跟讀練習: Growing Up POOR in AMERICA - 通過影片學習英語口語
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Growing up, my family was broke.
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And before anybody comments, Oh my god, Sam, my family only went to Disneyland once again.
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I mean, broke broke, as in, Let me count these coins and see if I can afford school lunch tomorrow, kind of broke.
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$1.50.
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I spent the first year of my life in the Philippines
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because my parents were struggling to keep everything together financially in the state.
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Then we came back and spent the next 10 years living in a one-bedroom apartment in LA with my mom, my dad, my sister, me,
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our soon-to-be little brother, and then like two emotionally supportive cockroaches.
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And as a kid, of course, I wanted toys, especially Moonsand.
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But my parents always looked stressed.
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Like, you know when you're a kid and your parents are talking about bills or whatever and money, looking all stressed out, and suddenly you develop financial anxiety before you even know how to count.
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So yeah, I learned not to ask for things, which was It's really unfortunate because I grew up during the era of kids saying
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Because these poor kids weren't wearing Nikes They were not wearing Adidas, Vans They were wearing Adidas,
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Mike Adidin And you know who else was wearing these?
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Me!
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I was wearing them!
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While other kids were shopping at Forever 21, Abercrombie and Fetch And I don't know,
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Gucci or whatever brand was picking that era I was at Didi's discount Ross,
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Goodwill, my older cousin's bag of old hand-me-downs The stores where your mom would say, Pick wisely.
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You will be wearing these for the next three years.
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And you'd find that one pair of shoes that looked like Vans, but weren't actually Vans.
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You know, the bootleg ones that looked super fat, stiff, and heavy.
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But I didn't care.
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Like, who would actually notice?
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On rare occasions, my mom would take us out to the mall.
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But the moment we walked in, straight to the clearance section.
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Everything else in the store, I don't know what you're talking about.
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If we found a $5 shirt, perfect.
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$12 dress, perfect.
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Anything above $15, no. At school, I wore the same pair of shoes for years.
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And eventually, I'd be like, Mother, I believe I need new shoes.
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Go.
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And she'd hit me with a Y.
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What's wrong with your old ones?
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They're okay.
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No, they were not okay.
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You know, in the Philippines, we didn't even have shoes.
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And I didn't even push for new ones because I was such an anxious little empath child.
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My parents probably would have bought me new bootleg shoes, But instead my brain was like,
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no, I'll just continue walking through these puddles in my decaying footwear Lunchtime was the worst
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because this is where you'd see who was rich and who was poor The rich kids had cute lunchboxes, lunchables, Gatorade, branded chip bags,
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and a handwritten note from their mom saying You can do hard things xoxo mom Meanwhile, my lunch?
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First of all, no lunchbox,
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just grocery bag Then Tupperware of sweaty Vienna sausages and rice Asterius chips in a folded plastic bag Fruit snacks,
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if we were feeling wealthy that week And then water from the water fountain.
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My mom would sometimes send me to school with coins in an envelope, literally just coins, like, ah, the sound of poverty.
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And most days it worked, but on the days when I happened to be short, even a little, so bad, but what's for you?
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And you're humiliated in front of all your peers, then handed an apple and a milk, like the filthy poor peasant you were.
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And the crazy part was that they throw away The food right in front of you.
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They throw it away.
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Bro, if you're just gonna throw it away, why can't I just eat it?
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So I'd sit down with my apple and milk, trying not to cry as I watched everyone else eat their Lunchables and Gatorade, all happy.
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Field trip days, everyone else would be like, And then there was me.
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Because I already knew we probably couldn't afford it.
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And even if we somehow could, asking would just make me feel guilty.
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So I would just pretend it didn't exist.
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Boom, problem solved.
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Except not really because then field trip day would arrive
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and everyone would be lining up to get on the bus
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and I'd be standing there with a work packet like I had again committed a federal crime.
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The teacher would be like, okay, sweetie, you're gonna be staying with Mrs. Johnson's class today, okay?
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Then I'd spend the entire rest of the day in the back of some other classroom trying not to cry again.
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Home life was another experience.
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Touch the thermostat, you die.
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So in the summers, I'd open the fridge and just stand there.
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Another cooling strategy was wet arms, wet legs, stand directly in front of the fan.
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Sometimes I'd get a little bucket of water and pour it over myself in bed.
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Yes, I would sleep in a puddle of water when it was hot.
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No, this is not a lie or exaggeration.
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I am aware this was disgusting.
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Anyways, grocery shopping was done at Dollar Tree or the 99 cent store, Food for Less, Walmart, Food Drives, which by the way, if you live in the US,
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you can look up the nearest food drive near you
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and what days they operate to get yourself a box of free groceries.
