我看到一些视频

wǒ | kàn dào | yī xiē | shì pín

I saw some videos.

就是很多人学中文崩溃

jiù shì | hěn duō | rén | xué | zhōng wén | bēng kuì

that many people feel frustrated while learning Chinese.

觉得中文好难

jué de | zhōng wén | hǎo | nán

They think Chinese is really difficult.

有的人说自己学了好多年

yǒu | de | rén | shuō | zì jǐ | xué le | hǎo duō | nián

Some people say they’ve been learning it for years,

却还是很难

què | hái shì | hěn | nán

but it’s still very hard.

我想说的是

wǒ | xiǎng | shuō | de | shì

What I want to say is,

不要被这些情绪影响

bù yào | bèi | zhè xiē | qíng xù | yǐng xiǎng

don’t be affected by these emotions.

你只需要大量地输入

nǐ | zhǐ | xū yào | dà liàng | de | shū rù

You just need a lot of input,

大量地模仿

dà liàng | de | mó fǎng

and a lot of imitation.

中国人从小学开始学英语

zhōng guó rén | cóng | xiǎo xué | kāi shǐ | xué | yīng yǔ

Chinese people start learning English in primary school,

到大学毕业，通常会学十几年

dào | dà xué | bì yè | tōng cháng | huì | xué | shí jǐ | nián

and usually study it for more than ten years until graduating from university.

但是英语好的人少之又少

dàn shì | yīng yǔ | hǎo | de | rén | shǎo zhī yòu shǎo

but very few people have good English skills.

就算考试成绩好

jiù suàn | kǎo shì | chéng jì | hǎo

Even if they get good exam results,

也是哑巴英语

yě shì | yǎ bā | yīng yǔ

it’s still "mute English" (passive English with poor speaking ability).

我就是其中之一

wǒ | jiù shì | qí zhōng | zhī yī

I’m one of them.

这是我们教学方法的严重问题

zhè | shì | wǒ men | jiào xué | fāng fǎ | de | yán zhòng | wèn tí

This is a serious problem with our teaching methods.

咱们今天不讨论这个

zán men | jīn tiān | bù | tǎo lùn | zhè ge

We won’t discuss this today.

我想说的是

wǒ | xiǎng | shuō | de | shì

What I want to say is,

只要是学一门外语

zhǐ yào | shì | xué | yī mén | wài yǔ

as long as you’re learning a foreign language,

都会觉得很难

dōu huì | jué de | hěn | nán

you’ll find it difficult.

就算中文可能难度更大

jiù suàn | zhōng wén | kě néng | nán dù | gèng dà

Even if Chinese may be more difficult,

但也不必用负面情绪来消磨意志

dàn | yě | bù bì | yòng | fù miàn | qíng xù | lái | xiāo mó | yì zhì

there’s no need to let negative emotions weaken your will.

通过养育我的孩子

tōng guò | yǎng yù | wǒ | de | hái zi

Through raising my children,

我发现了学语言的秘密

wǒ | fā xiàn | le | xué | yǔ yán | de | mì mì

I discovered the secret to learning a language.

真的就是重复

zhēn de | jiù shì | chóng fù

It’s really just repetition.

孩子每天听着大人说话

hái zi | měi tiān | tīng zhe | dà rén | shuō huà

Children listen to adults speak every day,

就模仿着说

jiù | mó fǎng | zhe | shuō

and imitate them.

说错了，大人也不会批评他

shuō cuò | le | dà rén | yě | bù huì | pī píng | tā

If they say something wrong, adults won’t criticize them;

反而会夸他

fǎn ér | huì | kuā | tā

instead, they’ll praise them.

孩子就在无数的错误中，慢慢找到了正确的路

hái zi | jiù zài | wú shù | de | cuò wù | zhōng màn màn | zhǎo dào | le | zhèng què | de | lù

Children gradually find the right way through countless mistakes.

而我们在学英语的时候

ér | wǒ men | zài | xué | yīng yǔ | de | shí hou

But when we learn English,

会有无数人来批评你、纠正你

huì | yǒu | wú shù | rén | lái | pī píng | nǐ | jiū zhèng | nǐ

countless people will criticize you and correct you,

甚至嘲笑你的发音

shèn zhì | cháo xiào | nǐ | de | fā yīn

and even laugh at your pronunciation.

这样学英语就有了更大的阻碍

zhè yàng | xué | yīng yǔ | jiù | yǒu le | gèng dà | de | zǔ ài

This creates even bigger obstacles to learning English.

朋友们

péng you men

My friends,

语言只是一个交流工具

yǔ yán | zhǐ shì | yī gè | jiāo liú | gōng jù

language is just a communication tool.

大胆地去说吧

dà dǎn | de | qù | shuō | ba

Speak boldly,

不要过多地在意语法这些东西

bù yào | guò duō | de | zài yì | yǔ fǎ | zhè xiē | dōng xī

and don’t care too much about things like grammar.

如果你到过中国

rú guǒ | nǐ | dào guo | zhōng guó

If you’ve been to China,

你会发现

nǐ | huì | fā xiàn

you’ll find that

中国人对外国人的中文非常包容

zhōng guó rén | duì | wài guó rén | de | zhōng wén | fēi cháng | bāo róng

Chinese people are very tolerant of foreigners’ Chinese.

你能说个“你好”

nǐ | néng | shuō | ge | “nǐ hǎo”

If you can say "hello",

大家都觉得你好棒

dà jiā | dōu | jué de | nǐ | hǎo bàng

everyone will think you’re amazing.