跟讀練習: How to Deal with Embarrassment - 通過影片學習英語口語
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It's lunchtime, and the cafeteria is jam -packed.
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You balance your books and your corn dog as you make your way through the crowd when someone bumps into you.
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Okay, you manage to hold on to everything but one of the books.
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And as you bend down to pick up your dog -eared copy of Hunger Games...
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Oh, your pants tear right in the back in front of everybody.
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Welcome to Wellcast.
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We've gotten a lot of suggestions for this one, from viewers like
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Cream Soda Pop 8990 and Cool Birch.
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Today, we're exploring embarrassment.
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We'll explain exactly what your brain is doing the moment after you trip in front of everyone,
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and give you our three -step method for brushing it off and moving on.
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Are you ready?
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Like many of the emotions you experience daily, embarrassment is a biological reaction.
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drilled into our brains by generation after generation of embarrassed ancestors.
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Embarrassment occurs in a boomerang -shaped region right behind the eyes called, get ready for this, pregenual anterior cingulate cortex.
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Okay, that's a mouthful, but you can just remember it as PAC.
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You know, like, PAC my belongings, I am moving to Canada and never returning, I am so embarrassed.
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Researchers at UC Berkeley discovered that the pack lights up whenever someone's embarrassed.
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They did this in an experiment where they forced subjects to, get this, sing the temptation song,
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My Girl, acapella, and then watch a video of their performances.
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Cruel, right?
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Activity in pack shot up and corresponded with sweaty hands, racing heartbeats, and general expressions of, oh my god, this is horrible.
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That's where we come in.
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It's time for our three tips to getting over embarrassment?
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Step one, force yourself not to be the center of the universe.
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You need to convince yourself that whatever just happened isn't as big a deal as your mind is rapidly making it.
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Odds are it isn't.
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In fact, there's a tested scientific principle called the spotlight effect
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that states that other people don't notice nearly as many of your guffaws as you think they do.
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One experiment that tested this had a bunch of college students wear bright yellow
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Barry Manilow and Blazin t -shirts to an introductory psych course.
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Afterwards the students were asked how many of their classmates they thought noticed the ugly t -shirt.
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Invariably the guest number was much much higher than the actual number.
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So first things first take a deep breath and repeat the mantra.
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Science says it's not as big a deal as my brain thinks it is.
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Step two, don't apologize, deal with it.
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Guys, the worst thing
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you can do after calling a lot of attention to yourself is drawing even more attention by apologizing a lot.
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Instead, downplay the moment.
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If you incessantly apologize after an embarrassing incident, you're only telling others that this is a big deal and they should treat it as such.
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Step 3.
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Don't dwell.
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Change the channel.
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There's a big difference between embarrassment and shame.
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Embarrassment is often a natural and unavoidable reaction to an awkward circumstance.
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But if you continue to fixate on what happened, replaying the moment over and over again in your brain,
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the embarrassment can turn into shame and anxiety.
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You don't want to carry that around with you.
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Instead, imagine your mind as a TV and the embarrassing situation as an obnoxious sitcom that's forever in syndication.
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Change the channel and replace that awful sitcom with something positive.
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A good memory or a joke or a book that you read that you really liked.
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Anything to get rid of that junk.
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Let's recap.
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Embarrassment is a completely healthy reaction to an awkward situation.
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Force yourself to remember that this is a big deal in nobody else's eyes but your own.
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Don't apologize.
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Instead, try to downplay the moment.
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And don't replay what happened over and over again.
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Change the channel!
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Tweet us at WatchWellCast, email us at WatchWellCast at gmail .com, or leave a comment down below.
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We'll see you next time!
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Thank you.
