怎样喜爱学习英语（二）How to love learning English II
 

Talk to people about English
This is a very simple method, but it is very effective. Here's how it works:

You usually talk about things which interest you. But the opposite is true, too. If you start talking about a
boring subject, you will begin to get interested in it.

Imagine you are studying a subject that you hate. You are bored and tired, but you have to pass the test tomorrow.
If there are people near you, you have two options: you can tell everybody how much you are suffering or you can
 tell those people about the things you've learned. If you choose the first option, you will only feel worse.

If you choose the second option, and start a conversation on the "boring" subject, you will begin to look at it
in a totally different way. Suddenly it will become a subject worth talking about — therefore, an interesting
subject.

How can you begin such a conversation? If you're studying English, you can surprise another person by talking to
 him/her in English. Say (in English): Hi, I'm studying English and I hate it. Or you can say (in your first
 language): Hey, I've learned 50 English words today. Do you know what's the English word for ...? If there are
 no people near you, you can telephone or send an e-mail message to your friend.

What will your friends say? Probably they won't be very interested, but it doesn't matter! The important thing
is this: After talking about English, you will study it with much more passion. Try it.

Find a friend who is learning English
If you can find a friend who is learning English and is on a similar level of skill, you will be in an excellent
 situation:

you will have someone to talk about English with. These conversations will increase your interest in English, as
 explained in the previous section.
learning English will be easier, because you will be able to discuss your problems with your friend.
you will study English more, because you will want to be better than your friend. :-)
You should meet your friend regularly. Ideally, he/she should live near you, or go to the same school as you. If
you absolutely can't find anybody willing to learn English with you, you can try to find somebody by e-mail. This
 is a worse solution: your conversations will probably be less frequent, and it is difficult to compete with
someone who you don't know well.

Spend some money on learning English
If you spend your money on something, you will want to use it. For example, if you buy an expensive tennis racket,
 you will probably go out and play tennis every day.

This rule is also true for learning English. If you want to increase your desire to learn English, buy a new
dictionary, a new SuperMemo collection, an interesting English-language book, English-language cable TV, etc.
The idea is simple: You paid for it, so you will want to use it, and you will improve your English.

There is a problem with this method. It only works for a short time. You usually lose your desire to learn English
 after a few days. To keep learning, you would have to buy something every week!

However, this method is helpful, because it gives you an impulse to start learning. For example, if you buy a
dictionary of phrasal verbs, you will probably learn some words from it. Then you should try to use them. For
example, write an e-mail message with these words. This will increase your motivation (as explained before),
and you will learn more.

Remember that learning English requires action
We have said this many times. One small action is more powerful than reading hundreds of articles. Yes, we know
it is very hard to do things, even if they are good for us. We humans are lazy creatures. That is why not many
people speak English well.

Still, we hope you can do the things we talk about in our English learning method — not only read about them.
You will be successful only if you change something about your life.

Don't put it off. Begin now.

译文：
怎样喜爱学习英语 II

和人们谈论英语
这个是一个非常简单的方法，但是它是非常有效的。这里（谈谈）怎样实行：

你通常谈论使你感兴趣的事情。但是反过来也是正确的。如果你开始谈论一
个令人厌倦的话题，你将开始对它感兴趣。

设想你是正在学习你讨厌的学科。你感到无趣和疲倦的，但是你必须通过明天
的考试。如果有人靠近你，你有2种选择：你可以告诉每一个人你遭受多么大的
痛苦或者你可以告诉那些人你已经学到的东西。如果你选择了第一种，你会只
感到更糟。

如果你选择了第二种，并且开始了关于“无趣的”题目的谈话，你会开始用一种
完全不同的方法看它。突然，它将成为值得讨论的话题，因此成为一个有趣的话题。

你怎样开始这样的话题？如果你正在学习英语，你能通过和他/她谈论英语而使他
们惊奇。说（用英语）：嗨，我正在学习英语，我恨它。或者你可以说（用你的母
语）：嘿，我今天已经学了50个英语单词。你知道...的英文单词是什么吗？如果
没有人在你的附近，你可以打电话或者发送电子邮件给你的朋友。

你的朋友会说什么？他们可能不会非常感兴趣，但是没有关系！重要的事是：在谈论
英语以后，你会用更加多的热情来学习它。尝试它。

找一个学习英语的朋友
如果你能够找到一个正在学习英语的朋友，并且能力水平相近，那么你能处在一个
良好的环境中：

你有人谈论英语。就象前面部分说明过的，这些谈话会增加你在英语方面的兴趣。
学习英语会更容易，因为你能够和你的朋友讨论问题。
你会学习英语更多，因为你会想比你的朋友（的英语）更好。:-)
你应该定期和你的朋友会面。理想的话，他/她应该住在你的附近，或者和你上同一所
学校。如果你完全找不到任何想和你一起学习英语的人，你可以试着通过电子邮件找到
一些人。这是一个更糟糕的解决方法：你的会话大概不会很频繁，而且和你不是很熟悉
的人竞争是困难的。

花一些钱在学习英语上面
如果你花钱在某些事物上面，你会想要利用它。例如，如果你买了一个昂贵的网球拍，
你大概会每天出去打网球。

这个准则也适用于学习英语。如果你想要增加你学习英语的愿望，买一本新辞典，一套
新的SuperMemo集合，一本有趣的英文书籍，英语有线电视，等等。这个想法是简单的：
你为它服了钱，因此你会想使用它，你会提高你的英语。

这个方法有一个问题。它只会作用一小段时间。你通常会在几天以后失去学习英语的愿望。
为了继续学习，你要每个星期买一些（学习英语的）东西！

然而，这个方法是有帮助的，因为它给了你一种开始学习英语的冲动。例如，如果你买了
一本短语动词辞典，你大概会从它那里学习一些单词。然后你应该尝试去使用它们。例如，
用这些单词写一封电子邮件。这将会增加你的动力（就象前面说明的），你会学到更多。

记住学习英语需要行动
我们已经说过这点许多次了。 一次很小的行动比阅读上百篇的文章更有力。是的，我们
知道很难去做某些事情，即使它们对我们是有益的。我们人类是懒惰的生物。这就是为什么
许多人英语说得不好。

尽管如此，我们希望你能做到我们在我们的英语学习方法中谈到的事情，而不是仅仅阅读
它们。只有你改变有关你生活的某些方面，你才会成功的。