学习语言，有时候你需要的只是一些原因和一系列的事实来为你提供动力。你需要一些能够使你前进的动力，这里我们将提供50种你可以学习的场合。

　　1.In the morning when you wake up but you don’t really want to get out of your comfy bed.

　　清晨醒来，不想离开舒适的床的时候。

　　2.While drinking your coffee, instead of staring at your boring kitchen.

　　喝咖啡的时候，不是盯着厨房而是用手机学习。

　　3.While waiting for something that you are warming up in the microwave.

　　等待微波炉中的食物加热好的时候。

　　4.When you ride the subway, learning instead of playing bad online games.

　　乘地铁的时候，学习而不是玩游戏。

　　5.When you want to spend more money on an online shopping app but you know you don’t need new clothes (and you don’t have the money anyway).

　　当想要在购物网站上买东西但是又不需要新衣服的时候(也没有钱)。

　　6.While you wait for your muesli to soften.

　　当等早餐做好的时候。

　　7.When you want to snack between meals.

　　当在餐间想要吃零食的时候。

　　8.On your way to the language exam while your mom drives.

　　当妈妈载你去参加考试的时候。

　　9.In the bar of a foreign country, learning some useful phrases while you wait to be served.

　　在异国的酒吧里，等待点餐时学习些有用的短语。

　　10.When the initial plan of going to the gym fails but you still want to feel like you did something productive with your day.

　　当去体育馆的计划失败而你仍然想在这一天做点什么的时候。

　　11.On the toilet. I won’t elaborate on this.

　　在卫生间的时候。这点我就不详细阐述了。

　　12.In line at the supermarket, when all the people in front of you are old ladies.

　　在超市排队，你前面所有的人都是老妇人的时候。

　　13.When you realize you will never get that dream job by dreaming but by adding that extra language to your CV.

　　当觉得空想不能得到理想的工作，需要在简历上增加一门语言的时候。

　　14.When you run out of data, you can’t find wifi anywhere and you realize you have a couple of lessons downloaded and ready to be aced.

　　流量用尽，又找不到wifi，这时你突然想起有已经下载的课还没有学的时候。

　　15.When you’re getting your hair cut and you don’t feel like talking to the chatty hairdresser .

　　理发时你不想和话痨的理发师聊天的时候。

　　16.When you are browsing the Internet and you realize there are way too many foreign words you STILL don’t understand.

　　浏览网页时，你觉得还有很多生词不认识的时候。

　　17.While attending a boring conference with no cool slides to look at.

　　参加一个无聊的会议，幻灯片又不好看的时候。

　　18.While you wait for your parents to turn on Skype to call you.

　　当等爸妈给你打网络电话的时候。

　　19.At half-time, if you don’t need to pee.

　　半场结束，不需要去卫生间的时候。

　　20.When on vacation abroad, instead of wasting your time studying the map, just learn the words to ask locals for directions.

　　国外度假时，不要浪费时间去看地图，通过向本地人问路学习新词汇。

　　21.When your beach read is not legible but lying there doing nothing.

　　当你的沙滩读物不合适，躺在那无可事事之时。

　　22. When checking useless apps on your phone.

　　当浏览没有用的app之时。

　　23.Have I mentioned the subway already? Well, this applies to any other means of transportation in which you are NOT the driver: bus, car, camel, boat, etc.

　　我已经提过在地铁上了?这适用于任何一种交通工具：公共汽车，小汽车，骆驼，船等等，前提是你不是司机。

　　24.Instead of spending all that time checking online dictionaries, you could be learning THE WORDS directly!

　　不是用在线词典查单词而是直接学习这个词汇。

　　25.While you quietly wait in line for the office coffee machine.

　　当在办公室的咖啡机前静静地等待之时。

　　26.At the boarding gate, when they keep you waiting for an insane amount of time, you have your hand luggage all set and the only thing you can entertain yourself with is your phone.

　　在学校大门口，你等了很长时间，行李已经放置好，当你唯一能够娱乐的东西就是手机之时。

　　27.While flying .

　　乘飞机时。

　　28.The week before moving to a new country when someone tells you you won’t be able to speak a word of the local language, and you want to prove them wrong.

　　当移民去一个新的国家之前，有人告诉你当地的语言你一个字都不会说，你想证明他们是错的的时候。

　　29.While you wait for that slow friend to get ready .

　　当你等你慢吞吞的朋友做好准备跟你出去之时。

　　30.Instead of looking at all those memes (memes come and go, a language is forever).

　　不是看笑话，而是学习(笑话来来去去，唯有语言才是永恒)。

　　31.To impress the person next to you in a waiting room.

　　在候诊室想要使别人印象深刻的时候。

　　32.When you feel a bit blue and you kinda wanna listen to song, cheer yourself up with some online learning instead.

　　当你觉得难过想要通过听歌来缓解，通过在线学习来使自己振奋起来。

　　33.When you feel like texting that person you know you shouldn’t be texting.

　　当你想要给不该联系的人发短信的时候。

　　34.While waiting for your deadline, learning a language looks cool and smart.

　　当你在等最后期限之时，学习一门语言看起来即聪颖又酷。

　　35.While waiting to be called for your next job interview because they will ask what were you doing, you will tell them you were learning Swedish and you will look cool.

　　当你等待下一份工作面试之时，他们会问你你在做什么，你回答在学习瑞典语言，这看起来很酷。

　　36.When you check your phone looking for new notifications.

　　当你拿出手机看新通知之时。

　　37.While you wait for your nail polish to dry.

　　当你等指甲油干的时候。

　　38.When the next train is coming in 10 minutes.

　　还有10分钟火车才来的时候。

　　39.When you arrive somewhere too soon.

　　当你提前到达某地之时。

　　40.While waiting for the water for your tea to boil.

　　当等泡茶的水煮好的时候。

　　41.When you are lying on the sofa but then your mom sees you and says that the only thing you do is lie on the sofa doing nothing.

　　当你躺在沙发上，但是你妈妈看着你，说你什么都不做就知道在沙发上躺着的时候。

　　42.When your friend is arriving late.

　　当你的朋友迟到的时候。

　　43.When you’ve already broken up with many people and still think you’ll find true love (and he or she might speak a different language).

　　与很多人的恋情都以分手而终，你仍旧认为你能够找到真爱(他/她可能说一门外语吧)。

　　44.At a concert when the supporting band stops hailing.

　　在一场音乐会，当支持乐队停止欢呼的时候。

　　45.To sober up on the bus on the way back home.

　　在回家的公共汽车上保持清醒。

　　46.When you feel like leaving your comfort zone for a bit, but you don’t know how.

　　你想要离开舒适区，但是又不知道该怎么做的时候。

　　47.Before going for drinks on the first night of your trip abroad.

　　异国旅行第一个夜晚，在出去喝东西之前。

　　48.When your food is too hot and you need to distract yourself from how hungry you are while it cools down.

　　食物太热，你饥饿难耐需要转移注意力去等食物冷却下来的时候。

　　49.While you wait for something to upload/download.

　　当你等资料下载/上传完毕后。

　　50.When you can’t sleep, and you’ve already checked all social media channels and there is nothing new there,so you might as well learn how to say "goodnight" in a new language.

　　当你失眠而且看完了所有的社交软件，没有什么新的东西可以浏览了，所以这时你还是学会怎样用一门新语言跟自己说“晚安”比较好。

（编辑：何莹莹）