怎样让学习英语有趣起来?

 How to have fun learning English
怎样让学习英语有趣起来?

This month, how to…have fun learning English. Here are some slightly unusual but fun ways of improving your English.
    这个月，怎样让学习英语有趣起来。这里有一些能提高你的英语的稍微与众不同但是有趣的方式。

Computer settings
（改变）电脑设置
Change the settings on your computer so they're all in English. It's a great way to get your brain into gear for learning English. You'll also learn lots of useful words and expressions such as "print, insert, copy, cut, paste" and "page layout" (to name just a few).
    改变你的电脑设置让他们都是英文的。这是一个让你的大脑为学习英语运转的极好方法。你也会学到很多有用的单词和表达方式，如“打印、插入、复制、剪切、粘贴”和“页面布局”(仅举几例)。

Story telling
讲述故事
Learn how to tell your favorite anecdotes or jokes until you can say them without thinking. First, write your stories out on a piece of paper. Then, make notes and practice saying them to yourself until you know them by heart. Now you're ready to try them out on real people. The more you practice, the better they'll get. It's amazing as you watch other people listen to your funny story in another language and laugh in the right places!
    学习如何讲述你最喜爱的名人轶事或笑话直到你能不加思索说出他们。首先，把你的故事写在一张纸上。然后，做注释和练习对自己讲述它们直到你熟记于心。现 在，准备把它们讲给别人听。你练习得越多，效果就会变得越好。当你看别人听你用另一种语言讲述的有趣故事并且适时的欢笑时真是棒极了！

Singing
唱歌
Singing along to songs is a great way to learn a language. Apart from anything else, you are using chunks of text (rather than individual/isolated words). Also, by repeating the lyrics, you get a good sense of the rhythm, flow and tempo of English. For a fun evening, invite some friends round for a karaoke singing session in English. There are some great karaoke computer programs out there such as SingStar for Playstation.
和着歌哼唱是学习语言的一个极好方式。和别的不同，你正在使用的是文本块（而不是单个的/孤立的单词）。同样，通过重复歌词，你得到很好的英语节奏感、速 度感和拍子感。邀请一些朋友来一个英语K歌会度过一个美好的夜晚。那儿有一些很棒的电脑K歌程序，例如点歌机的歌星（麦霸）。

Computer fun
电脑寻乐
Have fun writing sentences on the computer and listening to them repeated back to you. Visit http://translate.google.com and type in words or expressions, or paste them in from another source. Then, click on the audio symbol and listen. For extra fun, type in funny sentences or words and listen to the computer lady read them back to you. It's hilarious!
　  在电脑上写下句子有趣的句子，听电脑回读给你。访问http://translate.google.com，输入单词和表达，或粘贴其它来源的资料。然后，点击音频符号来听（电脑读）。为了获得更多乐趣，键入有趣的句子或单词，听电脑的女生回读给你。真是太好笑了!

Free conversations
自由交谈
Phone up international hotels in towns where you live and make enquiries in English. Even if you live in a non-Englishspeaking country, the reception staff will almost certainly speak English. This is a great way to practice your spoken English... and it's free. Just invent a few questions to ask. You could do the same in shops (pretending to be a foreigner who only speaks English), but that's a bit more difficult as you have to act the part too!
　　打给你居住的镇上的国际酒店，用英语询问。即使你住在一个不讲英语的，接待人员几乎肯定会说英语。这是一个来练习你英语口语的绝佳方式……而且这是免费的。只需发明几个要问的问题。你可以在商店里这么做，（假装自己是一个外国人，只会说英语），但是这较为困难，因为你必须参与其中！

Act it out
表演
Get together with some friends and act out scenes in English from your favorite films or TV series. You can get the scripts for just about any film or TV series from the internet. You could even try to learn your parts by heart, which would really help your English. If you're feeling adventurous, you could put on a mini-show at your school or place of work.
    与朋友们聚在一起，从您最喜爱的电影或电视剧中选取场景用英语表演。你能从网上得到任何电影或电视剧的剧本。你甚至可以试着用心去了解自己要表演的部分，那会对你学英语真的很有帮助。如果你喜欢冒险，你可以学校或工作的地点来一个迷你秀。

Organize a language exchange
组织语言交流
Just go onto www.craigslist.com (or any other site with classified ads) and type in "Language and cultural exchange" and find someone who's interested in doing a language exchange (you speak your language, which the other person wants to learn; and they speak their language, which you want to learn). You can do this online or in person. You both get to practice the language you want to learn... for free. Plus, you'll meet new and interesting people. [under 18s, please consult an adult before doing this.