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Hi guys!
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In this video we're going to look at words to describe everyday objects.
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Some of these words are nouns and some are adjectives.
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And because my viewers have different levels,
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some of them are rather simple and some are quite advanced.
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As usual, if you would like to subscribe to my free advanced English email lessons, you'll find the link in the description.
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First we have a couple of cushions.
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Remember that there's a difference between pillow and cushion.
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This is a pillow.
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It's something that you sleep on.
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A cushion is normally something that's decorative.
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They come in all different shapes and sizes.
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They can be much smaller than this or much bigger than this.
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And they're not necessarily square.
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This is square-shaped.
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This material here looks like suede.
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Suede is leather that's not smooth and shiny.
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If something is shiny, it means it reflects the light.
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So this isn't real suede.
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This is what we call faux suede.
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Yes, that word is pronounced faux.
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It comes from French.
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In English, faux means not real or fake.
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It's something that's made to look real.
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So this is made to look like suede, but it isn't.
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It's faux suede.
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The surface is soft, but you can also say that this is soft because it changes shape easily.
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Yes, soft has a few meanings.
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Here we have another cushion.
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This is also nice and soft.
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And you could say that this material is fluffy.
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This is fluffy material.
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Frank is also fluffy, but I wouldn't call Frank an object.
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Frank is Frank.
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And here we have a remote control.
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This is the remote control for my reverse cycle air conditioner.
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A reverse cycle air conditioner is one that can cool a room and also heat a room,
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so you can use it in summer and winter.
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Anyway, this remote control has various buttons.
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These are buttons.
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And a little screen.
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It's plastic and it's smooth.
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We would say that this is rectangular.
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It's not technically a rectangular prism because this part here is curved.
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A rectangular prism, strictly speaking, is a three-dimensional object with six faces that are rectangles.
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This tissue box is closer to a rectangular prism.
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Now this is made of cardboard.
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Cardboard is similar to paper, it's just thicker.
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You could also say that this is smooth and that it's colourful.
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Colourful means with lots of colours.
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Now we have a pen.
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This is just a regular ballpoint pen.
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It's called a ballpoint pen because there's a very small ball in the tip.
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The tip is the very end of it.
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This here is the lid.
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Some people would call this a cap, but I call this a lid.
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You could say either.
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Um, now this is hard.
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I mean, it's not soft.
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If you bend it, it will break.
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There's an example of the conditional.
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If you bend it, it will break.
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What else?
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Oh yes, this dark bit here, That's the ink.
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Ink.
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So the ink is the colour that comes out.
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Now this is quite thin.
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This marker, on the other hand, is rather thick.
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So thin and thick.
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Here we have a battery.
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Battery.
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Yes, in the UK and Australia we often don't pronounce the E.
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We say battery.
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But you can say battery or battery if you want.
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Now this is a cylinder.
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That's the shape of it.
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A cylinder is a shape that has a circle on the bottom and a circle on the top,
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which are the same size.
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The adjective of cylinder is cylindrical.
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I mean, okay, technically there's this little thing on the top, but, you know, Basically.
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It's a cylinder and you can say that it's cylindrical.
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Cylindrical.
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Uh, what else?
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Uh, yeah.
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I don't actually know what batteries are made of, but the outside, at least, is some type of metal,
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so you could say that it's metallic.
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Metallic is the adjective of metal.
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This here is a diary.
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Yes, I still use a paper diary to write down things like appointments.
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You could say that this is rectangular, it's smooth...
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It's quite smooth.
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It's shiny and it has a little ribbon.
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This thing here is a ribbon.
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You can use the ribbon as a bookmark in the diary.
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This bowl is made of chocolate.
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Here we have a bowl.
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A bowl.
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This bowl is made of china.
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China is the material that it's made of.
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This bowl is very smooth and shiny.
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It's round because it has a.. well, because the top is a circle.
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And it's also hollow.
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That means that you can put things in it.
