跟讀練習: RE3 Unit 8B - 通過影片學習英語口語

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Track 16, Reading 8B, Highway of Dreams

A new road that connects the Pacific with the Atlantic could bring riches and environmental ruin.

Marylou's Gueira remembers a trip she took in 2003 from the city of Cusco, high in the Peruvian Andes,

to her home in Puerto Maldonado, a city in the Amazon rainforest.

By plane, this 320 -kilometer journey would have taken only 37 minutes,

but Mary had traveled by truck along narrow mountain roads, across rushing rivers, and through dense jungle.

It took her three days to reach home.

During the long trip, she remembers thinking, I can't wait till they build that highway.

Almost ten years after that long journey, Mary's wish came true.

Bridging a Continent In early 2012, the Transoceanic Highway opened to public vehicles for the first time.

A dream of Peru's political leaders since the 1950s,

work on the vast network of roads and bridges began in 2006 and was completed in 2011.

Today, the East -West Passageway spans 2 ,600 kilometers.

From Peru's Pacific Ocean coastline, it continues across the Andes Mountains and through a large part of Peru's Amazon rainforest.

It then travels into Brazil, where it connects with a network of existing highways to the Atlantic.

The trans -oceanic highway has been celebrated as one of South America's greatest engineering feats,

and supporters say it will greatly improve people's lives.

Until recently, travel between the cities of Cusco and Puerto Maldonado in Peru took days by bus or truck,

as Mary's story illustrates, and drivers had to use narrow, partially unpaved mountain roads.

Now, the trip only takes a few hours and is much safer.

Improving people's lives

In addition to making travel faster and easier, supporters say the highway will be good for business.

There is enormous demand in North America and Asia for Brazilian and Peruvian products, including soybeans, beef, and gold.

A number of companies in Cusco and Puerto Maldonado also sell wood to different corners of the world.

Many of these companies transport their lumber to the Pacific, where it travels by ship to other countries.

Thanks to the highway, wood can now reach the Pacific in days.

In the past, it could take a week or more.

This lowers costs and allows the wood to reach customers sooner and in better condition.

In the long run, say many business owners, this will mean more profit.

The highway will also open up areas of the Peruvian Amazon that were not accessible just a few years ago.

This may increase activity in these areas and give people new places to live in and travel to.

This, in turn, could mean more jobs and money for Peruvians.

Environmental Challenges Despite the highway's many potential benefits, environmentalists are concerned.

The trans -oceanic passes directly through a large part of the Amazon rainforest in the state of Madre de Dios in Peru.

According to a Peruvian government study, the forested area in the western mountains of this state has the greatest biodiversity of any place on earth.

And until recently, large parts of the forest were in pristine condition.

As more people move into the region, environmentalists worry about the impact this will have on the Amazon's plants and animals,

many of which are found nowhere else.

Shortly after the highway opened, large numbers of people began coming into Puerto Maldonado from all over Peru and the world to mine gold.

There's a lot of money to be made in mining as well as in farming, says environmental photographer Gabby Salazar.

I think we're going to see a big increase in farming, she says.

Right across the border in Brazil, you see soybean farms all over the place.

Studies show that 95 % of the deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon occurs within 50 kilometers of a highway,

and environmentalists like Salazar are concerned that the same thing is happening in Peru.

It's having an impact on the environment, she explains.

It's having an impact on the people as well.

Faced with these risks, many Peruvians talk about the importance of being practical.

In rural Peru, a lot of people are living in poverty, so it's very difficult to say, don't build the highway, explains

Roger Mastalish, president of the Amazon Center for Environmental Education and Research.

But every time you see a road like this going through, you soon see major changes.

Will these changes be mostly positive or negative?

Many Peruvians are hopeful, but only time will tell.

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本課的詞彙與口語要點

影片中反覆出現的詞有：highway, Peruvian, Amazon, Peru, travel。這段影片共有 52 個句子、737 個單詞可供跟讀。講話部分時長為 5:46。說話人語速平穩，每分鐘約 128 個詞，很適合跟讀。只有 81% 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
narrow 形容詞	/ˈnæɹəʊ/	窄
translation 名詞	/tɹænzˈleɪʃən/	翻譯 /翻譯
connect 動詞	/kəˈnɛkt/	連線 /連線
supporter 名詞	/səˈpɔɹ.tɚ/	支持者
vast 形容詞	/væst/	浩大
practical 形容詞	/ˈpɹæk.tɪ.kəl/	使用的, 實用 /實用
rush 動詞	/ɹʌʃ/	急速去, 急速做
occur 動詞	/əˈkɜː/	發生 /發生
poverty 名詞	/ˈpɑːvɚti/	貧窮 /貧窮, 貧困 /貧困
nowhere 副詞	/ˈnoʊ.(h)wɛɹ/	無處 /無處
greatly 副詞	/ˈɡɹeɪ̯t.li/	大大
ruin 名詞	/ˈɹuː.ɪn/	遺址 /遺址, 廢墟 /廢墟
photographer 名詞	/fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fɚ/	攝影師 /攝影師
enormous 形容詞	/ɪˈnɔː.məs/	巨大的
partially 副詞	/ˈpɑɹʃəli/	部分地

影片中出現的短語動詞

單詞	釋義
go through 動詞	通過 /通過

需要注意的發音

說話人用了 3 次縮略和弱讀形式，例如 can't, don't, we're。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。

“sh” 和 “zh” 音: translation /tɹænzˈleɪʃən/, rush /ɹʌʃ/, shortly /ˈʃɔɹtli/, partially /ˈpɑɹʃəli/, oceanic /ˌəʊʃiˈænɪk/
長單詞——注意重音位置: photographer /fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fɚ/, accessible /əkˈsɛs.ɪ.bəl/, oceanic /ˌəʊʃiˈænɪk/, biodiversity /ˌbaɪoʊdəˈvɚsəti/, deforestation /dɪˌfɒɹɪsˈteɪʃən/

中文母語者容易讀錯的音：

/v/ — 不要讀成 /w/，上齒輕觸下唇: vast /væst/, poverty /ˈpɑːvɚti/, biodiversity /ˌbaɪoʊdəˈvɚsəti/
詞尾子音 — 要讀清楚，後面不要加母音: connect /kəˈnɛkt/, vast /væst/, rush /ɹʌʃ/, beef /bif/, enormous /ɪˈnɔː.məs/
/r/ 和 /l/ 的區別: translation /tɹænzˈleɪʃən/, practical /ˈpɹæk.tɪ.kəl/, shortly /ˈʃɔɹtli/, greatly /ˈɡɹeɪ̯t.li/, partially /ˈpɑɹʃəli/

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 narrow, translation, connect 這類單詞。

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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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