跟讀練習: How is butter made? - 通過影片學習英語口語
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Hey, it's Dani.
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People make sculptures out of many different things.
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For example, you might have made a sculpture out of clay before.
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But check these sculptures out.
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They aren't made out of clay.
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These sculptures are made out of something much more surprising, and it's something that you might have even eaten before.
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Can you tell what these sculptures are made of?
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It's butter.
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I'm serious.
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People make sculptures out of butter. So cool.
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Someone named Lola is curious about butter.
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Let's give Lola a call now.
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Hi, Danny.
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Hi, Lola.
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I have a question for you.
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How is butter made?
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Ooh, that's a great question.
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While you probably haven't made any sculptures out of butter, maybe you've put it on your pancakes at breakfast, or maybe onto bread at dinner,
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or maybe even made pies or cookies with it.
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Yum.
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But where does butter even come from?
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Legend has it that thousands of years ago in Africa, a traveler had a bag of milk hanging from his horse.
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After traveling a long way, he got really thirsty and reached for the bag to take a drink.
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And that's when he discovered something amazing.
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Some of the milk had turned into butter.
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Okay, we're not sure if the legend of the traveler discovering butter is true, but it very well could be.
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Because, believe it or not, a similar thing can happen even today.
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Milk can turn into butter when you put it in a big bag and do this.
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And it can turn into butter when you put it in a machine like this one. Or this one.
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It can even turn into butter when you put it in a jar and do this.
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And those aren't the only ways.
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There are lots and lots of ways you can turn milk into butter, but they all have one thing in common.
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Have you noticed what it is?
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Before I go on, I'm curious.
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What do all these ways to make butter have in common?
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Now would be a good time to pause the video and discuss.
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Okay, you ready?
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I'm not sure how you answered, but I bet some of you might have said shaking.
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All these ways are shaking the milk, whether it's on a bumpy horse ride like the traveler, or in one of those churning machines.
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If you take the cream from milk and shake it a bunch, you end up with water and butter.
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And here's why.
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Milk is mostly made out of water, but it also has other stuff in it, like this.
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See those little circles?
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Those are tiny pieces of something called fat.
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And to make butter, you need to separate those fat pieces the water part of the milk.
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And you can do that by shaking it.
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See, when you shake milk, all the pieces of fat begin to stick together in clumps.
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Kind of like tiny pieces of clay would stick together if you balled it up.
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But here's the thing.
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When you first start shaking the milk, air bubbles get trapped in there too.
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Those air bubbles make the milk all fluffy like this.
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You probably recognize this stuff.
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It's whipped cream.
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Now whipped cream can be used as a topping on ice cream sundaes.
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But if you want to make butter, you've got to be patient and keep shaking and shaking
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and shaking until all the pieces of fat separate from the water and turn into this butter.
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It's that simple.
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You You can even make it at home.
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Now most kinds of milk at the store won't work all that well, but there is a special kind called heavy cream that works great.
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Just put the cream in a jar, start to shake, shake, and shake.
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And if you shake it long enough, that cream will eventually turn into butter. So cool.
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So, in summary, whether you shake it in a jar at school or at home, or in a modern spinning machine like this one.
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Butter is made by shaking the cream from milk.
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When you shake milk, the pieces of fat in it begin to separate from the water
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and clump and clump and clump together until it turns into butter.
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That's all for this week's question.
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Thanks Lola for asking it.
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We want to know what you're curious about.
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It's time to cast your vote.
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We picked three questions that we're thinking about answering
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when this video is done playing click on the one you're
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most excited to see answered your vote will help us plan
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for future mini lessons there are mysteries all around us stay curious and see you next week
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- 條件句:如“如果你把牛奶搖晃……”這樣可以展示因果關係,幫助學習者理解動作與結果之間的聯絡。
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常見發音陷阱
在這個影片中,有幾個詞彙和短語的發音可能會讓學習者感到困難:
- butter(黃油):注意重音位置和母音的發音。
- milk(牛奶):注意清晰發音,特別是在快速說話時。
- discover(發現):注意重音的變化,確保在句子中正確強調該詞。
通過練習時使用shadowspeak的方式,你可以模仿影片中的發音,幫助克服這些難點,並在日常交流中更加自信。同時,建議通過使用shadowing site資源,在聆聽與重複中提升發音準確性與流暢度。
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 | aren't made · are made · is made |
| 現在完成時 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去發生但與現在仍有關聯的事 | haven't made · Have you noticed |
| 用 “might / may” 表可能 might/may + 動詞 — 有可能但不確定的事 | might have |
| 動詞 + -ing enjoy、keep、stop… + -ing — 後接 -ing 形式的動詞 | start shaking · keep shaking |
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