跟讀練習: SE-Ed: Why Do We Hiccup? - 通過影片學習英語口語

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1
You're having lunch with friends, and everything is fine.
你正和朋友們吃午飯，一切都很正常。
2
Then, suddenly, your whole body jumps!
突然，你整個人猛地一抖！
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A strange little sound comes out of your mouth,
嘴裡冒出一聲奇怪的小聲響，
4
and it happens again, and again, and again.
然後一次又一次，停都停不下來。
5
You've got the hiccups!
你打嗝了！
6
But why does your body do this?
可是，身體為什麼會這樣呢？
7
Under your lungs, there's a large, flat muscle.
在你的肺下面，有一塊又大又扁的肌肉。
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It's called the diaphragm.
它叫作膈肌。
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It moves down, and air rushes into your lungs.
它往下一沉，空氣就湧進你的肺裡。
10
This happens every time you breathe in.
你每次吸氣，都會發生這種事。
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A hiccup happens when this muscle suddenly jumps by itself.
打嗝，就是這塊肌肉突然自己抽了一下。
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You breathe in sharply, but you can't control it!
你會猛吸一口氣，可是根本控制不了！
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Then, a tiny moment later, something else happens.
接著，就在一眨眼之後，又發生了另一件事。
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Your vocal cords close very quickly,
你的聲帶會飛快地合上，
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and the air suddenly stops.
空氣一下子就被擋住了。
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That's why you hear that funny little sound.
所以你才會聽到那個好笑的小聲音。
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It all takes less than a second.
整個過程還不到一秒鐘。
18
So what makes the diaphragm jump?
那麼，是什麼讓膈肌抽動的呢？
19
Eating too fast is a common reason.
吃得太快是一個常見的原因。
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Fizzy drinks and big meals can do it too,
汽水和大餐也會引起打嗝，
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because they stretch your stomach.
因為它們會把你的胃撐大。
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Laughing hard can start them, and so can feeling nervous.
大笑會引起打嗝，緊張也會。
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Usually, they stop on their own after a few minutes.
通常過幾分鐘，它就會自己停下來。
24
That isn't always true, though!
不過，也不是每次都這樣！
25
In 1922, an American farmer named Charles Osborne was lifting a pig,
1922年，一位名叫Charles Osborne的美國農民正在抬一頭豬，
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when he suddenly started hiccupping.
突然就開始打嗝了。
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He didn't stop for sixty-eight years!
他這一打就是68年！
28
He still got married and had eight children,
他照樣結了婚，生了8個孩子，
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but he hiccupped all the way through.
可是從頭到尾都在打嗝。
30
His hiccups finally stopped in 1990, about a year before he died.
直到1990年，他的打嗝才終於停下，那時離他去世大約只有一年。
31
Babies even hiccup before they're born!
寶寶甚至在出生前就會打嗝！
32
Doctors can see it on ultrasound scans.
醫生在超音波上就能看到。
33
Some scientists think that hiccups are a leftover from our distant past.
有些科學家認為，打嗝是我們遙遠過去留下的痕跡。
34
Tadpoles breathe with gills, and they use a very similar movement.
蝌蚪用鰓呼吸，它們用的就是非常相似的動作。
35
A 2019 study suggests another reason.
2019年的一項研究提出了另一個原因。
36
Each hiccup sends a signal to a newborn baby's brain,
每打一次嗝，就會向新生兒的大腦發出一個訊號，
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and this may help it learn to control its breathing.
這也許能幫寶寶學會控制自己的呼吸。
38
So how can you stop hiccups?
那麼，怎樣才能止住打嗝呢？
39
People have tried everything, from sugar to scary surprises.
人們什麼辦法都試過了，從吃糖到嚇人一跳。
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You can hold your breath, or you can sip cold water.
你可以憋氣，也可以小口小口地喝冷水。
41
These tricks might help, but there isn't much science behind them.
這些小妙招也許有用，但背後沒什麼科學依據。
42
The good news is that hiccups almost always go away.
好訊息是，打嗝幾乎總會自己停下來。
43
And if they don't, at least you'll have a great story!
就算停不下來，至少你也有個精彩的故事可講了！

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本課的詞彙與口語要點

這節 B1 級別的口語課以影片“SE-Ed: Why Do We Hiccup?”為素材。 影片中反覆出現的詞有：hiccup, suddenly, happens, breathe, jump。 這段影片共有 43 個句子、344 個單詞可供跟讀。 講話部分時長為 2:52。 說話人語速平穩，每分鐘約 120 個詞，很適合跟讀。 只有 80% 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

影片中最難的 11 個單詞，附發音和釋義：

單詞發音釋義
hiccup 名詞/ˈhɪkʌp/打嗝（兒） /打嗝（兒）, 呃逆
breathe 動詞/bɹiːð/呼吸, 吸
diaphragm 名詞/ˈdaɪəˌfɹæm/橫膈膜 /橫膈膜
lung 名詞/ˈlʌŋ/физы, 肺
tadpole 名詞/ˈtædpoʊl/蝌蚪
ultrasound 名詞/ʌl.tɹə.saʊnd/超音波 /超音波, 超音波
gill 名詞/ɡɪl/鰓 /鰓
newborn 名詞新生兒 /新生兒
cord 名詞/ˈkoɹd/繩 /繩, 繩子 /繩子
farmer 名詞/ˈfɑɹ.mɚ/農夫 /農夫, 農民 /農民
scientist 名詞/ˈsaɪəntəst/科學家 /科學家

影片中出現的短語動詞

單詞釋義
go away 動詞離開 /離開, 走

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：

  • You're having lunch with friends, and everything is fine.
  • Under your lungs, there's a large, flat muscle.
  • You breathe in sharply, but you can't control it!
  • That's why you hear that funny little sound.

需要注意的發音

說話人用了 9 次縮略和弱讀形式，例如 isn't, can't, didn't。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。

中文母語者容易讀錯的音：

  • 詞尾子音 — 要讀清楚，後面不要加母音: hiccup /ˈhɪkʌp/, ultrasound /ʌl.tɹə.saʊnd/, cord /ˈkoɹd/, distant /ˈdɪstənt/, scientist /ˈsaɪəntəst/
  • /r/ 和 /l/ 的區別: ultrasound /ʌl.tɹə.saʊnd/, sharply /ˈʃɑɹpli/
  • /æ/ — 嘴張大，不要讀成 /e/: diaphragm /ˈdaɪəˌfɹæm/, tadpole /ˈtædpoʊl/, scan /skæn/

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 hiccup, breathe, diaphragm 這類單詞。

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