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本課的詞彙與口語要點
這節口語課以影片“How to Deal with Embarrassment”為素材。 影片中反覆出現的詞有：embarrassment, brain, step, moment, embarrassed。 這段影片共有 62 個句子、676 個單詞可供跟讀。 講話部分時長為 4:40。 說話人語速平穩，每分鐘約 145 個詞，很適合跟讀。 只有 80% 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 15 個值得學習的單詞，附發音和釋義：
| 單詞 | 發音 | 釋義 |
|---|---|---|
| apologize 動詞 | /əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/ | 道歉 |
| embarrassed 形容詞 | /ɪmˈbæɹ.əst/ | 難為情 /難為情, 尷尬 /尷尬 |
| experiment 名詞 | /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/ | 實驗 /實驗 |
| awkward 形容詞 | /ˈɔk.wɚd/ | 彆扭 /彆扭 |
| sitcom 名詞 | /ˈsɪtˌkɑm/ | 情景喜劇 /情景喜劇, 處境喜劇 /處境喜劇 |
| pants 名詞 | /pænts/ | 褲子 /褲子, 長褲 /長褲 |
| occur 動詞 | /əˈkɜː/ | 發生 /發生 |
| awful 形容詞 | /ˈɔːfʊl/ | 壞 /壞, 糟糕 |
| anxiety 名詞 | /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/ | 焦慮 /焦慮, 擔心 |
| horrible 形容詞 | /ˈhɔɹ.ɪ.bəl/ | 可怕的, 可畏 |
| ear 名詞 | /ˈɪə̯/ | 耳朵, 耳 |
| afterwards 副詞 | /ˈæf.tɚ.wɚdz/ | 然後 /然後 |
| odd 形容詞 | /ɑd/ | 奇怪 |
| ugly 形容詞 | /ˈʌɡli/ | 難看 /難看, 醜 /醜 |
| discover 動詞 | /dɪˈskʌvə/ | 發現 /發現, 發覺 /發覺 |
影片中出現的短語動詞
| 單詞 | 釋義 |
|---|---|
| pick up 動詞 | 拾取, 撿 /撿 |
| shoot up 動詞 | 飆升 /飆升 |
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：
- That's where we come in.
- It's time for our three tips to getting over embarrassment?
- You don't want to carry that around with you.
- We'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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| 現在進行時 am/is/are + -ing — 此刻或近期正在發生的事 | we're exploring · is doing · am moving |
| “will” 表將來 will + 動詞 — 決定、承諾或預測 | We'll explain · We'll see |
需要注意的發音
說話人用了 13 次縮略和弱讀形式，例如 don't, isn't, we'll。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。
- “th” 音: breathe /bɹiːð/, mouthful /ˈmaʊθfʊl/
- “sh” 和 “zh” 音: brush /bɹʌʃ/, suggestion /səˈd͡ʒɛst.ʃən/, emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/, temptation /ˌtɛmpˈteɪʃən/, obnoxious /əbˈnɑkʃəs/
- 長單詞——注意重音位置: embarrassment /ɪmˈbæɹ.əs.mənt/, apologize /əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/, experiment /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/, anxiety /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/, biological /ˌbaɪ.əˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪ.kəl/
中文母語者容易讀錯的音：
- /v/ — 不要讀成 /w/，上齒輕觸下唇: discover /dɪˈskʌvə/, convince /kənˈvɪns/, viewer /ˈvju.ɚ/, invariably /ɪnˈvɛɹ.i.ə.bli/, unavoidable /ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbəl/
- 詞尾子音 — 要讀清楚，後面不要加母音: embarrassment /ɪmˈbæɹ.əs.mənt/, apologize /əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/, embarrassed /ɪmˈbæɹ.əst/, experiment /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/, awkward /ˈɔk.wɚd/
- /r/ 和 /l/ 的區別: replay /ˈɹiːpleɪ/, horrible /ˈhɔɹ.ɪ.bəl/, principle /ˈpɹɪn.sɪ.pəl/, rapidly /ˈɹæpɪdli/, explore /ɪkˈsploɹ/
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 apologize, embarrassed, experiment 這類單詞。
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