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There's lots of space inside.
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I'd also say that this is fragile or a bit fragile.
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If I dropped it on tiles, for example, it would probably break.
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That's an example of the second conditional.
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If I dropped it on tiles, it would probably break.
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And now we've come to the most exciting part of the video.
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This is a champagne glass.
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And now that I hold it up to these lights, I realise that it's not totally clean.
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But anyway, this is a champagne glass.
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These tall ones, which are the most common champagne glasses nowadays, are called flutes.
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This is a champagne flute.
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Um...
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This is made of glass.
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It's hollow.
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And because it's made of glass, it's also quite fragile.
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If I dropped it on tiles, it would probably break.
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And now some parts of the glass.
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These words also apply to regular wine glasses.
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This is the base.
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This long, tall part here is called the stem.
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This part is the bowl.
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And the very top part is called the rim.
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Rim.
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We use the word rim for top parts of all glasses and bowls and things like that.
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Next we have lip balm.
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Lip balm.
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Now the container is a cylinder.
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Or you could say that it's cylindrical.
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Cylindrical.
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The outside is plastic.
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Well, I think the whole thing is plastic and it's hard.
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You can call this a stick of lip balm,
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but technically stick refers to what's inside.
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The.. the substance inside is a stick of lip balm.
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Um, you can call substances a stick if they're shaped a bit like this and if they're quite firm.
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So if they're not liquidy...
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Now the container is called a tube.
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Lots of medicinal and cosmetic products often come in containers that are called tubes.
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This one has a twist base.
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So if I twist it, the lip balm comes out.
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Um, if that looks a little bit dirty, it's just because I sometimes put it on when I have lipstick on.
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Now we have some lip gloss.
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Lip gloss.
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This lip gloss is also in a tube, but this is a soft tube.
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The lip balm was in a hard tube or a rigid tube.
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Um...
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If it's a soft tube, we actually call it a squeeze tube or a squeezable tube,
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because if you take the lid off and you squeeze it, if you press on it, the product comes out.
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Ooh, like that.
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Now we have some mascara.
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mascara.
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This is a tube of mascara.
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But in reality, lots of people would call this a little bottle.
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So you could say that this is a long, thin bottle of mascara.
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If you you.. take the lid off, you can see the wand.
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This part here is called the wand, just like a magic wand.
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And speaking of bottles, here we have a little spray bottle.
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This is Lens Cleaner.
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You can use this to clean the lenses on your glasses.
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The lenses are these parts here.
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One lens, two lenses.
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The other parts of the glasses, or the other parts altogether, are called the frame.
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Frame.
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Now this is called a spray bottle because if you take the lid off and press on it,
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you spray the liquid.
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And finally we have my laptop case.
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As you can see, this is quite old, but it's still fine, so I'm not going to replace it yet.
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As I said, this is a case, but The word case is quite general.
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It's a container or a cover that protects something.
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This type of laptop case can also be called a sleeve.
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It's quite thin and it's not a bag, So you can call it a sleeve.
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This laptop case has a zip.
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This thing here is a zip.
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You can also call it a zipper.
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Zipper.
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That's it for today, guys.
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I hope you found this educational.
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If you would like to practice using some of these words, or if you'd just like to practice your writing,
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go down to the the comments section and describe an object that you use on a regular basis.
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Thanks very much for watching, guys.
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I'll see you next time.
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We often don't pronounce the E.
