跟讀練習: S1E01 Clip | Power-hungry New York Women - 通過影片學習英語口語
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It's like the riddle of the Sphinx.
這就像斯芬克斯之謎。
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Why are there so many great unmarried women and no great unmarried men?
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I explore these sorts of issues in my column, and I have terrific sources of my friends.
我在我的專欄裡探討這類問題，而且我有非常棒的訊息來源，就是我的朋友們。
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When you're a young guy in your 20s, women are controlling the relationships.
當你還是二十多歲的年輕小夥子時，往往是女性在主導戀愛關係。
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By the time you're an eligible man in your 30s, you feel like you're being devoured by women.
等你到了30多歲、符合適婚條件的年紀，你會感覺自己好像被女人們團團圍住。
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Suddenly, the guys are holding all the chips.
突然間，主動權完全掌握在那些人手裡了。
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I call it the mid-30s power flame.
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It's all about age and biology.
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I mean, if you want to get married, it's to have kids, right?
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And you don't want to do it with someone older than 35, because then you have to have kids right away, and that's about it.
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I think these women should just forget about marriage and have a good time.
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I have a friend who'd always gone out with extremely sexy guys and just had a good time.
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One day, she woke up and she was 41.
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She couldn't get any more dates.
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She had a complete physical breakdown, couldn't hold on to her job, and had to move back to Wisconsin to live with her mother.
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Trust me, this is not a story that makes men feel bad.
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Most men are threatened by successful women.
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If you want to get these guys, you have to keep your mouth shut and play by the rules.
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I totally believe that love conquers all.
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Sometimes you just have to give it a little space.
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And that's exactly what's missing in Manhattan.
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The space for romance.
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The problem is expectations.
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Older women don't want to settle for what's available.
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By the time you reach your mid-thirties, you think, why should I settle?
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You know?
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It's like the older we get, the more we keep self-selecting down to a smaller and smaller group.
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What women really want is Alec Baldwin.
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There's not one woman in New York who hasn't turned down ten wonderful guys
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because they were too short or too fat or too poor.
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I have been out with some of those guys, the short, fat, poor ones.
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It makes absolutely no difference.
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They are just as self-centered and unappreciative as the good-looking ones.
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Why don't these women just marry a fat guy?
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Why don't they just marry a big fat tub of lard?
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Happy birthday, dear Miranda.
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Happy birthday to you.
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Another 30-something birthday with a group of unmarried female friends.
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We would all have preferred a nice celebratory conference call.
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Thank you for saying.
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Look, if you're a successful saleswoman in this city, you have two choices.
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You can bang your head against the wall and try to find a relationship, or you can say, screw it, and just go out and have sex, like a man.
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You mean with dildos?
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No. I mean without feeling.
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Samantha Jones was a New York inspiration, a public relations executive.
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She routinely slept with good-looking guys in their 20s.
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Remember that guy that I was going out with?
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Oh, God, what was his name?
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Drew.
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I didn't feel a thing.
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It was like, hey, babe, gotta go.
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Catch you later.
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And I completely forgot about him after that.
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But are you sure that that isn't just because he didn't call you?
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Sweetheart, this is the first time in the history of Manhattan...
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...that women have had as much money and power as men.
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Plus, the equal luxury of treating men like sex objects.
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Yeah, except men in this city fail on both counts.
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I mean, they don't want to be in a relationship with you, but as soon as you only want them for sex, they don't like it.
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All of a sudden, they can't perform the way they're supposed to.
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That's when you dump them.
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Oh, come on, ladies, are we really that cynical?
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What about romance?
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It's like that guy Jeremiah, the poet.
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I mean, the sex was incredible.
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But then he wanted to read me his poetry and go out to dinner and the whole chat bit.
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And I'm like, let's not even go there.
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What are you saying?
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Are you saying you're just gonna give up on love?
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Oh, no, no, no, no, no, believe me.
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The right guy comes along and you two right here, this whole thing, right out the window.
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No, no, no, no. The right guy is an illusion, you understand that?
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You can start living your life.
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So you think it's really possible to pull off this whole, um, women having sex like men thing?
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You're forgetting the last session.
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You're obsessed with that movie.
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Okay.
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Linda Fiorentino.
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Fuck me, that guy.
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I'm never having one of those, oh my god, what have I done, epiphonies.
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I hated that movie. Was it true?
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Were women in New York really giving up on love and throttling up on power?
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What a tempting thought.
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本課介紹
本課將通過分析一段關於紐約女性和人際關係的對話，幫助學習者在日常對話中提高英語發音和口語表達能力。您將通過影子跟讀（英語影子跟讀）練習來提高您的語言流利度和掌握地道表達，尤其是當談論複雜的社交關係時。這個練習也將幫助您更好地理解不同年齡段的人對愛情和婚姻的看法。
關鍵詞彙與短語
- 控制關係 (control the relationships)
- 權力遊戲 (power flame)
- 適婚男性 (eligible man)
- 沒感情 (without feeling)
- 成功女性 (successful women)
- 自我選擇 (self-selecting)
- 理想伴侶 (ideal partner)
- 不滿意 (unappreciative)
練習建議
在進行影子跟讀（shadowspeak）時，請注意以下幾點，以便有效提高英語發音和口語能力：
- 節奏把握：本段對話的速度較快，您可以先慢速模仿，再逐漸加快跟讀速度。多次練習可以幫助您適應這種節奏。
- 情感表達：注意講話者的情感和語調變化，例如對話中對年齡、婚姻與戀愛態度的不同看法，可以通過語氣傳達出來。
- 模仿語調：嘗試模仿講話者的語調和重音，這樣可以增強您的語音效果，同時提高對話的自然性。
- 區域口音：關注影片中所涉及的紐約口音，嘗試用相似的方式發音，幫助您更好地融入日常對話。
- 反覆練習：多做英語口語練習，確保您掌握關鍵詞彙的發音，在與他人交談時更加自信。
通過這些練習，您將更有效地提高英語口語表達能力，特別是在涉及複雜社會主題時更加流利自然。加油！
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 |
|---|---|
| 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 | hasn't turned · have been · have preferred |
| 被動語態 be + 過去分詞 — 強調發生了什麼，而不是誰做的 | being devoured · are threatened |
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。