跟讀練習: B2 LISTENING | INTERVIEW WITH A TREE SURGEON - 通過影片學習英語口語
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Part 4.
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You will hear an interview with a tree surgeon called Andrew Smith, who carries out work on trees to make sure they're healthy and safe.
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Today we're talking to Andrew Smith, who's a tree surgeon.
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Andrew works on trees to make sure they're in good condition and not likely to damage people or property.
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How did you become a tree surgeon, Andrew?
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My dad's a tree surgeon, and as a child I sometimes watched him working.
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I also learned a lot about trees, and the birds and other creatures that live in them, from him.
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After college, I joined an IT company, but it quickly became clear to me I couldn't stand being inside for hours on end every day.
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So I asked my dad if I could work with him.
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He had his own tree care firm.
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He'd always avoided putting pressure on me to follow him into the business, but he was happy to take me on.
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Can you remember the first tree you cut down?
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Yes, it was eight years ago.
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An oak tree had died and needed removing.
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The whole job took two days.
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Dad said I did well, which was nice, though by the end I was so exhausted I couldn't really appreciate what I'd done.
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Tree care is obviously very physical work, but the way you climb with ropes rather than grabbing branches
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and pulling yourself up requires techniques that can take ages to get right.
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I hadn't realised that, even though I'd watched tree surgeons working.
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Do you enjoy working with your father?
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Yes, we're not that different in some ways.
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He's very thorough, he tries not to leave anything to chance, but if problems occur, which happens when you work with trees, he doesn't panic.
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And I think he's passed all that on to me.
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What I'm not always so good at, and I admire this about him, is thinking in broader terms and judging what the best way ahead will be.
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Hopefully I'll learn.
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Tell me about a job you've done for a client recently.
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Okay.
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A client was worried that two trees in her garden might fall onto her neighbour's roof.
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One was an old pear tree, which could easily have come down in a strong wind.
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I showed the lady evidence that it was rotten and suggested removing it.
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The other tree was an ash.
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I explained that it had some diseased branches which needed cutting.
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The next morning I went back with a couple of guys and by lunchtime we'd done everything.
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The lady said she was delighted.
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She'd assumed we'd be there for a few days.
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What do you like most about your job?
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You can't do this work on your own.
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You need workmates, and this way of working definitely suits the way I am.
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There's also a sense of progression.
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You can never know everything there is to know about trees, for example.
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And I regularly do courses and read research.
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What appeals to me more than anything, though, is that we help to make public places – parks, squares and streets – safe, but also beautiful.
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And what's the worst part?
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I can't say I always enjoy the last stage of a job, clearing away the dust, leaves, broken branches and cut up logs.
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I'd rather do that than fill in the risk assessment forms, safety checklists and so on that come with every job though.
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That stuff has to be done but it's definitely not my thing.
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Tree surgeons often complain it's too hot to work or too cold
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and you can't climb trees and use powerful electrical tools if it's snowing or even raining hard.
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A varied climate has its plus points though.
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How do you see your future as a tree surgeon?
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Well the work's so tough physically it becomes too difficult after a certain age, and I have to plan for that.
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Eventually, maybe in my 40s, I'll do more of what my dad does now, the business side of things, giving advice.
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With climate change, there's a fast-growing awareness of how important trees are for the world, and tree surgeons are experts.
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Hopefully, the value of what we know will be increasingly recognised.
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And we'll get better paid, too.
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Tree surgeons generally don't earn what they deserve.
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Thank you.
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為什麼用這個影片練習口語？
看YouTube學英語是高效的方式，這個關於樹木外科醫生的訪談影片更是口語練習的好素材。對話圍繞真實職業場景展開，涵蓋工作經歷、技能描述和日常挑戰，話題貼近生活且有深度。通過模仿（shadowing）這段對話，不僅能積累職場和自然相關的詞彙，還能學習如何清晰表達個人經歷與觀點，提升英語口語的流暢度和實用性。對於想要練習shadowing的學習者，影片中的自然語速和生活化表達，能幫助快速適應真實交流場景。
語境中的語法與表達
- “it quickly became clear to me I couldn't stand...”：使用形式主語“it”引導從句，避免句子頭重腳輕，適用於表達個人感悟。
- “he tries not to leave anything to chance”：“leave...to chance”表示“聽天由命”，形象表達做事嚴謹的態度，可用於描述工作或生活習慣。
- “What appeals to me more than anything is that...”：強調句型，突出核心觀點，在口語中能讓表達更有層次感。
常見發音陷阱
影片中部分單詞的發音需注意：“surgeon”的重音在第一音節，易誤讀為第二音節；“exhausted”的“au”發/ɔː/，不要發成/ɑː/；“diseased”中的“ea”發/iː/，需與“dizzy”區分。此外，說話者的自然連讀如“couldn't stand”“tries not to”，也是提高英語發音的關鍵。通過shadowing site反覆模仿，可有效糾正這些發音問題。
利用這段影片進行英語口語練習，結合shadowing技巧，既能掌握實用表達，又能提升發音準確性。堅持模仿，你會發現英語表達越來越自然流暢。
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。