跟讀練習: Sarah Kay - Miles from Any Shoreline - 通過影片學習英語口語
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31 句
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Miles from any shoreline.
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I frequently miss entire days caught in my brain's spider webs.
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But if I happen to look up in time to notice that the darkness still has a little daylight left to swallow,
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I will ivy up the fire escape to catch whatever embers of the day are still slow dying behind New Jersey.
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And last week, through the fog of my loneliness, I realized the living room was slippery pink,
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which I knew meant a light show must be on display.
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So with a quickness I reserved for emergencies, I scampered to the roof, and sure enough, an explosion of upside -down clementine,
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cotton candy, cloud wisps was tie -dying the Hudson River neon.
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And I swear, I am not a lightweight, but I was color drunk immediately, dizzy with gasp and skyward reaching,
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hoping my fingers might find a bell I could ring
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that would summon all of New York City to look up and west.
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But there was no bell and no one to call, just my own astonishment still willing to answer after the first ring how predictable.
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One good sunset and I release my nihilism like rose petals behind a bridal gown.
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Look, I have married my cynicism and renewed my vows.
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But it didn't stop the streetlights from coming on at the exact moment I passed beneath them
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when nobody else was in the park to see it, like the whole city was winking.
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And yes, I blushed, the way I do whenever someone beautiful flirts with me.
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I haven't stopped thinking about death.
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I am just wringing every last jaw drop from the tissue between heartbreaks.
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On a long run outside the city, along a highway and miles from any shoreline,
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I found a starfish alone on the asphalt.
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An unsolvable mystery with no witness to corroborate.
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And there I was again, wandering the streets of Bewilderville, population one.
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What else could I possibly do but swing wide the doors of my delight to this patron saint of unbelonging,
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fragile and whole and so far from home.
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If you too have been the one nobody asked to dance, I have a starfish I'd love to introduce you to.
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And I don't have any proof, but one time the wind or my ancestors
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or unseasonal warmth carried three hawks to my kitchen windowsill to rattle my coffin to cocoon
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and two of them left
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but one of them stayed eyed me through the glass like a promise
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or a dare so lately I am trying to pick up when the universe calls Thank you.
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本課的詞彙與口語要點
這段影片共有 31 個句子、434 個單詞可供跟讀。 講話部分時長為 3:24。 說話人語速平穩,每分鐘約 127 個詞,很適合跟讀。 只有 74% 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 個不太常見的單詞,附發音和釋義:
- finger /ˈfɪŋɡɚ/ (名詞) — 手指, 指頭 /指頭. A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other…
- cloud /ˈklaʊ̯d/ (名詞) — йүн, 雲 /雲. A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
- mystery /ˈmɪs.t(ə.)ɹi/ (名詞) — 謎 /謎, 謎團 /謎團. Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown.
- introduce /ˌɪntɹəˈdus/ (動詞) — 介紹 /介紹, 紹介 /紹介. To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else).
- cotton /ˈkɑt.n̩/ (名詞) — 棉花, 棉. A soft, fibrous, usually white substance consisting of fine hairs, especially the substance around the seeds of a plant of genus Gossypium.
- swing /ˈswɪŋ/ (動詞) — 擺動 /擺動, 搖擺 /搖擺. To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
- tissue /ˈtɪʃ.(j)u/ (名詞) — 紙巾. Thin, woven, gauzelike fabric.
- dare /dɛ(ə)ɹ/ (動詞) — 敢, 膽敢 /膽敢. To have enough courage (to do something).
- darkness /ˈdɑɹk.nɪs/ (名詞) — 黑暗. The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light.
- candy /ˈkæn.di/ (名詞) — 糖果, 糖. Crystallized sugar formed by boiling down sugar syrup.
- spider /ˈspaɪ̯dɚ/ (名詞) — җўҗў, зузу. Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey.
- explosion /ɛkˈsploʊ.ʒən/ (名詞) — 爆炸, 爆發 /爆發. A violent release of energy (sometimes mechanical, nuclear, or chemical); an act or instance of exploding.
- sunset /ˈsʌnˌsɛt/ (名詞) — 日落. The moment each evening when the sun disappears below the western horizon.
- delight /dəˈlaɪt/ (名詞) — 樂趣 /樂趣. Joy; pleasure.
- swallow /ˈswɑ.loʊ/ (動詞) — 吞, 咽. To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.
影片中出現的短語動詞
- look up /ˌlʊk ˈʌp/ (動詞) — 仰, 上看. To have better prospects.
- pick up (動詞) — 拾取, 撿 /撿. To lift; to grasp and raise.
需要注意的發音
說話人用了 4 次縮略和弱讀形式,例如 didn't, don't, haven't。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。
- “th” 音: beneath /bɪˈniːθ/, warmth /wɔɹmθ/
- “sh” 和 “zh” 音: tissue /ˈtɪʃ.(j)u/, explosion /ɛkˈsploʊ.ʒən/, blush /ˈblʌʃ/, asphalt /ˈæʃfɑlt/, starfish /ˈstɑː(ɹ)fɪʃ/
- 長單詞——注意重音位置: predictable /pɹəˈdɪktəbləl/, astonishment /əˈstɑːnɪʃmənt/, corroborate /kəˈɹɑbəɹeɪ̯t/, cynicism /ˈsɪn.ɪˌsɪzəm/
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 finger, cloud, 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。











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