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Skype Call with Norman Guo - Staying Motivated

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ID: 4606 Upper Intermediate
In this lesson, Joe interviews Norman Guo for tips of staying motivated for learning Chinese. Let's check it out!
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
冲动 chōngdòng to have an urge; to be impetuous; impulse
深思熟虑 shēnsīshúlǜ mature reflection
周全 zhōuquán thorough; to bring one's help; to assist
考虑 kǎolǜ to think over; to consider; consideration
每一个人,当他选择学习一门语言的时候,往往不是因为一时冲动。当他坐在语言课堂上的时候呢,往往是他经过深思熟虑,他经过很周全的考虑,他有他的动机和理由。
měi yīgē rén ,dāng tā xuǎnzé xuéxí yī mén yǔyán de shíhou ,wǎngwǎng búshi yīnwèi yīshí chōngdòng 。dāng tā zuò zài yǔyán kètáng shàng de shíhou ne ,wǎngwǎng shì tā jīngguò shēnsīshúlu:4 ,tā jīngguò hěn zhōuquán de kǎolǜ ,tā yǒu tā de dòngjī hé lǐyóu 。
When each person chooses to learn a language, it is usually not because of an impulse. When they are in a language class, often they have given it some thought, and after careful consideration, they have their motives and reasons.
所以说对于我们老师是非常有必要了解这个人的背景,因为我们每一个人都不是一个个体他都是和他的背景,他的经验,他的历史,捆绑在一起,息息相关的。
suǒyǐ shuō duìyú wǒmen lǎoshī shì fēicháng yǒu bìyào liǎojiě zhège rén de bèijǐng ,yīnwèi wǒmen měi yīgē rén dōu búshi yīgē gètǐ tā dōu shì hé tā de bèijǐng ,tā de jīngyàn ,tā de lìshǐ ,kǔnbǎng zài yīqǐ ,xīxīxiāngguān de 。
So for us teachers, it is absolutely necessary to understand this person's background. Because every person is a different individual. They have their background, experience, history tied together and closely related.
我们充分利用我们碎片的时间去学习,因为我们碎片的时间积攒起来是非常可观的,非常长的时间,那我们充分利用他了以后呢,我们可以在学习上展现出很高的效果。
wǒmen chōngfèn lìyòng wǒmen suìpiàn de shíjiān qù xuéxí ,yīnwèi wǒmen suìpiàn de shíjiān jīzǎn qǐlai shì fēicháng kěguān de ,fēicháng cháng de shíjiān ,nà wǒmen chōngfèn lìyòng tā le yǐhòu ne ,wǒmen kěyǐ zài xuéxí shàng zhǎnxiàn chū hěn gāo de xiàoguǒ 。
We need to fully utilize our fragmented time to study. Because when all the fragments of time are accumulated, it becomes a lot. It takes up a lot of time. So once we fully utilize this, we can truly develop high results in our learning.
所有的在线学习将来应该是会更加普遍和更加进一步得到发展的,因为它毕竟是在很大程度上去克服了地理上的限制,让我们所有人都可以在同时间学习语言。
suǒyǒu de zàixiàn xuéxí jiānglái yīnggāi shì huì gèngjiā pǔbiàn hé gèngjiā jìnyībù dédào fāzhǎn de ,yīnwèi tā bìjìng shì zài hěn dà chéngdù shàngqù kèfú le dìlǐ shàng de xiànzhì ,ràng wǒmen suǒyǒu rén dōu kěyǐ zài tóng shíjiān xuéxí yǔyán 。
The future of online learning should continue to be more universal and progressive, because after all, to a great extent, it overcomes the geographical limitation to allow us to learn languages at the same time.
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