跟讀練習: Read and Repeat English Story (Intermediate) – Lesson 94: Connected Reading, Shadowing - 通過影片學習英語口語

選擇練習模式

每種模式都會開啟全屏練習室。

290 句
如果句子過短或過長,請點選 Edit 進行調整。
1
Well, hello, all of my students.
2
I hope you're having a fantastic day.
3
My name is Jay
4
and welcome to another English lesson here on the channel where I have the opportunity to help you with your English comprehension,
5
vocabulary, and your English fluency.
6
Today, I have a read and repeat lesson.
7
Now, it is a C1 leveled story, so it's somewhat intermediate.
8
Of course, if you hang around until the end, I will have a quiz of today's lesson.
9
Richard was shocked, shocked when he learned that his younger brother,
10
David, had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
11
Also called MS. OK, before I explain, let's read and repeat.
12
Richard was shocked. When he learned that.
13
His younger brother, David. Had been diagnosed with.
14
Multiple sclerosis.
15
Okay, so one key word is diagnosed.
16
So when a person is diagnosed with something, they have usually been examined by someone.
17
It doesn't necessarily have to just be a doctor.
18
Okay, you can look at a child, you can look at your spouse or a loved one, and you could diagnose certain things.
19
You can look at their facial expression and you could diagnose from your observation,
20
are you feeling okay?
21
So basically a diagnosis is an examination where someone comes up with an opinion or a conclusion.
22
Let's continue to find out what happened with Richard and David.
23
He never he had never heard of the disease disease before
24
and spent hours reading about how it affects the nervous system.
25
Let's read and repeat.
26
He had never heard. Of the disease before. And spent hours reading. About how it affects. About how it affects.
27
The nervous system.
28
Excellent job.
29
So, of course, a disease can be defined as a sickness.
30
OK, now, sometimes we use the word disease to discuss someone that may have an illness that is serious.
31
OK, you wouldn't say if a person had a cold that that's a disease, you would just say, hey, you're sick.
32
OK, but there are certain sicknesses that are considered major or serious.
33
OK, so we define those as diseases and some sicknesses don't have man made cures.
34
OK, so they consider it to be an incurable disease or sickness.
35
All right.
36
Now, notice the word affects affects.
37
Now, there's another word called affect.
38
It's spelled with an E instead of with an A.
39
They sound the same, but they mean two different things.
40
OK, so effect and affect sound the same again, but they mean two different things.
41
So what does affect mean?
42
All right.
43
What does the word affect mean?
44
It simply means how something influences a person, how something works on a person.
45
Okay.
46
So they wanted to know how multiple sclerosis affected a person.
47
Okay.
48
So the context of effect here has to do with how it works on a person, how it influence,
49
how it troubles someone's health or someone else.
50
Okay.
51
And I'm trying to keep it very basic and simple because I know many of you, you're taking notes, you're listening,
52
you're writing, and I want to give you the general concept of what something means.
53
Now, the nervous system, the nervous system,
54
notice MS or multiple sclerosis affected the nervous system.
55
Say that with me.
56
Nervous system.
57
OK, it's the part of a person's body where how can I describe it?
58
Matter of fact, let me just read.
59
I know how to describe it, but let me just read a simple definition.
60
The nervous system is the body's command center.
61
That's a great way.
62
Made up of nerve tissue that sends and receives electrical signals throughout the body.
63
OK, so.
64
When I told you guys in one of my lessons a few weeks ago
65
that I was stung by a yellow jacket right on my head.
66
OK, the nervous system sent a signal to me to let me know I'm injured right here.
67
OK, and I knew it was going to hurt because I saw that yellow jacket come in fast.
68
It was like, bye.
69
And for the first second, it didn't hurt.
70
But in just a few moments, oh, it started throbbing on my head.
71
It affected my nervous system.
72
When a person gets bitten by a rattlesnake, the poison affects the nervous system.
73
OK, so it's the part of our body that sends signals to the brain to let us know what's happening,
