为什么英语讲不标准: 1) 满足现状, 2) 不知错在哪里

来美多年,  我们为什么英语仍讲不标准?  根据我的亲身经历, 主要有两个原因: 1) 满足现状, 2) 不知错在哪里.

1) 满足现状.

满足现状, 只要同事能够听懂就行了. In fact, your staff, coworkers, and boss may understand what you want to say simply because they have stayed together with you long enough. If you go to another place to give a talk, the new audience may not be able to understand you effectively. If we want to seek a better career, just speaking understandable English is not enough. We have to pursue perfection.

2) 不知错在哪里.

很想把英语讲地更标准一些,  但是不知错在哪里, 无从下手.  Like a patient, if you do not know what diseases you have, how could you treat them?  I used to be, and may still be, a “patient” in pronunciation. The bottom line is that I now know my “diseases” and the right medicine to treat them. What is left is that I need to remind myself of taking the medicine on a daily base. 

There was a Chinese saying: “You will become a doctor if you are ill long enough.”  (久病成医). I would be very satisfied if my articles could help my readers find their “diseases” in pronunciation.

Thank you!

QinHwang

4/24/2007