书名：Fluent in 3 Months: How Anyone at Any Age Can Learn to Speak Any Language from Anywhere in the World三个月掌握一门语言：跟什么人都聊得来

作者：Benny Lewis 

出版社名称：HarperCollins Publisher 

出版时间：2014 

语种：英文 

ISBN：9780062282699 

商品尺寸：13.4 x 1.5 x 20.3 cm 

包装：平装 

页数：250Fluent in 3 Months《三个月掌握一门语言》书中作者用亲身经历告诉你：语言不是用来学习的，而是用来使用的，如果你觉得自己学习很失败，唯一的可能就是你一点也不用它去交流！本书适合各国语言学习者及计划出国旅游的读者。

推荐理由： 1.作者本尼•刘易斯是TEDx热门演讲人、美国《国家地理》年度旅行者、语言学习达人； 2.全书内容以鸡汤+技巧为主基调，帮助学习者重新树立信心，有的放矢地攻克外语学习难关； 3.作者语言风趣幽默，用词地道简洁，几乎不会有阅读障碍； 4.轻型环保纸印刷，方便随身携带阅读。 Benny Lewis is the creator of www.fluentin3months.com, the largest language learning blog in the world. His proven techniques break down language learning myths and replace them with practical “language hacks” that take advantage of skills we already possess. Fluent in 3 Months provides everything you need to make learning a new language fast, intuitive, and fun. 跟各国人都可以聊得来？没钱没时间没天赋也可以？

是的！本书作者本尼·刘易斯原本是一个没有任何语言天赋的“学渣”。他学了6个月的西班牙语，却只敢问东西的价钱和厕所在哪里，以为这辈子注定只能讲英语一种语言了。后来，他用几年的时间变身“语言达人”，不仅可以流利地说12种语言，还被美国《国家地理》杂志评为“年度旅行者”。 Benny Lewis, who speaks over ten languages—all self-taught—runs the largest language-learning blog in the world, Fluent in 3 Months. Lewis is a full-time “language hacker,” someone who devotes all of his time to finding better, faster, and more efficient ways to learn languages. Fluent in 3 Months: How Anyone at Any Age Can Learn to Speak Any Language from Anywherein the Worldis a new blueprint for fast language learning. Lewis argues that you don’t need a great memory or “the language gene” to learn a language quickly, and debunks a number of long-held beliefs, such as adults not being as good of language learners as children.

本尼•刘易斯，语言学习达人，从“学渣”到“学霸”的典型代表。他在21岁之前只会说英语，而且几次尝试学习新语言都以失败告终，比如，他在西班牙上了6个月的语言班，却只敢问东西的价钱和厕所在哪里。后来他突然领悟到“语言不是用来学习的，而是用来生活的”，并很快找到了学习语言的窍门，不仅能说一口流利的西班牙语，还可以自信地使用德语、法语、意大利语、匈牙利语、葡萄牙语、中文普通话等12种语言。另外他还掌握了其他12种语言的基础知识，并多次被错认为当地人。

他的语言学习博客（fluentin3months.com）活跃度排名首位，已帮助数百万人学会了新的语言，让他们了解了会说另一门语言将会怎样改变他们的人生。鉴于他在异国旅行和文化探索方面的杰出贡献，美国《国家地理》授予他“年度旅行者”称号。 Brendan Richard “Benny” Lewis is an author, polyglot, language teacher, and defines himself as a “technomad language hacker”. Born in Ireland, he graduated in electronic engineering and then spent six months in Spain struggling to learn Spanish. His frustration with conventional methods led him to take a different approach, as described in his book and website Fluent in 3 Months. He has given two talks on TEDx In 2013, he was named a “Traveler of the Year” by National Geographic magazine. He suggests that American entrepreneurs learn foreign languages and notes that “In Ireland, we grow up hearing a range of Englishes.” He was awarded a “Language Ambassador of the Year” award in 2012. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS致谢

