跟讀練習: Ronald Reagan Jokes about Communism - 通過影片學習英語口語
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I have a new hobby.
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I am collecting stories that I can actually prove are told among the Russian people.
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They make them up themselves, they tell them between themselves, reveals they've got a great sense of humor, and they've also got a little cynical attitude about things in their country.
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The story was an American and a Russian arguing about their two countries, and the American said, look, in my country I can walk into the Oval Office, I can pound the President's desk and say,
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Mr. President, I don't like the way you're running our country.
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And the Russians said, I can do that.
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The Americans said, you can?
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He says, yes, I can go into the Kremlin, to the General Secretary's office, pound his desk and say, Mr. General Secretary, I don't like the way President Reagan's running his country.
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I didn't tell this one to Gorbachev.
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you know there's a 10 year delay delay in the soviet union of delivery of an automobile
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and you go through a quite a process when you're ready to buy
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and then you put up the money in advance this man he laid down his money
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and then the fellow he was in
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that was in charge said to him okay come back in 10 years
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and get your car and he said morning or afternoon And the fellow behind the counter said,
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Well, ten years from now, what difference does it make?
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And he said, well, the plumber's coming in the morning.
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Less than one family out of seven in the Soviet Union owns an automobile.
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Most of the automobiles are driven by the bureaucrats.
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So an order went out one day to the police that anyone caught speeding.
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Anyone, no matter who, gets a ticket.
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Well, Gorbachev came out of his country home, his dacha.
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He was late getting to the Kremlin.
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There was his limousine and driver waiting.
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He told the driver to get in the back seat he'd drive, and down the road he went.
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They passed two motorcycle cops.
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One took out after him.
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And pretty soon he's back with his buddy, and his buddy says, Well, did you give him a ticket?
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And he said, No. Well, he said, Why not?
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Oh, he said, Too important.
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Well, he said, we're told to give anybody a ticket, no matter who it is.
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Oh, he said, no, no, this one was, I could, well, he said, who was it?
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He said, I couldn't recognize him, but his driver was Gorbachev.
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One of the heads of state
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that I met with on this visit told me the story about the two fellows in the Soviet Union
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that were walking down the street, and one of them says, have we really achieved full communism?
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Is this it?
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Is this now full communism?
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And the other one said, oh, hell no, things are going to get a lot worse.
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本課的詞彙與口語要點
這段影片共有 39 個句子、488 個單詞可供跟讀。 講話部分時長為 2:45。 說話人語速自然,每分鐘約 177 個詞,接近日常對話。 87% 的單詞屬於英語最常用的 3,000 詞,詞彙容易理解。
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 |
|---|---|---|
| automobile 名詞 | /ˈɔː.tə.məˌbil/ | 汽車 /汽車, 車 /車 |
| desk 名詞 | /dɛsk/ | 書桌 /書桌, 寫字檯 /寫字枱 /寫字臺 /寫字臺 |
| buddy | /ˈbʌdi/ | 哥兒 /哥兒, 夥伴 |
| delay 名詞 | /dɪˈleɪ̯/ | 遲延 /遲延, 延遲 /延遲 |
| communism 名詞 | /ˈkɒmjᵿnɪz(ə)m/ | 共產主義 /共產主義 |
| argue 動詞 | /ˈɑɹ.ɡju/ | 辯論 /辯論, 爭辯 /爭辯 |
| reveal 動詞 | /ɹɪˈviːl/ | 透露, 顯示 /顯示 |
| collect 動詞 | /ˈkɑlɪkt/ | 庋藏, 收藏 |
| cop 名詞 | /kɑp/ | 條子 /條子, 帽子叔叔 |
| motorcycle 名詞 | /ˈmoʊtɚˌsaɪkəl/ | 摩托車 /摩托車, 機車 /機車 |
| hobby 名詞 | /ˈhɑ.bi/ | 愛好 /愛好, 嗜好 |
| humour 名詞 | /ˈhjuːmɚ/ | 幽默, 諧謔 /諧謔 |
| cynical 形容詞 | /ˈsɪnɪkəl/ | 玩世不恭 |
| bureaucrat 名詞 | /ˈbjʊɹəkɹæt/ | 官僚 |
| dacha 名詞 | /ˈdɑ.t͡ʃə/ | 達恰 /達恰 |
影片中出現的短語動詞
| 單詞 | 釋義 |
|---|---|
| go out 動詞 | 出, 出口 |
| go through 動詞 | 通過 /通過 |
| take out 動詞 | 取出 |
需要注意的發音
說話人用了 10 次縮略和弱讀形式,例如 don't, they've, you're。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。
- 長單詞——注意重音位置: automobile /ˈɔː.tə.məˌbil/, motorcycle /ˈmoʊtɚˌsaɪkəl/
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。
- 先用 0.75 倍速逐句跟讀,熟練之後再回到正常速度。
- 錄下自己的聲音並與原聲對比,特別注意 automobile, desk, buddy 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。












