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Nowadays, more and more people or parents realize a Foreign language will have a decisive impact on their own or their kid's career. Hence, different training classes emerged for adults or children. It's great because at least it has proved how important to fluently speak a foreign language is. Moreover, I have to concede I missed the best time to improve my English proficiency. once upon a time, to be more specific, around 2006, my first job as a software engineer, I had had a lot of time after getting off, but my focus only was watching movies or wandering the beautiful city Shenzhen. If I had taken good use of my time rationally, I would have changed my career path 5 years earlier. But at least, right now I'm working on my English skills, what about you?

如今，越来越多的人或父母意识到外语将对他们自己或孩子的职业生涯产生决定性的影响。因此，出现了针对成人或儿童的不同培训课程。这很棒，因为至少它证明了流利地说一门外语是多么重要。此外，我不得不承认我错过了提高英语水平的最佳时机。曾几何时，具体来说，在2006年左右，我的第一份软件工程师工作，下班后我有很多时间，但我的重点只是看电影或在美丽的城市深圳闲逛。如果我理性地利用好我的时间，我会提前5年改变我的职业道路。但至少，现在我正在努力提高我的英语技能，你呢?

Having the capacity to master a foreign language will bring you some benefits even you yourself might ignore it. On the one hand, is your career will benefit it, that's true, you already knew that, on the other hand, is your cognitive ability will be improved significantly. According to scientific news reportedly that speaking a foreign language will decrease the possibility of Alzheimer's Disease to only 10% than others who can't speak a foreign language. Therefore, taking all of these factors into consideration, studying a foreign language will kill two birds with one stone.

拥有掌握一门外语的能力会给你带来一些好处，即使你自己可能会忽视它。一方面，是你的事业会受益吗，没错，你已经知道了，另一方面，是你的认知能力会得到显著提高。据科学新闻报道，与不会说外语的其他人相比，说外语会使患阿尔茨海默病的可能性降低至仅 10%。所以综合以上因素，学一门外语，一石二鸟。

But the primary problem is how? I used to listen to others said that they really enjoy watching English dramas, and their English skills improved dramatically by watching English dramas. Really? I doubt that. You got to know, so-called English ability is combined with READING, WRITING, LISTENING, AND SPEAKING. You sure you are able to speak or write only by watching videos? At least I don't think so. Are you kidding me?

但首要的问题是如何？我以前听别人说他们真的很喜欢看英剧，而且通过看英剧，他们的英语水平有了很大的提高。真的吗？我不信。你要知道，所谓的英语能力是与阅读、写作、听力和口语相结合的。你确定你只能通过观看视频来说话或写作吗？至少我不这么认为。你在跟我开玩笑吗？

After I quit my job at Alipay in 2019, it took me one and half years to study, and now I don't think my English ability is strong enough, let alone you only watched English dramas. At most, you are only familiar with part of words or phrases, beyond that, no more.

2019年辞掉支付宝的工作后，花了一年半的时间学习，现在觉得自己的英文能力还不够强，更别说只看英剧了。您最多只熟悉部分单词或短语，除此之外，仅此而已。

Here is my recommendation for you if you'd like to improve your English skill set.

如果你想提高你的英语技能，这是我给你的建议。

First, read English sentences every day for at least 10 minutes.

首先，每天至少阅读10分钟的英语句子。

Second, if you were a novice, please listen to this slow video. Gradually you can choose standard videos, like documentaries or dramas.

其次，如果您是新手，请收听这段慢速视频。渐渐地，您可以选择标准视频，如纪录片或电视剧。

Third, read English news at least over 2000 words. And you have to record those words you don't know. Words are base stones. And review recorded words every day.

三、阅读英文新闻至少2000字以上。你必须记录那些你不知道的单词。单词是基石。并每天复习记录的单词。

Finally, you need to speak, find opportunities to speak with native speakers.

最后，您需要讲，寻找和英语母语的人直接对话。

Next chapter, I will discuss with you about how to choose English dramas.

下一章，我将和你讨论如何选择英剧。