跟讀練習: I cried over food while pregnant - 通過影片學習英語口語

這段影片共有 23 個句子、154 個單詞可供跟讀。 講話部分時長為 0:33。 說話人語速較快，每分鐘約 280 個詞，會出現較多連讀和弱讀。 82% 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 11 個不太常見的單詞，附發音和釋義：

• butter /ˈbʌtɚ/ (名詞) — 牛油, bá-tah. A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk).
• peanut /ˈpiˌnʌt/ (名詞) — 花生, 落花生. A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America.
• cookie /ˈkʊki/ (名詞) — 餅乾 /餅乾, 曲奇. A small, flat, baked good which is either crisp or soft but firm.
• dough /doʊ/ (名詞) — 麵團 /麵糰, 生麵糰 /生麵糰. A thick, malleable substance made by mixing flour with other ingredients such as water, eggs, or butter, that is made into a particular form and then baked.
• chocolate /ˈtʃɔk.(ə.)lɪt/ (名詞) — 巧克力, 朱古力. A food made from ground roasted cocoa beans.
• cream /kɹiːm/ (名詞) — 奶油, 乳脂. The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.
• cry /kɹaɪ/ (動詞) — кў, 吼. To shed tears; to weep, especially in anger or sadness.
• extreme /ɪkˈstɹim/ (形容詞) — 盡頭 /盡頭, 末端. Of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost.
• pregnant /ˈpɹɛɡnənt/ (形容詞) — 懷孕 /懷孕, 有喜. Carrying developing offspring within the body.
• stupid /ˈstjuːpɪd/ (形容詞) — 笨, 蠢. Lacking in intelligence.
• text /tɛkst/ (名詞) — 課文 /課文. A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.

影片中出現的短語動詞

• look at (動詞) — 觀察 /觀察, 看. To observe or watch.

需要注意的發音

說話人用了 6 次縮略和弱讀形式，例如 don't, didn't, shouldn't。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. 先用 0.75 倍速逐句跟讀，熟練之後再回到正常速度。
3. 錄下自己的聲音並與原聲對比，特別注意 butter, peanut, cookie 這類單詞。