学英语的社交与娱乐动机：看电影、交朋友

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If you think about all of the movies in the world, 想想全世界的电影

a lot of them come from the United States. 很多都来自美国

If you think about all the TV shows in the world, 再想想全世界的电视剧

a lot of them come from English-speaking countries. 很多都来自英语国家

And certainly if you think about music, 当然还有音乐

there is a lot of music in the world that is in English. 世界上有很多歌都是英文的

And maybe you enjoy movies and you enjoy English TV shows 也许你喜欢看电影、追美剧

and you enjoy music from Canada and you want to understand it better. 也喜欢加拿大的歌，想更好地听懂

That's the sentence you would use. 那这句话就派上用场了

You would say, 你可以说

I'm learning English to understand movies, TV shows, and songs. 我学英语是为了看懂电影、电视剧和歌词

Example sentence number eight, 第八个例句

I'm learning English because I want to make new friends. 我学英语是因为想交新朋友

If you are an online gamer, 如果你是网游玩家

if you play online games, 如果你玩在线游戏

you will meet people from around the world and maybe you want to speak English to them. 你会遇到世界各地的人，可能想跟他们说英语

If you are someone who watches live streams, 如果你爱看直播

you might participate in English conversations in the chat 你可以在聊天区用英语互动

and eventually make new friends. 慢慢交到新朋友

So your reason for learning English is a very social reason. 所以你学英语的理由很社交

It's because you would like to meet people and perhaps become their friend. 就是想认识人，甚至成为朋友

So example sentence number eight, 所以第八个例句

I'm learning English to make new friends. 我学英语是为了交新朋友

Example sentence number nine, 第九个例句

I'm learning English to improve my brain. 我学英语是为了锻炼大脑

It has been proven that learning another language is really good for your brain. 有研究证明学外语对大脑特别好

It's a really good activity. 是个很棒的活动

It's very similar to playing video games or doing puzzles 跟打游戏、玩拼图差不多

or even solving math problems just for fun. 甚至像为了好玩解数学题

Is that a thing? 真有这种人吗？

I think some people do that. 我觉得有人会这么干