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Shampoo bottles were half shampoo, half water.
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Dish soap was half dish soap, half water.
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And hand soap was probably just water with a molecule of soap.
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Struggle meals were things like microwaved cupped noodles.
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Oh, cancer.
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Raw Vienna sausages.
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Hot dogs and rice.
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Bologna and rice.
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Microwave TV dinners.
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And if I was really struggling, I'd watch mukbangs or literally google pictures of food while chewing on air Growing up,
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I was embarrassed thinking everyone else had more than me And honestly, most of them did But looking back now as an adult,
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it really wasn't that bad We always had a roof over our heads There was always food Maybe not the healthiest, but food
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And my parents worked really hard Like ridiculously hard My mom
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would sometimes sacrifice eating lunch for the day at work
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So she could give us what we needed These hardships taught
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me how to be kind to others who didn't have as much as me
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And how to be responsible with money So yeah, growing up poor was humbling But also kind of funny
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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“Growing Up POOR in AMERICA”為素材。 影片中反覆出現的詞有：mom, wearing, kid, shoes, parents。 這段影片共有 89 個句子、1101 個單詞可供跟讀。 講話部分時長為 5:56。 說話人語速較快，每分鐘約 185 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
影片中最難的 15 個單詞，附發音和釋義：
| 單詞 | 發音 | 釋義 |
|---|---|---|
| shoe 名詞 | /ˈʃu/ | 鞋子, 鞋 |
| soap 名詞 | /soʊp/ | йизы, 雪文 |
| coin 名詞 | /ˈkoɪ̯n/ | 硬幣 /硬幣, 銅錢 /銅錢 |
| bootleg 名詞 | /ˈbutˌlɛɡ/ | 盜版 /盜版 |
| lunchbox 名詞 | /ˈlʌntʃˌbɒks/ | 飯盒 /飯盒 |
| puddle 名詞 | /ˈpʌdəl/ | 水坑, 水窪 /水窪 |
| shampoo 名詞 | /ʃæmˈpuː/ | 洗髮水 /洗髮水, 洗髮精 /洗髮精 |
| sausage 名詞 | /ˈsɔsɪd͡ʒ/ | 香腸 /香腸 |
| microwave 名詞 | /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌweɪv/ | 微波 |
| dish 名詞 | /dɪʃ/ | 碟子, 盤子 /盤子 |
| chip 名詞 | /t͡ʃɪp/ | 籌碼 |
| exaggeration 名詞 | /ɪɡˌzæd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/ | 誇大 /誇大, 誇張 /誇張 |
| footwear 名詞 | /ˈfʊtwɛə(ɹ)/ | 鞋類 /鞋類, 鞋子 |
| humiliate 動詞 | /hjuːˈmɪliˌeɪt/ | 羞辱, 侮辱 |
| microgram 名詞 | /ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌɡɹæm/ | 微克 |
影片中出現的短語動詞
| 單詞 | 發音 | 釋義 |
|---|---|---|
| grow up 動詞 | 長大 /長大 | |
| come back 動詞 | 回來 /回來, 返回 | |
| look back 動詞 | 回顧 /回顧 | |
| look up 動詞 | /ˌlʊk ˈʌp/ | 仰, 上看 |
| throw away 動詞 | 棄置 /棄置, 扔 |
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 |
|---|---|
| 條件句 if + 從句，will/would + 動詞 — 條件及其結果 | if we somehow could, asking would just · if I was really struggling, I'd watch |
| 過去進行時 was/were + -ing — 過去某一時刻正在進行的動作 | were struggling · weren't wearing · was wearing |
| 最高階 the -est / the most … — 一組中最高或最低的 | the worst · the nearest · the healthiest |
| 現在進行時 am/is/are + -ing — 此刻或近期正在發生的事 | are talking · you're talking |
需要注意的發音
說話人用了 31 次縮略和弱讀形式，例如 I'd, didn't, you're。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。
- “th” 音: empath /ˈɛm.pæθ/, thermostat /ˈθɝməstæt/, filthy /ˈfɪlθi/, wealthy /ˈwɛl.θi/
- “sh” 和 “zh” 音: shoe /ˈʃu/, shampoo /ʃæmˈpuː/, dish /dɪʃ/, exaggeration /ɪɡˌzæd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/, hardship /ˈhɑɹdˌʃɪp/
- 長單詞——注意重音位置: exaggeration /ɪɡˌzæd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/, humiliate /hjuːˈmɪliˌeɪt/, ridiculously /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs.li/, emotionally /ɪˈməʊʃənəli/, unfortunate /ʌnˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nɪt/
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 shoe, soap, coin 這類單詞。
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。