INTRODUCTION引言 My Story, Your Passion我的故事，你的激情 Your story, like mine, begins and ends with passion—the surest path to learning a new language.与成功的语言学习者相比，不成功的学习者唯一缺失的就是对语言本身的激情和热爱。 CHAPTER 1 Destroying Twenty Common Language Learning Myths 20个关于语言学习的错误观点 Stop making excuses. There’s simply no reason you “can’t” learn a new language, and you’ll tell you why.别找借口了，你不可能“学不会”一门新的语言，我来告诉你为什么。 CHAPTER 2 Your Mission, Should You Choose to Accept It三个月说一口流利外语 Do Away with vague daydreams, such as “learn Spanish,” by setting specific end goals within specific time frames and incorporating new language learning techniques to achieve concrete results.为什么非要选定三个月作为学习的期限呢？答案很简单：三个月是我仅有的时间。当我去另外一个国家学语言时，旅游签证的期限一般都是三个月。 CHAPTER 3 How to learn Thousands of Words Quickly如何快速记住上千个单词 If you don’t have the memory of a supercomputer, don’t worry. This chapter explains why we forget things and teaches a much more efficient—and fun—way to remember foreign words.直到今天，有一件事仍使我感到困惑——我们在学校学了那么多年，却始终没有真正学会该如何去学习。 CHAPTER 4 Immersion Without Buying a Plane Ticket足不出户，如何自创语言环境 You don’t need to be in a foreign country to learn the language. You can do it from the comfort of your home or local community.学语言并不一定要出国，利用家里和社区的便利条件也可以创造体验式的语言环境。 CHAPTER 5 Speaking from Day One第一天即开口 Start speaking a new language right away with easy-to-follow “cheats” for when you don’t know the words you want to say.今天就开始说一门新语言吧，不要期盼那永远不会到来的、所谓的“准备好了”的一天。 CHAPTER 6 Tips for starting Specific Languages特定语言学习技巧 Learning a specific language is easier than you think. Here I tell you why.学习一门语言比你想象的更容易，我来告诉你为什么。 CHAPTER 7 From Fluency to Mastery从流利到精通 Strive toward fluency and beyond by coming back to the academic aspects better suited to this part of the language learning process.对大多数语言学习者来说，一开始就学习以语法为重点的课程是不对的。但是，当你的目标语言已经说得不错的时候，就可以把语法课程加入任务列表了。 CHAPTER 8 How to Get Mistaken for a Native Speaker怎样成功地被当作本地人 It’s time to go beyond fluency by adapting to the local culture, until a stranger mistakes you for a native!尽管令人信服的口音能够让你听起来像本地人，但只有欣赏本地文化和习俗，你才能真正赢得当地人的认可。 CHAPTER 9 Hyperpolyglot: When One is Just Not Enough多语：当一门语言已无法满足你 Take language learning to the next level. Speak multiple languages without mixing them up or forgetting the one(s) you’ve already mastered.见过很多语言家之后，我得出结论：会说的语言数目远远没有用自己感兴趣的语言交流表达的能力重要。 CHAPTER 10 Free and Cheap Language Learning 2.0语言学习2.0：免费、便宜的工具 Study a new language beyond spoken practice sessions with invaluable—and mostly free—resources在我看来，一个课程的价钱和它的质量、效果没有必然的联系。 Conclusion结语 ABOUT THE AUTHOR作者简介 In late July 2003, just a couple of weeks after my twenty-first birthday, I moved to Valencia, Spain. To help me adjust to life in a foreign country, I enrolled in a Spanish class.

It was a small class, and it was taught entirely in Spanish, which was a bit of a problem for me because I only understood English. I had just graduated with a degree in electronic engineering, and I had barely passed the German and Irish courses I took in high school. Languages were definitely not my thing. After several classes, I was getting absolutely nowhere. Each lesson ended with the other students wearing great big satisfied smiles on their faces. I knew they had figured out something about the language that they didn’t know before, while I still couldn’t understand a single word. My ego was destroyed. I was without a doubt, the worst student in the class, and as I walked home with my head hung low, I couldn’t help thinking, it’s not fair! Why were those guys blessed with the language learning gene and I wasn’t? I’m never going to learn Spanish.