74
what's going on.
75
MS or multiple sclerosis cause muscle weakness,
76
balance issues and fatigue or tiredness, fatigue.
77
So Richard knew they had to make changes in their home.
78
Man, what an awesome brother to not cast his brother away now that he has some challenges.
79
So let's read and repeat.
80
MS could cause muscle weakness.
81
Now, let me say MS also could be an abbreviation for the state of Mississippi.
82
OK, MS, Mississippi.
83
But here, MS stands for multiple sclerosis.
84
Let's continue.
85
MS could cause muscle weakness, balance issues and fatigue.
86
So Richard knew they had to make changes in their home.
87
Balance issues.
88
So when a person has balance issues, they may can't stand straight.
89
You may see them do this often.
90
Muscle weakness.
91
They may can't pick up simply something like a bottle of water
92
or they cannot write with a pen because they're having muscle issues.
93
And so when you see someone battling with that, I think it's important to be empathetic.
94
And it should also cause us to reflect, to be grateful that we have our health and our strength.
95
But let's find out what happens.
96
First, we see that Richard studied and then he decided to make necessary changes in their home.
97
Um, I had some friends of the family and I told you guys in my last video,
98
um, how I had a friend who passed on last week and how she had her legs amputated,
99
uh, probably about a year or so before she passed.
100
But when I went back over their house, after she was bound to a wheelchair, they had to make changes in the home.
101
They had to put a ramp in the front yard so she could get into the house.
102
They moved some of the equipment around or some of the furniture around in the house.
103
I was telling you about my neighbor who's elderly and he fell.
104
He's considering getting a hospital bed.
105
So when he falls on the floor or needs to get in the bed, he can pull himself in.
106
So depending on what a person is going through, they often or might have to make changes in their home.
107
And that's when the bills start adding up because it costs money to make certain changes.
108
Let's find out what happens.
109
He immediately, immediately, immediately or quickly or suddenly or without haste immediately started notice rearranging,
110
rearranging, say that rearranging or changing furniture to make it easier for David to move around.
111
And they even installed handrails on the bathroom.
112
You know, before we read and repeat that sentence,
113
I can remember my grandparents and I didn't understand as a child why they had a chair in the shower.
114
I didn't understand why my mother -in -law and sometimes other elderly people, when you go to use their restroom,
115
it's like they have a high chair on the toilet.
116
You know, it's sitting way up.
117
I didn't understand as a child that as you get older, your body changes.
118
And so to help assist yourself in life,
119
sometimes you have to purchase certain things or make rearrangements in your home.
120
I can remember, you know, taking a bath as a kid, taking a shower.
121
You didn't think anything about it.
122
Why does my grandmother have this showerhead that's seemingly on a rope that you have to hold.
123
It's because when you are going through things in your body or getting older, you don't want to slip and fall.
124
So you get these things to make life more comfortable.
125
Isn't it amazing how our perspective changes from being young to older and just experiencing life.
126
OK.
127
All right.
128
Let's read and repeat.
129
He immediately started rearranging furniture to make
130
it easier for David to move around.
131
And they even installed handrails in the bathroom.
132
Excellent job.
133
Let's continue.
134
As the days passed,
135
Richard became more aware of David's struggles or he became more conscious of some of his brother's challenges.
136
You know, sometimes we're not empathetic or we think about what other people go through until we experience it for ourself.
137
There's a saying that we have in English.
138
We say, put yourself in my shoes or some people will say until you've walked a mile in my shoes.
139
And that simply means you don't know what I'm going through until you sit down
140
and talk to me or you've been through it yourself.
141
And so now we see that Richard is becoming more conscious of what his brother has to deal with.
