今年11月6日,41岁的周杰伦将迎来出道20周年。
众所周知,周杰伦天赋异禀,会唱歌、会作曲,还是枚导演,受到无数人喜爱。
今年的综艺《周游记》中,他还因流利的英语交流登上热搜。
在澳大利亚,周杰伦化身导游,与澳大利亚的土著居民谈论海钓的趣事,沟通起来毫无障碍,口语非常标准。
被好友兼御用化妆师杜国璋的散装英文逗乐后,他还诚恳建议:英文真的很重要,还是要好好学一下。
很多人或许不知道,周杰伦也曾因英语差被嘲。
除了被爆出过这样的新闻:
2011年,周杰伦与塞斯·罗根一起主演了好莱坞电影《青蜂侠》。
导演希望他饰演青蜂侠的助手加藤一角,但他面临一个尴尬的问题:
除了“hello”和“bye-bye”,他几乎不会说英语。参加电影面试时,他也表示最困难的部分是无法与导演用英语沟通,不得不求助于翻译。
不过,周杰伦没有放弃这次机会。
在电影拍摄前,他只有1个月的准备时间。于是,每天除了学习功夫、特技驾驶,他还安排上英语口语课程。
一个月后,他的英语虽然还不够惊艳,但已进步很多。不仅记住了大量电影台词,还能在电影首映式上用英语发言:
他的“速成”秘籍是什么呢?
首先,虚心向母语人士学习,与他们聊天。在洛杉矶,他周围全是美国人,也方便自己学习英语。在电影拍摄过程中,男女主角也给予他许多语言方面的帮助。
果然,当有一位母语人士为自己纠正错误时,语言学习就事半功倍~
更重要的是,周杰伦每天都坚持学英语,每天至少练习听说英语1小时。
首映式上接受采访时,尽管他无法完全理解记者们所说的内容,但他训练自己用耳朵获取问题中的关键词或短语,然后进行准确回答。
这些经历,也让周杰伦意识到了学英语的重要性。
最后,送上周杰伦担任WildAid野生动物救援全球大使,拍摄的英文公益广告视频,英语发音和流利度都超赞!
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从最初被嘲,到如今令人惊艳的英语水平,离不开周杰伦这么多年的努力。
我们也要向偶像看齐,一起加油,学好英语呀!