跟讀練習: A old man's advice - 通過影片學習英語口語
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Good morning.
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I made a video not too long ago called An Old Man's Advice.
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Wow, looking at me, it looks like I need to trim my beard a little bit.
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But I received several requests to continue on with that.
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And so I've decided to share a little bit about myself and my life and my hardships and my successes with you.
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You know, this world today is tough.
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It's tough for young people.
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And it's tough for people that for years have had jobs
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and security and made good money and been able to take care of their families.
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And some time ago, as you know, jobs were shipped overseas to improve the bottom line of big companies.
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And I thought I'd tell you a little bit about myself.
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I quit school when I was in a 10th grade.
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My mother and father left me standing on a street corner.
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And so it was up to me to make it.
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And I had a job working at a shell filling station.
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And I went to the owner and I told him my situation.
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And I was making a dollar an hour, and I asked him if I could work more hours.
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And so I began working 90 hours a week.
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And during that time, as I've said before, my home was the back of an old car.
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And I worked my 90 hours a week.
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And I took my baths in a polling station restroom.
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and I washed my clothes, my private clothes, in the sink.
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And once in a while, when I was really hungry,
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I would go to the grocery store and snitch an apple or an orange.
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Now this was in the 50s.
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Things were a lot different than they are now and I'm convinced
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that the owner of the grocery store knew what I was doing
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because it was about a half a block away from where I worked and he knew me.
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Now I've said before that good things nor bad things last forever. And that's true.
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And I began to learn different things.
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I knew in my soul that if I had nothing to offer,
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I was as far as I was going to go.
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now unemployment at
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that time was very high on the other hand in the 50s you could go into a corporation
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and ask for a job and get it
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and after I'd worked 90 hours a week for a long time I went into the service I was 17.
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In the service, I taught myself to read and write.
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The first book I picked up was a book written by Louis Slumore and had 196 pages in it.
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I'll never forget it.
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It was a cowboy story, a western.
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and there were words in there
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that I didn't know I didn't understand I had no idea what they were so I got a dictionary from
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the service library
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and as I would read if there was a word
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that I didn't understand I would look it up and I will tell you now it took me almost three weeks to read 196 pages
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but I read and I continued to read
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and in several months I was reading two
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and three books at a time and I knew where I was in every single one of them.
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So that's what you can do.
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A person's mind is incredible.
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Your mind is incredible.
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As a young person, regardless of what's happening in the world today, you have opportunity.
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And don't you believe for one single minute what they say in the media.
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because if you aren't getting ahead and you need to get ahead, position yourself to learn.
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Go to the library and learn.
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You are the backbone of this world.
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Young people, without you, this world is nothing.
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Nothing.
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You are the backbone of this world.
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You are the future leaders of this world.
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You are the ones that see the greed of the people that are running it now.
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You are the ones that see the waste of the people that are running it now.
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We need you.
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We need your minds.
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We need your hearts.
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We need your lives.
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We need your loves.
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We need you to care.
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And I know that you do care.
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Oh, I see young people stepping on a flag and throwing rocks and rioting.
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That's frustration.
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Frustration.
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It's frustration with the establishment, and I understand it. But that's not you.
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Don't let that be you.
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Rise above it.
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You're better than that.
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Rise above it.
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Anyway, I got kind of off track there.
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But anyway, as I went on and I got out of the service,
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I had begun to write and educate myself.
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I got a little bit of college.
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And I continued on through my life with that.
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And you can do the same thing.
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You don't have to have a doctorate or a PhD or a master's degree.
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What you have to have is determination.
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You have to have an inner will to get things done.
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You have to have a desire.
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And I know the desire is there.
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Because as I said before.
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Without your brains.
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Without your ambition.
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Without your drive.
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This world will be nothing.
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Nothing.
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Because old people like me.
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Die off.
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I have been successful.
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Not tremendously successful.
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But I have a decent retirement.
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I live with my lovely wife in Arizona.
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I've had financial problems.
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Everyone has those. But you can't stop.
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You can't quit.
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You can't say, I'm a failure.