142
But sometimes it's normal for us to be able to open our own door for ourselves
143
when we go in a restaurant or a hotel.
144
But imagine someone who has multiple sclerosis and they can't open the door.
145
Sometimes we take for granted feeding ourselves.
146
You know, when I bless my food now, sometimes I get strange looks because I thank God not only for my food.
147
I not only ask him to bless my food,
148
but I've gotten to the point now to where I realize it's a blessing to be able to feed yourself.
149
Oh, I'm telling you, until you have to constantly feed someone else.
150
or you see someone just struggling to bring a fork to their mouth just to feed themselves.
151
It makes you grateful.
152
I don't know about you.
153
It just makes me grateful.
154
OK.
155
And so now that's where Richard is.
156
Notice, let me start from the beginning.
157
As the days passed, Richard became more aware of David's struggles
158
and he found ways to help without making his brother feel helpless.
159
Let's read and repeat.
160
As the days passed, Richard became more aware of David's struggles.
161
And he found ways to help without making his brother feel helpless.
162
I've got to pause and tell you guys this story.
163
So there's some people that may have different ailments in their body or struggles in their body or pain,
164
and they don't want anybody to help them.
165
They it may be because of pride or maybe they don't want you to have pity on them.
166
It could be a number of reasons.
167
And some people will tell you, look, I've got it.
168
Leave me alone.
169
Don't bother me.
170
I got to tell you guys this story.
171
So you know that I strive to have three free lessons for you guys every week, Monday, Wednesday, Friday.
172
But I have a life outside of this.
173
And I have other things that I do, schools that I visit, kids that I mentor.
174
You guys know I do landscaping, you know, to help pay the bills.
175
I cut grass.
176
And so yesterday.
177
My lawnmower broke and well, it didn't break.
178
I thought it was broken.
179
And so I had to take it to the to the repair shop, which was about 30 minutes away.
180
And then I had to figure out how I was going to finish cutting my yard.
181
So I called up a friend of mine and he and I asked him, could I use his lawnmower?
182
And he said, sure, no thing, no problem.
183
So I went over to get it.
184
And here here's the story.
185
So while we're loading up the lawnmower, he's telling me about a neighbor and it was an elderly woman or an older woman.
186
And her grass had grown up to about your knees.
187
It was knee high.
188
It was thick.
189
It was making the neighborhood look bad.
190
So what he did was he went over to cut her yard for free.
191
I mean, he went over there, knocked on the door and asked if he could cut her yard.
192
He wasn't going to charge her.
193
She didn't come to the door.
194
So he began to cut the yard and he finished cutting the yard, making it look presentable.
195
And how about this woman called the police?
196
she called the sheriff on him because he gave her a free yard cutting.
197
Okay.
198
And so he asked the sheriff, what are you going to do?
199
Lock me up.
200
I'm trying to be a good Samaritan.
201
And he said, no, don't worry about it.
202
We understand.
203
And he just left.
204
So a few weeks later, the neighbor on the other side of the house started smelling something.
205
And so they came and got my friend and said, do you smell that? And he said, yeah.
206
So they were concerned.
207
He had worked at a funeral home before.
208
So he figured something was dead at that house, a pet, an animal or something.
209
So they go to knock on the door and the smell got stronger.
210
And come to find out, they called the police.
211
The sheriff came over, knocked down the door.
212
And that same woman was in the house, laid on the floor dead after about three weeks or so.
213
And just a sad story.
214
But I told that story because it made me think of this story that I have here.
215
Some people, no matter their condition, they don't want your help.
216
You can try to help them be nice, be courteous.
217
And for whatever reason, they're just mean.
218
Look, don't let that stop you from being nice and realize there are just some mean folk in this world.
219
And what's amazing is, I mean, we all are going to die one day,
