[彭蒙惠英语] 你若是耐不住高温……(1/2)
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If You Can't Stand the Heat...
As I was thinking about language learning the other day, the image of baking bread came into my mind. I compared some of the exercises and drills that we put ourselves through in order to learn a language to the various ingredients that go into baking a loaf of fresh bread.
The point of baking bread, of course, is not to experience the ingredients individually. The point is to combine them in such proportions and under such conditions as to produce a nourishing, wholesome, fragrant and tasty loaf of bread.
Learning language
No one sits down and eats a cup of flour, even if he is hungry and in a hurry. But we will sit down with a list of 25 vocabulary items and choke them down, thinking that we are learning a language. Such a learning technique will probably go a long way toward convincing you that you cannot become bilingual.
But I believe everyone can become bilingual. I that some people are gifted for language work and some are not. But even those who flunked high school French can become bilingual, but not by (one phrase) dry and salt and flour.
Entering community
Real language learning takes place in human relationships. You don't become bilingual by learning lists of vocbulary. You don't become a speaker of a language by memorizing (one phrase) and agreement rules. You become bilingual by entering a community that uses that other lauguage as its primary means of communication.
Vocabulary Focus
not able to stand (something) (idiom)-- unable todeal with a difficult or unpleasant situation
choke (something) down (phr v) --to take in something with difficulty, especially something you do not like
flunk (v) --to fail an exam or course of study
Specialized terms
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