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You're not a failure.
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You're not.
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You're a wonderful, strong, intelligent youngster.
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Take advantage of that.
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Trust in God.
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Trust in yourself. and step forward.
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Put one foot in front of another.
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Let me give you an example.
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I've had a couple of businesses.
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They weren't tremendously successful, but they were successful.
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I've written books.
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I have presently probably 13 or 14 books in a publication.
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My latest is Copper Penny.
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It's in paperback on Amazon.
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Look it up.
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so you can do it I did it
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you can do it I'm 76 and to my last breath I will encourage young people because I love them
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I will encourage young people because I know they are the future you are the ones
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that must save the oceans you are the ones
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that must save the air because those that are in power the bottom line unfortunately for many,
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many of those in power all over the world is wealth and power over others.
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So I'm going to close this now, but I just wanted you to know that people like me,
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old soldiers, old people, we understand.
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And as old as I am, I would pick up my cane and defend you to my last breath because I love you.
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So I'm going to stop now.
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But just remember, never quit.
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Never quit.
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為什麼要通過這個影片練習口語？
這個影片《一個老人的建議》為英語學習者提供了一個生動的口語練習機會。通過聽取老人的經歷，我們不僅能獲取靈感，還能在實際的語境中學習如何表達複雜的情感和故事背景。對年輕學習者來說，老人的故事揭示了生活的艱辛與堅持，這將有助於在英語口語練習中融入真實的情感，提升交流能力。
使用此影片進行英語口語練習時，可以通過shadowing（影子跟讀）的方法，模仿老人的語音和語調，從而更好地掌握髮音和流利度。學習者可以在這一過程中建立自信，並提高自己的表達能力，特別是在面對生活的挑戰時，如何用英語講述類似的故事。
語法與表達在語境中的運用
影片中包含了一些關鍵的語法結構和表達方式，以下是幾個值得注意的例子：
- 條件句：使用“如果”結構，如“如果我沒有什麼可以提供的，那我就無法前進。”這一句式能幫助學習者理解如何在提出條件的情況下進行自我表達。
- 過去進行時：如“我曾經在一個加油站工作。”此時態用於描述過去的持續動作，學習者可以通過練習這一時態，來增強自己討論過去經歷的能力。
- 敘述方式：通過使用“我感到”、“我記得”等短語，學習者可以更有效地構建個人故事，增加交流的真實性和情感深度。
常見發音難點
影片中有一些可能對學習者構成挑戰的詞彙和發音，例如“grocery”與“corporation”。這些詞的重音和音節劃分可能會影響學習者的清晰度。建議學習者多次重複和模仿這些單詞，並考慮使用雅思口語練習中類似的單詞，以提升辨識度和表達能力。
此外，學習者在英語影子跟讀時，可以注意老人的口音特徵，嘗試模仿他的語調和節奏，這將有助於改善他們自己的口音和流利度。
影片中的語法
說話人最常用的結構，並附上影片中的原話：
| 結構 | 影片中的用法 |
|---|---|
| 現在完成時 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去發生但與現在仍有關聯的事 | I've decided · have had · I've said |
| 過去進行時 was/were + -ing — 過去某一時刻正在進行的動作 | was making · was doing · was reading |
| 義務：must / have to / need to 表示某事是必要的 | need to trim · need to get · have to have |
| “will” 表將來 will + 動詞 — 決定、承諾或預測 | I'll never forget · will tell · will to |
什麼是跟讀法？
跟讀法 (Shadowing) 是一種有科學依據的語言學習技巧，最初開發用於專業口譯員的培訓，並由多語言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。這個方法簡單而強大：您在聽英語母語原聲的同時立即大聲重複——就像是一個延遲1-2秒緊跟說話者的影子。與被動聽力或語法練習不同，跟讀法強迫您的大腦和口腔肌肉同時處理並模模擬實的講話模式。研究表明它能顯著提高發音準確性，語調，節奏，連讀，聽力理解和口語流利度——使其成為雅思口語備考和真實英語交流最有效的方法之一。