Shadowing Practice: 《晨讀15分鐘 英文能力UP》美國種族暴動導火線 2020重大歷史事件 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hello everyone, I'm Cindy.
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in the final moments of his life.
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That's the news from BBC.
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In the final moments of his life.
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In the final moments of his life.
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In the final moments of his life.
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In the final moments of his life.
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In the final moments of his life.
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In the final moments of his life.
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In the final moments of his life.
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In the final moments of his life.
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In the final moments of his life.
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例如我這個禮拜分享的美國暴動的議題就很有可能被黃標 那這樣的影片就會完全沒有廣告收入 但是有些國際議題又很想帶給大家就會非常掙扎 所以如果你願意加入我的頻道會員支持我的話呢
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請點選加入或是看右上角的說明影片 裡面有更詳細的說明 那我們就開始看今天的內容吧 首先來看一下單字 Convulse 叫做
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to shake violently 剧烈的震动 Convulse Custody Custody 扣押、拘留或监禁 Custody
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Footage A piece of film of an event 一个短片 Footage Account A written
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or spoken description of an event 叙述叫account Counterfeit
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Counterfeit Fake 偽造的 假的 Counterfeit Suspicious Suspicious
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怀疑的 可以的 Protocol Protocol 条例 The US has been convulsed by
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nationwide protests over the death of an African -American man in police custody.
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George Floyd, 46, died after being arrested by police outside a shop in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Footage of the arrest on May 25 shows a white police officer,
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Derek Chauvin, kneeling on Mr. Floyd's neck while he was pinned to the floor.
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Mr. Chauvin, 44, has since been charged with murder
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The key events that led to Mr. Floyd's death happened within just 30 minutes
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Based on accounts from witnesses, video footage and official statements
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Here's what we know so far 第一句呢 ,他说美国呢 ,被一件事情剧烈震动了 Convulsed,
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shaken violently 被什么事情震动 ,就是Nationwide Protests 一个全国的抗议 抗议什么呢?
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Over the death of an African American man in police custody 他们抗议一个非裔的美国男人呢 在被警察扣押 ,被警察抓的时候呢
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He died after being arrested by police
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Outside a shop
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He was in a shop
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He was in a shop
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He was in a shop
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He was in a shop
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He was in a shop
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He was in a shop
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He was in a shop
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He was in a shop
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He was in a shop
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He was in a shop
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He was in a shop
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He was in a shop
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He was in a shop
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He was in a shop
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He was in a shop
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He was in a shop
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He was in a shop
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He was in a shop
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He was in a shop 那这位警察呢 ,kneeling on Mr. Floyd's neck ,他跪在他的颈部 ,while
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he was pinned to the floor ,那这时候他是被钉在地上的
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,这个pin当名词是图钉 ,那当动词是被钉在哪里 ,所以他是pinned to the floor ,那这时候警察呢又跪在他的脖子上。 那这位警察 has since been charged with murder,
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be charged with就是被指控 ,他就被指控谋杀 The key
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events ,关键的事件导致了他的死都发生在30分钟内 Based on
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accounts ,根据accounts就是陈述 ,根据募集证人的陈述 ,还有video footage ,还有他们的影片 and the official statements and the official statements
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This is what we know about today
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It began with a report of a fake $20 bill.
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A report was made on the evening of May 25th when Mr. Floyd bought a pack of cigarettes from Cup Foods,
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a grocery store.
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Believing the $20 bill he used to be counterfeit, a store employee reported it to police.
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Mr. Floyd was a regular at Cup Foods.
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He was a friendly face, a pleasant customer who never caused any trouble
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The store owner, Mike Abumayale,
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told NBC But Mr. Abumayale was not at work on the day of the incident
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In reporting the suspicious bill, his teenage employee was just following protocol
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So, how do we start?
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First, there is a fake $20 bill.
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It's 20 yen.
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In 5月25th of the night, when Mr. Floyd bought a pack of cigarettes, he bought a pack of cigarettes.
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After that, he thought this 20 yen is a fake.
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So, he reported it to the police.
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He said to the police.
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Counterfeit is a fake.
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Mr. Floyd, he is a regular, regular is a customer, he is a very friendly person,
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he never caused any trouble, he never caused any trouble, he never caused any trouble, he never caused any trouble,
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this is the store owner told NBC, he is the owner, but that day he wasn't here,
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so in reporting the suspicious bill,
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去跟警察报案关于这个可疑的假钞呢 His teenage employee 这个青少年的员工 Was just following protocol 他只是跟着规定走而已 In a call to 911
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The employee told the operator
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He had demanded the cigarettes back
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But he doesn't want to do that
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The employee said
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The man appeared drunk
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And not in control of himself
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The transcript says
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He has to give the警察 9 -1 -1
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That the employee
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He has to tell the operator
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Operator is a He has to tell the operator
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He has to tell the operator
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He has to tell the operator Mr. Floyd He has to tell the operator
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He has to tell the operator Mr. Floyd Mr. Floyd Mr.
