跟讀練習: Life changes – A2 English Listening Test - 通過影片學習英語口語
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31 句
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I used to work such long hours that I didn't have any time to enjoy life.
2
I was like a robot – get up, go to work, go back home, sleep.
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I had no personal life and I started to feel really miserable.
4
I decided that I wanted to have more free time,
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so I told my boss that I was going through some personal issues and that I needed to work part-time.
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She agreed.
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Now I have time to do everything I want.
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I don't have as much money, but I'm much, much happier.
9
Jasmine is three weeks old today.
10
I remember a month or so ago thinking that I would go back to work within two or three months.
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Now I know that's not going to happen.
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I just can't imagine leaving her with someone else.
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I'll miss my colleagues, of course, but work will pay me an allowance for a year, so I've decided to take that.
14
I worked as a singing teacher for ten years and I've had some really good success stories,
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But I felt that I had gone as far as I could go in that career and I wanted a change.
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I didn't just want to do a different job in music.
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I wanted to do something completely different.
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That's why I applied to do this engineering course.
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It's challenging definitely, but I really love it.
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For the last nine years, I've done the responsible thing.
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I got a well-paid job close to home so that my wife didn't have to work, and I could be home by half past four to spend time with the kids.
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It's worked, but I really began to hate work.
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Now the kids are older, so after some discussion, my wife agreed I could get a job I loved, even though I will be home much later and earn less.
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I started last week.
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It's great.
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My wife and I both had really good jobs, which we really enjoyed.
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But we rarely saw our kids, and they started to have difficulties at school.
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We began to think we were being selfish.
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Together, we were earning far more money than we needed.
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So we decided that I would give up work and teach the children myself at home.
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it's not easy but now we spend a lot more time together and it's good for all of us
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本課的詞彙與口語要點
這段影片共有 31 個句子、400 個單詞可供跟讀。 講話部分時長為 2:41。 說話人語速平穩，每分鐘約 149 個詞，很適合跟讀。 84% 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 個值得學習的單詞，附發音和釋義：
| 單詞 | 發音 | 釋義 |
|---|---|---|
| earn 動詞 | /ɝn/ | 掙 /掙, 賺 /賺 |
| rarely 副詞 | /ˈɹɛəɹli/ | 很少, 罕有地 |
| difficulty 名詞 | /ˈdɪfɪkəlti/ | 困難 /困難 |
| robot 名詞 | /ˈɹoʊ.bɑt/ | 機器人 /機器人, 機械人 /機械人 |
| selfish 形容詞 | /ˈsɛlf.ɪʃ/ | 自私 |
| miserable 形容詞 | /ˈmɪz(ə)ɹəbəl/ | 悲慘 /悲慘, 慘 /慘 |
| colleague 名詞 | /ˈkɒliːɡ/ | 同事, 同僚 |
| allowance 名詞 | /əˈlaʊəns/ | 允許 |
| jasmine 名詞 | /ˈd͡ʒæzmɪn/ | 茉莉花, 茉莉 |
| teach 動詞 | /ˈtiːt͡ʃ/ | 教, 教授 |
| sing 動詞 | /ˈsɪŋ/ | 唱歌, 唱 |
影片中出現的短語動詞
| 單詞 | 釋義 |
|---|---|
| get up 動詞 | 起床 |
| give up 動詞 | 投案, 自首 |
| go back 動詞 | 回去, 返回 |
| go through 動詞 | 通過 /通過 |
需要注意的發音
說話人用了 10 次縮略和弱讀形式，例如 didn't, I've, can't。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。
- 長單詞——注意重音位置: difficulty /ˈdɪfɪkəlti/, miserable /ˈmɪz(ə)ɹəbəl/, engineer /ˌɛnd͡ʒɪˈnɪ(ə)ɹ/
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 earn, rarely, difficulty 這類單詞。
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 |
|---|---|
| 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 | I've decided · I've had · I've done |
| 過去進行時 was/were + -ing — 過去某一時刻正在進行的動作 | was going · were being · were earning |
| “will” 表將來 will + 動詞 — 決定、承諾或預測 | I'll miss · will be |
| 義務：must / have to / need to 表示某事是必要的 | needed to work · have to work |
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