为什么学好口语，必须大声朗读？
本文中文翻译由沪江英语原创，未经许可禁止转载。
Reading out loud gets an unfair reputation. A lot of people see it as something you do when you’re a kid or something you only do with kids, if you’re reading a story to small children. The truth is, there’s a lot of educational value in reading out loud, even for adult learners.
很多人对大声朗读似乎有些偏见，认为这是孩子做的事儿，或者是和小孩子在一起才做的事，例如你给孩子读故事。其实，即便是成年学习者，大声朗读也是很有学习意义的。
Read out loud for deeper
understanding of the language
大声朗读可以加深对英语的理解
A word has many different levels of meaning—its grammar, its literal definition, its connotation, and yes—its sound.When you’re able to hear English in your head as you read, you have a truly complete understanding of the words you’re reading. And one of the best ways to build that skill is to read the words out loud.
根据语法、字面含义、语调和发音，一个单词可以有很多不同的含义。当你在大脑里听到你读的单词时，你就能更加深刻地理解你所读的单词。而且，朗读是最好的方式。
Reading out loud is not just for beginner-level English learners. It can also help skilled English readers comprehend dense, challenging texts.
朗读并不是只适用于初级语言学者。它也可以帮助高级语言学者理解较难的文章。
When I was in graduate school, my linguistics study group and I would often get together and read our challenging textbooks out loud. It really helped us fully understand the course material.
当我读研究生的时候，我经常和语言学习小组的同学们一起朗读难度比较大的文章。这种方式真的可以很好地帮助我们理解课本。
Read out loud to test
your language ability
朗读可以检测你的英语能力
Recently, I did a read-aloud activity with a Peruvian ESL student of mine. I had her read a passage from John Steinbeck’s novel The Pearl out loud.
最近，我和我学习英语的秘鲁学生一起做了个朗读测试。我让她大声地朗读约翰·斯坦贝克小说《珍珠》。
Through this exercise, my student was able to realize that she needed to become more comfortable with pronunciation. Even though her pronunciation was good, the act of pronouncing English well put a lot of mental strain on her and affected her overall performance.
通过这次测试，我的学生意识到她要更加熟悉英语发音。即便她的发音很标准，但是在朗读时，保持精准的发音还是会消耗很多精力，并影响她的整个语言表现。
She also realized she needed to understand her readings more automatically, so she could pay some attention to her pronunciation without losing all focus on the meaning of the words on the page.
她也意识到她需要更顺其自然地理解文章内容。这样的话，她就可以把一部分精力放在发音上，同时也能理解文章的大意。
Perhaps most obviously, reading out loud makes for a great pronunciation diagnostic. Read a passage out loud to a tutor or teacher, and they can help you catch your most common mistakes as they happen. But you can also check your pronunciation ability through self-study—just find a book that also has an audiobook version. Read the text out loud and compare your pronunciation to that in the recording.
可能朗读最明显的好处，就是可以诊断你的发音是否标准。当你向老师大声地朗读一篇文章时，他们能发现你最容易犯的错误。当然，你也可以使用有声读物自己学习，自己大声朗读然并和有声读物做对比。
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Read out loud to improve your writing
朗读可以提高你的写作能力
Nothing’s harder than correcting your own writing mistakes. People have a natural tendency to skim things they themselves have written, accidentally skipping words and other details. It’s easy to just glance at a sentence you already wrote, and not notice a small spelling mistake, grammar error, etc.
找出自己作文的错误并改正，这是最困难的！人们总是会习惯性地忽略自己写的文章内容，譬如跳过一些单词和其他细节。你很容易盯着你自己写的句子，却发现不了一个拼写错误或者是语法错误。
Carefully reading something you’ve written out loud forces you to really pay attention to every single word. This kind of deeper, more attentive reading allows you to spot mistakes in your writing that you’d otherwise miss.
仔细地朗读你自己的作文可以迫使你注意每一个细节。这种更加仔细的阅读使你能够发现作文中的容易忽视的错误。
It also gives you a better understanding of how your writing will “sound” in the minds of your readers. In this way, you can catch the small mistakes and broader changes that can make your writing flow more smoothly.
朗读也可以使你更好地理解你的文章在其他读者的大脑中读起来是怎样的。用这种方式，你可以发现作文中的不起眼的错误，可以使你的行文更加流畅。
所以，从现在开始，赶紧大声读起来！
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翻译：Spencer
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