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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“English Vocabulary to Describe Everyday Objects!”為素材。 影片中反覆出現的詞有：tube, lip, bowl, soft, word。 這段影片共有 187 個句子、1511 個單詞可供跟讀。 講話部分時長為 15:49。 說話人語速較慢，每分鐘約 96 個詞，你有足夠的時間模仿每一個音。 只有 78% 的單詞屬於英語最常用的 3,000 詞，詞彙難度較高。
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 |
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| suede 名詞 | /sweɪd/ | 仿麂皮, 麂皮 |
| cylindrical 形容詞 | /sɪˈlɪndɹɪkəl/ | 圓柱形的 /圓柱形的 |
| rectangular 形容詞 | /ɹɛkˈtæŋɡjəlɚ/ | 矩形的 |
| cylinder 名詞 | /ˈsɪləndɚ/ | 圓柱體 /圓柱體, 圓柱 /圓柱 |
| lens 名詞 | /lɛnz/ | 透鏡 /透鏡, 鏡片 /鏡片 |
| mascara 名詞 | /ˌmæsˈkæɹə/ | 染睫毛油, 睫毛膏 |
| faux 形容詞 | /foʊ/ | 仿製 /仿製 |
| cushion 名詞 | /ˈkʊʃən/ | 墊子 /墊子, 軟墊 /軟墊 |
| champagne 名詞 | /ʃæmˈpeɪn/ | 香檳酒 /香檳酒, 香檳 /香檳 |
| container 名詞 | /kənˈteɪ.nəɹ/ | 容器 |
| adjective 名詞 | /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/ | 形容詞 /形容詞 |
| prism 名詞 | /ˈpɹɪzəm/ | 稜柱 /稜柱 |
| wand 名詞 | /wɑnd/ | 魔杖, 魔法棒 |
| pronounce 動詞 | /pɹəˈnaʊns/ | 宣稱 /宣稱, 宣告 |
| tile 名詞 | /ˈtaɪ.əl/ | 瓦, 磚瓦 /磚瓦 |
影片中出現的短語動詞
| 單詞 | 發音 | 釋義 |
|---|---|---|
| come out 動詞 | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | 出, 出來 /出來 |
| write down 動詞 | 寫下來 /寫下來, 寫下 /寫下 |
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：
- It's something that you sleep on.
- I mean, it's not soft.
- You could say that this is rectangular, it's smooth...
- I'll see you next time.
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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| 條件句 if + 從句，will/would + 動詞 — 條件及其結果 | If you bend it, it will break |
| 被動語態 be + 過去分詞 — 強調發生了什麼，而不是誰做的 | is pronounced · is made · is curved |
| 定語從句 who / which + 從句 — 補充說明人或事物 | one that can · ones, which are |
| 最高階 the -est / the most … — 一組中最高或最低的 | the most exciting · the most common |
需要注意的發音
說話人用了 18 次縮略和弱讀形式，例如 they're, don't, isn't。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。
- “sh” 和 “zh” 音: cushion /ˈkʊʃən/, champagne /ʃæmˈpeɪn/, conditioner /kənˈdɪʃənə/, conditional /kənˈdɪʃ.ə.nəl/, dimensional /daɪˈmɛn.ʃə.nəl/
- 長單詞——注意重音位置: cylindrical /sɪˈlɪndɹɪkəl/, rectangular /ɹɛkˈtæŋɡjəlɚ/, technically /ˈtɛk.nɪˌkəl.i/, conditioner /kənˈdɪʃənə/, conditional /kənˈdɪʃ.ə.nəl/
中文母語者容易讀錯的音：
- /v/ — 不要讀成 /w/，上齒輕觸下唇: adjective /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/, sleeve /sliv/, viewer /ˈvju.ɚ/, decorative /ˈdɛk.ə.ɹə.tɪv/, curve /kɚv/
- 詞尾子音 — 要讀清楚，後面不要加母音: suede /sweɪd/, lens /lɛnz/, adjective /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/, gloss /ɡlɔs/, wand /wɑnd/
- /r/ 和 /l/ 的區別: cylindrical /sɪˈlɪndɹɪkəl/, rectangular /ɹɛkˈtæŋɡjəlɚ/, fragile /ˈfɹæd͡ʒəl/, rectangle /ˈrɛktæŋɡl̩/, strictly /ˈstɹɪktli/
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 suede, cylindrical, rectangular 這類單詞。
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