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Talk Show Host: Good evening and welcome to tonight's program. Our guest is the world-known Dr. Charles Adams, who has sparked a great deal of attention over the past several years for his research in the area of language learning. (16) His new book, Learning a Language over Eggs and Toast, has been on the best seller list for the past six weeks. Welcome to our program. Now, Dr. Adams. Tell us about your book and how to learn a Language.
Dr. Adams: Ah, it's a pleasure to be here. (17) Well, one of the most important keys to learning another language is to establish a regular study program, like planning a few minutes every morning around breakfast time. But I'm not implying that we can become fluent speakers in a matter of a few minutes here and there, but rather following a regular, consistent, and focused course of study can help us on the way to the promised land of language mastery, and remember there is a difference between native fluency and proficiency in a language, and I am proposing the latter.
Talk Show Host: So what are some of the basic keys you are suggesting in the book?
Dr. Adams: Well, as I just mentioned, people need to plan out their study by setting realistic and attainable goals from the beginning. I mean, some people get caught up the craze of learning the language in 30 days, only to become disappointed when they don't perform up to their expectations. And small steps, little by little, are the key. For example, planning to learn five new vocabulary words a day and to learn to use them actively is far better than learning 30 and forgetting them the next day. (18) And, people often have different ways of learning and approach learning tasks differently. Some people are visual learners who prefer to see models of the patterns they are expected to learn; others are auditory learners who favor hearing instructions, for example, over reading them. Now, our preferences are determined by many factors, for example, personality, culture, and past experience. For me, I'm a very tactile learner. It might seem a little unusual, but moving around while trying to learn and memorize material helps me a great deal. While I cut up tomatoes and onions for my omelet in the morning, I might recite aloud vocabulary to the rhythm of the knife. (18) But it is important to remember that often our learning styles are not singular in nature, but are often very multidimensional, and we tend to learn differently in different situations.
16. How long has Dr. Adams' new book been on the best seller list?
17. According to Dr. Adams, what is one of most important keys to learning another language?
18. According to Dr. Adams, how do people learn and approach learning tasks?
访谈节目主持人：晚上好，欢迎收看今晚的节目。我们今天的嘉宾是世界闻名的查尔斯·亚当斯博士。亚当斯博士在过去几年里对语言学习的研究引起了人们很大的关注。他的新书《透过鸡蛋和吐司学语言》在过去六个星期位列畅销书榜单。欢迎您来到我们的节目。亚当斯博士给我们介绍一下您的新书和如何学语言吧。
亚当斯博士：啊，我很荣幸参加这期节目。学习外语的关键点之一就是制定一个规律的学习计划，比如利用上每天早餐前后的几分钟时间。但我的意思并不是说你靠拼凑这些零碎的时间就能学成流利的外语，而是坚持有规律的、持之以恒的、专注的学习，这样才有可能实现对一门语言的精通。而且要记住语言流利地道和对语言的精通是有区别的，我建议大家向着后者努力。
访谈节目主持人：那么您在书中建议的几个基本的要点是什么？
亚当斯博士：我刚才提到了，人们从一开始就应该制定学习计划，设置实际、可实现的目标。我的意思是，一些人可能一时兴起想学习一门语言，30天后发现自己达不到预期就失望了。学习语言的关键是要循序渐进，慢慢地学。比如，每天学习5个新单词并积极地试着使用它们就比每天学习30个新单词第二天全部忘掉的好。而且，通常人们的学习方式以及完成学习任务的方式是不同的。一些人是视觉型学习者，他们更喜欢看到他们所要学习的东西的模型；而另外一些人是听觉型学习者，他们则喜欢听到讲解，比如读给他们听。我们的偏好由很多因素决定，比如性格、文化以及过往经历。我本人是一个触觉型学习者。这听上去可能有些奇怪，但是走动着学习和记忆一些材料真的对我很有效。我在切番茄和洋葱准备做煎蛋卷时，可能会随着刀切东西的声音大声背诵词汇。但是我们还需要记住的很重要的一点就是我们每个人的学习方式并不是单一的，而是多样化的，我们在不同的情境下可能会使用不同的学习方式。
16. 亚当斯博士的新书被列入畅销书榜单多长时间了？
17. 亚当斯博士认为学习外语最关键的一点是什么？
18. 亚当斯博士认为人们是如何学习和完成学习任务的？
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