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This is 6 Minute English from bbclearningenglish.com.
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Hello, I'm Rob.
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Welcome to 6 Minute English.
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I've got Finn with me today.
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Hello, Finn.
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Hi, Rob.
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How's it going?
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Oh, right.
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You might notice it's a bit noisier than usual.
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That's because we're in our open-plan office.
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Yes, it's a big room full of desks with no walls between them,
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them and as I look around I can see maybe about 50 colleagues working very hard at their computers.
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And today we're talking about open plan offices and learning some language related to office life.
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That's right, Rob, but shall we just go back into the studio where it's a bit quieter?
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Good idea.
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Let's go.
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Right, come in here.
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That's better.
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That's good isn't it?
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Yes.
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Right.
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Rob, a question?
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OK.
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OK.
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You know a lot about sound, don't you?
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Well, a bit.
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OK.
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So, what do we call the kind of noise that contains the full range of sounds that humans can hear?
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Is it A.
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White noise, B.
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Green noise, or C.
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Pink noise?
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Good question.
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I'm only familiar with the term white noise, so I'll go for A, white noise.
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OK, well, we'll see if you're right at the end of the programme.
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So, shall we continue talking about offices?
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Yes.
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Millions of people, like us, work in open plan offices these days, but they're not new.
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Do you remember Henry Ford, the American industrialist from the late 19th century and early 20th century?
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Yes, he owned factories and he made the famous Ford cars.
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He's also one of the main names in the story of open plan offices.
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Yes.
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Now, Henry Ford was really concerned with efficiency, wasn't he?
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Yes.
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Efficiency is one of the main reasons for open plan offices.
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They increase communication and collaboration among staff.
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Now, a company's staff, its employees, they work together for the same goals.
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They collaborate, exchanging information and ideas.
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Now, this can be nice, but there can be too many of us in a small space.
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Franklin Becker, social psychologist at Cornell University in the US, thinks the reason open plan offices have become acceptable and popular,
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or, as he says, the reason they have taken root, is different.
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What reason does he give?
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The fundamental reason why open plan has taken root has nothing to do really with communication or collaboration or even flexibility.
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It has to do with the fact
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that you can reduce the amount of space per person in an open plan versus any kind of a closed cellular office.
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Well, it's all about saving space and money.
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He says it takes less space per person in an open plan office than it does in a cellular office.
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Now that's an office which is made up of lots of small closed rooms.
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In those offices, the space for each individual per person is limited, which is why open plan offices have taken root.
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So, some very good reasons for open plan offices, but what about the noise?
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Ah, the noise, yes.
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Although open plan offices can save a company money, they have hidden costs.
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Sound expert Julian Treasure explains what they are.
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He uses a very important word for business.
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Which word is it?
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Nobody can understand two people talking at the same time.
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We have bandwidth for about 1.6 people talking.
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Now, that's key when we're talking about open plan offices, because if I'm trying to do work, it requires me listening to a voice in my head to organise symbols,
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to organise a flow of words and put them on paper, for example.
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And if you're talking at the same time, then you're taking out one of my 1.6, and I'm left with 0.6 in my head.
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That doesn't work very well.
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It reduces my productivity dramatically.
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Ah, so the word right at the end there was productivity.
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Workers in open plan offices get distracted when others speak,
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and their ability to produce work, their productivity, is reduced.
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The expert says we can concentrate on 1.6 voices saying different things at the same time.
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That's not even two people.
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No, well, not really.
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There's one voice.
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He says, one voice is in your head to organise the flow, the movement of words and ideas when you think and write.
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And the other is, well, people like you on the phone all the time.
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Oh, come on, Rob.
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I suppose I do speak on the phone quite a lot.
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But I didn't know I was disturbing your work.
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You are.
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Well, sorry.
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Shall we go back to the question I asked earlier?
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OK.
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Well, I asked you about the colour of noise that contains the full range of sounds that humans can hear.
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Was it white, green or pink noise?
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Yes, and I went for white noise.
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The answer is, in fact, pink noise.
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That's the name scientists give noise.
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Interesting colour.
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The full range of audio frequencies or sounds that humans can hear.
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OK.
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Well, it's almost time to go, but could you remind us of some of the English words we heard today? Of course.
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We heard...
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Thanks, Finn.
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Well, that's it for this programme.
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Please join us again soon for 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.
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Bye.
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Bye.
