跟讀練習: Personal Best A2 Learning Curve Unit 8 pt. 1 - 通過影片學習英語口語

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Hello, it's time for Learning Curve again.
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That's right.
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Simon?
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Wow, and I'm just in time, Kate.
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My tube station was closed.
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I took a taxi.
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I was lucky that the driver had a sat-nav.
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It's a good thing to have when the roads are very busy.
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It told us to drive here a different way.
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It only took 15 minutes and cost about 14 pounds.
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A sat-nav?
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Oh, you mean a GPS.
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Yes, it can tell you exactly where the traffic is.
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And that brings us to today's topic, inventions.
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What inventions do you think are important?
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So, tell us more about the sat-nav or GPS and the person who invented it, Simon.
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In the UK we call it sat-nav.
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That's satellite navigation.
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In the US it's It's called GPS.
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Its full name is Global Positioning System.
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You call it by both names, but it's a very easy and modern way to help drivers find faster,
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better ways to get from place to place and avoid traffic.
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The inventor of this popular system was Roger Easton, the father of the GPS.
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In 1943, Easton worked in the United States at a research center in Washington, DC.
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In the early 1960s, Easton studied objects moving around the earth in the sky.
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He thought
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that a good way to find the position of moving objects
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here on Earth was to put clocks on a system of satellites in the sky.
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It cost about $100 million to build the first GPS.
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That's about £76 million.
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On February 22nd, 1978, the first GPS satellite,
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called Navstar, went to space.
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We can now use the system Roger Easton invented to travel easily from A to B.
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It's a very popular machine.
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It helped the taxi driver find the roads and helped me to arrive on time today.
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Are you enjoying that coffee, Kate?
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Oh yeah, I love a cup of coffee in the morning.
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And I love a cup of tea.
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And I can thank Melita Benz from Germany for her invention.
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Her special filter helps me make a cup of coffee at home.
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Melita Benz was born on January 31st, 1873, more than 140 years ago.
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In the early 20th century, people made their coffee by putting it in a little bag and then putting that little bag in hot water.
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But it didn't taste very good.
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Melita Benz invented a way to pour water through a special piece of paper to make coffee.
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It was delicious.
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She started her own company and gave it her first name.
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Melita is a company that is now over 100 years old.
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I usually spend two to three pounds, three to four dollars, when I buy a coffee at a cafe.
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I can save money by making coffee at home with this invention.

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你能學到什麼

這段影片非常適合雅思口語練習,能幫你提升兩項關鍵口語技能:一是用具體事例描述發明的能力,比如像對話中那樣介紹GPS和咖啡過濾器的歷史與用途;二是在交流中自然轉換話題,從導航系統順暢過渡到咖啡發明,學會用生活場景串聯內容。此外,通過模仿對話中的節奏,你還能掌握如何在口語中清晰表達數字(如時間、金額),讓表達更準確。

注意這些發音現象

影片中的對話包含不少連讀和弱讀,比如“sat-nav”讀作/ˈsæt næv/,“GPS”的發音要輕讀尾音;“It's a good thing”中“it's a”連讀為/itsə/。還有“cost about 14 pounds”裡“about”弱讀為/əˈbaʊt/,這些都是提高英語發音需要關注的細節。另外,“Melita Benz”的人名發音要注意重音在第一個音節,避免讀錯。

像母語者一樣表達

想要練好shadow speak(影子跟讀),可以模仿對話中的節奏和重音。比如“the father of the GPS”要重讀“father”和“GPS”,突出身份;“It only took 15 minutes and cost about 14 pounds”中,“only”和“15 minutes”“14 pounds”需要加重語氣,強調時間和費用。此外,對話中使用的“a good thing to have”“It's delicious”等口語表達,要注意語調上揚,讓語氣更自然。通過反覆看影片學英語並跟讀,你能逐漸掌握這些技巧,讓口語更流暢。

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。

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