今天，D哥继续带大家游Quora，看英文文章，同时涨知识。
Quora是一个问答SNS网站，由Facebook前雇员查理·切沃（Charlie Cheever）和亚当·安捷罗（Adam D' Angelo）于2009年6月创办。人称外国版的知乎。
我们作为EFL学习者，如何在没有英文环境的情况下学好英语呢？想必不少人有这个困惑。
Quora就有人问了这个问题：How can I learn to speak English well in non-English environment?
一位教龄八年多的英语老师，同时也是某在线英语教育软件的Co-Founder(合伙创始人)Kelsey Yuhara回答了这个问题，该答案有23.1k的views(浏览量)。
我把原文贴出来，并翻译解释下，方便理解答案的精髓。
The psychological battles of learning a language outside of the country where it’s spoken can often be harder to overcome than the practical challenges. I'd like to address those first.
译：在英语为非母语国家（比如中国）学英语时会有自我心理斗争，战胜心理问题比战胜现实的挑战（比如发音不好、单词不认识等）要难得多。这是我首先要强调的。
When it comes to English learning (or any language learning), your biggest challenge will most likely be staying motivated for the long term. Your language skills will not develop overnight so taking it slow and steady is the key. Be patient and don't give up. This is what will make or break your success.
译：当讲到英语学习（或者任何语言的学习）时，你最大的挑战很可能是长期保持学习英语的动力。你的语言技能不可能一夜之间就获得了，所以慢慢学踏实地学很重要，要有耐心不能随意放弃。这些决定着你的成功或者失败。
So, first and foremost, think about why you are learning English in the first place. Chances are, if you hate English or you feel you are being forced to learn English, you will not progress. I’ve observed this in hundreds of students (and myself in learning other languages). So if you're not sure, think about it for awhile. True motivation comes about for an infinite number of reasons; not one reason is better than the other as long as it genuinely inspires you. Having passion or a goal makes it easier to take the steps to get there.
译：所以，首先，也是最重要的，先想想你为什么要学英语？有可能你讨厌英语，或者你是被逼着学英语的，那你的英语是难有进步的，说这话是因为我已经在成百上千的学生身上观察过这点，包括我自己在学其他语言时的感受，也是如此。如果你不清楚你为什么学英语，花点时间想想。要说学英语的原因，我可以列出很多，但没有一个理由好过于真正鼓舞你激励你的那一个。有动力就会有激有目标感，这会让你更加容易学好英语。
Second point of advice: get hungry. The successful students are "hungry" to improve. They are always looking for another way to practice; something else to read; or another good TV series or film to watch. Luckily, there are tons of things to read, watch, or listen to online that are in English. Just search for whatever interests you and engage with it.
译：第二个建议，求知若渴。成功学好英语的学生都是“求知若渴”的心态让Ta不断进步的。他们总是在寻找练习英语的其他方法，可以阅读的其他材料，或者是另外一部好的电视剧或者电影。幸运的是，现在网上有海量的英语材料可供阅读、观看或者听。搜寻你感兴趣的材料然后投入其中吧，本公众号就有很多优质资源呢（这句是我加的，原答案里没有）。
After you’ve set your goals and you have pumped yourself up, accessing and interacting with the material and resources to become a good speaker of English will be much easier.
译：当你设定了学习目标，目标感会振奋自己，打起精神学英语，获取并使用学习材料和资源学好英语会简单得多。
The practical steps to improve your spoken English:
Listen (and read). You need to adjust your ear to the sounds of the language. Depending on your level, what you listen to and especially what you read will differ. Listening will help most with pronunciation and intonation and reading will help most with expanding your vocabulary and grammar. By engaging with music, film, and television you'll also gain a cultural reference point that is helpful in speaking with native speakers. Here are some suggestions to get you started (although, really almost anything in English will do):
The Beatles Playlist (Greatest Hits)
Learning English with BBC new reports written in simpler English
Wikipedia in Simple English, written specifically for English language learners in mind
Films from these lists: The 100 greatest American films or AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (many titles are listed on both lists) or 100 Best British Films: The full list。
译：提升英语的可行性操作一，听和读。
你需要调整你的耳朵让它适应英语语音。每个人的英语水平不同，适合听和读的材料也不同。多听英语会对发音和语音语调有很大帮助，阅读会对扩大词汇量和学习语法有很大帮助。多听英文歌、看欧美电影和电视剧能让你知晓很多欧美文化，这对你和母语人士说英语会很有帮助。
下面是些学习材料的推荐，能让你更好地开始学习，但其实，几乎任何地道的英文材料对英语学习都是很有帮助的。
披头士乐队歌单(精选集唱片)
BBC的Learning English 节目
维基百科简单英语版
这些清单上的电影：美国史上最伟大的100部电影、美国电影协会100年100部电影、最好看的100部英国电影完整清单
注：以上的超链接在公众号里无效，如果想要这些网站上的资源，请点击文末的阅读原文，在原答案里可以点击超链接访问网站。
Make notes. In the beginning, understanding every word is not as important as exposing yourself and getting the basic idea of what's happening. As you progress and want to learn a new word or phrase, make a note of it. I keep a very small notebook and have an application on my phone that I use only for this purpose. These notes make it easy to review my new words while I’m on the bus, waiting for someone, etc.). The key here is not to write everything down - just the words that struck you as important or useful. The process of writing itself will help you remember it.
译：提升英语的可行性操作二，勤做笔记。
最开始，理解文章的每一个单词没有比把自己沉浸在文章中并获得主旨大意重要。随着你英语的进步，你会想学新单词或者短语，边阅读请边做笔记。我随身会带着一个小笔记本，手机里也有个专门用来记笔记的软件。有这些笔记我能很方便在公交车或者等人的时候复习新单词。记笔记的重点不是几下所有东西，只是阅读过程中严重绊住你的那些重要和有用的单词。记笔记的过程本身也在帮你记住这些单词。
Practice. This is the most important step. If you want to get better at speaking you're going to need to speak. I wrote more about where you can find free and paid native speakers to speak with in a non-English environment here: How can I find a native English Speaker to practice English?
译：提升英语的可行性操作三，练！
这是最重要的一步。如果你想说好英语，那就得平时多说。