220
but who wants to be remembered as being that person that died?
221
It was just mean to your own neighbors.
222
Wow.
223
OK, I've extended today's lesson by sharing that story.
224
Let's continue.
225
The diagnosis, although challenging.
226
gave them more time together as Richard became more involved in David's daycare.
227
Let's read and repeat the diagnosis,
228
although challenging, gave them more time together as Richard became more involved in David's daily care.
229
They began spending their evenings talking more.
230
So now they're cherishing their time, sharing stories and even planning small trips.
231
That David could enjoy without over exerting himself.
232
So when you talk about over exerting.
233
it simply means you're not going to use too much energy to do something.
234
Have you ever tried to lift something and you knew it was heavy,
235
but you tried to lift it anyway and you ended up hurting your back or straining yourself?
236
You overexerted yourself.
237
Okay.
238
It being just me and my wife, sometimes I try to get her to move stuff with me.
239
Help me move this.
240
And she's like, I can.
241
I'm like, Yes, you can.
242
I get her sometimes to over exert herself.
243
Let's read and repeat.
244
They began spending their evenings.
245
Talking more.
246
Sharing stories.
247
And even planning small trips. That David could enjoy.
248
Without over exerting himself.
249
Excellent job.
250
OK, one more sentence.
251
The changes in their living arrangements were difficult at first.
252
But they brought the but they bought the brothers closer than ever before.
253
Let's read and repeat the changes in their living arrangements.
254
living arrangements arrangements were difficult at first but they brought the brothers closer than ever before
255
excellent job now look i'm sorry guys sometimes i get
256
so into these videos and i made this one a little bit longer than I usually do,
257
but consider that bonus time together since I didn't give you three videos this week.
258
Okay, let's read through today's story at a faster pace without stopping,
259
and let's see if you can keep up as well as understand what I'm reading.
260
Richard was shocked when he learned that his younger brother David had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis or MS.
261
He had never heard of the disease before and spent hours reading about it, about how it affects the nervous system.
262
MS could cause muscle weakness, balance issues and fatigue.
263
So Richard knew they had to make changes in their home.
264
He immediately started rearranging furniture to make it easier for David to move around.
265
and they even installed handrails in the bathroom.
266
As the days passed, Richard became more aware of David's struggles
267
and he found ways to help without making his brother feel helpless.
268
The diagnosis, although challenging, gave them more time together as Richard became more involved in David's daily health care.
269
They began spending their evenings talking more,
270
sharing stories, and even planning small trips that David could enjoy without overexerting himself.
271
The changes in their living arrangements were difficult at first, but they brought the brothers closer than ever before.
272
All right, let's look at a few quiz questions and then I'm going to let you go.
273
Number one, answer these in the comments section.
274
What does diagnosed mean?
275
Number two, what does fatigued mean or fatigue?
276
And number three, what is, I forgot, the nervous system?
277
What is the nervous system?
278
Well, I hope you have enjoyed today's lesson.
279
Wow, I had a great time talking about something.
280
and teaching you something that you may not have known about.
281
Now, if you want my lessons on PDF form, be sure to join my Patreon.
282
The link is in the description.
283
And as I always say, thank you so much for hanging out with me.
284
And if you have a friend that's also trying to improve their English, be sure to share today's lesson with them.
285
I'm about to go make another video English lesson for my Parlay with Jay channel.
286
So make sure you check that out where you can get some English listening lessons to help strengthen your English listening.
287
All right.
288
Until next time, enjoy your day.
289
And I hope you join me on my next English lesson.
290
Thank you.

