跟讀練習: Bean and gone: Tokyo cafés - 通過影片學習英語口語
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Coffee is available everywhere in Japan, but the most unique place is the Kisaten or coffee shop.
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Entering the world of the Japanese Kisaten is to take a step back in time, to an era when coffee was a simpler, more personal business.
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The old-fashioned Tokyo coffee shop is still somewhere to read newspapers, chat to the proprietor and see regular faces.
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Kimorya Parlor in Shinbashi, unchanged for years, still serves the classic Kisaten food menu,
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a cuisine of its own that features such nostalgic delights as Neapolitan tomato spaghetti and melon soda.
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Kisaten have been around since the end of the 19th century, and today there are still 70,000 across Japan.
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Originally, the coffee shop was a centre of innovation, a place for people to meet and talk about new ideas.
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Ladrio, which opened in Jimbocho in 1949, takes credit for bringing the Vienna coffee to Japan.
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Today, Kisaten often provide a comforting haven from a changing world.
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Some Kisaten have their particular selling point, books or classical music or jazz, and always a good cup of coffee.
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For many coffee lovers, Café de L'Homme in Ginza is a place of pilgrimage.
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The coffee is made as it has been for decades, not with fancy machines, but with hot water poured through a cloth filter.
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The owner, Ichiro Sekiguchi, is 100 now, but he still comes to work and roasts the beans at the front of the cafe he has been running since 1948.
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The Café Blanc et Noir, a sweet chilled confection, is made from fresh coffee rolled over a block of ice in a cocktail shaker.
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Lawn, close to Yotsuya Station, is the classic city coffee shop, serving well-made coffee and a superior egg sandwich.
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The interior hasn't changed since the 1960s, 1960s when the owner Hiroaki Ogura's father was still in charge.
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The pink telephone, once a standard feature of Tokyo cafes, still works.
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In a crowded city, Kisaten provides somewhere to drink a coffee and read in peace or meet friends, frequently in a fog of smoke.
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Stone, in the heart of busy Yurakacho, has been serving coffee to office workers for nearly 50 years.
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Masayo Okamura's grandmother started the cafe.
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Her family ran a stone business which explains the cafe's name and interior.
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In spite of the long hours, Okamura takes pride in giving her customers a warm welcome.
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At Kisa U, next to the Kabuki Theatre in Ginza, theatre-goers and Kabuki actors come in for the famous om-rice,
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an omelette filled with rice and topped with tomato ketchup.
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Kisa 10 can be different things to different people.
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They offer somewhere to go whether you're seeking solitude, company or somewhere to talk.
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And they give a personal touch that no modern chain can rival.
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For Monocle in Tokyo, I'm Fiona Wilson.
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為什麼用這支影片練習口說?
這支介紹東京「吃茶店」的影片是看YouTube學英語的絕佳素材!內容圍繞日常場景,對話自然親切,涵蓋「獨處」「社交」「傳統文化」等實用話題,非常適合英語影子跟讀(shadow speak)練習。透過模仿主持人的語調和節奏,不僅能積累生活用語,還能掌握描述場景、講述故事的表達技巧,提升口語流暢度。
語法與表達精析
影片中的表達貼近真實口語,以下3個重點值得學習:
- Entering... is to take a step back:動名詞作主語的句式,用於強調「做某事意味著什麼」,如描述場景時可說「Walking into a traditional café is to feel the past.」
- take credit for bringing:表示「因某事獲得認可」,適用於介紹事物來歷,例如「This chef takes credit for creating the dish.」
- provide somewhere to drink and read:「提供某地做某事」的結構,簡潔實用,可替換為「offer a space to work or chat」等。
發音易錯點提醒
練習shadowing時,注意以下詞彙的發音:
- Kisaten:日式英語發音,重音在第一音節,類似「ki-sa-ten」,避免讀成「ki-sa-tən」。
- om-rice:正確發音為「ˈɒm raɪs」,注意「om」的短母音,不要拖長。
- Yurakacho:東京地名,讀作「yu-ra-ka-cho」,尾音輕微帶「o」,避免省略。
透過反覆模仿,能有效糾正口音,讓口語更地道。這類生活化影片是英語口語練習的寶貴資源,趕快開啟影片開始shadow speak吧!
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 |
|---|---|
| 現在完成進行時 have/has been + -ing — 以前開始、現在仍在繼續的動作 | has been running · has been serving |
| 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 been · has been · hasn't changed |
| 被動語態 be + 過去分詞 — 強調發生了什麼,而不是誰做的 | is made |
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。











