跟讀練習: RE3 Unit 11B - 通過影片學習英語口語
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In recent years, the artistic achievements of two 20th century pioneers have been brought to a global audience.
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The Picasso of Brazil.
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In 2018, a major new exhibition opened at New York's Museum of Modern Art, MoMA.
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The show brought together more than 100 works by a single Brazilian artist.
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Tarsila do Amarão.
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Although widely celebrated in her native country, the artist was relatively unknown outside Brazil.
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So who was Tarsila?
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Born in 1886 in a small town near Sao Paulo, Tarsila do Amarão is considered the mother of modern art in Brazil.
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She first developed a love for art after her parents sent her to study in Spain.
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She returned to Europe a few years later and settled in Paris.
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Several artists there, including Picasso, were beginning to experiment with new forms, less realistic and more abstract.
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The new approaches continued to influence Tarsila after she returned to Brazil.
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Approaches to art in Brazil at the time were relatively conservative.
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traditional European styles dominated, with works mainly featuring natural, religious or historical scenes in soft colours.
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Tarsila decided to take a different direction.
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I want to be the painter of my country, she wrote.
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Her images began to reflect
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Brazil's diverse identity, a mix of native, African and European peoples.
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She used strong, vivid colours to paint real -life scenes of the nation's farmers, countryside and wildlife.
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This had never been done before in Brazilian art.
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One of Tarsila's most famous works is Abaporo, 1928.
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The title combines two words from Tupi Guarani languages, meaning man who eats people.
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The painting has a playful, surreal quality, but its look and feel are distinctly Brazilian.
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The work and its title later inspired a Brazilian art movement called anthropophagia or cannibalism.
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Brazilian artists began to take in or digest styles from other cultures and mix them with local influences.
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The result was something uniquely Brazilian.
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Tarsila do Amaral died in Sao Paulo in 1973, age 86, after a career spanning six decades.
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But her artwork and legacy live on in her native Brazil.
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For Brazilians, her recognition is kind of off the charts, says James Rondeau, director of the Art Institute of Chicago.
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She is the Picasso of Brazil.
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Now, with the MoMA exhibition and other international shows, Tarsila's art is being appreciated by a new audience of admirers around the world.
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the secret photographer at first
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they seemed like ordinary photographs a couple holding hands a child
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standing by a dirty window a man daydreaming in a park
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the images were hidden in boxes for years unseen except by the woman who took them vivian mayor but
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when a collector bought some of the boxes at auction
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he soon realized their contents were remarkable mayor's street scenes might seem ordinary, but they were actually very special.
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Vivian Mayer was born in New York City in 1926, the daughter of French and Austrian immigrants.
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For most of her early life, she moved between
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New York and Europe.
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In 1956, she moved to Chicago, where she worked as a nanny and caregiver.
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In her free time, she walked the city streets, taking pictures and developing her photography skills.
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It was a hobby she would continue for the rest of her life.
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Mayer's black and white images mostly portray urban life, street scenes and regular people.
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Residents carry out everyday tasks, shopping, riding on buses, walking in a park.
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Often she took her pictures in secret.
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People are caught acting naturally, unaware that they are being photographed.
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Many of the photos reveal something personal and often deeply moving.
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They show us the beauty, humor, pain and mystery of normal life.
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In total, Mare took over 100 ,000 photographs, but she developed very few.
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Instead, she kept most of the negatives and a few prints in boxes in a rented storage space in Chicago.
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Toward the end of her life, she was unable to pay the rent to the storage company.
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So the boxes, with her work inside, were sold at auction.
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In 2007, John Maloof purchased the contents of one of the storage lockers.
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Realising the quality of the images, he added a selection of Mare's photographs to an image -sharing website.
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Thousands of people worldwide viewed the photos, and many went viral.
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Mare's photos began to appear in books and exhibitions.
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In 2015, a movie about her life, Finding Vivian Mare, was nominated for an Academy Award.
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It is not known why
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Mare kept her photo secret or how she might feel about her worldwide fame.
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She died in April 2009 in a nursing home in the Chicago suburbs.
