学英语的意义

What's the point of learning English?

学英语的意义是什么?

To pass an exam, to get a better job, to study abroad?

为了考试过关，找份好工作，出国留学?

Sure, but maybe it's more than that.

当然，但或许不止于此。

Maybe English is a key,

英语或许是一把钥匙，

a key to understanding the world;

一把读懂世界的钥匙，

a bridge to people you've never met;

一座连接素未谋面之人的桥梁，

a way to hear different voices and to make your own voice heard.

让你听见多元声音，也让世界听见你的声音的一种方式。

English lets you read a foreign novel and feel the same heartbeat,

英语让你阅读外国小说时，能感受到同样的心跳，

watch a documentary and see the world from another pair of eyes.

观看纪录片时，能用另一双眼睛看世界。

It's not just grammar rules and vocabulary lists.

它不只是语法规则和单词表。

It's perspective, it's connection, it's power.

而是一种视角、一种联结、一种力量。

Because when you can speak to the world,

因为当你能够与世界对话，

you're no longer a bystander, a participant, a storyteller,a change-maker.

你便不再是旁观者，而是参与者、讲述者、改变者。

So maybe that's the real reason we learn English.

所以或许这才是我们学习英语的真正意义。