跟讀練習: Let’s Steal a New Moon - 通過影片學習英語口語

這段影片共有 16 個句子、216 個單詞可供跟讀。 講話部分時長為 1:09。 說話人語速較快，每分鐘約 187 個詞，會出現較多連讀和弱讀。 只有 69% 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 個不太常見的單詞，附發音和釋義：

• dense /ˈdɛns/ (形容詞) — 密, 稠密. Having relatively high density.
• methane /ˈmiːθeɪn/ (名詞) — 甲烷. The simplest aliphatic hydrocarbon, CH₄, being a constituent of natural gas, and one of the most abundant greenhouse gases.
• stable /ˈsteɪ.bəl/ (名詞) — 馬廄, 馬棚 /馬棚. A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) ungulates, especially horses.
• atmosphere /ˈætməsˌfɪɹ/ (名詞) — 大氣 /大氣, 氣圈 /氣圈. The gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.
• steal /stiːl/ (動詞) — 偷, 盜 /盜. To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.
• liquid /ˈlɪk.wɪd/ (名詞) — 液體 /液體, 液態 /液態. A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those…
• explore /ɪkˈsploɹ/ (動詞) — 探索, 探險 /探險. To examine or investigate something systematically.
• goodbye /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/ — 再見 /再見, 再會 /再會. Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing.
• interaction /ˌɪn.təˈɹæk.ʃən/ (名詞) — 相互作用. The situation or occurrence in which two or more things act upon one another to produce an effect; the effect resulting from such a situation or occurrence.
• breathe /bɹiːð/ (動詞) — 呼吸, 吸. To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
• scientist /ˈsaɪəntəst/ (名詞) — 科學家 /科學家. One whose activities make use of the scientific method to answer questions regarding the measurable universe. A scientist may be involved in original research…
• shine /ʃaɪn/ (動詞) — 發亮 /發亮, 照. To emit or reflect light so as to glow.
• pile /paɪl/ (名詞) — 堆. A mass of things heaped together; a heap.
• spectacular /spɛkˈtæk.jə.lɚ/ (形容詞) — 引人入勝的 /引人入勝的, 壯觀 /壯觀. Amazing or worthy of special notice.
• orbit /ˈɔɹ.bɪt/ (名詞) — 軌道 /軌道, 軌跡 /軌跡. An elliptical movement of an object about a celestial object or Lagrange point, especially a periodic elliptical revolution.

影片中出現的短語動詞

• come from (動詞) — 來自 /來自. To have as one's origin, birthplace or nationality.

需要注意的發音

• “th” 音: methane /ˈmiːθeɪn/, breathe /bɹiːð/
• “sh” 和 “zh” 音: interaction /ˌɪn.təˈɹæk.ʃən/, shine /ʃaɪn/, eruption /ɪˈɹʌpʃən/
• 長單詞——注意重音位置: interaction /ˌɪn.təˈɹæk.ʃən/, spectacular /spɛkˈtæk.jə.lɚ/

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 dense, methane, stable 這類單詞。