老子說過："人法地，地法天，天法道，道法自然。"所以，我們應(yīng)該樹立這樣的觀念，凡是自然的東西都是好的。我們是自然之子，只要我們順乎自然地發(fā)揮天賦的功能，很多東西就會很容易學(xué)會。如果一種學(xué)習(xí)方法，某人用起來很不自然甚至很痛苦，那么應(yīng)該認為這個方法不適合這個人。他應(yīng)該勇敢地拋棄這個不適合他自己實際情況的方法，然后去嘗試其他方法。

Laozi has said, "Man takes Earth as his model; Earth takes Heaven as its model; Heaven takes Tao as its model; The Tao takes what is natural as its model." So we should set up such an idea that all natural things are good. Since we are children of nature, many things are easy for us to learn well only if we exert our connate functions. If a learning method is used by someone unnaturally even painfully, we should conclude that this method is unsuitable for him. He should abandon this unsuitable method bravely and then try other methods.

絕對不能認為方法是正確的，而這個人太愚笨。這種錯誤觀念貶低了人的天賦和尊嚴。在我心目中，人，才是根本，一切方法都是可以考察和選擇的對象，沒有絕對正確的放之四海而皆準的方法。一切要以人為本，只能要方法來將就人，而不是相反，這是我討論英語學(xué)習(xí)時貫穿始終的一條紅線。

We shouldn't think the method is right but the learner is too stupid, because this wrong idea deb ases man's endowment and dignity. In my view, only man is the basis for examining and choosing any learning methods, and there isn't such an absolutely correct method being valid everywhere. Man is the measurement of all things, so we shouldn't make man for methods but make methods for man, which is the main thread from beginning to end when I discuss English learning here.

英語作為一種世界語，在現(xiàn)代社會尤其國際交往中起了很重要的作用。我們國家對英語教育應(yīng)該說非常重視，我國學(xué)生在十幾年的學(xué)生時代花了不少的寶貴時間來學(xué)習(xí)英語。很多學(xué)生都為學(xué)習(xí)英語感到頭疼，不知道該怎樣才能學(xué)好英語。學(xué)習(xí)一種語言的樂趣沒有體會到，英語水平很難提高的痛苦煩惱倒是一直伴隨。其效果是有目共睹的，啞巴英語不乏其人。幾乎不能流暢地用英語來表達自己的思想和情感，那就是說，英語的交際功能沒有很好地實現(xiàn)。

As a world language, English plays a very important part in the modern society, especially in our international interactions. Our country thinks highly of English education, and Chinese students spend a lot of time learning English within their student age of ten more years. It's a big pain for them to learn English without knowing how to learn English well. They haven't enjoyed the pleasure of learning a foreign language but have suffered a lot for being stagnant in their English learning. The learning effect is obvious to all, and there's no lack of dummy English learners. They can hardly express their thoughts and feelings in fluent English, that is to say, the communicative function of English hasn't been fully realized.

一些本科生和研究生即使托?？荚嚭?/SPAN>GRE考試成績比較好，但是英語的語言表達能力仍然很糟糕。英語并沒有融入到他們的頭腦和血液中，他們完全不能熟練地運用英語來交際，只是很蹩腳地運用著英語的字詞句在做翻譯練習(xí)。英語沒有成為他們擅長表達自己某些思想情感的一種有力武器，正確流暢不用說了，感情色彩和個性風格就更不用提了。他們的頭腦一直在思考該如何把自己的想法翻譯成英語，根本沒有機會把自己的情感灌注到所說的話中去，結(jié)果就是干癟癟地平鋪直敘，缺乏語言表達的動人魅力。

Even some undergraduates and graduates score high in TOEFL and GRE, they fail to express themselves in accurate and fluent English. Without melting English into their mind and blood, they can't communicate skillfully with others in English, and what they can do is only to do translation exercises word by word or sentence by sentence. English hasn't become a sharp tool for them to express some of their thoughts and feelings, so accuracy and fluency is out of their reach, let alone emotional color and personal style in their s. They're busy thinking how to translate their thoughts into English without pouring their emotions into what they're taking about, so they just speak in a dull or flat way without any moving charm of language .

英語自然學(xué)習(xí)法（2）

原因何在？難道是我們中國的學(xué)生普遍缺乏學(xué)些語言的天賦嗎？答案是否定的。一個中國小孩在美國生活，很自然地能說一口流利的英語。因此我們應(yīng)該思考我們是否遵循了正確的學(xué)習(xí)規(guī)律和采用了正確的學(xué)習(xí)方法。

What's the reason? Is it true that Chinese students lack the endowment of learning foreign languages? The answer is Nagative. If a Chinese kid live in the United States, he can speak fluent English very naturally. Therefore, we should consider whether we follow right learning laws and adopt correct learning methods.