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Floyd Mr. Floyd Mr. Floyd Mr. Floyd Mr. Floyd Mr. Floyd Mr. Floyd Mr. Floyd Mr. Floyd Mr. Floyd
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接下来我们来看五个单字 Compliant Willing to do what other people want you to do 顺从的 Ensue To happen after something else 接着发生
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Involve To include someone in something 牵扯 涉入 Involve Distressed Distressed Upset or worried Youlu,
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jiao lu de
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Distressed Pronounce Pronounce To say something officially Xuân gao
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Pronounce Shortly after the call, two police officers arrived.
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Mr. Floyd was sitting with two other people in a car parked around the corner.
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After approaching the car, one of the officers, Thomas Lane, pulled out his gun and ordered Mr. Floyd to show his hands
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In an account of the incident, prosecutors do not explain why Mr. Lane thought it necessary to draw his gun
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Shortly 是不久之后 所以接到这通电话不久之后呢 两位警察就到达了 That's the time Mr. Floyd, he was with two other people in the car.
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The car stopped at the next door.
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The police接近 this car.
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The other one, the other one, he took his gun, and told Mr. Floyd to show his hand.
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In the case of this case, the prosecutors, the police, the police, the police, the police, the police,
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the police, 警察觉得有必要draw his gun 这个draw就跟前面pulled out是一样的 还没有解释为什么他觉得有必要拔枪 for passing counterfeit currency
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根据檢察官的说法呢 ,他说警察把手放在Mr. Floyd身上 ,从车子里面拉出来 ,那这时候Mr. Floyd
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actively resisted being handcuffed ,他就开始挣扎了 ,手不想要被铐起来
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,但是当他手被铐上了 ,Mr. Floyd became compliant ,他就变成很顺从了 ,那这时候警察就跟他解释为什么他被抓 ,是因为passing counterfeit currency,
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It was when officers tried to put Mr. Floyd in their squad car that a struggle ensued.
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At about 2014, Mr. Floyd stiffened up, fell to the ground and told the officers he was claustrophobic,
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according to the report.
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Mr. Chauvin arrived at the scene.
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He and other officers were involved in a further attempt to put Mr. Floyd in the police car 好 接下来呢
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警察想要把他放进警车 结果这时候 A struggle ensued
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接着就发生了挣扎 Mr. Floyd就开始挣扎了 那在8点14分呢 Mr. Floyd stiffened up 他就僵硬了 并且跌到地上 那他就跟警察说 He was claustrophobic
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就跟警察说他有幽闭恐惧症 Then Mr. Chauvin arrived at the scene 这时候呢这位警察Mr. Chauvin他就到了 他跟另外其他警察呢 Were involved in a further attempt 他们就设入一个
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接下来他们又企图要把Mr. Floyd放进警车里 During this attempt at 2019 Mr. Chauvin pulled Mr. Floyd away from the passenger side
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Causing him to fall to the ground, the report said
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He lay there, face down, still in handcuffs
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That's when witnesses started to film Mr. Floyd Who appeared to be in a distressed state 所以在企图把他拉进警车的时候呢 这位Mr. Shelfin就把他拉开
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就导致他跌在地上 那他跌在地上的时候 他就脸朝下 手还是被靠住的 那这时候呢 The witnesses started to film Mr. Floyd 这时候莫及证人就开始拍摄他了
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那在影像中我们会看到 Who appeared to be in a distressed state 可以看到他是怎么样的一个状态 In a state
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In a state 这个就是在怎样怎样的状态 那是怎样的状态呢 就是 upset,
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worried 在一个焦虑的状态 Mr. Floyd was restrained by officers
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While Mr. Chauvin placed his left knee between his head and neck.
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I can't breathe, Mr. Floyd said repeatedly, pleading for his mother and begging, please, please, please.
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For 8 minutes and 46 seconds, Mr. Chauvin kept his knee on Mr. Floyd's neck.
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The prosecutor's report says, 所以这时候Mr. Floyd他就被压制了,
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restrain就被压制住了, 那Mr. Chauvin他就把他的 left knee,
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把他的左膝呢 ,把它放在他的头还有脖子之间 ,其实就是后颈部了 那他就一直说我没办法呼吸了 而且呢 ,一直求救 ,pleading for his mother ,就说妈妈 ,并且一直恳求
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那总共有8分46秒的时间Mr. Chauvin ,他就都用膝盖这样压着Mr. Floyd About six minutes into that period ,Mr. Floyd became non -responsive
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In videos of the incident, this was when Mr. Floyd fell silent, as bystanders urged the officers to check his pulse.
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One of the other officers, J .A.
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King, did just that, checking Mr. Floyd's right wrist, but couldn't find one.
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Yet, the other officers did not move.
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那在八分钟里面 ,大概六分钟的时候呢, Mr. Floyd他就变成non -responsive ,变成没有回音了。 In the video, he saw Mr. Floyd fell silent.
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He became completely quiet.
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This time, the listener urged the police, urged the officers, he said to check his pulse,
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he said to check his pulse.
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He said to pause.
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One of the other officers, one of the other officers, one of the other officers, J .A.
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King, he said to do this.
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He said to check his pulse, he said to check his pulse.
