The Power of Speaking Out (Prefa

I became a father in 2011.
As I had my first child at the Spring Festival of 2011.
I began to imagine the life of being a father.
And I had an idea a very long time ago,
that I would like to teach my child to speak English,
which I liked and used to be proud of in college.

2011年我成为了一名父亲。
就在那年春节，我的大宝出生了。
我开始想象成为一名父亲的生活是怎么样的。
当然在很久以前就曾有个想法——就是教我的孩子会说英语。
因为在大学英语是我一直喜欢并引以为傲的科目。

Even over 10 years after graduation,
I had been using English to make a living.
I had been an Export sales in foreign trade industry for over 10 years.
Every day I wrote emails to global buyers to promote the new designed products.
And I also kept doing the follow-up jobs after I got orders from buyers all over the world, mainly from the USA.

即使毕业10多年，我都一直用英语来工作谋生。
我在外贸行业从事外销业务有十多年时间。
每天都要写email想全球的客户买家推广新产品。
接到全世界不同客户的订单后，我还要去做跟进客户做跟单的工作。

So I had the chance and experience of using English as a tool to make a living.
Thinking in English is not an obstacle for me.
Even I was praised for my accent by many customers.
Some of them from the UK， and some of them from the US, were surprised about my spoken English.
Each moment I lost in the praise from customers.
所以，我有这个机会和经历，去把英语当做赚钱养家的工具。
用英语思考，对我而言并不是难事儿。
甚至很多买家客户都赞美我的英语。
这些客户，有来自英国的，有来自美国的，对我的口语表达能力，感到吃惊。
每一次被他们赞美，我都迷失其中。

I never doubted my accent or pronunciation until I listened to some podcasts, hosted by native Chinese.
I was shocked by their accent and pronunciation.
I was eager to know how to speak like English native speakers.
我从来都不怀疑我的英语口音或发音
直到有一次听到了几个中国人做的英语播客。
我简直被他们的发音震惊了。
我极度渴望直到他们如何说得像母语人士的。

So I started my English WeChat platform and groups in 2015.
I read and posted the program to WeChat every day, and I have kept posting for 1200 days.
I became an English coach finally.
I helped 5000+ students to practice speaking English out.

2015年，我开始我的公众号（当时叫做“晨读100天”，现已改名叫“小晨读”）和英语社群。
我每天朗读发布，并且持续坚持了1200多天。
我最终变成了一名英语口语教练。
我帮助了5000多名学生，练习开口说英语。

The power of Speaking Out is huge, not only for speaking better but also for living and working better.

开口说的力量之巨大，
不仅可以说得好，
还能改善生活和工作。