我們要摒棄錯誤的英語學(xué)習(xí)方式，樹立起新的英語學(xué)習(xí)習(xí)慣。包括英語在內(nèi)的所有語言都并非是研究的對象，而是熟習(xí)的對象。當一切都習(xí)慣成自然時，我們就可以完全從迄今為止仍然愈學(xué)愈難的英語學(xué)習(xí)中解放出來了。人們用母語說話時，熟習(xí)的內(nèi)容自動浮現(xiàn)于腦海中，卻并不深究語法。我認為，說外語也可以如此。

We should abandon wrong methods and set up new habits for English learning. All languages including English aren't for us to study but to learn. When everything becomes natural, we can free us from the harder and harder English learning so far. If we speak in our native language, what we're going to say will come up to our mind automatically, but we won't go into grammar seriously. I think it's also true for us to speak other foreign languages.

我所提倡的自然學(xué)習(xí)法只有三條基本原則。

I advocate this natural learning method with three basic principles.

第一、學(xué)習(xí)英語應(yīng)該遵循由簡入繁、由易到難、由粗至細的原則

I. Learning English should follow the principle from simple to complex, from easy to difficult, and from rough to subtle.

千里之行，始于足下。學(xué)習(xí)英語切忌好高騖遠，學(xué)習(xí)的開始就挑選難、繁、細的材料進行攻堅戰(zhàn)，以為學(xué)習(xí)效果更好，實踐證明這是一種錯誤的態(tài)度。如果學(xué)習(xí)材料遠遠超出學(xué)習(xí)者的語言水平，這樣的挑戰(zhàn)就失去了樂趣，而只是讓人感到喪氣和痛苦，材料不恰當，破壞了學(xué)習(xí)者的興趣和信心，這是最糟糕的事情。

A journey of a thousand li starts beneath one's feet. We should try to avoid pursuing what's beyond our reach in English learning. If we choose and study some difficult, complex, subtle materials at the very beginning with the hope of having better effect, it's proved to be a wrong attitude by practice. If learning materials go far beyond learners' actual language level, such challenges aren't desirable and just make learners frustrated and painful. It's the worst thing that learners' interest and confidence are destroyed by unsuitable materials.

英語自然學(xué)習(xí)法（3）

人的思維要受到精神狀態(tài)的影響，情緒飽滿和信心十足的時候，思維敏捷而且記憶輕松，在這樣良好的精神狀態(tài)下學(xué)習(xí)英語，就會收到事半功倍的效果。所以，學(xué)習(xí)英語應(yīng)該一步一步地提高自己的水平，千萬不要抱著十天可以速成的錯誤心理。語言的學(xué)習(xí)是一個終生發(fā)展的過程，千萬不要以為通過一段時間的刻苦努力就能完全掌握英語，要知道對語言是學(xué)無止境的。

Your thinking will be affected by your mental state. You'll think quickly and memorize easily if you're in high spirit and full of confidence, then you'll get twice the result with half the effort in such a good mental state. Therefore, you should improve your English step by step in your English learning without the wrong thoughts of cracking English within ten days. Language learning is a lifelong developmental process, so don't think you can master English thoroughly only through a period of great effort, and you should know there's no end for language learning.

只要生命在不斷變化，作為表現(xiàn)工具的語言，就會自然而然不斷地經(jīng)歷表征重述，從而使語言表達水平越來越高，越來越爐火純青，學(xué)習(xí)語言的樂趣就會越來越強烈。

So long as your life keeps changing, your language, as a rendering tool, will constantly undergo representational redescription, which makes your language expressive level higher and higher. It's natural that you'll attain high degree of professional proficiency and enjoy more and more fun in your language learning.

有一點必須指出，有些英文作品對我們?nèi)绻@得太困難、繁雜或者微妙，除了語言本身（詞匯和語法）的障礙之外，更重要的在于我們沒有經(jīng)歷過類似的事情，我們的生命層次太低，思想太膚淺，自然無法領(lǐng)悟文章的奧妙。

If some English works seem too difficult, complex and subtle to us, I must point out, it lies in our lack of similar life experiences apart from the obstacles of language itself (vocabulary and grammar). Because we're in too low life levels with too superficial thoughts, it's natural we fail to understand the profound meaning of those articles.

