跟讀練習: How to Save Our Planet - 通過影片學習英語口語
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How do we create a future in which both people and nature can thrive.
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This is the biggest question of our times.
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In the next few decades, We need to do something unprecedented.
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achieve a sustainable existence on Earth you But how do we do it?
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We can start by understanding how we got to this point.
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20 ,000 years ago, Humankind consisted of less than a million hunter -gatherers across the globe.
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We lived within the resources on offer.
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in balance with nature.
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A strategy that could theoretically last forever.
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But it wasn't an easy life.
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Nature determined our survival.
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We used our unique minds to challenge that reality.
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We learnt how to tame the wild, get more from the environment.
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Our population boomed, as did our demands.
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Every time a new problem arose, we solved it, altering Earth's entire surface in the process.
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And now we have changed the world so profoundly, scientists have decided that Earth has entered a new phase of its existence.
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Welcome to the Anthropocene, the age of humans.
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The tables have turned.
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We now determine nature's survival.
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The planet is ours.
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That's one problem.
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We're now totally out of balance with nature you And unless we get our balance back,
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this age of humans is due to be short -lived.
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So how do we deal with this problem?
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you When you boil it down, there is one underlying big issue.
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Our planet is becoming less wild.
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Our species has cleared three trillion trees cultivated half its fertile land and now fishes across most of the ocean.
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In the last 50 years, the populations of wild animals have reduced by 60%.
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We've replaced them with ourselves and our domesticated animals and plants.
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Today, We and the animals we raise account for 96 % of the mass of mammals, and 70 % of the birds on Earth.
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there's very little wild left.
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This biodiversity loss is not just a tragedy.
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It's the single biggest problem we face.
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Without biodiversity, The world as we know it doesn't work.
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Our planet needs its wild spaces.
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Everyone is a component in the global machine.
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Only if they are all healthy can the planet run smoothly.
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A less wild world is less able to provide for our needs.
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Less able to maintain dependable weather and seasons.
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Less able to absorb our impact.
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Biodiversity equals stability.
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Can we turn this situation around?
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Can we rewild the world?
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Well, maybe due to one key change.
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As societies develop, something is happening that has never happened before.
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People are having fewer children.
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Globally, since the year 2000, the number of people under 16 years old has hardly changed.
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The main reason our population is still rising is because people are living longer.
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Oh If this continues, our population may finally stop growing by the turn of the century.
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- - By investing in education and women's rights and raising people out of poverty,
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we could bring about peak human even sooner.
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This changes everything.
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It gives us the opportunity we need to regain our balance.
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you Bye.
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Bye.
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The plan for our planet is remarkably simple.
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Reduce our impact by making sure that everything we do, we can do forever.
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For the biggest gains, we could concentrate our efforts on four goals.
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Phasing out fossil fuels and replacing them with renewables.
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This will not only slow the warming of the planet, and the acidification of the ocean, but it will lead to clean air for all of us.
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Upgrading to efficient food production and reducing our consumption of meat.
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we'll require far less space to provide for ourselves, leaving more for grasslands, reducing deforestation,
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and our demand for fresh water and feeding more people with healthier, more affordable food.
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Working together to properly manage our ocean.
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A global network of no -fish zones.
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and a treaty on the use of international waters would restore the health of the ocean, so it actually produces more fish for us all to eat.
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Working hard to keep hold of the wild populations we still have.
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Encouraging nature wherever we can.
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In the ocean, on land we no longer need, and even in our cities.
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If we make these changes, we'll be a long way to becoming a species in balance with nature once again.
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we will have taken a remarkable journey.
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From a million people struggling to survive, to several billion living long,
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healthy lives, on a stable planet able to provide for all our needs.
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Only at that point, will the Anthropocene the age of humans be truly underway.
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At that point, We will be proud to call it our planet.
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How do we create a future in which both people and nature can thrive?
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We open our eyes to this moment in history.
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Think on a planetary scale.
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Embrace the challenge we face.
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And do something we humans are very good at: change the world.
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本課的詞彙與口語要點
這段影片共有 81 個句子、811 個單詞可供跟讀。 講話部分時長為 8:11。 說話人語速較慢,每分鐘約 99 個詞,你有足夠的時間模仿每一個音。 86% 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 15 個值得學習的單詞,附發音和釋義:
| 單詞 | 發音 | 釋義 |
|---|---|---|
| survival 名詞 | /sɚˈvaɪ.vəl/ | 生存 |
| thrive 動詞 | /θɹajv/ | 繁榮 /繁榮 |
| stable 名詞 | /ˈsteɪ.bəl/ | 馬廄, 馬棚 /馬棚 |
| poverty 名詞 | /ˈpɑːvɚti/ | 貧窮 /貧窮, 貧困 /貧困 |
| encourage 動詞 | /ɪnˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/ | 鼓勵 /鼓勵, 激勵 /激勵 |
| efficient 形容詞 | /ɪˈfɪʃənt/ | 高效率 |
| solve 動詞 | /sɒlv/ | 解決 /解決 |
| resource 名詞 | /ɹɪˈzɔːs/ | 資源 /資源 |
| hunter 名詞 | /ˈhʌntɚ/ | 獵犬 /獵犬 |
| consumption 名詞 | /kənˈsʌmp.ʃən/ | 消費 /消費 |
| component 名詞 | /kəmˈpoʊ.nənt/ | 元件, 部件 |
| invest 動詞 | /ɪnˈvɛst/ | 耗費 /耗費, 投資 /投資 |
| fewer | /ˈfjuː.ɚ/ | 較少 /較少, 更少 |
| stability 名詞 | /stəˈbɪlɪti/ | 穩定性 /穩定性, 穩定 /穩定 |
| treaty 名詞 | /ˈtɹiti/ | 條約 /條約, 協議 /協議 |
需要注意的發音
說話人用了 6 次縮略和弱讀形式,例如 we'll, doesn't, wasn't。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。
- “th” 音: thrive /θɹajv/, smoothly /ˈsmuːðli/
- “sh” 和 “zh” 音: efficient /ɪˈfɪʃənt/, consumption /kənˈsʌmp.ʃən/, acidification /əˌsɪdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/, deforestation /dɪˌfɒɹɪsˈteɪʃən/
- 長單詞——注意重音位置: stability /stəˈbɪlɪti/, affordable /əˈfɔɹ.də.bəl/, sustainable /səˈsteɪnəbəl/, unprecedented /ʌnˈpɹɛsɪdɛntɪd/, remarkably /ɹɪˈmɑɹkəbli/
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 survival, thrive, stable 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。














