跟讀練習: English File 4thE - Elementary - Video Listening - 6C A London busker - 通過影片學習英語口語
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This is Charlotte Campbell.
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She's 25 and she's a busker.
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Charlotte plays the guitar and sings on the South Bank in London.
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Today, she's busking near the London Eye.
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On a typical day when I'm going busking, I get the train to Waterloo and I walk to the London Eye.
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I start at about 11 o'clock and I play until 1.
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Then I take a lunch break and sometimes I stay until 6 or 7 p.m.
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But in the winter when it gets dark I go home a little earlier.
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You can find buskers everywhere.
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In the streets, in shopping centres, outside bars and restaurants and in the parks of most British cities.
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In London you can also listen to music while you're on the London Underground.
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Buskers play or sing all kinds of different music.
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Opera, jazz, pop and folk.
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I like music that's on the radio, Ed Sheeran and things like that.
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And some older music from the 60s, like the Beatles.
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But busking isn't always easy.
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London is a busy city.
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And there are lots of buskers.
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Which means you can't just play music wherever you like.
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You need to get a permit to busk in London and pass an audition, but when you do, there's a really nice community and busking in London becomes easy.
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So buskers like Charlotte have to choose an area of London to sing and play in.
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They share this area with other buskers, and sometimes they have to wait for the other buskers to finish.
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Charlotte lives in Brixton in South London.
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In her flat, she writes her own songs and practices.
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I love writing songs.
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I love writing my own music.
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For Charlotte, there are good and bad things about life as a busker.
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I like meeting new people and sharing my music with a new audience.
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I don't like it when it gets cold.
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There's music in my heart Ba ba ba ba There's music on the streets of London That's where we are,
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that's where we are Ah ooh,
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yeah I get lonely Ah ooh, yeah I get cold Ah ooh,
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I get tired oh so tired But I'll never sell my soul Ah-hoo,
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from Piccadilly Ah-hoo, to Leicester Square Oh,
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I gave my heart to London And you'll always find me there
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Ba-ba-ba-ba There's music on the streets of London Ba ba ba ba,
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there's music in my heart Ba ba ba ba, there's music on the streets of London That's where we are, that's where we are
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必學實用表達與搭配
- busker:街頭藝人。影片裡多次出現,是描述這類職業的核心詞彙。
- get a permit:獲得許可。倫敦街頭表演需要“get a permit”,這是很實用的動賓搭配。
- take a lunch break:午休。日常安排中常用,比如“start at 11, take a lunch break, then play until 7”。
- share...with:與……分享。夏洛特說“share my music with a new audience”,表達分享的意思很自然。
- write my own songs:寫自己的歌。創作相關的表達,適合描述興趣愛好。
你的影子跟讀挑戰:現在就行動!
想要快速提升口語?試試“shadowspeak”(影子跟讀)技巧!開啟影片,找到夏洛特唱的那幾句歌詞:“There's music in my heart...That's where we are”。先聽一遍,注意她的語調起伏和節奏。然後按下暫停,立刻跟著模仿,儘量做到同步開口。重複3-5次,你會發現自己的發音和流暢度明顯進步。
這個方法為什麼有效?因為“shadow speak”能幫你訓練耳朵和嘴巴的協調性,快速掌握自然的英語韻律。如果你想找更多練習素材,不妨搜尋“shadowing site”或“shadowspeaks”,裡面有很多適合的內容。記住,“看影片學英語”的關鍵是多模仿、多開口,哪怕每天5分鐘,也能收穫驚喜!
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 |
|---|---|
| 動詞 + -ing enjoy、keep、stop… + -ing — 後接 -ing 形式的動詞 | love writing |
| 義務:must / have to / need to 表示某事是必要的 | need to get · have to choose · have to wait |
| “will” 表將來 will + 動詞 — 決定、承諾或預測 | I'll never sell · you'll always find |
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。