英語自然學(xué)習(xí)慣于法（4）

有句話，我印象很深，你要學(xué)寫詩，功夫在詩外。其實，學(xué)習(xí)英語的道理又何嘗不是如此，要提高英語表達水平，功夫應(yīng)該花在英語外，沒有足夠的學(xué)識修養(yǎng)，英語技巧掌握得再好，也不過是一個中看不中用的繡花枕頭而已。

I've been impressed by a statement, "You must learn more things beyond poems if you want to learn writing them." Actually, English learning isn't different at all. You must learn more things beyond English if you want to improve your English expressive level. You're just an outwardly attractive but actually worthless person without enough knowledge no matter how well you've mastered those English language skills.

其實大家可以想象一下金字塔的形狀，或許可以受到一點啟發(fā)。金字塔穩(wěn)穩(wěn)當當?shù)卮Ａ⒅?，那是因為下大上小，我們學(xué)習(xí)英語也應(yīng)該借鑒金字塔，簡單的作為繁雜的基礎(chǔ)，容易的作為困難的基礎(chǔ)，粗略的作為精細的基礎(chǔ)。簡單、容易和粗略就是金字塔龐大的基底，繁雜、困難和精細就是金字塔的頂部。我們按照這樣的過程學(xué)習(xí)英語，就一定能達到金字塔光輝的頂端！

Actually you can get enlightened by imagining the pyramid shape. The pyramid stands firmly with a big bottom but a small top, and we should use it for reference in our English learning. Complex materials base on simple materials, difficult materials base on easy materials, and subtle materials base on rough materials. The simple, easy and rough materials serve as the big base of pyramid, while the complex, difficult and subtle materials serve as the top of pyramid. We can reach the glorious summit of pyramid if we learn English in this way.

第二、學(xué)習(xí)英語應(yīng)該遵循先聽后說、先讀后寫、先積累后運用的自然順序

II. Learning English should follow the natural sequence of listening prior to speaking, reading prior to writing, accumulating prior to applying.

古人有句經(jīng)驗之談：熟讀唐詩三百首，不會寫詩也會吟。這個經(jīng)驗完全符合學(xué)習(xí)的邏輯規(guī)律。

There's an ancient saying: After reading up three hundred Tang poems, you can at least intone poems even you can't write them. This experience completely accords with the logical law of learning.

學(xué)習(xí)英語，應(yīng)該根據(jù)自己的實際水平和興趣愛好多多吸收語言材料，敞開頭腦，充分吸收，積累盡可能多的豐富語言材料，如英文歌、英文小說、報刊雜志、英文電影等等。

Absorb more language materials according to your actual level and interest in your English learning. With your open mind, absorb as much as you can, and accumulate rich language materials as many as possible, such as English songs, novels, newspapers, magazines, movies, etc.

應(yīng)該持一種來者不拒的態(tài)度，一種海納百川的氣勢，要知道人腦具有對語言材料的自動加工處理功能，材料積累到一定時候，人腦就會加工處理出一些有用的語言信息。聽多了，自然想說，讀多了，自然想寫，一切都順其自然，完全是水到渠成的事情。

Hold an attitude of embracing everything just like ocean containing hundreds of rivers. Because human brain has such a function of processing language materials automatically, it can produce some useful language information when materials have been accumulated to a certain extent. It's natural you want to speak when you've heard a lot, and also natural you want to write when you've read a lot. Everything has been done in a natural way, then success will come when conditions are ripe.

聽和讀，是輸入和積累，也可以說是基于觀察的學(xué)習(xí)。應(yīng)該盡力模仿，每個音調(diào)和語調(diào)，每個字詞和句子，從粗到細地模仿和吸收，要抱著一種不求甚解、順其自然的態(tài)度才好。究竟什么時候該休息一段時間，讓輸入的語言材料在大腦內(nèi)部按照個人的特點進行加工處理，這完全是因人而異的事情。

As input and accumulation, listening and reading function as observation-based learning. Try to imitate very pronunciation and intonation, every word and sentence from the rough to the subtle with a natural attitude. It varies with each individual when to rest for a period of time and let those input language materials processed in the brain according to the individual character.

當你覺得你的頭腦被很多語言材料充滿，就像茶杯已經(jīng)倒?jié)M了水，如果再繼續(xù)往茶杯里倒水，只會溢出來，好了，抓住那個臨界點，開始休息。所謂休息，我是指，完全把所吸收的語言材料統(tǒng)統(tǒng)忘掉，把它們拋入潛意識得到加工處理。

When you feel your head is stuffed with many language materials just like a teacup full of water, it'll overflow if you continue pouring water into it. Well, seize that critical point, then start your rest. So-called rest, I mean you forget all those absorbed language materials and throw them into your subconscious mind.