As for your initially meagre vocabulary, don't be shy about substituting an English word into your muttering—
至于一开始的词汇量贫乏，不要羞于用一个英语单词来代替你的低声咕哝——
but look up the equivalent as soon as you can. (If you have a smart speaker, their "How do you say ‘tree' in Spanish?" features are rather good.)
但要尽快查找这个不会的单词。（如果你的语音助手够聪明，那么它们的“‘树’这个单词用西语怎么说”功能相当不错。）
Keep a list of handy new words on your phone, ideally in a flashcard app. Two more tricks might help you learn more of them.
在你的手机上保存一个方便查看的新单词列表，最好放在一个闪卡应用程序中。另外两个技巧可以帮助你学到更多。
A frequency dictionary has thousands ordered not by the alphabet but how often they are actually used:
一本频率词典中有很多单词，它们不是按照字母排序的，而是按照使用频率排序的：
this quickly gives you the few dozen critical, functional words that glue a language together.
这样你很快就能找到几十个关键的功能词，它们把一门语言粘合在一起。
To enhance your vocab, Memrise is another app that uses spaced repetition to drive words home.
增强你的词汇量，可以用Memrise，另一款使用间隔重复来记忆单词的应用。
New ones are repeated insistently until they stick, then occasionally thereafter as reminders.
新的单词会被不断地重复，直到你记住它们，然后偶尔再重复，以此来提醒自己。
As soon as you can string a few sentences together, study in quarantine offers a consolation:
只要你能把几句话串在一起，隔离学习就能给你带来安慰：
a lot of language teachers are at home, too, and only a video-call away.
许多语言教师也在家，只要一个视频电话就行。