跟讀練習: Frank Sinatra - That's Life (Audio) - 通過影片學習英語口語

這段影片共有 20 個句子、241 個單詞可供跟讀。 講話部分時長為 2:48。 說話人語速較慢，每分鐘約 86 個詞，你有足夠的時間模仿每一個音。 只有 76% 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 12 個不太常見的單詞，附發音和釋義：

• deny /dəˈnaɪ/ (動詞) — 否認 /否認, 否定. To disallow or reject.
• poet /ˈpoʊ.ət/ (名詞) — 詩人 /詩人. A person who writes poems.
• pirate /ˈpaɪɹət/ (名詞) — 海盜 /海盜, 海賊 /海賊. A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.
• puppet /ˈpʌpɪt/ (名詞) — 木偶, 人偶. Any small model of a person or animal able to be moved by strings or rods, or in the form of a glove.
• pawn /ˈpɔːn/ (名詞) — 兵. The most numerous chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess, each side starts with eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only…
• spin /spɪn/ (動詞) — 轉動 /轉動, 自轉 /自轉. To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
• shake /ˈʃeɪk/ (動詞) — 搖 /搖. To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
• pauper /ˈpɔ.pɚ/ (名詞) — 窮光蛋 /窮光蛋, 窮鬼 /窮鬼. One who is extremely poor.
• jump /d͡ʒʌmp/ (動詞) — 跳, 蹦跳. To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
• lay /leɪ/ (動詞) — 放, 置. To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
• bird /ˈbɜːd/ (名詞) — чёр, чёчёзы. An animal of the clade (traditionally class) Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of…
• quit /kwɪt/ (動詞) — 走, 離開 /離開. To leave (a place).

需要注意的發音

說話人用了 16 次縮略和弱讀形式，例如 I've, can't, gonna。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。

如何用這段影片練習

1. 先完整聽一遍影片，不要開口，記下不認識的單詞。
2. 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。
3. 錄下自己的聲音並與原聲對比，特別注意 deny, poet, pirate 這類單詞。

影片中的語法

說話人最常用的結構，並附上影片中的原話：