你说一样母语的人在说英语时会出现的发音问题，你就会知道你应该注意什么。
18. Choosean accent you like and imitate it. 选一个你喜欢的口音腔调并模范它。
19. Find anactor/actress you like and identify what makes them powerful speakers. 找一个你喜欢的男演员或女演员并找出是什么让他们成为强大的演说家。
20. Use amirror and / or a sheet of paper for identifying aspirated and non-aspiratedsounds. 用一面镜子或一张白纸来辨别送气和不送气的音。
21.Practise tongue twisters. 练习绕口令。
Tonguetwisters are phrases designed to improve your pronunciation of particularsounds. 绕口令是专门用来提高你对某些词的发音的句子。
22.Practise spelling names, numbers and dates aloud. 练习大声地拼读名字、数字、日期。
23. Learnabout common intonation patterns. 学会常用的语音语调形式。
24. Learnabout places of articulation. 学习发音的位置。
Thearticulators are the parts of the mouth we use to turn sound into speech. 发音的位置是我们嘴巴把声音变成语言的一部分。
25. Afterlooking at places of articulation, practise making the movements that nativespeakers use when they speak. 在学会发音的位置后，练习英语母语者说话时是是怎样移动发音位置的。
26. Learnwhy English is a stress-timed language. 了解为什么英语是重音节拍的语音。
The rhythmof the language is based on stressed syllables so we shorten the unstressedsyllables to fit the rhythm. 语言的节奏是基于重度音节的，所以我们会缩短非重读的音节发音以便适应语言的节奏。
27. Learnhow to interrupt and interject politely and successfully. 学会如何礼貌且成功地打断和插入别人的谈话中。
28. Learnabout ellipsis, assimilation and linking sounds. 了解学会省略不读、浊化和连读。
29. Speaklower not higher. Studies show that you command attention and demonstrateauthority with a deeper vocal tone, especially men. 说话要低沉一些，研究表明低沉的声音能使你博得注意力和展示你的权威，特别是对于男士来说。
30. Listenand read along to poetry (or rap songs) to practise the rhythm of English. 收听和朗读诗歌或饶舌歌曲来锻炼你的英语发音节奏。
31. Learnexclamation words and fillers. 学会用感叹词和填充词。
32. Learnhow to paraphrase. 学会如何做进一步说明。
33. Usecontractions more. 多使用缩读。
Contractionsmake your speech more efficient because they save time and energy. 使用缩读能让你的讲话更高效，因为这样说会节省时间和精力。
Say ‘should not’ and thensay ‘shouldn’t’: which is easier to say? 像说‘should not’和‘shouldn’哪个更容易说呢?
Now, here’s your CALLTO ACTION. 现在是你号召自己去行动的时候。
In the next33 days, spend 15 minutes every day on one of the tips. I’m sure you’ll notice ahuge improvement. 在接下来的33天里，每天花15分钟的时间在上面提到的每个点上。我相信你会有一个很大的进步提升。 |
