练习是如何伤害英语学习的

苗淑华

If you ask “How can I learn to speak English better？”， many people will tell you “Practice， practice， practice”. “Speak and write in English whenever you can，” theyll say. All English classes are full of activities of speaking and writing. You make sentences when you do an exercise in your textbook， when your teacher asks you to speak in class， or when you have to do homework.

如果你问“我如何能学会更好地说英语？”，许多人会告诉你“练习，练习，再练习”。他们会说：“尽可能用英语说和写。”所有英语课程都有很多口语和写作的活动。当你在教科书中做练习时，当老师让你在课堂上发言或要写家庭作业时，你都要造句。

Practice can be very useful. Its even necessary2 to learn English well. So the problem is that for many learners， speaking or writing means making a lot of mistakes. Some people make a mistake in every sentence！

练习会非常有用，学好英语实际上很有必要。所以问题是，对于许多学习者来说，说或写英语意味着会犯很多错误，有些人每句话都会犯错！

Suppose3 that you are writing an e-mail message in English. Your English is not very good and you want to write it quickly. You write （incorrectly4）： “I want speak English.”

假设你正在用英语写一封电子邮件。你的英语并不太好，你想快点写完邮件。你（错误地）写道：“I want speak English.”。

When you write a sentence， you also read it. So the wrong sentence becomes “toxic input5” for you. The next time you will be more likely6 to write “I want finish” or “I want be happy”. Why？ Because “I want speak English” is in your head—you used it！ And when you write “I want do something” a few more times， youll get a bad habit： “I want do something” will become the way of your speaking English. Such bad habits can be very difficult to get over.

當你写出一个句子时，你也会读它。因此，不正确的句子成为你的“有害输入”。下次你更有可能写出“I want finish”或“I want be happy”。为什么？因为“I want speak English”在你的脑海中浮现，你最近才用过它！当你再写几次“I want do something”时，你会养成一个坏习惯：“I want do something”将成为你习惯的英语口语用法。这样的坏习惯很难消除。

Every time you write or speak with mistakes， you reinforce7 those mistakes. As you repeat8 your mistakes， you get bad habits. If you make a lot of mistakes， practice becomes a harmful9 activity because it teaches you more bad English than good English. Some learners make so many mistakes that the more they practice， the worse their English becomes！

每次你写错或说错时，你都会强化这些错误。当你重复错误时，就会养成不良习惯。如果你犯了很多错，那么练习就会成为有害的活动，因为它教会你错的英语多于对的。有些学习者犯了太多错误，以至于他们练习得越多，英语就学得越糟！

（英语原文选自：antimoon.com）