跟讀練習: Bilingual Brains are Better - 通過影片學習英語口語

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Are you bilingual?

Trilingual?

You might have a better brain than me, and you might live longer.

Hola hombres, esta tres.

That doesn't work.

That's my name is the number three.

Thanks, mom and dad.

What was I in Spanish class?

Manuel, I think?

Hola, me amo Manuel.

I don't like that either.

I think I'm just going to stick to English for now.

Thanks for tuning in to DNews, everybody it looks like bilingualism isn't just useful when you're traveling,

or when you're trying to order food at your favorite restaurant,

or if you're trying to figure out what those girls on the train are talking about across from you, and if it's your shoes.

No, it also could help you live longer.

They know this because when they tested English -speaking seniors, the ones that were bilingual answered quicker.

Without getting too deep into the technical and medical details, bilingual brains are better at switching between major tasks,

like languages, and simultaneously filtering out superfluous information.

Obviously, this is really beneficial throughout people's lives, but if you enroll children in a bilingual school, it will not only help them learn to learn,

but keep their brain agile throughout their life.

It's not the only way.

You can also exercise, do stimulating tasks, or even do the crosswords.

And they've all been shown to keep your brain spry.

Although this is the most fun, unless you want to know what 77 down is vacation destination for sandwich lovers.

Ooh, Delhi!

Ha!

You know, India, Delhi.

Now that you're all jazzed to learn Cantonese or whatever, let's have science stomp on your bilingual dreams for a minute.

After about 12 months, you begin to filter out sounds that aren't found in your language,

which is why my German friend Nina can't really do the sound very well, and I can't do the, you know, the U with the dots.

I can't do that.

They're just not part of our learning.

That being said, it is of course possible to learn new languages, but it's better to be exposed early, like before you're four years old.

If living longer isn't a good enough reason for you to learn a new language, then perhaps this will help.

Look, we're about to get real deep.

Words are just an outward expression of emotions and thoughts.

They don't really mean anything on their own unless we assign them meaning.

Design student Pei Ying Lin created this infographic of untranslatable emotions.

My favorite shortcoming in the English language is that chasm that exists between liking someone and loving someone.

You might really like them or whatever, you might adore them, but that's a little trite.

The infographic shows that Italian and Korean have a word for love that's specifically for friends, family, inanimate objects, and pets.

We have to use the same word to express romantic love to our wife

or our husband as we would express to our mom or our dog or a really nice painting.

That is insane.

Here are some other words that we don't have that show up in other cultures.

I'll probably pronounce some of them really badly.

In Japan they have a really weird one, bakushan, which has to do with a beautiful girl but only when viewed from behind.

This one is really good.

It's Filipino and it has to do with seeing something cute and wanting to pinch or squeeze it.

And it's called giggle.

In Mexican Spanish they have a word for when you feel embarrassed for watching someone else's humiliation.

That's pena ajena.

You get the picture.

So there are a lot of words that English just doesn't have that express these emotions.

So not only can you learn another language, maybe you can just learn these and that'll help you live longer.

I mean, probably not a lot longer, like a few hours.

But hey, at least you can express yourself better.

Have you ever made up a word?

I'm sure you have.

I know I do it all the time.

Leave your made up word down in the comments

and give a definition so that we can all start using your fake words and maybe they'll become real words.

So thanks for watching and ti voglio bene,

which is the Italian word for I really care about you but I don't love you like a romantic partner.

So it would be nice if we had a word in between like and love.

Thanks for watching.

I'm Trace.

See you later.

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本課的詞彙與口語要點

這節口語課以影片“Bilingual Brains are Better”為素材。影片中反覆出現的詞有：word, learn, language, bilingual, longer。這段影片共有 69 個句子、756 個單詞可供跟讀。講話部分時長為 3:59。說話人語速較快，每分鐘約 190 個詞，會出現較多連讀和弱讀。 83% 的單詞屬於英語最常用的 3,000 詞，其餘的詞建議在練習前先學一下。

影片中的重點詞彙

影片中 15 個值得學習的單詞，附發音和釋義：

單詞	發音	釋義
bilingual 形容詞	/baɪˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/	雙語 /雙語
emotion 名詞	/ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/	感情, 情感
romantic 形容詞	/ɹoʊˈmæn(t)ɪk/	浪漫
filter 名詞	/ˈfɪltɚ/	過濾器 /過濾器, 濾過器 /濾過器
pet 名詞	/pɛt/	寵物 /寵物
insane 形容詞	/ɪnˈseɪn/	精神失常, 精神錯亂 /精神錯亂
vacation 名詞	/veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/	假期
jazz 名詞	/d͡ʒæz/	爵士樂 /爵士樂, 爵士
tune 名詞	/tjuːn/	曲調 /曲調, 曲子
lover 名詞	/ˈlʌvɚ/	戀人 /戀人, 情人
destination 名詞	/dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/	目的地
shoe 名詞	/ˈʃu/	鞋子, 鞋
simultaneously 副詞	/ˌsaɪmlˈteɪnɪəsli/	同時地 /同時地
beneficial 形容詞	/ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.əl/	有益的, 有利的
embarrassed 形容詞	/ɪmˈbæɹ.əst/	難為情 /難為情, 尷尬 /尷尬

影片中出現的短語動詞

單詞	發音	釋義
make up 動詞	/ˌmeɪk ˈʌp/	組成 /組成
figure out 動詞		弄清楚

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：

That's my name is the number three.
I don't like that either.
They're just not part of our learning.
Look, we're about to get real deep.
Have you ever made up a word?

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
被動語態 be + 過去分詞 — 強調發生了什麼，而不是誰做的	been shown · aren't found · being said
定語從句 who / which + 從句 — 補充說明人或事物	ones that were · bakushan, which has

需要注意的發音

說話人用了 26 次縮略和弱讀形式，例如 you're, don't, can't。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。

“sh” 和 “zh” 音: emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/, vacation /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, shoe /ˈʃu/, beneficial /ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.əl/
長單詞——注意重音位置: destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, simultaneously /ˌsaɪmlˈteɪnɪəsli/, beneficial /ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.əl/, humiliation /hjuːˌmɪliˈeɪʃən/, inanimate /ɪnˈænɪmət/

中文母語者容易讀錯的音：

/v/ — 不要讀成 /w/，上齒輕觸下唇: vacation /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, lover /ˈlʌvɚ/
詞尾子音 — 要讀清楚，後面不要加母音: romantic /ɹoʊˈmæn(t)ɪk/, pet /pɛt/, jazz /d͡ʒæz/, sandwich /ˈsæn(d).wɪd͡ʒ/, dot /dɑt/
/r/ 和 /l/ 的區別: enroll /ɪnˈɹəʊl/, trilingual /tɹaɪ̯ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/, untranslatable /ˈʌnˌtɹænz.leɪt.ə.bəl/

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。
先用 0.75 倍速逐句跟讀，熟練之後再回到正常速度。
錄下自己的聲音並與原聲對比，特別注意 bilingual, emotion, romantic 這類單詞。

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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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