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I'm going to go to the next episode.
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hey guys welcome back to my channel my name is gazzy
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and if you're new here welcome welcome
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so you might be wondering why i have a new background
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or maybe you never noticed
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and don't care i literally just robbed in new york city people think i just moved here randomly
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but girl why am i gonna choose a dirty
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and expensive city to live in
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when i got my home to pronto essentially moved here
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because i got a new job i got a new job
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as a software engineer at google my team was based in New York City
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and they paid for my relocation and that's why I'm here
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but I know everyone just like thinks about New York as this like special place
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but I was thinking of like the downsides for the longest
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time like I was thinking about the subway rat the dirt the crackheads I was thinking about all these things
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so yeah I'm in my new apartment now I'm still moving
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in I'm still settling in this vlog is an assortment of
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a lot of different things like you will see me transition
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into New York City you will see what I do as a software engineer at Google
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and since I'm also doing a part-time master's in computer science
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and doing content creation you will see a part of
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that as well
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so yeah i hope you like this vlog i'm literally still
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very new to this like even talking to a camera right now feels super awkward i can't believe
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that there are people that actually watch me so the fact
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that you're watching right now yes you that means
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so much to me oh my god i've been yapping for so long let's get to the video good morning
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okay i'm gonna show you guys my simple skincare routine i like to dry my face with a microfiber cloth
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because i feel like this is very soft in your skin
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and you don't want to be rubbing your skin barrier this is my go-to moisturizer this is the
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Soonjeon barrier cream The last step of my skincare is obviously sunscreen This is the Centella Waterfit Sun Syrup
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Let's go make some breakfast guys
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I'm gonna go.
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My local Trader Joe's my local trader joe's is out of egg whites
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and for some reason i think i mentioned this before there
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is a freaking egg hoarder on the loose let's dismember this avocado by the way guys don't get the impression
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that i know what i'm doing like literally this is my first time actually living alone
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if you see me doing dumb stuff in my apartment just keep it moving Yummy
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okay it's saturday right now
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and i'm gonna show you what i do as a software engineer at google
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and you must be thinking gazzy why the hell are you working on a weekend uh
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if you've watched my previous videos i was at pinterest before this
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and before that i was at amazon
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and i was a full stack engineer in both the companies
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so the workflow was pretty predictable before google I'm actually in a machine learning team
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and if you're familiar with machine learning models you just know
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that they're very time consuming like every change you make it takes
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so long for it to train on data the reason why I work in the weekends is
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because I train my models during the weekend
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so it finishes training by the time it's Monday
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and I can just like see the results and work on top of it
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so let's go through what i actually do as a software engineer at google
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and my team so obviously i can't like specify what i do
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because i'll get fired high level my team deals with google search
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so anyone that searches on google gets a bunch of ads catered to who they are as a person At first,
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like I wasn't really that into working with ads because obviously as a user and a consumer, no one likes seeing ads all the time.
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But from the backend side, like making these machine learning models, adding features to them and seeing how they work in real time, how they affect revenue is super interesting to me.
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And over here, I literally use two laptops.
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So one laptop is for my work and the other one's my personal laptop for like any sort of personal coding.
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And I have this setup where it's just literally one plug
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and this wire connects to this Thunderbolt hub where I connect the power
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and the usb hub and that connects to this usb hub
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which i can use to essentially switch between my pc
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and the three laptops so yeah i love it a lot
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because it's literally one connection
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and you can control three things later today i was invited
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by a restaurant to have lunch there literally i'm like
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so hungry right now and i feel like
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if i eat right now i won't be able to eat in the restaurant
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so look at what i'm eating this is
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so sad teardrop oh my god i could literally eat like
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a big mac right now there's got to be hungry
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when i get there so i can actually enjoy the experience i gotta delay it the restaurant
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that i'm going to today is called nari
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and it's a korean restaurant i'll take you guys with me
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so you can see the food oh my god this is
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the outfit okay i'm ready to go okay i forgot my bag
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We're at Nori right now.
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This place is so beautiful.
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They're really spot-wise and what they're making.
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There's this...
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We do a few Shambleton We do a lot of champagne The shades are from Shein
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Everything is from Shein
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I'm getting better at chopsticks You are supposed to I'm so full It's doing so good
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Everything that you do looks good I'm so full
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I'm so
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excited to be here.
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So so so
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The material is like super soft and malleable and they also gave me this AirPod keychain.
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I just got home and I'm honestly so tired right now
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but of course the course that I'm taking for my master's has a deadline tonight.
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A lot of people was basically asking me like why am I doing a master's if I already have a job?
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So what happens usually is when you first start a job there's obviously a huge learning curve.
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You learn a lot.
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After a year or two you reach a kind of plateau where you stop learning and you get into a maintenance phase.
