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Set clear goals and make a plan.
设定明确的目标并制定计划。
Have you ever caught yourself making vague statements like: I really want to improve my English this year. I want to be more fluent.
你是不是也发现自己曾说过这样模糊的话：我今年真的想提高英语。我想变得更加流利。
Those are really vague statements.
这都是一些非常模糊的话。
What do they even mean?
那有什么意思呢？
To make that happen and to make it happen quickly, we need much more specific goals, what specifically are you trying to achieve?
想要实现这件事，而且要快速实现，我们就需要更明确的目标，你要达成什么具体的目标呢？
And by when?
截止日期呢？
A better goal is: I want to increase my IELTS speaking score by 0.5 in three months.
更好的目标是这样的：想在三个月时间内雅思口语提高0.5分。
That's a specific goal: I want the confidence to have a conversation with my boss at our annual Dinner in October.
那是个非常具体的目标：我想在十月份的年会上有信心和我的老板交流。
Once you've got that specific goal in mind, create a plan working backwards with specific events and activities that are going to help you to get there.
只要你心中有了具体的目标，制定一个计划，要包括具体的事件和活动，这会帮助你达成目标。
If your goal is to have the confidence to speak with your boss in six months from now, what can you do to make it happen?
如果你的目标是在六个月之内更有自信地和老板交流，你要做什么来达成目标呢？
And there's lots of things that you could do!
你有很多事能做。
You could use imitation lessons to practise your pronunciation and your expression.
你可以通过模仿课程来练习自己的发音和表达。
You could go to a language exchange each month to practise with other English speakers in your city.
你可以每月和在所在城市的其他说英语的人进行语言交流，练习说英语。
You could take a course, sign up to online courses.
你可以上课，比如上网课。
Now here I want you to think back to your comfort zone.
我希望大家重新联系到舒适区的问题。
Are these goals a little more challenging than you feel comfortable with?
这些目标都更具挑战性，没那么舒适了吧？
Or can you make them a little more challenging?
你还可以制定更有挑战性的目标吗？
That's better!
那就更棒啦！
These are much more specific plans and those things probably make you feel a little nervous, right?
这样的计划显然更为具体，也让你很有压力吧。
It's a bit more of a commitment.
你们需要更加的投入才行。
That's perfect!
很完美！
So tell me, do you have a specific English goal for this year?
告诉我，你们今年有明确要达成的英语目标吗？
A specific one.
要是明确的目标哦。
Tell me in the comments.
在评论区告诉我吧。
And what's one thing that you'll do this week to move towards that goal?
你们这周要做些什么来让自己逐步实现目标呢？
Now remember, don't be vague, be specific.
记住，别含糊，要很具体。
Gets me every time!
每次都让我吓一跳！
Interact with other humans.
和其他人进行互动。
Now this one might seem a little obvious but to improve your speaking skills, you need to use your English in conversation.
这个小方法很明显，但为了提升英语，你必须在对话中使用英语。
To do this, using English in conversation is a hundred percent and absolutely the single biggest difference between students who just drift along and those who accelerate and get better faster than everyone else.
要做到这一点哦，用英语对话绝对会把那些应付了事的学生和进步神速的学生区别开。
You need to push yourself out of your comfort zone a little.
你需要强迫自己走出舒适区。
Just a little at first.
每次一点点就可以。
If you live in an English-speaking country, close your computer or put your phone down right now and register in a sports team or join a meetup for international students or volunteer at a local community center.
如果你生活在说英语的国家，现在就关上电脑、放下手机，然后加入一个体育队，或者是参加国际学生聚会，抑或是在当地社区做志愿。
All of these opportunities are right there just outside your door.
这些机会都非常唾手可得啊。
If you're not in an English-speaking country, take an online class, find a language exchange in your local city.
如果你不是生活在说英语的国家，那就参加线上课程，在你的城市寻找语言交流机会。
People learn English everywhere.
大家在任何地方都可以学习英语。
Anywhere that there's an opportunity to meet other English speakers and join them in conversations, take it!
在任何地方，都有机会遇到其他的说英语的人，和他们对话，一定要抓住机会啊！
The opportunities to practise are there.
练习的机会就在这里。
They're all around you.
身边到处充满机会。
If you're sitting where you are right now and you're saying "There's no English speakers around here, I don't have anyone to talk with."
如果你就在那里坐着，然后说：“我身边根本就没有说英语的人啊，我没有机会找人聊天。”
Well I have to say that you're probably lying to yourself.
我不得不说的是，你可能在对自己撒谎吧。
Telling yourself that story so that you don't have to get out there and get out of your comfort zone.
就这样骗骗自己，那就不用走出舒适区了。
Now I know that that's probably not an easy thing to hear.
我知道这听起来并不容易。
We live at a time when you can practise English every day if you want to.
但是我们确实生活在这样一个时代，只要你想，你可以每天都练习英语。
As long as you have an internet connection or you're willing to do something about it.
只要你可以上网，或者是愿意做点什么事情。
Now let's help each other out a little bit here.
那就让我们互帮互助吧。
I want you to help me brainstorm some different places and different opportunities to practise your English skills, wherever you are.
我希望大家帮我头脑风暴想出一些不同的练习英语技能的地点和机会，不管你在哪里。
Share your favourite ways to connect with other English speakers in the comments below.
在评论中分享你最喜欢的和其他说英语的人建立联系的方式吧。
They could be native English speakers or non-native English speakers online or offline.
他们可以是英语母语者，也可以是非英语母语者，可以是线上的，也可以是线下的。
But let's try and get all of these ideas in the comments together.
但是让我们试着在评论区收集一下这些想法吧。
