英文原版对话1000个:1218 Learn Types Part 2

 　　Julia: And how about you? What kind of learner are you?

 

　　Todd: Well I guess I'm maybe kinesthetic, that's movement, right, or doing things with your hands.

 

　　Julia: Yeah, I think so or even your whole body?

 

　　Todd: I don't know. Is kinesthetic using your hands or is it your whole body? Or does it matter?

 

　　Julia: I'm not sure it matters. Perhaps there's two different types. I know there's something called TPR when we teach English, total physical response.

 

　　Todd: Right. So that would be kinesthetic?

 

　　Julia: That's maybe kinesthetic, that's where you give an instruction and the student performs the task and they use the whole body in that case but it can just be your hands or a body part. I think it's both.

 

　　Todd: Yes, I think so, yeah. Yes, I mean, so basically if I do it like if I somehow have to make it or if I'm moving, I definitely think I learn better. You know, I learned how to do everything for web design and stuff like that by I think just moving the mouse, click here, click there, type here, type there, whereas like reading it from a book I just, you know, I couldn't learn it that way. So maybe, maybe, I'm kind of that way. The same with cooking, you know, like I have to do it. If I don't do it I'm not going to remember it. I just can't read a recipe and cook. So I think maybe the other thing I would be, would be, I guess would be an aural¹ learner or auditory learner. So basically through hearing.

 

　　Julia: My husband's the same, yeah.

 

　　Todd: Yeah.

 

　　Julia: He can hear a sentence, hear a new word, and remember it just from his ears.

 

　　Todd: Really?

 

　　Julia: Yeah.

 

　　Todd: That's good.

 

　　Julia: That's very good, yeah.

 

　　Todd: Like I love podcasts and I love hearing things, that's probably why I have this website. I don't like reading too much. I do read and I actually don't even like watching TV very much. I don't like watching movies very much.

 

　　Julia: Really?

 

　　Todd: No. I would actually much rather listen to a radio program, a good podcast, than watch a movie.

 

　　Julia: You see when I listen to a podcast...

 

　　Todd: While I'm walking.

 

　　Julia: There you go, definitely kinesthetic. If I listen to a podcast, I get a little bit frustrated² that I can't see the people speaking.

 

　　Todd: Really?

 

　　Julia: It frustrates³ me a little bit that I can't see the faces when they're talking, when I don't know what they look like.

 

　　Todd: Oh, I never even thought of that. Yeah, I just don't even care.

 

　　Julia: I need to, I need visual input⁴ in order for it to, I don't know, go into that part of my brain where it stays, where it stores maybe.

 

　　Todd: So we're definitely two different types of learners?

 

　　Julia: Absolutely, yes.

1 aural   

adj.听觉的，听力的

参考例句：

• The opera was an aural as well as a visual delight.这部歌剧对于听觉和视觉都是一种享受。
• You can use these tapes as aural material.你可以把这些磁带当作听力材料。

2 frustrated   

adj.挫败的，失意的，泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
• The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 frustrates   

v.使不成功( frustrate的第三人称单数 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• What frustrates him is that there's too little money to spend on the project. 使他懊恼的是，可用于这个项目的资金太少。
• His trouble is that he frustrates much easily. 他的毛病是很容易泄气。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 input   

n.输入(物)；投入；vt.把(数据等)输入计算机

参考例句：

• I will forever be grateful for his considerable input.我将永远感激他的大量投入。
• All this information had to be input onto the computer.所有这些信息都必须输入计算机。