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但是发现 couldn't find one ,找不到他的脉搏 然而其他警察是没有动 At 2027,
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Mr. Chauvin removed his neck from Mr. Floyd's neck Motionless,
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Mr. Floyd was rode onto a gurney and taken to the Hennepin County Medical Center in an ambulance.
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He was pronounced dead about an hour later.
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那在8点17分的时候呢 ,警察终于把他的膝盖从他的脖子移开了。 那motionless ,他是没有动他 ,没有动静。 Mr. Floyd ,他就was rode onto a gurney.
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Gurney 是医院推送病人的轮场所以他就把他放到轮场上面用救护车送到医院不过在一个小时之后呢He was pronounced dead他就被宣告死亡这一个事件呢引发了后来接下来的抗议还有暴动那我们来看看The
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New York Times他做了一个timeline一个时间轴好 这里是George Floyd protestsa timeline有一个时间轴 那我们可以大概了解一下 在5月25号的时候呢George Floyd Donald is in police custody 就是他在被警察扣押的时候呢
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过世了 那这个就是警察用膝盖压着他的脖子的画面 好 那在5月26号的时候呢Protests in Minneapolis beginAnd police use tear gas to break them up 这时候就开始很多人在抗议了
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那警察就用催泪瓦斯来把他们分散 那在5月27号的时候呢 开始 开始
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美国很多地区 很多州都开始加入了 抗议 那这时候呢 军方也介入了
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后来到5月29号的时候呢 这一位警察 他也被控告 被指控了 那这时候川普他有 说关于looting and shooting
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是洗劫还有枪击 因为原本是和平抗议 就后来演变成暴动 甚至有洗劫 枪击这些事件都开始发生
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他们就引发了很多的灾难 包含我看到很多影片 像是破坏很多建筑物 破坏车子 洗劫都有 So this time
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Mayor says peaceful protests have turned to domestic terrorism.
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This time the mayor says peaceful protests have turned to domestic terrorism.
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This time the mayor says peaceful protests have turned to domestic terrorism.
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This time the mayor says peaceful protests have turned to domestic terrorism.
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This time the mayor says peaceful protests have turned to domestic terrorism.
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So this time the mayor says peaceful protests have turned to domestic terrorism.
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還是繼續出來抗議 那到現在at least six people were killed in violence
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Connected to the protest 所以後來這件事情越演越烈 不過呢也有些地區是真的和平抗議的 那後來這件事情不止在美國
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連很多世界上其他國家 例如法國還有非洲好幾個國家都開始聲援 那在BBC這個影片裡面呢有更詳細的報導 If you have any interest,
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “《晨讀15分鐘 英文能力UP》美國種族暴動導火線 2020重大歷史事件”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Floyd, shop, officer, moments, Chauvin. This video has 174 sentences and 1551 words to shadow. The speech runs for 18:42. The speaker talks slowly, about 83 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 79% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| protest noun | /ˈpɹoʊ.tɛst/ | A formal objection, especially one by a group. |
| operator noun | /ˈɑpəˌɹeɪtɚ/ | A person or organisation that operates a device, system, service, etc. |
| terrorism noun | /ˈtɛɹəɹɪzəm/ | The use of unlawful violence against people or property to achieve political objectives. |
| custody noun | /ˈkʌstədiː/ | The legal right to take care of something or somebody, especially children. |
| footage noun | /ˈfʊtɪd͡ʒ/ | An amount of film or tape that has been used to record something, or the content of the recording. |
| pulse noun | /pʌls/ | A normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin (for example, at the neck or wrist) are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them; the… |
| distress noun | /dɪˈstɹɛs/ | Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature. |
| protocol noun | /ˈpɹoʊtəˌkɑl/ | An amendment to an official treaty. |
| suspicious adjective | /səˈspɪʃ.əs/ | Arousing suspicion. |
| cigarette noun | /ˈsɪɡəɹɛt/ | A small cigar consisting of tobacco or another substance, wrapped up in a thin roll with paper, intended for smoking. |
| arrive verb | /əˈɹaɪv/ | To reach; to get to a certain place. |
| knee noun | /ni/ | In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank. |
| pin noun | /pɪn/ | A needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening. |
| urge verb | /ɜːd͡ʒ/ | To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward. |
| silent adjective | /ˈsaɪ̯lənt/ | Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
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| face down verb | To confront; to abash by stern looks. |
| pull out verb | To withdraw; especially of military forces; to retreat. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
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| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | has been convulsed · being arrested · was pinned |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | has been convulsed · have turned |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 8 contractions and reduced forms, such as couldn't, can't, doesn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: breathe /bɹiːð/, thumb /ˈθʌm/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: suspicious /səˈspɪʃ.əs/, shake /ˈʃeɪk/, nationwide /ˌneɪ.ʃənˈwaɪd/, motionless /ˈmoʊʃənlɛs/
- Long words — get the stress right: operator /ˈɑpəˌɹeɪtɚ/, terrorism /ˈtɛɹəɹɪzəm/, prosecutor /ˈpɹɑ.səˌkjuːˌtəɹ/, violently /ˈvaɪ(ə)ləntli/, repeatedly /ɹɪˈpiːtɪdli/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like protest, operator, terrorism.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.