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You already know what you know it's just you're kind of applying
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that knowledge over and over in one sense it's super comfortable
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when you get to that stage
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and in another sense i feel like you lose out on a lot of opportunities to learn new things so for
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my master's i'm basically learning about path planning and
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that is in the simplest sense how a character maps out where to go
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when it has like a destination or target
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and in video games like this happens all the time
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when an enemy is chasing you when you're trying to find something
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when there's a map
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and that's just like one part of what i'm learning it
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has broadened my perspective on video games in general i can see how things work from a gamer perspective
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and also from an engineer perspective.
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Very surreal given the fact that I was literally an undergrad a couple years ago
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and I was just like thinking to myself how computer science might not be for me
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and the assignments i was working on was so hard
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and i was like about to give up
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and i was just like there's no way and i really think
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that if you just try hard enough if you put the effort into yourself you will get dividends
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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“I moved to NYC for a software engineer job..”為素材。 影片中反覆出現的詞有:google, learning, engineer, thinking。 這段影片共有 114 個句子、1353 個單詞可供跟讀。 講話部分時長為 11:27。 說話人語速平穩,每分鐘約 118 個詞,很適合跟讀。 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 |
|---|---|---|
| laptop 名詞 | /ˈlæp.tɑp/ | 手提電腦 /手提電腦, 手提計算機 /手提計算機 |
| skincare 名詞 | /ˈskɪn.kɛɹ/ | 護膚 /護膚, 皮膚護理 /皮膚護理 |
| vlog 名詞 | /ˈvlɑɡ/ | vlog |
| trader 名詞 | /ˈtɹeɪdɚ/ | 商人 |
| barrier 名詞 | /ˈbæɹi.ə/ | 障, 柵欄 /柵欄 |
| avocado 名詞 | /ˌɑvəˈkɑdoʊ/ | 鱷梨 /鱷梨, 酪梨 |
| broaden 動詞 | [ˈbɹɔː.dn̩] | 擴大 /擴大 |
| dismember 動詞 | /ˌdɪsˈmɛmbə(ɹ)/ | 斷手足 /斷手足, 支解 |
| keychain 名詞 | /ˈkiːˌt͡ʃeɪn/ | 鑰匙扣 /鑰匙扣, 鑰匙鏈 /鑰匙鏈 |
| malleable 形容詞 | /ˈmæl.iː.ə.bəl/ | 可鍛造的 |
| moisturizer 名詞 | 保濕霜 /保溼霜, 保濕劑 /保溼劑 | |
| sunscreen 名詞 | 防曬 /防曬, 防曬霜 /防曬霜 | |
| teardrop 名詞 | /ˈtɪədɹɒp/ | 淚滴 /淚滴, 淚水 /淚水 |
| workflow 名詞 | /ˈwɝkfloʊ/ | 工作流 |
| downside 名詞 | /ˈdaʊnˌsaɪd/ | 負面 /負面, 缺點 /缺點 |
影片中出現的短語動詞
| 單詞 | 釋義 |
|---|---|
| give up 動詞 | 投案, 自首 |
| go through 動詞 | 通過 /通過 |
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 i eat right now i won't be |
| 被動語態 be + 過去分詞 — 強調發生了什麼,而不是誰做的 | was based · was invited · is called |
| 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 | you've watched · has broadened |
需要注意的發音
說話人用了 49 次縮略和弱讀形式,例如 I'm, you're, gonna。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。
- “sh” 和 “zh” 音: relocation /ˌɹiːləʊˈkeɪʃən/, champagne /ʃæmˈpeɪn/, shade /ʃeɪd/, destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/
- 長單詞——注意重音位置: avocado /ˌɑvəˈkɑdoʊ/, malleable /ˈmæl.iː.ə.bəl/, relocation /ˌɹiːləʊˈkeɪʃən/, predictable /pɹəˈdɪktəbləl/, destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/
中文母語者容易讀錯的音:
- /v/ — 不要讀成 /w/,上齒輕觸下唇: vlog /ˈvlɑɡ/, avocado /ˌɑvəˈkɑdoʊ/, dividend /ˈdɪvɪdɛnd/, curve /kɚv/, invite /ɪnˈvaɪt/
- 詞尾子音 — 要讀清楚,後面不要加母音: laptop /ˈlæp.tɑp/, vlog /ˈvlɑɡ/, assortment /əˈsɔːtmənt/, teardrop /ˈtɪədɹɒp/, downside /ˈdaʊnˌsaɪd/
- /r/ 和 /l/ 的區別: relocation /ˌɹiːləʊˈkeɪʃən/, surreal /səˈɹiː(.ə)l/, predictable /pɹəˈdɪktəbləl/, randomly /ˈɹændm̩li/
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 laptop, skincare, vlog 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。