下載應用

流利口語所需的一切

AI 發音評分逐句打分
音標練習掌握每個音
詞彙學習建立你的詞庫
詞彙遊戲邊玩邊學

同頻道

FOR YOU

推薦影片

本課的詞彙與口語要點

這節口語課以影片“Read and Repeat English Story (Intermediate) – Lesson 94: Connected Reading, Shadowing”為素材。 影片中反覆出現的詞有:Richard, nervous, lesson, brother, changes。 這段影片共有 290 個句子、2988 個單詞可供跟讀。 講話部分時長為 25:54。 說話人語速平穩,每分鐘約 115 個詞,很適合跟讀。 86% 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 15 個值得學習的單詞,附發音和釋義:

單詞發音釋義
lesson 名詞/ˈlɛs.ən/課業 /課業, -課 /-課
muscle 名詞/ˈmʌs.əl/肌肉, 筋肉
fatigue 名詞/fəˈtiːɡ/疲勞 /疲勞, 倦怠
arrangement 名詞/əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒmənt/排列, 安排
weakness 名詞/ˈwik.nɪs/虛弱 /虛弱, 軟弱 /軟弱
shock 名詞/ʃɔk/衝擊 /衝擊
furniture 名詞/ˈfɝ.nɪ.t͡ʃɚ/傢俱
diagnosis 名詞/daɪəɡˈnəʊsɪs/診斷 /診斷
sickness 名詞/ˈsɪknɪs/疾病
grateful 形容詞/ˈɡɹeɪtf(ə)l/感激, 感謝 /感謝
knock 動詞/nɑk/敲
sheriff 名詞/ˈʃɛɹɪf/郡治安官
elderly 形容詞/ˈɛldɚli/老
helpless 形容詞/ˈhɛlplɪs/無助的 /無助的, 無力的 /無力的
neighbour 名詞/ˈneɪbɚ/鄰居 /鄰居, 比鄰 /比鄰

影片中出現的短語動詞

單詞釋義
find out 動詞找出, 查明
go through 動詞通過 /通過
come up with 動詞想出, 提出
end up 動詞到達
figure out 動詞弄清楚
hang around 動詞逗留
knock down 動詞砍價
pick up 動詞拾取, 撿 /撿

值得反覆跟讀的句子

影片中簡短而完整的句子,可以直接用在日常對話裡:

  • I hope you're having a fantastic day.
  • Let's find out what happens.
  • You know, it's sitting way up.
  • You didn't think anything about it.
  • I don't know about you.

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had been diagnosed · is diagnosed · can be defined
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 usually been examined · you've walked · you've been
定語從句 who / which + 從句 — 補充說明人或事物friend who passed · someone who has · shop, which was

需要注意的發音

說話人用了 52 次縮略和弱讀形式,例如 don't, I'm, didn't。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。

  • “th” 音: thick /θɪk/, bath /bɑːθ/, bother /ˈbɑðɚ/, grandmother /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/, strengthen /ˈstɹɛŋ(k)θən/
  • “sh” 和 “zh” 音: shock /ʃɔk/, sheriff /ˈʃɛɹɪf/, shoe /ˈʃu/, conscious /ˈkɑn.ʃəs/, conclusion /kənˈkluːʒən/
  • 長單詞——注意重音位置: necessarily /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/, electrical /ɪˈlɛktɹɪkəl/, examination /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, intermediate /ɪn.tə(ɹ)ˈmi.di.ət/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/

中文母語者容易讀錯的音:

  • /v/ — 不要讀成 /w/,上齒輕觸下唇: nerve /nɝv/, observation /ˌɑbzɚˈveɪʃn̩/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, strive /ˈstɹaɪv/, abbreviation /əˌbɹi.viˈeɪ.ʃn̩/
  • 詞尾子音 — 要讀清楚,後面不要加母音: fatigue /fəˈtiːɡ/, arrangement /əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒmənt/, weakness /ˈwik.nɪs/, shock /ʃɔk/, diagnosis /daɪəɡˈnəʊsɪs/
  • /r/ 和 /l/ 的區別: grateful /ˈɡɹeɪtf(ə)l/, necessarily /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/, electrical /ɪˈlɛktɹɪkəl/, reflect /ɹɪˈflɛkt/, funeral /ˈfju.nəɹ.əl/

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. 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。
  3. 錄下自己的聲音並與原聲對比,特別注意 lesson, muscle, fatigue 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。

影子跟讀法: 閱讀完整分步指南 →