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Much of Mare's life remains a mystery.
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But her talent as a visual storyteller, for so long hidden in darkness, has finally seen the light of day.
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本課的詞彙與口語要點
這節口語課以影片“RE3 Unit 11B”為素材。 影片中反覆出現的詞有:Brazilian, Brazil, Tarsila, image, boxes。 這段影片共有 63 個句子、783 個單詞可供跟讀。 講話部分時長為 5:44。 說話人語速平穩,每分鐘約 137 個詞,很適合跟讀。 只有 78% 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 個值得學習的單詞,附發音和釋義:
| 單詞 | 發音 | 釋義 |
|---|---|---|
| photograph 名詞 | /ˈfoʊ.təˌɡɹæf/ | 照片, 相片 |
| exhibition 名詞 | /ɛksɪˈbɪʃən/ | 展覽會 /展覽會, 展示會 /展示會 |
| mystery 名詞 | /ˈmɪs.t(ə.)ɹi/ | 謎 /謎, 謎團 /謎團 |
| ordinary 形容詞 | /ˈɔɹdɪnɛɹi/ | 普通, 平常 |
| auction 名詞 | /ˈɔkʃən/ | 拍賣 /拍賣, 競賣 /競賣 |
| chart 名詞 | /t͡ʃɑɹt/ | 圖表 /圖表 |
| everyday 形容詞 | /ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/ | 日常的 |
| recognition 名詞 | /ˌɹɛkəɡˈnɪʃ(ə)n/ | 認出 /認出 |
| photography 名詞 | /fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fi/ | 攝影 /攝影 |
| deeply 副詞 | /ˈdi(ː)pli/ | 深, 深深 |
| reveal 動詞 | /ɹɪˈviːl/ | 透露, 顯示 /顯示 |
| skill 名詞 | /skɪl/ | 技巧, 技能 |
| nurse 名詞 | /nɝs/ | 護士 /護士, 看護 /看護 |
| reflect 動詞 | /ɹɪˈflɛkt/ | 反映, 反射 |
| experiment 名詞 | /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/ | 實驗 /實驗 |
影片中出現的短語動詞
| 單詞 | 發音 | 釋義 |
|---|---|---|
| carry out 動詞 | /ˈkæ.ɹi aʊt/ | 進行 /進行 |
| take over 動詞 | 接管, 接手 |
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 |
|---|---|
| 被動語態 be + 過去分詞 — 強調發生了什麼,而不是誰做的 | have been brought · is considered · been done |
| 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 | have been brought · has finally seen |
| 定語從句 who / which + 從句 — 補充說明人或事物 | man who eats · woman who took |
需要注意的發音
- “sh” 和 “zh” 音: exhibition /ɛksɪˈbɪʃən/, auction /ˈɔkʃən/, recognition /ˌɹɛkəɡˈnɪʃ(ə)n/
- 長單詞——注意重音位置: exhibition /ɛksɪˈbɪʃən/, ordinary /ˈɔɹdɪnɛɹi/, naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, recognition /ˌɹɛkəɡˈnɪʃ(ə)n/, photography /fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fi/
中文母語者容易讀錯的音:
- /v/ — 不要讀成 /w/,上齒輕觸下唇: everyday /ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/, reveal /ɹɪˈviːl/, achievement /əˈt͡ʃiːv.mənt/, diverse /daɪˈvɜːs/, viral /ˈvaɪɹəl/
- 詞尾子音 — 要讀清楚,後面不要加母音: photograph /ˈfoʊ.təˌɡɹæf/, chart /t͡ʃɑɹt/, nurse /nɝs/, reflect /ɹɪˈflɛkt/, experiment /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/
- /r/ 和 /l/ 的區別: naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, reveal /ɹɪˈviːl/, reflect /ɹɪˈflɛkt/, remarkable /ɹɪˈmɑɹ.kə.bl̩/, realistic /ˌɹɪəˈlɪs.tɪk/
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 photograph, exhibition, mystery 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。






