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本課的詞彙與口語要點
這節 B1 級別的口語課以影片“Bài 10 - Văn Phòng Không Gian Mở”為素材。 影片中反覆出現的詞有:noise, word, Rob, sound, English。 這段影片共有 103 個句子、873 個單詞可供跟讀。 講話部分時長為 6:04。 說話人語速平穩,每分鐘約 144 個詞,很適合跟讀。 87% 的單詞屬於英語最常用的 3,000 詞,詞彙容易理解。 全部 103 個句子中有 16 個是問句,適合練習疑問語調和簡短回答。
影片中的重點詞彙
影片中最難的 15 個單詞,附發音和釋義:
| 單詞 | 發音 | 釋義 |
|---|---|---|
| productivity 名詞 | /ˌpɹɒdʌkˈtɪvəti/ | 生產力 /生產力, 效率 |
| cellular 形容詞 | /ˈsɛl.ju.lə/ | 細胞的 /細胞的, 蜂窩狀 /蜂窩狀 |
| collaboration 名詞 | /kəˌlæbəˈɹeɪʃən/ | 合作, 協作 /協作 |
| industrialist 名詞 | 實業家 /實業家 | |
| collaborate 動詞 | /kəˈlæb.ə.ɹeɪt/ | 合作, 協作 /協作 |
| disturb 動詞 | /dɪˈstɜːb/ | 打擾 /打擾 |
| bandwidth 名詞 | /ˈbændwɪdθ/ | 頻寬 /頻寬, 頻帶 /頻帶 |
| noisy 形容詞 | /ˈnɔɪzi/ | 吵鬧 /吵鬧, 吵 |
| distract 動詞 | /dɪˈstɹækt/ | 分心 |
| psychologist 名詞 | /ˌsaɪˈkɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/ | 心理學家 /心理學家 |
| colleague 名詞 | /ˈkɒliːɡ/ | 同事, 同僚 |
| concentrate 動詞 | /ˈkɑn.sən.tɹeɪt/ | 集中 |
| scientist 名詞 | /ˈsaɪəntəst/ | 科學家 /科學家 |
| acceptable 形容詞 | /əkˈsɛp.tə.bəl/ | 可接受的 |
| symbol 名詞 | /ˈsɪmbəl/ | 符號 /符號 |
影片中出現的短語動詞
| 單詞 | 釋義 |
|---|---|
| look around 動詞 | 環顧 /環顧 |
| take out 動詞 | 取出 |
值得反覆跟讀的句子
影片中簡短而完整的句子,可以直接用在日常對話裡:
- You might notice it's a bit noisier than usual.
- That's because we're in our open-plan office.
- You know a lot about sound, don't you?
- Shall we go back to the question I asked earlier?
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 |
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| 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 | have become · have taken · has taken |
| 被動語態 be + 過去分詞 — 強調發生了什麼,而不是誰做的 | is made · is reduced |
| 定語從句 who / which + 從句 — 補充說明人或事物 | office which is · limited, which is |
| 現在進行時 am/is/are + -ing — 此刻或近期正在發生的事 | we're talking · you're talking |
需要注意的發音
說話人用了 19 次縮略和弱讀形式,例如 I'm, we're, you're。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。
- 長單詞——注意重音位置: productivity /ˌpɹɒdʌkˈtɪvəti/, collaboration /kəˌlæbəˈɹeɪʃən/, collaborate /kəˈlæb.ə.ɹeɪt/, psychologist /ˌsaɪˈkɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/, flexibility /ˌflɛksɪˈbɪlɪti/
中文母語者容易讀錯的音:
- /v/ — 不要讀成 /w/,上齒輕觸下唇: productivity /ˌpɹɒdʌkˈtɪvəti/, versus /ˈvɝsəs/
- 詞尾子音 — 要讀清楚,後面不要加母音: collaborate /kəˈlæb.ə.ɹeɪt/, disturb /dɪˈstɜːb/, bandwidth /ˈbændwɪdθ/, distract /dɪˈstɹækt/, psychologist /ˌsaɪˈkɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/
- /r/ 和 /l/ 的區別: collaboration /kəˌlæbəˈɹeɪʃən/, collaborate /kəˈlæb.ə.ɹeɪt/
如何用這段影片練習
- 先完整聽一遍影片,不要開口,記下不認識的單詞。
- 用正常速度逐句跟讀,每句重複到你的節奏與說話人一致為止。
- 錄下自己的聲音並與原聲對比,特別注意 productivity, cellular, collaboration 這類單詞。
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。































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